--- Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Anthere-
Note that it won't change anything in the
end,
because
on Wikipedia, we ban people for what they do
(the
damage) and not on their names/personality.
Oh yeah. That makes a lot of sense. In case of such
a deliberate
deception, the person in question should not / could
not be surprised if
they were banned for being Lir, of course, nor would
such a ban be an
abuse of power.
Regards,
Erik
Dear Erik
An abuse of power is losing a lot of its potency when
it may be reverted.
Removing content from article would be really abusive
were the removing permanent
Sysop banning IP adresses could be potentially really
abusive were the other sysops not able to unban
Deletion of articles could be really abusive if
deletion was permanent. Fortunately, the process is
reversible, the regular users now have an official
tool to ask for abusive deletions to be reverted, and
perhaps one day they will even be able to directly
judge by themselves whether the deletion was abusive
or not.
Banning a loggued in user may not be so abusive, if
other people have the possibility to unban these
users.
Degree of abuse is depending a lot on whether actions
may be reverted without damage.
When banning cannot be agreed upon between the
different members of the community, and nobody is
available to balance the power held by the one
applying the ban, there is a risk of abuse.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
http://sbc.yahoo.com