Board Thread:Community Discussions/@comment-26047195-20150709043335/@comment-4845243-20150709201515

I tend to agree with Fort and Aravis. Bans and blocks are one thing I think should always stay within the complete control of the admins.

The most perturbing thing is this statement:


 * Personal dislike for that user's conduct would definitely leak into the vote/petition/whatever we decide it to be, which is not a bad thing but is rather the essential basis of the entire idea.

I don't think personal dislike is a good basis for banning another users. As Aravis points out, this could turn into a power game between cliques, trying to get others banned for behavior they dislike. Lots of users find other users irritating, and if that becomes a legitimate basis for banning others we would have a problem.

Users should only be banned for being disruptive and/or abusive. Not for being annoying or irritating to certain people.

I have no problem with groups of users expressing their opinions on this matter to admins. However, when you do so, you need to have evidence that the user is actually disruptive. A bunch of users signing a petition that says " is so irritating they should be banned" accomplishes nothing and will only further the divides between different cliques and create more enmity.