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

[steven l. rubenstein]

Thanks -- I do appreciate your advice, and Fred's as well.

At 11:25 PM 5/15/2003 +0200, you 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.
>
>Regards,
>
>         jens
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Steven L. Rubenstein
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Ohio University
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