Silverback makes a good general point:
... [snip] By accusing Fvw of
abuse I was making a point, and that point was not the Fvw is
somehow worse than other admins, but rather to make the point
that using a system to implement 24 hour blocks that for a
long time has been known to routinely block people for much
longer is an abuse of admin powers. Regardless of the fact
that some oppose the 3RR rule, when the prescribed punishment
is a 24 hour block, putting someone in a system that almost
certainly will result in a longer block without careful
monitoring and intervention by the admin is abusive. Of
course having to track the times to make sure this abuse does
not happen is a burden for the admins, and they should not be
put in this position. The admins should insist the blocking
software be fixed, or refuse to use it, rather than abuse
either by intent or oversight.
This can be addressed by encouraging (requiring?) Admins to log all
their 3RR blocks in one place. It could be a section of:
* [[Wikipedia:Account suspensions]]
Like:
* [[Wikipedia:Account suspensions#3RR]] - a section of the project page
* [[Wikipedia:Account suspensions/3RR]]- a subpage of it
If it's a section, then everything is on one page, and we'll see "recent
changes" to it. Admins and others can watch the page.
If it's transcluded, then we can "watch" the 3RR blocks separately.
Uncle Ed
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...and all around nice guy! :-)