John Robinson 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&d...
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