[WikiEN-l] Removing range blocks (was The whole point of wikipedia)

Mon Oct 24 09:02:36 UTC 2005

geni wrote:
>On 10/19/05, Tony Sidaway <f.crdfa at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Then many people would decide that I was a rogue admin.

>Doubtful. No one concluded that when I've pulled blocks in the past.

Indeed - collateral damage is a good reason to pull a wide block, for
example; or a range block being messed up by someone who miscalculated
the bit after the slash.

If removing such a block, it'd generally be a good idea to put a note
on WP:ANI saying what you did and why, in case e.g. someone else knows
the "collateral damage" reporter to in fact be the person the block
was meant to stop. As long as you let people know what you're doing,
it's quite reversible and OK.

- d.