[WikiEN-l] A not-so-modest proposal on blocking policy

Wed May 5 21:25:49 UTC 2004

A had a thought and I'd like to get some opinions on it. 
There was an issue recently where Cantus had flagarantly violated 
the three-revert limit on several articles. But, since quickpolls 
are currently out of the question, an admin would have to be 
a vigilante to block him.

My thought was - why not give all admins discretionary authority 
to temp-ban (for 24 hours) anyone who violates the three revert 
rule? It would give the rule some teeth, and it would keep the 
quickpolls relatively uncluttered (which was the biggest complaint 
- that they were being used frivilously). It wouldn't have to be 
applied in all cases, but just one where the admin thinks that the 
involved user(s) need a time-out. If someone thinks they 
are unfairly banned, they could bring it up on the Request for 
review of Admin actions. Quickpolls could be reserved for persistantly 
bad behavior.

I'd like some feedback to see what everyone thinks. 

--Mark   