[Imc-aotearoa-ed] Re: Banning DK

[ksimpson at ihug.co.nz]

I agree with Clare and Kerry. He's taken advantage of the summer break to trash the 
site. He's recently libelled a number of people and although AIM 's supposed to be 
safe from people suing you never know. 
I think he should be cut out asap. He probably hasn't got the mental processing 
capacity to understand or remember explanations, warnings etc.
Ken

On 25 Jan 2004 at 10:55, clare wrote:

> To throw some more thoughts into the soup, i've been talking to people
> from other indymedias about this who have similar problems. In the end
> they decided letting a few individuals abuse the site was driving away a
> large group of people who they really wanted to use the site.
> 
> And that is what i see happening on nz indymedia. Actually, not just
> users being driven away but volunteers also, as several people on the Ed
> team are thinking of pulling out (including me). 
> 
> Who will Indymedia be left for?
> 
> DK wants a personal soapbox, fine, he can set up a blog or something. I
> feel we have already done far more than we are obliged to do for him.
> especially considering what he gives in return.
> 
> And now I have thought more about the time limit thing, I am in favour
> of a total ban  not 3 months 6 months. This is because the thought of
> repeating this in a few months time makes me want to crawl into bed and
> never turn my computer on again. Thats how much abuse i have got from
> this person, repeatedly, thats how much abuse i have seen him give other
> people, repeatedly. And it's not ok that it has gotten to this point for
> us to seriously do something about it.
> 
> Clare
>   
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 19:23, Danyl Strype wrote:
> > Kia ora koutou,
> > 
> > Quoting clare <clare at animal-liberation.org.nz>:
> > 
> > >> the dada codebase actually may be able help with this
> > tech wise, i'll talk to pabs about it again........ <<
> > 
> > If so, we need to ammend the editorial policy to spell out
> > under what circumstances someone can be banned, for how long etc
> > 
> > >> um, no. though it will make me feel good to make the
> > newswire a better place. <<
> > 
> > Isn't that why we hide abusive posts? Again, this is not a
> > block, but I still don't see the advantage of a total ban to
> > us as ed volunteers or open-publihsing as a practice unless
> > we can actually prevent posting. Otherwise we are just
> > making extra work for outselves hiding even harmless
> > comments (not to mention all the demands to know what's
> > become of his comments etc)
> > 
> > >> i just don't see any other way he will take notice of the
> > fact that it is not ok to abuse the site and people using it. <<
> > 
> > Are looking at it as a deterrant then, like maybe 3 months
> > of not being able to post will teach him manners?
> > 
> > RnB,
> > Strypey
>