[WikiEN-l] blocking vandals

Wed Apr 9 20:16:35 UTC 2003

We have many times discussed the idea of self-expiring (or temporary bans). That is the plan I have always favored. I think a 3-day or one-month ban on a problematic user has the potential to persuade them to "join us" rather than trying to "beat us".

Banning policy is 100% in the hands of Jimbo, the site owner. He apparently favors permanent bans. Since he has the ultimate responsibility for the project I hate to second-guess him; but I've made my views known.

I spend the bulk of my Wiki-time working on NPOV issues and trying to get my fellow contributors to work together in a spirit of harmony. I'm not sure how well I'm doing, but I occasionally get a thank-you on my talk page. ^_^

Ed Poor

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Ehrenberg [mailto:littledanehren at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 4:04 PM
To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] blocking vandals

Maybe, when blocking someone, we should put a cookie on their computer that doesn't let them edit under any username or IP adress. I know this could be a breach of privacy, so maybe it could expire in a week. It would be easy to get around, just a deterent. (just as it is easy to get around blocking usernames)

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