[WikiEN-l] Re: Blocking policy

Tue Aug 3 19:58:25 UTC 2004

It seems reasonable that a block should, at the very
least, have some basis in community approved
guidelines. Pointing to this in the block comment
doesn't seem unduly harsh.
Mark

--- Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I object solely on the grounds that it is not the
> arbcom's responsibility to create policy.  And that
> is what they're doing.  Even if I got everything I
> wanted, I would still object.  But let me also say
> that I disagree with this option, because it's given
> Guanaco the ability to suddenly go wild and
> retroactively unblock EVERY SINGLE PERSON from the
> past whose reason for blocking doesn't match these
> unapproved criteria.
>  
> RickK
> 
> "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fred Bauder wrote:
> > The language now reads, "When a Wikipedia
> administrator discovers an
> > instance where a block was made without
> appropriate reference to the
> > Wikipedia:Blocking policy, they may reverse the
> block but should post a note
> > on the offending Wikipedia administrators talk
> page explaining why the block
> > was reversed."
> 
> 
> Rick wrote:
> > Still unacceptable. The Arbcom is still making
> policy which has not been agreed to by the wikipedia
> as a whole.
> > 
> > RickK
> 
> 
> What do you see as being a policy change in this?
> 
> Administrators have always been able to reverse a
> block which was made
> without appropriate reference to the Blocking
> policy, because admins
> have always been able to reverse blocks for any
> reason at all.
> 
> If anything, Rick, I should think you would strongly
> support this
> language, because it *hints* (but doesn't say) that
> if a proper reason
> *is* given, then admins *may not* reverse a block.
> That is a policy
> that I suspect you would support, but it would be
> policy-making by the
> committee if they literally said it.
> 
> --Jimbo
> 
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