I'm a bit uneasy about people reverting ChuckM edits before he has actually been banned. What must it look like to newbies?

He has already put a very unwelcoming message on JCarriker's talk page. JCarriker being a new user. Unfortunately it was deleted before I could replace it with a welcome message so I don't have a copy but it would very likely have put a new user off. I don't want any of "our" behaviour to look equally off putting. I'm sure he'll be banned soon enough.

Having said that since it is pretty clear he is DW. We could possibly just go ahead and put a hardban notice on his ban page.

I don't know, but I do know that I don't want new, potentially very good wikipedians to think. "This place is far too unfriendly for me" and go away.

Theresa