We need software that will allow throttling down the number of edits problem
users can make. Please code something so that we could restrict, should we
decide to, someone like this to a set number of edits per day.
The advantage of this is that it then leaves up to that user whether he
wants to get down to article writing or fool around.
Fred Bauder, member of the arbitration committee
From: "Arno M" <redgum46(a)lycos.com>
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Reply-To: redgum46(a)lycos.com, English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:38:49 +0600
To: wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Plautus - the last three days
Hmm, after viewing messages about Plautus, I must say that I find Jimbo's "All
you need is love" response most disappointing.
I must say that he's a busy little beaver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&hidemi…
arget=Plautus_satire&limit=500&offset=0 shows that he has made over 500 edits
over the last three days alone. This includes some articles such as quasar,
but mainly in advocating and splattering his ,um, views all over the talk
pages.
For instance, on the Sep 11 Attacks page, Plautus is now arguing that the
Flight 93 passengers did not charge the hijackers, and is veering that page
off in a direction there that may see this site crashing into a lawsuit or
two. (He does seem to be saying that the families who reported the phone calls
are all liars) The size of the talk page is also growing.
People have now left the wikipedia site, or so I hear, and there's a list of
complaints growing on Jimbo's talk page. Let's also not forget what might
happen if his stuff gets copied across to other sites that use wikipedia
material as all or part of their content.
My own feeling is that Plautus should be given the "Get back to where you once
belonged" treatment.
He is completely fouling thiongs up here.
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