The tolerance for editors who willfully damage
Wikipedia is
astounding; known repeat offenders are agonized over, sometimes for
weeks at a time, before action is taken, and even then actions are
watered down in the hopes that one day, perhaps, with the right
tutoring, the editor might make some valuable edit or contribution.
I agree with this completely.
The key, though, is that the solution to this problem has to be
undertaken in a way that is respectful of due process. My deep
conviction that sysops who violate the rules must lose their sysop
privileges should not be mistaken for a toleration for trolls and
vandals. The amount of time that we allow *bad people* to waste for
*good people* is staggering to me.
--Jimbo