User blog comment:Wildoneshelper/Please stop banning people from mainspace if they misbehave on chat/@comment-26235098-20150716191642

This makes sense to me only for situations where the misbehavior is clearly limited and tied to the platform (chat or mainspace).

FWIW I disagree with the rationale about the platforms being distinct. A connection does exist: the community is the same! It is like saying if someone is rude to me over the phone, I'll only accept emails from them. :O Different technical domains, but same participants. Sockpuppets/trolls are only one blatant example of this.

I think some repeat offenders in chat who behave disrespectfully towards the community really needs escalated disciplinary action. Obviously, it depends on the offence. Someone who just likes to horse around and make too much ruccus a lot might earn a lot of kicks or even a cooldown ban, but they might not deserve any permanent action (no points against them). However, people who are really unkind or disrespectful in one way or another should have their interaction with the community curtailed -- not just their interaction on the platform. This could be done progressively, first from the same platform/chat... then using blocks.

The point system actually makes this super easy to achieve!

Certain types of offences on chat and in particular repeat offences should be allowed to accrue points against the user, so that eventually blocking would occur.