User blog comment:New Dalek Paradigm/Urgent - Regarding a New "Chat Rule"/@comment-5322836-20130403205213/@comment-4845243-20130403211849

While I agree that user should have been talked to briefly, impresonation (which includes using someone's username) is grounds for a ban. Also, seeing as it was April Fool's day, the chances of it being a new user who is a fan of WA is pretty close to non-existent. WA is well-known by all MB users, and I do not believe that anyone would honestly take her name without the intention of impersonation.

Because of who the user was impersonating, this is a unique situation. It is not at all a good example for banning someone on an assumption. As I said before, if the user was really well-meaning, and was not just playing a joke, they would have asked about the ban. The fact that they did not clearly indicates it was a joke.

The name being that of a moderator is important to this discussion. If you want to move it away from that instant, please bring up another example, and we can discuss that.

Please note, I agree that users should not be banned merely on an assumption.