[WikiEN-l] Community Sanction

Mon Nov 27 02:25:40 UTC 2006

On Nov 26, 2006, at 6:12 PM, M Roget wrote:

> If the benchmark for a community ban is being lowered then the ban  
> should
> not be indefinite but no more than a year. If there's a desire to  
> make the
> ban permanent the community should ask the ArbComm to extend it.
>
> Indefinite bans are like sentencing a criminal to life imprionment  
> without
> parole - it encouraged ban evasion and bad behaviour and does  
> nothing to
> rehabilitate or encourage compliance.
>
> Michel

The Arbitration Committee limits bans to one year.

Fred