On 3/22/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/21/07, Denny Colt wikidenny@gmail.com wrote:
Hello... this is my first post to the actual list (ever). I usually just focus on building a few articles, and spend too much time on Recent Changes/RC patrol. However... I got inadvertantly pulled into a couple of policy related disputes and wanted to put this forward. Two questions/propositions, that I posted to the Banning policy today at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Banning_policy#Reverting_banned_...
I wanted to post it here too to get some more visibility since that page isn't too active at all...
- Reverting banned users: may vs will
The banning policy says, "Any edits made in defiance of a ban may be reverted to enforce the ban, regardless of the merits of the edits themselves". As the policy gives no leeway for them to post on Wikipedia pages anyway, shouldn't this language not contridict the rest of it and say "will be reverted" instead? Why indulge trolls and troublemakers?
Editors are not forced to revert changes by banned users and why would you do so on all their edits anyway?
To discourage them from violating their ban. They are not wanted on Wikipedia.
Jay.