I strongly suspect that User:Ron Davis is User:DW (who was banned a while ago) under a different name. Both have worked a very great deal on cemetery articles, both have a very similar (non-conventional) biographical style, both place a string of periods before their signature, and the long message Ron Daivs left on [[User talk:Rbrwr]] has more than a hint of DW to it. Most recently, Ron Davis has moved [[List of communities in Quebec]] back to [[Communities of the Province of Quebec, Canada]], from where it was originally moved by User:Montréalais. Montréalais' move was correct in my opinion, Ron Davis' is rather petty, and judging from the comment he left on [[Talk:List of communities in Quebec]], was done simply because it wasn't the name he had originally given the article (considering articles he had written to be "owned" by him was another DW characteristic).
What we should do about this, if anything, I don't know. I just mention it out of interest and as a sort of warning. Apologies if it seems that I'm jumping to conclusions, but I've been watching this guy for a number of weeks, and I'm completely convinced.
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Lee Pilich wrote:
I strongly suspect that User:Ron Davis is User:DW (who was banned a while ago) under a different name.
Has anyone asked Ron Davis?
One possible route for redemption, one that I don't really want to encourage but can't really prevent, is for a person who has been warned repeatedly and then banned for bad behavior to come back under a new name *and behave*. If they actually *do* behave, well, there's not much harm.
The only harm, really, is that a standing policy like that might encourage some people to just keep coming back under new names. In particularly problematic cases, we might have to be really strict about it, up to and including complaining to ISPs or bigger authorities if absolutely necessary.
At 10:30 28/02/2003 -0800, Jimbo wrote:
Lee Pilich wrote:
I strongly suspect that User:Ron Davis is User:DW (who was banned a while ago) under a different name.
Has anyone asked Ron Davis?
I've just done so on his talk page.
One possible route for redemption, one that I don't really want to encourage but can't really prevent, is for a person who has been warned repeatedly and then banned for bad behavior to come back under a new name *and behave*. If they actually *do* behave, well, there's not much harm.
I agree, and have only brought this up now because he's begun to be a little (and only a little) troublesome. I suspected it was probably DW some weeks ago, but didn't mention it as he was causing no trouble. I'm not a big fan of banning (though realise it's sometimes necessary), and I certainly won't mind if he stays and behaves.
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