[WikiEN-l] Edit war policy meaningless

[Fred Bauder]

Just hang on. The arbitration committee is apparently going to try a little
bit of wet noodle on Wik, but after they all see that it just encourages him
there will be some serious rethinking.

You are correct but are not being patient.

Wik is welcome to change and hopefully will, but as we move forward and if
he continues with his current pattern eventually the fur will fly.

As you seem on one end of the continuum I suggest you mark time until the
"masses" catch up with you.

Fred

> From: erik_moeller at gmx.de (Erik Moeller)
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: 13 Mar 2004 16:00:00 +0100
> To: wikien-l at wikimedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Edit war policy meaningless
> 
> So, are we going to do something about edit wars or not? What exactly is
> page protection going to accomplish if an individual like Wik will engage
> in an edit war on virtually every page they are involved in? Or per-
> article bans? Are we going to ban Wik from dozens of articles? Run after
> him wherever he goes?
> 
> I note on the arbitration for Wik that the consensus among the committee
> is leaning towards not handling the case of Wik directly because a 24 hour
> ban policy is *under discussion*.  Well, that policy has been sabotaged
> for nonsensical reasons which could easily have been addressed by flexible
> language in the policy itself.
> 
> If people like Wik can engage in edit wars without serious consequences,
> and I on the other hand am attacked for doing what I can to intervene (as
> in the case of [[McFly]], where I protected the page which Wik had blanked
> repeatedly and - gasp - edited it afterwards), then it is clear that the
> Wikipedia community as a whole *wants* edit wars to happen.
> 
> Well, if you want edit wars to happen, you sure as hell are going to get
> edit wars. And don't expect me to hold back if someone like Wik gets into
> a conflict with me.
> 
> If I sound angry, that's because I am. The bullies are being protected
> with fallacious arguments of free speech and "WikiLove". We need
> enforcement here. And I'm very disappointed in Jimbo for not doing
> something about this issue and endlessly delaying any meaningful decision.
> The solution is trivial. Warn and then temporarily ban people who violate
> the *spirt and the letter* of the rule. There are *no* negative side-
> effects of such a policy.
> 
> Erik
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