Anthere wrote:
Well, I think it is bad, very bad, very very bad, that
blocked users are nearly unable to contact any one,
and usually not the banning sysop himself, since most
people do not give their email in clear.
IMO, all Admins should have valid email set-up and the block message should
have a link to "email this Admin" leading to a form where the blocked person
can send a message to the Admin. It would also be important to automatically
input the block information into the email. I find it rather annoying to get
an email stating "please unblock me, I'm not Micheal" without the IP address
or time of the block.
A special Wikimedia email address could be set up to act as the sending email
address. Or we could just tell the blocked user that they need to log-in and
input a valid email address before sending an email.
I have a slight preference for the first option.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)