In my opinion, civility is a big, big deal, since it has the obvious effect of running off potentially decent editors. In practice, this can be like banning an innocent editor.<br><br clear="all">From,<br>Emily<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Ryan Kaldari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rkaldari@wikimedia.org">rkaldari@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Earlier today, a long-standing editor was reported to AN/I for making<br>
personal attacks. The specific attacks were the following two posts:<br>
"You simply display your ignorance."<br>
"Please carry on, so everyone can see what an ignorant arse you are."<br>
<br>
As I had recently warned this same user for making personal attacks, and<br>
they have a long history of attacking other editors (blocked 4 times<br>
previously for personal attacks), I put a 24 hour block on their account<br>
for violating WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA.<br>
<br>
Even though this seems like a pretty minor slap on the wrist, my block<br>
was quickly undone by another admin and a slew of editors then<br>
vociferously attacked me for blocking (calling me a "petty tyrant", a<br>
"wannabe big-dick admin", etc.).<br>
<br>
I looked more carefully at the editor's block log and noticed that every<br>
one of their blocks for personal attacks had been undone by another<br>
admin (usually without much delay).<br>
<br>
This seems to say a lot about the current culture of en.wiki. Namely,<br>
that WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA are not taken seriously by our community (or at<br>
least a large percentage). As civility seems to be a recurring issue in<br>
gendergap discussions (and Sarah's recent survey), I was wondering what<br>
people's thoughts on this issue are. Has en.wiki become a toxic<br>
environment or am I just overreacting to normal behavior?<br>
<br>
Ryan Kaldari<br>
<br>
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