Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25393922-20140923214039/@comment-10950063-20140924193148

Another problem with this is that it's not just a matter of users sending an e-mail. We have to then confirm it's them. It's an abusable system. Someone sends an e-mail saying, "Hey, perma-ban me, I'm whoever," but they're not who they say they are.

Confirmation could be simple. It could be posting on an admin's talk page, going, "It's me." However, at that point, the process is very slow and unweidly.

That's not a problem for simple questions, but I don't see many people using the e-mail for that purpose. Most people will simply ask on the site.

What the e-mail would probably be used for is sending abuse to admins anonymously.