On 2/21/07, Parker Peters parkerpeters1002@gmail.com wrote:
It's not the obvious vandalism that's a problem, it's the number of people, growing every day, who see an article, try to fix it, and get whacked by an over-eager, over-egoed, over-caffeine-dosed admin who's lost the ability to distinguish from a real vandal and someone trying to [[Be Bold]] and fix a problem.
I can see two possible patterns a newbie editor can get into when trying to "fix" a "defended" article.
1. bold/revert/talk/shrug/go play elsewhere
2. bold/revert/bold/revert/bold/revert/go WTF on talk page/bold/revert/bold/revert/ bold/revert/more dickery on talk page/block/sockpuppets/block/lather/rinse/repeat
As far as you know, have any of these innocent newbie editors drew the wrath of a "rogue admin" following pattern 1?