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User:Iduan/Blocking Review Panel Ideas (view source)
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*How can a bad block be brought to the attention of a user with block rights?
*How can a bad block be brought to the attention of a user with block rights?
**Is there recourse for the blocked user? What can he or she do?
*What is the risk of a bad block being allowed to stay for too long a period of time?
*What is the risk of a bad block being allowed to stay for too long a period of time?
**Loss of interest by the unfairly blocked user. '''Good faith users are important'''. Many editors to our wiki might be first time wiki editors, and should they fall victim to an unfair block they may quickly be dissuaded and leave the project permanently. This should be avoided at all costs. A vandal can be reverted - but a lost editor's potential can't be recaptured.
**Loss of interest by the unfairly blocked user. '''Good faith users are important'''. Many editors to our wiki might be first time wiki editors, and should they fall victim to an unfair block they may quickly be dissuaded and leave the project permanently. This should be avoided at all costs. A vandal can be reverted - but a lost editor's potential can't be recaptured.