<DIV>Mediation between me and Wik is now approaching a month. None of our procedure mean anything if there's no sense of urgency.</DIV>
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<DIV>RickK<BR><BR><B><I>Erik Moeller <erik_moeller@gmx.de></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">So, are we going to do something about edit wars or not? What exactly is <BR>page protection going to accomplish if an individual like Wik will engage <BR>in an edit war on virtually every page they are involved in? Or per- <BR>article bans? Are we going to ban Wik from dozens of articles? Run after <BR>him wherever he goes?<BR><BR>I note on the arbitration for Wik that the consensus among the committee <BR>is leaning towards not handling the case of Wik directly because a 24 hour <BR>ban policy is *under discussion*. Well, that policy has been sabotaged <BR>for nonsensical reasons which could easily have been addressed by flexible <BR>language in the policy itself.<BR><BR>If people like Wik can engage in edit wars without serious consequences, <BR>and I on the other hand am attacked for doing what I can to intervene (as <BR>in the case of [[McFly]], where I protected the page which
Wik had blanked <BR>repeatedly and - gasp - edited it afterwards), then it is clear that the <BR>Wikipedia community as a whole *wants* edit wars to happen.<BR><BR>Well, if you want edit wars to happen, you sure as hell are going to get <BR>edit wars. And don't expect me to hold back if someone like Wik gets into <BR>a conflict with me.<BR><BR>If I sound angry, that's because I am. The bullies are being protected <BR>with fallacious arguments of free speech and "WikiLove". We need <BR>enforcement here. And I'm very disappointed in Jimbo for not doing <BR>something about this issue and endlessly delaying any meaningful decision. <BR>The solution is trivial. Warn and then temporarily ban people who violate <BR>the *spirt and the letter* of the rule. There are *no* negative side- <BR>effects of such a policy.<BR><BR>Erik<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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