On 11/27/05, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com>
wrote:
Good faith communication among admins is critical
to this sort of thing.
In such a case, NiceGuy should try to contact HardAss beforehand to get
agreement on the strategy. Or _even better_, HardAss admins should seek
out NiceGuy admins and say to them "Look here, I've been bonking this
guy on the head for a bit, to minimal effect, but if you want to come in
and befriend him and try and turn him about, I'm happy to lay off."
True. How is it you always make such good points, Jimbo?
Anyway, we should take caution that we don't keep the cycle going
forever. If people "Newbie" is still spouting personal attacks after
three warnings, they should be blocked with clear note in the reason
field so fellow admins know what's going on. If someone is willing to
unblock them, they should also make the effort to guide whoever they
are unblocking on their way to being a good user.
The problem with this mindset is that it focuses on a punitive horizon
point. The reference to three warnings suggests that you are focused on
what can go wrong rather than what can go right. If NiceGuy is asked to
intervene he will know what to do without somebody looking over his
shoulder waiting for the unblock to go wrong. Even the notes in the
reason field can poison the atmosphere.
Ec