From: "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com
On 6/23/06, Warren Blanco fireislandparadise@gmail.com wrote:
Lack of warning
A 3RR ban cannot be imposed against an editor who has not been
warned that
he or she is in danger of violating the 3RR. A ban can only be
imposed when
an editor violates the 3RR after receiving a warning even if he or
she has
already tecnically violated the 3RR prior to receiving a warning.
Strongly oppose. Admins should use discretion in not blocking unwarned users, but they shouldn't be prevented from doing so. 3RR is already subject to gaming, and it only works because it's so strict. Giving more escape clauses is a bad idea.
Steve
I also strongly oppose. There is already protection for new users who may be unaware of the rules; most Admins already try to avoid BITE-ing newcomers. This would open the door to even more abuse than we have currently; IMHO the goal is correctly to reduce edit warring, not increase wiki-lawyering. -kc-