--- The Cunctator cunctator@kband.com wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:12, Bryan Derksen wrote:
It's also resulted in the loss of a number of
excellent contributors. I
believe that relying on merciless editing and
ignoring doesn't work _well_,
and that being more willing to ban disruptive
people will result in a
higher quality of Wikipedia overall.
Which excellent contributors? What's the particular story?
Michael Tinkler and Julie Hoffman Kemp are two off the top of my head. Note that they are both historians, and many of our less than cooperative contributors operate on history articles.
You have to understand, I'm by nature skeptical of arguments that call for increased levels of hard security. There's usually a better way. I'm also skeptical of arguments that would be used against me.
I am as well. I believe that soft security is often the best way to go. But not always.
Stephen G.
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