From: daniwo59@aol.com
Frankly, I never supported the 3RR, either the first time it was implemented, or this, the second time. I certainly oppose the idea that it takes precedence, or is even on an equal footing, with the goal of creating an _accurate_, NPOV, open-source encyclopedia. Comments equating it with that are misguided. 3RR was put in place, not as an objective in itself, but as a means to an end, that end being the creation of an accurate corpus of human knowledge. And yet, while people are willing to block for violating the 3RR, how many people are willing to block for pushing POV or adding inaccurate information consistently? That is a problem.
So I reiterate: 3RR is not a goal of Wikipedia. In an ideal world, it would not even be necessary. It is merely a means to an end.
True. However, I've seen instances where editors have reverted pages 14 times in half a day, against the will of a half dozen editors, with no sanction then or now. Enforcement of the 3RR has put an end to that kind of nonsense. POV pushing has always been a problem, but I've seen no indication that 3RR enforcement has made the POV pushing problem any worse than it was before, and it has demonstrably helped ameliorate egregious edit-warring problems.
Jay.