I'd have to say any block seems to me to be out of place. Why should
Eloquence be punished for Danny's actions, and lack of clarity over whether
his action was OFFICE related or not.
It certainly seems fair that Eloquence should have perhaps used more
judgement before his actions, but I still don't think they warrant any block
or ban, indeed it is Danny's actions which are more of a problem (from the
lack of the correct template, unclear edit summary, blocking a user
indefinitely, and de-sysopping).
I understand the problems of litigation, indeed I have plenty of experience
in this field, in the UK setting, but I still don't think such 'threats' (I
do much prefer to call them challenges) justify what I see as abnormal
action.
I think all parties will have learnt from this experience, but I think a
line should be drawn under the whole thing, and any blocks removed.
Otherwise you could argue that Danny should be looking at punitive measures
as well, due to his actions I outlined above.
Oliver [User:Wisden17]
On 4/19/06, Patrick, Brad <bpatrick(a)fowlerwhite.com> wrote:
I understand that the indefinite ban was reverted by Danny and
reinstituted by dannyisme for 48 hours.
I don't believe Eloquence should receive a death sentence either.
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From: Sean Barrett [mailto:sean@epoptic.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:03 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org; Patrick, Brad; jwales(a)wikia.com
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] [Foundation-l] Indefinite block and
desysopping by User:Danny
Thank you for your explanation. As an Arbiter, I have some slight idea
of how ... interesting ... situations can become, and I full support of
the OFFICE policy as a tool to use in handling those situations.
Can you explain the reasons why Eloquence must be prohibited from ever
editing the English Wikipedia again? Danny is apparently using OFFICE
to justify what looks like a lifetime ban (something even the
Arbitration Committee cannot impose) that he refused to explain.
I can understand that the Foundation's obligations are greater than
loyalty to any one user. Is it the case that the Foundation cannot
explain why this one user is being permanently banned with no
explanation of why he must be sacrificed?
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