On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:23:39 -0800, Luna
<lunasantin(a)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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