[WikiEN-l] Best approach for dealing with... er... cranks?

[Jimmy Wales]

I have no advice.  The curve article talk page is mostly over my head
right now.  (I'm more intelligent in the mornings, though, so I'll
clear my head and look at it then.)

I think his change to the line article, whether true or not, made it
too specialized.  His information could be added (if true) as a more
techincal exposition, but the stuff that was there should have
remained.



Chas Brown wrote:

> 
> How do those on list suggest dealing with contributors like FWappler? 
> 
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fwappler
> 
> See our current game of ping-pong:
> 
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Curve
> 
> He's polite, he's not a vandal, but (for those not mathematically
> minded) he's really not contributing here. Although he's using
> mathematical language, the result is basically gibberish.
> 
> Two thoughts come to mind:
> 
> (1) Ever terser reverts.
> (2) Wait a few days, and ''then'' revert.
> 
> I figure if I do (2), he'll lose focus and play somewhere else; but
> there's certainly no guarantee. In the meantime, we have incorrect
> material in the 'pedia. Furthermore, it seems to "spread"; for example,
> I notice that's he's also added incorrect material to the similar topic
> 
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line
> 
> which I hesitate to revert lest it stimulate ''another'' flurry of
> gibberish.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Cheers - Chas
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