[WikiEN-l] How do I use my newfound powers, and not abuse them?

[The Cunctator]

On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 17:25, Jens Frank wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 01:23:25PM -0600, Fred Bauder wrote:
> > Adding "my ass-crack will suffer the consequences of the bong-hole!" to an
> > article on the French Revolution is well beyond the limits of any doubt. The
> > only thing that might hold back a ban is if that is the address of AOL, MSN
> > or some similar large isp.
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> If it's only one edit, don't ban. He just tried whether he can hit the 
> "Save"-button. A ban only raises the vandals interest in messing around
> even more. I usually open a "User contributions" page and reload it after
> 5 to 10 minutes. If the user has made more edits, I revert them. I repeat 
> this 2 or 3 times. If he's still around, I ban him. This is less work
> then looking up the IP and check whether it's a permanent or dynamic IP
> or a web proxy or so.
> 
I wholeheartedly agree. Only if someone is persistent for several days
(or is slamming the server) should one consider banning the ip.