From: "James D. Forrester"
<james(a)jdforrester.org>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
To: "'English Wikipedia'" <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Broken dispute resolution mechanisms (was
Reithyis a problem)
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:07:29 -0000
Thirdly, sentences should be much, much harsher. Ban
them for life
and get it over with. Banning only slows them down anyway, most of
them will come back under a different name. But at least the
community will be able to unite behind the AC ruling.
This was tried at first by one arbitrator but was overruled by the
majority. Unless the bulk of the arbitrators differ markedly from
the users there is little support for lifetime banning.
Proof that the process is broken. We all know what a troll is.
We do? Wow. Then why needs there be any dispute resolution process at all,
if it is always so very clear-cut for "all" of us?
Blanket statements of black-and-white judgement are almost always wrong,
and
certainly normally laughable.
Hmm. Yes, the statement was too strong, but sometimes it's pretty obvious.
There are always contrarians, of course, and naturally the troll never
considers themself to be a troll.
Jay.