Let me say first of all that I agree with Cunctator's well-reasoned points.
However, stop being an idiot! People don't change just because you call them names, you fool!
And you have failed to explain how reviewing and codifying our customs and/or blocking violators of codified will "destroy" Wikipedia. What the heck does "limited to certain type of person" mean? Are you afraid that people like you would be kicked out? Shucks, you're the first person I would vote for to be a Moderator!
We already block the IPs of graffiti artists. How would reviewing and codifying the "vandal blocking" policy make things worse?
Ed Poor
On 11/11/02 1:38 PM, "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
On 11/11/02 12:21 PM, "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote: We have some customs. We need to review and codify them. "Ignore all rules" will have to go. "Please follow the rules or be blocked" will have to replace it.
Doing so will destroy Wikipedia. Rather, the type of contributors will steadily become limited to a certain type of person, which type will over time become more and more limited.
And you have failed to explain how reviewing and codifying our customs and/or blocking violators of codified will "destroy" Wikipedia. What the heck does "limited to certain type of person" mean? Are you afraid that people like you would be kicked out? Shucks, you're the first person I would vote for to be a Moderator!
I'd either leave or be kicked out, yes, since I couldn't agree to such a change.
We already block the IPs of graffiti artists. How would reviewing and codifying the "vandal blocking" policy make things worse?
The same way that extending any policy that harms others makes things worse. Harming others is only okay to the degree that you're harming bad people. The more people you harm and the more that you harm them, the harder it is to be just.
See m:WikipediAhimsa.
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