[WikiEN-l] Re: 'Michael' unbanned

Fri Sep 3 23:13:33 UTC 2004

Oh-oh! I don't expect much good to come of this. Has he apologised for 
his misdemeanours?

You say that this is a unique experiment, but what criteria are to be 
applied to judge whether the experiment has been successful or not?

In message <20040903144129.GB7943 at wikia.com>, "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" 
<jwales-ADBWotsCEHwAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes
>As an experiment, I am going to unban Michael and place him under the
>mentorship of Danny and Guanaco, who will watch after him.  He will
>edit only under his new [[Mike Garcia]] account, and promises to make
>only good edits.
>
>I ask all other sysops and users to give him a try, and try to welcome
>him into the community.  I would like to ask those who have been
>directly involved with dealing with his constant problem edits to
>please just steer clear of him for awhile, and let Danny and Guanaco
>or others try to mediate and deal with him.
>
>Essentially, banning hasn't worked very well, because he's a
>persistent problem.  Blocking him has been problematic because he
>comes in on an AOL proxy, which blocks lots of other people.
>
>This is a unique situation, and it warrants a unique experiment, and
>we have people (Danny in particular) who have taken the lead in
>volunteering to try something new.
>
>--Jimbo

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