[WikiEN-l] Review - re I just blocked someone for 9999 hours

Tue May 11 16:31:30 UTC 2004

Mark Richards wrote:

>I don't necessarily oppose the principle of giving
>sysops more power to act quickly, but if this is
>given, it must be with more opportunity for the
>community to review those decisions. Kind of a
>retroactive Votes for Deletion if you like.
>
>For example, if you quickly delete a page, and ban a
>user in a way that is not currently supported by
>policy, your action should be listed for a week for
>people to comment on, and reviewed if necessary.
>
It's difficult to review a page that has been deleted like that.

Ec