[WikiEN-l] "Community sanctions"

Fri Nov 17 21:43:38 UTC 2006

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:58:30 +0000, "Sam Korn" <smoddy at gmail.com>
wrote:

>I think this is a pretty awful idea.  This is an extrapolation of the
>concept of a community ban that has no basis in logic.  The concept
>behind a "community ban" is not "rough consensus", as shown by an 80%
>vote or whatever exists nowadays, but unanimity among admins -- not
>one admin out of >1000 being prepared to unblock you.  People seem to
>have got hold of the idea that a "rough consensus" is good enough
>here.  It isn't.  An ArbCom case is needed when there isn't unanimity
>among the community.

The problem is that ArbCom cases go on for months, during which the
disruption continues.

Guy (JzG)
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