User blog comment:New Dalek Paradigm/Urgent - Regarding a New "Chat Rule"/@comment-4052371-20130402235011

The reason for the ban was wrong. The banned user had the exact username "WhiteAlligator", which was obvious impersonation, but not evidence of a duplicate account. There is no rule, official or unofficial, that says a CM can just ban a new user because they have a suspicion that the user is a dupe.

Hopefully, I can convince the Brickimedia developers to give an IP chat ban option to CMs and prevent any more Norvik cases. I can't guarantee it though.