From: "KNOTT, T" <tknott(a)qcl.org.uk>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:58:25 +0100
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)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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