Draft message to Community ML - comments, please

[Anne Wilson]

On 22/08/2013 22:38, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El Dimecres, 21 d'agost de 2013, a les 10:02:25, Anne Wilson va escriure:
>> On 07/08/2013 10:24, Ingo Malchow wrote:
>>>>> I also believe he should be banned from posting on the wikis
>>>>> and I also
>>>>>
>>>>>>> believe that his comments should be completely removed. The
>>>>>>> sanction fits the offense. So, I fully support such
>>>>>>> sanction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also believe he should no longer be able to create bug
>>>>>>> reports for, say, at least 1 year.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd say - let's see if he gets the message and learns. If he
>>>>> does, no reason to punish him further.
>>>
>>> Seconded. A ban is -like in this case- not only a restrictive
>>> measure, but also an educational one, and to enable other
>>> contributors to continue in their intended workflow until a certain
>>> agreement is found.
>>
>> As reported on the Community mailing list, I put a 2-week ban in place
>> and emailed him, inviting him to talk to us.  There has been no
>> response.  I am aware, though, that there has frequently been quite
>> long periods between his contributions, so I'm reluctant to do
>> anything irreversible until we are sure he does not intend to comply.
>>
>> I have now made the ban indefinite and now need to decide what to do
>> with his content.  One option is to delete the Back to Basics page,
>> since I believe restoring it is possible, should he finally agree to
>> clean it up.  Another option is to move the page to Archive for a
>> period, for the same reason.
> 
> I am confused, so you put a ban for two weeks to the guy, he does nothing and 
> then because he did nothing you decide to extend the ban to an indefinite 
> time? What should have he done so that you decided not to ban him forever?
> 
He was asked to talk to us about the complaints that had been raised
against him.  The hope was that we could convince him to "clean up" his
comments.  He has not done so.

While the ban has been marked "Indefinite" it can be reversed at any
time.  All he has to do is contact us as requested with a will to solve
the problem.  He has been given both an email address and an irc address.

Anne