JAY JG (jayjg@hotmail.com) [050120 03:17]:
I think swift but light justice helps. The way things work now, a rogue editor runs rampant over Wikipedia for a couple of months, till ArbCom can finally deal with it. By that point their "rap sheet" is so long that the only reasonable remedy is a lengthy ban of many months.
Which is indeed not good at all.
If we were able to hand out one or two day "cooling off" bans very soon after the behaviour started, I believe it would make the rogue editors start taking Wikipedia policies seriously enough that they might actually move their disputes and concerns to the Talk: pages, rather than the articles.
Is there anyone on this list with serious objections to short (12hr or 24hr) blocks for personal abuse? I'd like to see what can be done about the objections to the idea, with the hope of getting it through again.
I understand that temporary injunctions by ArbCom were supposed to help with this, but, ironically, in more cases than not the final rulings are brought down before any temporary injunctions get the necessary votes.
This is one thing we're trying to get better with!
- d.