Tony Sidaway wrote:
Andrew Lih said:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:58:20 +0000, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
The 3RR was supported by comunity conmsensus. If you want to change it get another consensus
Text that was voted on says: "If you violate the three revert rule, sysops may block you for up to 24 hours." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Three_revert_rule_enforcement
The policy provides authorization for blocking, but not much wisdom or guidance on whether to use it. Just wanted to note that page locking is also a viable (and less drastic) option for admins.
I dispute any suggestion that protection of a page is in any way *less* drastic than blocking a user. If a page is protected, *nobody* can edit it. If one or two over-enthusiastic revert warriors are blocked for up to a day, only their potential edits are lost--and since they're likely to be holding up editing by their reverts, their loss is often a very good thing.
If an editor has something to add that is not related to the war it will still be just as valid afte the lock-up period has ended. Very little is of such immediate importance as to not survive the application of a little patience.
Ec