[WikiEN-l] Newbie biting, the 3RR, and improper labeling of vandalism

[Michael Noda]

On 9/9/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/9/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > If y'all are more interested in making ad-hominem
> > attacks against Mm555 than in discussing the pros
> > and cons of placing Carson City on the list, perhaps
> > y'all should just edit war all day - get it out of your
> > system, talk later.
>
> This thread is not about the "pros and cons of placing Carson City on
> the list", that discussion belongs on the article's talk page. It's
> about the behavior of the participants in an edit war. With everybody
> discussion the behavior of the experienced editors, who perhaps did
> overreact, I thought it important to show that there's plenty of blame
> to go around and the experienced editors weren't reacting to a "simple
> newbie mistake".

No, the experienced editors weren't reacting to a simple newbie
mistake, they were reacting to a slightly complex newbie mistake
(although not really an uncommon nor unexpected one).  This mitigates
their error, but they were still in error, and an apology is still
warranted.