[WikiEN-l] RK temp-banned

Thu Oct 2 12:05:51 UTC 2003

Vicki-
> That power is supposed to be used only to enforce an already-existing
> ban: it was created to deal with Michael's endless aliases and can
> reasonably be used in any similar situation. It doesn't mean that any
> sysop--of whom, as you note, there are many--can exclude someone
> from Wikipedia. That way lies instability at best.

It was always allowed for developers to ban signed in users in cases of  
obvious vandalism. Now that sysops have the same ability, I see no reason  
why it should remain limited to people such as myself.

Regards,

Erik