[WikiEN-l] Re: 'Michael' unbanned

Fri Sep 3 23:27:41 UTC 2004


Arwel Parry a écrit:
> 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?

The experiment should be successful perhaps
* if Danny is not blocked every couple of days
* if Michael succeeds to edit quietly, under one account, without 
wrongdoings, no more than the maximum of pages per day
* if we do not loose endless hours discussing this :-)


> 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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