As of 3 September, this user is unbanned. See User:Michael/Proposal for a proposal and discussion regarding the ban of this user, and user talk:Michael/ban and wikien-l for details of the old ban.

Wikien-l mailing list, 3 September, 2004:

As an experiment, I am going to unban Michael and place him under the mentorship of Danny and Guanaco, who will watch after him. He will edit only under his new Mike Garcia account, and promises to make only good edits.

I ask all other sysops and users to give him a try, and try to welcome him into the community. I would like to ask those who have been directly involved with dealing with his constant problem edits to please just steer clear of him for awhile, and let Danny and Guanaco or others try to mediate and deal with him.

Essentially, banning hasn't worked very well, because he's a persistent problem. Blocking him has been problematic because he comes in on an AOL proxy, which blocks lots of other people.

This is a unique situation, and it warrants a unique experiment, and we have people (Danny in particular) who have taken the lead in volunteering to try something new.

--Jimbo

See Mike Garcia (talk) Contributions.