On 10/21/03 12:15 AM, "Erik Moeller" <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Cunc-
No, I
would not ban Jtdirl myself, and I have never said that I would. But
it is beginning to look like a necessity. I will look at this again when
Jimbo is back and if I deem it necessary, supply the evidence to him that
would support a temporary ban.
Oh, and this still belongs on wikien-l.
Sounds like a threat to me.
Hardly surprising, as you see every ban as a threat. However, this is the
proper procedure for banning users on Wikipedia, whether you like it or
not.
I was responding to Ed Poor's mistaken belief that you weren't serious
about
initiating banning procedures on Jtdirl.
("No, Erik would never do that -- no more than I would. In a moment of
anger, anyone might 'think aloud' and talk about doing something. But
that is not a threat.
Saying, "I wish Bush was dead" or even "Someone ought to kill the
president" is NOT THE SAME as an assassination threat. Sheldon Rampton's
wish that the software would give him the ability to send a million
volts through my chair is not a murder threat.
Erik and I both spoke (rashly, perhaps) of a DESIRE to temporarily block
or even permanently ban contributors who use Wikipedia in ways we didn't
like.
But Jimbo knows we wouldn't really do that.")
Unless I misinterpreted Ed.