My opinion would be no, because I thought we were
never to use
sysop privileges in a fight over content. I would like to hear
what others think, though. I know there's been some conflict over
the page.
There's no real conflict; there's one anonymous crackpot with a
pet theory, and the rest of the reasonable community. The crackpot
doesn't even /try/ to follow our guidelines here--he simply wants
to make that article an advertisement for his pseudoscientific
bullshit, and when we try to make a useful article out of it, he
just restores his crap. I don't think we should "lock" the article,
but only because that prevents other reasonable people from editing
it. I /do/ think we should ban the crackpot if he doesn't give up.
In general, though, I think we should not make hard-and-fast rules
about use of sysop features. We should use judgment, and do whatever
is good for the project. A content war between reasonable people
who disagree is one thing, and we should treat such a conflict with
respect. But a crackpot spreading total nonsense is another, and we
should use whatever tools we have to defend against his damage.
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