On 3/21/07, Denny Colt <wikidenny(a)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...
* 1. 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?
If a change is good for the encyclopedia, you could revert without looking
at its merit, but it would probably be reinsterted by someone else later on.
Not reverting good edits causes less work and in the end improves the
project.
The "can be reverted regardless of the merits"-bit was, I think, included so
edits by banned users can easily be reverted without the editor doing so
being required to research all the edits. If they know something to be true
and reference-able, they don't have to remove it. If they don't know, they
won't be sanctioned for removing it.
Mgm