[WikiEN-l] Re: Broken dispute resolution mechanisms (was Reithyisa problem)

[Charles Matthews]

"Bryan Derksen" wrote

> Kicking off 0.1% of Wikipedia's users isn't going to significantly reduce
> the pool of editors, and would reduce the stress for a significant portion
> of the 99.9% who remain. I don't see what these 1-in-1000 antisocials are
> contributing to Wikipedia that is worth it to endure the bad atmosphere
> they generate for everyone else.

Well, I think that's the debate really.  If it was uncontroversial who they
were, and that a surgical removal was possible without splitting the
community, they would be banned quite quickly.

Charles