Tony Sidaway wrote:
Personally I think that bad writing and driving away newcomers are the two worst problems of the project. The former can be fixed over time with effort. The latter will kill us if we keep it up. Compared to those, vandalism doesn't even count as a blip on the radar screen.
We deal quickly with real vandals because we all know what they are and we don't need to argue about them. Primarily, the efforts of vandals fail a test of basic relevance.
Even a POV pushing neo-nazi passes the relevance test. The articles that he acts upon will have some connection with his political views, and he is only rarely found doing anything with non-political articles.
Ec