[WikiEN-l] Wikiquette "committee"

Fri Oct 3 19:50:42 UTC 2003

--- "Alex T." <alex756 at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> (except for
> the temporary "status quo" ban to insure someone
> does not cause
> damage to Wikipedia in the interim period where
> mediation and
> arbitration occur).
> Alex756

"Status quo" ban? Discussion needs to come before any
sort of banning. Otherwise, in accordance with the
procedures, someone could say that I was in an edit
war with an article I made one comment about to
someone and reverted their edit (I'd be the one
initiating it, of course, because I could have just
let his edit go), and then, while you're considering
the evidence, I'd be banned. That would be an extreme
case, and you'd probably change the rules somewhat if
it came to that, but I really think that this is a bad
idea in general to ban someone while the decision is
pending.
LDan

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