User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20131207065154/@comment-88790-20131216115119

Taking a different look at this;

Unblocking everyone is something that's generally not done, anywhere.

More editors on the wiki is a good thing, that's how the wiki improves by having multiple editors.

Many of the editors who were blocked would have come afoul of enthusiasm and ignoring policies designed to protect the wiki against spoilers. I don't begrudge editors the enthusiasm, and it's something we need.

Age also factors into this, the age you need to be to have an account is 13, there's probably been younger than that edit here without an account, but everyone will have gotten older since they were blocked and with that comes maturity and perspective.

On the subject of trolls and vandals, wikis are always going to have them, it's just part of the internet. That is not a reason to not do this. We have admins and policies in place to take action if they turn up. But not everyone who's been blocked in the past is a troll or an (intentional) vandal.