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.
That imparts greater
importance to the ban than to the abuse. It turns
the situation into a power game as the two parties try to establish who
is the bigger dick.
Remember too that the editors do not own the articles; you are granting
the evader the power of ownership.
Ec