User talk:NewsAndEventsGuy/Test1

SUMMARY

Our policies appear to have mutually inconsistent language for restarting the clock when blocked users engage in block evasion. One says an admin may (or may not) restart the block clock. The other says the act of evasion restarts the clock whether or not the server is aware of that fact.

SOURCE TEXT OF CONFLICTING POLICIES

Policy: Blocking policy
 * Section "Evasion of blocks"
 * Shortcut WP:EVASION
 * An administrator may reset the block of a user who intentionally evades a block, and may extend the duration of the block if the user engages in further blockable behavior while evading the block. User accounts or IP addresses used to evade a block may also be blocked.*

Policy: Sock puppetry
 * Section "Inappropriate uses of alternative accounts"
 * Shortcut WP:ILLEGIT
 * "..in the case of sanctions, bans, or blocks, evasion causes the timer to restart"

COMPARISON

PROPOSAL

Clock-restart should be an act of policy and automatic, even before the server is told the clock restarted. We should modify the language of WP:EVASION to match that of WP:ILLEGIT. I will draft proposed text if this is not instantly shot down for some reason I have not thought of.

Thanks for comments. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 13:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)