Jimbo wrote:
- And finally, there is a class of decisions that weighs heavily on
me, namely decisions about banning. My pleasant demeanor may not reveal how much I agonize over these, in *both* directions. Some mornings I wake up in a mood to ban everyone. Other mornings I wake up in a mood that says that everyone can be saved. So I have to think and worry a lot about these. Despite the difficulty, though, I like doing it well enough for now. But someday I might be exhausted by it, and might prefer a more broad-based procedure.
This part of it is, to me, really a pain in the ass. Some people come to wikipedia with the wrong idea; others come with the right idea but the wrong delivery, and can be converted, others can't; a few get it immediately and set about doing excellent work. An equally few get it immediately and latch on like a tick. The trolls and the wackos are tiresome; banning is imperfect; unending tolerance seems damaging both to the content and the community; showing too little tolerance preserves the content but changes both the project and the community. I don't want wikipedia to become a tux-and-tails place, but I'd also respect the decision to toss out the occasional layabout. In any case, I don't see any solution. This is a problem for people smarter & more experienced than I.
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