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&…
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.
I just read through it. It looks like an honest expression of views in
the Wikipedia namespace. Nobody is being attacked. What is there about
the post that "provokes conflict"? Surely this is not an opinion that
would merit banning.
Ec