Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-1762932-20130212102325/@comment-4705324-20130213195845

Agreed. Shorter bans are often better and are a better way to convey the message. There's always room for change within a user! As Fandy said, blocking them from the entire wiki depends on the severity of the offense. If the user still makes good contributions to the wiki, or makes no contributions to the wiki then a block isn't necessary. If he is socking, then a block or indeed an IP block is necessary.