[WikiEN-l] Re: unwished corrections and unwished articles
Anthere
anthere9 at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 27 07:32:50 UTC 2004
Ray Saintonge wrote:
> moink wrote:
>
>>> This is just another example of the loose cannon behaviour that we're
>>> getting from some over-zealous sysops. This user did not add the term
>>> "world revolution", he only wikified it where it already appeared. That
>>> is perfectly within standard Wikipedia practice. If a non-existent
>>> article is linked enough times, that is exactly what will make it appear
>>> on the list of most wanted pages. At one time that page was a great
>>> resource for newbies who didn't know what to write about. Please don't
>>> blame this user for not attempting to get along when that failure is on
>>> the part of his accusers.
>>>
>>> Ec
>>>
>>
>>
>> You're right; I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to blame the blocked user; I
>> was instead trying to point out ways in which these kinds of conflicts
>> might be avoided in future. But I put it wrong. My apologies.
>>
>> moink
>>
> No problem; it's really the sysop that did the blocking that should be
> giving the apology the new user. It's the second such incident on the
> mailing list in the last couple days. Sysops should know and behave better.
>
> Ec
A sysop **blocked** a user for wikifying a term, which will perhaps be
an article later ?
Wikifying is "vandalism" ??
Was the sysop trying to "limit" the project growth ???
Les Dieux sont tombés sur la tête :-)
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