[WikiEN-l] NO-FX ban

[Brion Vibber]

On Fri, 23 May 2003, Erik Moeller wrote:
> No-Fx has vandalized Zoe's user page. He appears to be yet another
> reincarnation of the banned user Michael, working on the same articles in
> the same style and not responding to messages.
>
> So, should we ban him? He will probably just reappear under a new name,
> but if we do this often enough, he might be deterred.

It seems he's found a delightful game: bait the Wikipedians and watch them
swat. People play this game with their cats all the time; neither cat nor
human ever seem to tire of it.

But what if the cat stops swatting? The cruel human will get bored and
stop taunting the poor cat with yarn / flashlight / laser pointer.

Stop giving him the satisfaction of making a big fuss. Just revert crap
that's crap, and work with stuff that's good (should there be any). What
more do we need?

> I should point out that the problem of users appearing under dozens of
> names would probably go away if we required an email confirmation during
> signup, although that might deter some users from creating an account.

You have heard of hotmail and yahoo, right? :)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)