Post by adman on Feb 16, 2008 16:15:40 GMT -5
found this discussion at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MastCell/Archive_5
About blocks and vandalism-only accounts
Hello. I have a question about blocking of vandalism-only accounts. You recently blocked Punjabi inkarperated (talk ยท contribs) (which I'd reported to AIV) for 24 hours. Now I don't want to criticize that decision but I'm really puzzled with regards to the different ways in which different admins treat vandalism-only accounts. Punjabi inkarperated's edits, as you saw, included systematic deletions of an article, deletion of warnings on his talk page and deletion of my user page and, flipping through the block log, I see that the overwhelming majority of these users are blocked indefinitely as VOAs. This isn't new to me of course and I've always found this to be both eminently reasonable and at the same time somewhat contrary to the blocking policy. Can you explain this to me? It's not that I want this account blocked indefinitely (since I'm confident he either won't return or be blocked again quickly) but I'm honestly puzzled by this lack of consistency among admins. Thanks, Pascal.Tesson 23:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Admins generally have a fair degree of latitude in those kind of things. I'm 90% sure that's a vandalism-only account, and considered blocking it indefinitely right off the bat. Given the relatively small number of edits, I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. If I reviewed 100 accounts with that history, maybe I'd indefinitely block them 50% of the time, who knows. If it becomes a problem again feel free to let me know and I'll extend it to indefinite. MastCell Talk 04:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. Pascal.Tesson 04:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MastCell/Archive_5
About blocks and vandalism-only accounts
Hello. I have a question about blocking of vandalism-only accounts. You recently blocked Punjabi inkarperated (talk ยท contribs) (which I'd reported to AIV) for 24 hours. Now I don't want to criticize that decision but I'm really puzzled with regards to the different ways in which different admins treat vandalism-only accounts. Punjabi inkarperated's edits, as you saw, included systematic deletions of an article, deletion of warnings on his talk page and deletion of my user page and, flipping through the block log, I see that the overwhelming majority of these users are blocked indefinitely as VOAs. This isn't new to me of course and I've always found this to be both eminently reasonable and at the same time somewhat contrary to the blocking policy. Can you explain this to me? It's not that I want this account blocked indefinitely (since I'm confident he either won't return or be blocked again quickly) but I'm honestly puzzled by this lack of consistency among admins. Thanks, Pascal.Tesson 23:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Admins generally have a fair degree of latitude in those kind of things. I'm 90% sure that's a vandalism-only account, and considered blocking it indefinitely right off the bat. Given the relatively small number of edits, I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. If I reviewed 100 accounts with that history, maybe I'd indefinitely block them 50% of the time, who knows. If it becomes a problem again feel free to let me know and I'll extend it to indefinite. MastCell Talk 04:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. Pascal.Tesson 04:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
