Erik Moeller wrote:
Shortly after I sent a mail to Jimbo asking him to
examine whether RK
should be banned for his obnoxious behavior, RK started vandalizing
several user and talk pages because he felt *his* talk page was being
vandalized. The vandalism: People placed comments on it. I have
temporarily banned him (and no, I won't read through his lengthy diatribes
which will inevitably follow). I strongly suggest turning this temporary
ban into a permanent one, at least for a month or so.
I disagree with both a temporary and a permanent ban.
The vandalizing user talk pages and so on I'll agree is over the line,
but I disagree that it warrants a temporary ban. Simply revert the
changes, like we do with everyone else. We've had plenty of other users
who've vandalized pages, including EntmootsOfTrolls and BuddhaInside,
among others, who were not summarily banned through the extraordinary
use of developer powers. I don't see why RK should be treated differently.
As for a permanent ban, while RK has been somewhat obnoxious in his
complaining about anti-Semitism, several other people (notably SV) have
been equally obnoxious in their complaining from the other side (e.g. of
the "pro-Israel" bias of adding Israeli census data). RK has also added
quite a bit of useful content to Wikipedia, much of it entirely
unrelated to Judaism, Israel, or related issues.
-Mark