On 6/28/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/28/06, fireislandparadise
<fireislandparadise(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The purpose of 3RR is not to give admins the
sense of power by maximizing
their opportunities to block but to prevent or stop edit wars. We should be
trying to reduce the number of blocks, not increase them. If a mandatory
warning results in ending edit wars without a block why not do it?
A non-mandatory (but strongly encouraged) warning has that effect. A
mandatory warning would create situations where a user who has edit
warred can't be blocked because no warning was given.
Steve
The edit war would (or should) be ended by the warning given at that
point, otherwise the offender would be blocked. We're getting a bit
chicken and egg here. The purpose of the 3RR rules is not punitive but
preventative. If the edit war has already ended there's no need for
the block anyway. If it hasn't ended then the warning should end it
even if it's made late.