It is very difficult to decide whether this or that sockpuppet is really Wik so we will certainly disrupt others if we are
too
aggressive.
Most of the sockpuppets have been pretty easy to detect so far. The chance of onnocent users being affected is minimal IMO. I'm not saying we should be aggressive, I'm saying we should be firm.
Removing stuff from Jimbo's talk page (if indeed it was Wik and
not some provocateur) is a really bad idea.
Why? Also if it isn't wik, but some provocateur then a ban of 7 days seems a pretty apt punishment for impersonating Wik in order to stir up trouble.
Theresa
From: "KNOTT, T" tknott@qcl.org.uk Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:58:25 +0100 To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] How we should be dealing with Wik
It is very difficult to decide whether this or that sockpuppet is really Wik so we will certainly disrupt others if we are
too
aggressive.
Most of the sockpuppets have been pretty easy to detect so far. The chance of onnocent users being affected is minimal IMO. I'm not saying we should be aggressive, I'm saying we should be firm.
Firm is good.
Removing stuff from Jimbo's talk page (if indeed it was Wik and
not some provocateur) is a really bad idea.
Why? Also if it isn't wik, but some provocateur then a ban of 7 days seems a pretty apt punishment for impersonating Wik in order to stir up trouble.
The ip that posted that can be banned for a bit, of course. Jimbo has specifially asked folks to not delete stuff from his talk page. I think that probably should apply to all of us in the "cabal" so that criticisms, unfounded or not are clearly visible.
Fred
Theresa
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