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Tony Wilson

28 Apr 2003 28 Apr '03

10:30 a.m.

From time to time, it is said that deliberately hiding substantive

changes to an entry is a bannable offence. Is this true? If so, where is it written down? Is there a mechanisim in place to warn offenders that their behaviour is unacceptable? Or, if it is not true, should a policy change be instituted to make it true? Tony Wilson (Tannin)

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Fred Bauder

28 Apr 28 Apr

11:55 a.m.

It is part of the pattern of certain trolls. The situation you are alluding to: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/communist_state is a different situation. There is no need to write an essay on why that article is being reverted. See http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communist_state. As to the general question: It is improper to make major changes to an article, then mark it as a minor change. Done deliberately, it is part of a pattern that eventually leads to banning. Fred

From: "Tony Wilson" <list(a)redhill.net.au> Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:30:23 +1000 To: "WikiEN" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Questions about honesty and fair play From time to time, it is said that deliberately hiding substantive changes to an entry is a bannable offence. Is this true? If so, where is it written down? Is there a mechanisim in place to warn offenders that their behaviour is unacceptable? Or, if it is not true, should a policy change be instituted to make it true? Tony Wilson (Tannin) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Jimmy Wales

12:36 p.m.

It's not a good thing to do that, for sure. People should be made aware that it's uncool to deliberately hide substantive edits, if they aren't already. Of course, anyone who would do this *deliberately* would already know that it's uncool. Tony Wilson wrote:

From time to time, it is said that deliberately hiding substantive changes to an entry is a bannable offence. Is this true? If so, where is it written down? Is there a mechanisim in place to warn offenders that their behaviour is unacceptable? Or, if it is not true, should a policy change be instituted to make it true? Tony Wilson (Tannin) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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