[WikiEN-l] The Block Log

Tue Feb 17 21:04:57 UTC 2004

Caroline Ford wrote:

> Caroline Ford wrote:
>
>> Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>>
>>> The Block Log makes fascinating reading.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Block_log
>>>
>>> Here are some highlights:
>>>
>>> * Users blocked by Jimbo tend to stay unblocked
>>> * Wik gets blocked and unblocked a lot
>>> * Raul really wants to block Plautus
>>> * Not one "block" citing a Committee decision 
>>
>> Agreed - there seems to be a lot of blocking logged in users at the 
>> moment - just because someone is annoyed with them. The precedent was 
>> set a few weeks ago, it seems to be happening at least once a day now.
>>
>> Secretlondon
>
>
> My worry is that if Khranus, Mr Natural Health etc had been around 
> this week - they would have just been permanently blocked with no 
> discussion. This _is_ what is happening at the moment - and for lesser 
> cases as well.
>
> I'm wondering whether we should go as far as to have a temporary time 
> out on blocking usernames. Of course, the minute we do that we'll have 
> Michael.
>
> We need to put the genie back in the box.

Perhaps excessive blocking could become a blockable offense!

Ec