QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Thu 1st October 2009, 3:16am)
In a lot of ways, it appears to me (from the peanut gallery) that Daniel is simply stressed in real life and was looking for an out. I personally wouldn't have blocked, though I support it (albeit at a shorter length, say 12 or 24 hours). I imagine someone will reduce the block or unblock before the block expires.
See, this is why Wikipedia's admins are completely unable to maintain any sort of community discipline. You're all so addicted to Wikipedia that you think a brief block, or even the indignity of having been blocked at all, is enough to convince someone that their behavior is unacceptable (presumably because you get the hives if you can't edit for 30 seconds). It doesn't work that way. If you want to send Daniel the message that his behavior is unacceptable, you need to block him for at least a week; frankly I'd block him for at least a month.
Blocking is a joke on Wikipedia; the only thing getting blocked means is you can't use that sock for a few hours or maybe even a day, and if you were thinking of running for admin you'll have to create a new sock (but if you were planning that you'd have been careful to avoid using that account for anything that would be 'blockable' anyway).