Conrad Dunkerson wrote:
Wikipedia is becoming more and more a battleground (does anyone disagree with that assessment?)... and in part that is because we no longer treat the 'problem' users with as much respect as we once did. They cause problems... sooner or later someone comes along and stomps them... and instead of slowly learning to fit in or drifting away with mildly bad feelings they gain an intense hatred of Wikipedia or those they see as the 'abusers'. It's a problem we are contributing to and ought to make more concerted efforts to avoid.
This is possible. However, I am not really sure about it. As ever, when I am asked to look into cases of "admin abuse" and I choose to do so, I generally find myself astounded at how nice we are to complete maniacs, and for how long.
--Jimbo