Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3076045-20140228114221/@comment-29461586-20140228121004

Timeoin wrote: Well, we could have a Help page for it (and link to the blocking policy). It would give an option for permanently banned/ long term banned editors the chance to renounce the ways that got them banned in the first place, and come back to meaningful community contributions. (There are a number of cases the CzechOut listed where that's happened). Even someone who used Sock-Puppetry who realised (months later) that what he did was wrong, and later was allowed back in because he'd been helping Wikia elsewhere during that time (An Admin and a Patroller on various wikias). Yes. I agree with this. But we still have to keep an eye on editors that were previously banned just in case if they may try to troll again or do harmful edits.

It's better safe than sorry, right?