[WikiEN-l] Don't look for trouble. (was Re: Blocking without following policy)

Mark Richards marich712000 at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 12 23:11:06 UTC 2004


I was talking primarily about Leo Trollstoy - I have
yet to see anything that merits banning.
Mark R

--- John Robinson <john at freeq.com> wrote:
> >I find the idea of a popularity contest to see
> whether
> >someone is returning user bizarre. In fact, I find
> the
> >whole idea of returning users bizarre. If the user
> >needs to be banned, ban them on the basis of the
> edits
> >they make, there is no need to speculate on whether
> >they are returning.
> >If they don't do anything worth banning, so much
> the
> >better. Don't provoke conflict unless it is
> necessary
> >- I think there is a word for that.
> >Mark R
> 
> Here is JRR Trollkien's first edit:
> 
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Political_dispute&diff=2878571&oldid=2754803
> 
> I find it bizarre that you think it is someone
> besides this 
> previously-banned user who is attempting to "provoke
> conflict". Even 
> more bizarre than the fact that this user is still
> posting three 
> months later.>
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