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There has been at least one historical case where a permabanned user has successfully worked out of the basement and gone on to become a respectful contributor. I don't exactly want to encourage people to try this, but I feel that we might want to add a paragraph stating "it can be done, but you should probably wait until we've forgotten about you, you must demonstrate that you have since matured, and you'll be on a short leash for a while". [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Chilled 23:53, 11 July 2013 (EDT)
There has been at least one historical case where a permabanned user has successfully worked out of the basement and gone on to become a respectful contributor. I don't exactly want to encourage people to try this, but I feel that we might want to add a paragraph stating "it can be done, but you should probably wait until we've forgotten about you, you must demonstrate that you have since matured, and you'll be on a short leash for a while". [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Chilled 23:53, 11 July 2013 (EDT)
:While I agree with the idea in principle, I don't think we should make a policy out of it. Such matters should always be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, not able to be encompassed by a policy. I also feel that adding the policy would encourage no matter how its worded and that's not something we need. <span style="font-family:Triforce, sans-serif;">'''[[User:Dr. Pain 99|<font color=#008000>D<font color=#008019>o<font color=#008031>c<font color=#008049>t<font color=#008062>o<font color=#008080>rP</font>a</font>i</font>n</font>9</font>9</font>]]'''</span> 00:50, 12 July 2013 (EDT)