I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton. Re: [WikiEN-l] Unreasonable block of user Blair P. Houghton by adminCryptoDerk

Wed Mar 16 18:24:44 UTC 2005

Andrew Lih wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:58:20 +0000, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>The 3RR was supported by comunity conmsensus. If you want to change it
>>get another consensus
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>Text that was voted on says:
>"If you violate the three revert rule, sysops may block you for up to 24 hours."
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Three_revert_rule_enforcement
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>The policy provides authorization for blocking, but not much wisdom or
>guidance on whether to use it. Just wanted to note that page locking
>is also a viable (and less drastic) option for admins.
>
It's important to note that "may block" is not the same as "shall 
block"  There is room there for the application of sound judgement.

Ec