Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-16461120-20180921212157/@comment-4651179-20180922000816

I personally consider that escalating this particular situation to become a precedent establishment is blowing things out of proportion. A special case is a special case. I intend to approach this situation for what it is, an exception. I'm not suggesting to revise our policies.

The only reason I'm willing to be lenient with Gipdac is because he has provided consistently valuable contributions (and he has been contributing since 2009). I only think that he's useful and worth keeping around because he edits pages that would otherwise go completely untouched. I still agree that he should be penalized for his infractions, which is why I suggested a 6 month block to balance out that we'd be nice enough to let him edit again at all.

I think it's an exaggeration to suggest this course of action will open a Pandora's box. Like I mentioned, Gipdac is arguably a very competent and aged editor. Being lenient with him won't open the door to the usual kind of problematic editor that uses sock-puppet accounts.