this is not the first situation i've dealt with of sock abuse though i won't give the others any recognition by naming names however given that wp csd draws a clear distinction between indefinitely blocked and banned and since banning is effectively a wikipedia death penalty i wanted to make sure of the situation and community's collective opinion before tagging him as banned i do see your point and i agree in this case that this user has exhausted the community's patience and that yes formally now but informally before he is banned i need to reread the banning policy and the list of bans since the user i was thinking of is on the community ban list '''''' talk