[Wikipedia-l] I'm seeing a trend here or How to

[koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com]

Imran Wrote:
>Vandalism defined as:
>
>> Deleting significant parts of an article without reasonable cause
>> Inserting unnecessary profanity into an article.
>> Inserting nonsensical text into an article.
>> Purposefully changing an article in order to mislead readers.
>> Modifying the comments of other users in Talk: or Wikipedia: namespace.
>
>A single purposeful vandalism from an anonymous user is a 1-week ban.
>
>A single vandalism from a logged in user results in a 24-hour ban, not to

etc.

Ick.  I suppose the tendency in groups is to bureaucratize as they
grow, but, uh, geez.  Next come the jaywalking tickets.

kq