Fred Bauder wrote:
Well, we could have a summary procedure for
egregious cases, couldn't call
it Kangaroo Court, maybe Duck Court. It could be
evoked by Ed Poor and a few
others of his status, say also Daniel Mayers. They
could then briefly
consider the matter and ban the offender until the
matter could be
considered by the mediation and arbitration
committees. Kind of like a
preliminary injunction. Grounds would be the
likelyhood of permanent damage
to the project resulting from serious offenses
combined with a general
refusal to listen.
Fred
Do we really need temporary bans? We didn't have the
need for them before and they would be very damaging
to the Wiki principle. Remember: Wikipedia is a Wiki
Encyclopedia, not a courtroom. There's no real danger
of letting someone off, aside from the chance that
they might vandalize a few pages, something which is
easily reversible. In the past, we've had a lot of
trouble with unilateral bans, and they have always
been condemned after the fact by almost everyone.
LDan
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