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<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Danny
did nothing wrong. I intend to follow his example.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If I
see people fighting over an article, I'm going to protect it and tell them to
chill out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>AND I
reserve the right to choose which "old version" to revert
to.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>AND
FURTHERMORE, if I can figure out a neutral way to fix the article, I see no
ethical reason not to:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>* make
ONE edit</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>*
describe it on the talk page</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>* and
report what I did to this mailing list</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=714494114-01042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ed
Poor</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> daniwo59@aol.com
[mailto:daniwo59@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 31, 2003 10:36
PM<BR><B>To:</B> wikien-l@wikipedia.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WikiEN-l]
172--what happened<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Actually, Eric, I disagree.
<BR><BR>Trolling is a form of vandalism. This could justly be interpretted as
trolling. (I am reminded of the constant edit wars with Helga, which cost
Wikipedia quite a lot in terms of time and people who were disgusted and
left)<BR><BR>For me to just ask some other "neutral" sysop to do it instead of
me is hardly a neutral step. <BR><BR>I was not involved in an edit war. It was
not an article that I care too deeply about. I was protecting it from what I
(continue to) perceive as trolling.<BR><BR>Given the situation with Lir/.Vera
Cruz/Susan Mason as well as Michael/Weezer and 172, perhaps its time sysops
took more steps to limit trolling and not just the "George Washington had big
balls" kind of vandalism. I open that for discussion. <BR><BR>Danny
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