[WikiEN-l] Re: Is User:The Trolls of Navarone another 142/Entmoots/JRR reincarnation?

[Mark Richards]

I don't think this is a good idea. Banning someone
because you don't have the patience to look at edit
histories isn't the kind of thing we need. IP
addresses are usually accepted as evidence in this
case, and since this user has done nothing wrong, it
seems crazy to try to block him. This is the kind of
baiting that leads to more conflict. The user is using
the term troll to declare his politics about
Wikipedia, but that in itself is not a good reason to
ban him.
Mark


--- Phil Sandifer <sandifer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I think it's probably beside the point - IP
> addresses can be spoofed. 
> If it were the same, it would be proof. If it's
> different, it doesn't 
> show anything one way or another.
> 
> I've not got the time or patience to go digging into
> the edit histories 
> for similarities, but if the alleged similarities
> exist, I'd have no 
> problem with a swift ban for reincarnation.
> 
> But, then, I've got minimal patience for people who
> don't appear to be 
> editing in good faith. This user is admitting on his
> userpage that he 
> is a troll, in the tradition of a number of other
> banned trolls. This 
> is not good faith. No deep philosophical debate
> needed here.
> 
> -Snowspinner
> 
> On Jul 2, 2004, at 1:36 AM, Michael Snow wrote:
> 
> > He has an IP address of 217.26.162.142 listed on
> his user page. Would 
> > one of the developers mind checking out whether
> that matches up to 
> > EntmootsOfTrolls or JRR Trollkien?
> >
> > --Michael Snow
> >
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