On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Bryan Derksen wrote:
On a related note, I really don't understand the notion that some people have that any article written by a banned editor while he's banned must be deleted regardless of whether it's a valid article or not. That's another instance of putting the goal of "punishment" ahead of "encyclopedia writing".
Because nobody is supposed to commit abuse. If you allow banned users to edit as long as they don't commit abuse, that's equivalent to allowing banned users to edit, period. In other words, unless valid articles from banned editors are deleted, there is no such thing as a ban at all.