On 5/20/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia(a)philwelch.net> wrote:
I'm not saying it should be cause for alarm--I'm saying it should be
cause for ban.
I'm unconvinced simply on the basis of what someone believes they are trying
to achieve. I'm talking in theoretical terms here, but let's call P their
positive contributions, W the work required by other Wikipedians to clean up
their negative contributions, and R the damage caused by the person to
Wikipedia's reputation by their participation in the project (and the damage
that isn't detected and fixed by other editors). If P > R + W, then it seems
they should stay. Particularly if, with a bit of rehabilitation, we can
reduce W and R.
I have no idea of those values for this particular case. I just have an
instinctive negative reaction to "He is trying to subvert the project! Block
him!" type reactions.
Steve