Directory talk:WikiVices

Episode workshop

In this space, we may more formally design future episodes of WikiVices.

Episode 1 - Block yer socks off

Producer: Gregory Kohs
Moderator: Gregory Kohs
Potential Guests:

The Blockers

• Krimpet
• Alison
• JzG
• Morven
• David Gerard
• Mike.lifeguard
• other nominations here

The Blocked

• Jon Awbrey
• Emesee
• David Shankbone
• other nominations here

Topics of discussion:

1. Why do Wikimedia projects need to block editors?
2. How effective is blocking?
3. How do different editors respond to the block?
4. Which blocked accounts have contributed the most content to Wikimedia projects before being blocked?
5. What are the techniques used to get around blocks?
6. Is this the perpetual way of the future on Wikimedia projects, or is there a better path?

Links to ponder:

• Nearly 38,000 suspicious entities
• What's the difference between a sockpuppet and a sockpuppeteer?