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Technical solutions

Yngvadottir Technical solutions are only appropriate in cases where there is a clearly defined sanction. So in those cases where the sanction is not clearly defined (at the moment most arbcom sanctions) a technical solution could play no role (or only a limited one).

However, suppose that someone is topic banned from all pages in the category "Tree shaping". By implementing this technically there is no grey area "it was only a little edit" "It was fixing a BLP" "it was reverting vandalism" followed by disputes over whether it really was one of those exceptions, and possible blocks/unblocks and other escalation. Secondly the editor can't get mad at the software, it won't accomplish their goal, instead they have to leave a note for someone else to fix the BLP violation, or whatever the issue is. Thirdly they don't pick up a potentially bad block (or even a good block, making their "block log" worse).

But be that as it may, my preferred solutions are negotiated agreements, rather than sanctions. This is something that the Committee almost never tries.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:17, 22 November 2015 (UTC).