On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:47:54 -0000, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Page protection is unpopular; temp-banning 3RR violaters seems to have a good consensus behind it. This displays a rational attitude to the content of the page in question, I think.
Edit warring usually stops the development of a page right in its tracks, often for the sake of a part of the whole that is not that significant.
You have to break eggs to make an omelette, and sometimes you have to let people see the futility of war. :)
The problem with 3RR as it's being practiced now -- it assigns blame much too early in the process, without even an attempt to stabilize the situation and let cooler heads prevail.
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)