[WikiEN-l] Re: Blocking without following policy

Sat Jun 12 16:32:26 UTC 2004

Putting aside the fact that I find your criteria
outrageous, have you looked at LT's contributions?
What is the problem?
Mark

--- John Robinson <john at freeq.com> wrote:
> Fred Bauder wrote:
> 
> >I definitely want to see some evidence and also
> some information about what
> >would be evidence. How do we determine that someone
> is a reincarnation of a
> >previously banned user?
> 
> It's pretty simple really, using the old saw:
> 
> 1) They look like a duck. Check, derivative
> usernames (Entmoots of 
> Trolls, JRR Trollkien, Leo Trollstoy)
> 
> 2) They walk like a duck. Check, editing mostly the
> same articles as 
> the banned user did.
> 
> 3) They quack like a duck. Check, the edits made to
> the 
> above-mentioned articles are virtually the same as
> those made by the 
> banned user.
> 
> Even with all three of these being the case, it is
> hypothetically 
> possible that they are not, indeed, a reincarnation
> of the banned 
> user. However I think it is overkill to go to their
> house, knock on 
> their door and ask "Hey, are you [banned user]?"
> Assuming that the 
> banned user was banned for their behavior, it makes
> sense that a new 
> account displaying the same behavior should also be
> banned.
> 
> -Hephaestos>
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