[WikiEN-l] Michael

[Jimmy Wales]

Well, I was preparing to fire up the ban machine, but Ed has worked
wonders in the past, so I'll give the week.

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> Well, all those sound like bannable offenses to me. 
> So let's discuss strategy.
> 
> Here's what we want: Michael not to do those things.
> 
> Here are our options:
> 1. Ignore him, and just clean up as needed
> 2. Agitate for a ban
> 
> I think in this case option #1 will work better, 
> because after a while, his anti-social behavior 
> will taper off (see "Do not feed the trolls").
> 
> Option #2 is less likely to work, since he's liable 
> to change usernames.
> 
> Moral of the story: sometimes it's not effective 
> to fight fire with fire; it's better to be a wet 
> blanket or to let the fire burn itself out.
> 
> Unless someone else has a much better idea, I ask 
> you all to join me in option #1 for a week.
> 
> Uncle Ed
> 
> WikiKarma: soothing messages like this ;-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> He's made up comments on talk pages and attributed them to others by 
> "signing" their name (the comments made the users seem to be rude, abusive, 
> etc). He's added links to a porn site on the year pages. He's added patent 
> nonsense about the imagined sexual activities of George Washington. And 
> yes, he's reverted fixes documented as accurate. See [[Crass]] and 
> associated talk page.
> 
> with apologies for the lack of grace and good humor,
> lp (camembert)
> WikiKarma: following Michael around
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