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Hello.
This page is intended to propose a new policy for dealing with the recent spate of trolls and vandalism at Wikipedia. It is intended to deal with the vandals in an efficient manner without allowing sysops to abuse their blocking privilege. This applies to logged in users, not anonymous IP users.
The proposed policy is this:
- Sysops have the ability to block users considered to be trolling or vandalizing the project.
- No single sysop can block any logged-in user. Instead, it requires three sysops to block the user for that block to come into effect. The first two blocks will then serve as a warning to the user that her or his actions are unacceptable and provide an opportunity for that user to reform.
- Once a block is in effect, it will require three sysops to unblock the user.
- Optional: One of the sysops involved in an unblock operation must have been involved in the original block.
- Note: Point 3 was removed [1] at 22:22, Apr 9, 2004 and restored by BCorr at 15:02, Apr 10, 2004 -- those who voted during that interval may wish to review their votes.
In this way, no single sysop has too much power, and unblocking is a relatively easy process if the original block was unjustified. In obvious cases of vandalism, three sysops can be mustered easily, while in more controversial cases, it will be impossible to act unilaterally.
So, let's vote!