[WikiEN-l] Community Sanction

Wed Nov 29 06:20:25 UTC 2006

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:23:39 -0800, Luna <lunasantin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think the idea with community bans is that the person in question is
>> believed to be *beyond* any significant hope of rehabilitation or
>> compliance. In practice, though, is there really much difference between
>> one-year and indefinite blocks? Few accounts return from either, and both
>> can be evaded with socks.
> 
> Indefinite <> permanent.  The former can be lifted if there is
> credible evidence of intent to reform, the latter comes I think only
> from ArbCom or Foundation.  A community ban is defined for practical
> purposes as a ban which no admin is prepared to lift; the real problem
> here is RFA, which tends to ensure that the "cabal" remains a cabal
> and is not diluted by "dangerous" inclusionists.
> 

RFA as a cabalist institution is a failure; the presence of
inclusionists and clueless twits in the ranks of adminship is proof of this.

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