[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[geni]

On 1/5/06, slimvirgin at gmail.com <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > > If they only made those 20 edits, then I'd agree, but many
> > > are making 10x that many edits complaining about their toys
> > > being taken away.
> >
> > Again, why not encourage them to be more productive instead of lambasting
> > them?
>
> With so many of them, the last thing you'd want is for them to become
> more productive, because they're terrible editors. Carbonite is right:
> increasing numbers of people see this as a social club, many of whom
> seem to have difficulty getting along with people, or else enjoy
> causing trouble and drama; and from time to time, just to keep their
> hand in encyclopedia-wise, they'll engage in a quick bit of POV
> pushing, a flurry of reverts, and some name-calling, with a few
> spelling mistakes thrown in for good measure. Otherwise, it's back to
> editing the user page and trying to change policy.
>
> Sarah

Don't worry we have plenty for terrible editors to do. RC patrol for a start.

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geni