[WikiEN-l] Viral swarming teenage vanity spam

[BJörn Lindqvist]

On 7/5/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Erik wrote:
> >The page was now deleted, in spite of no consensus, and in spite of a
> >very large amount of blog coverage and a newspaper report in Politiken
> >about it. Whether you like it or not (and I don't), it does meet the
> >WP:WEB criteria. This is part of a worrying and growing trend among
> >admins to do whatever they feel like when they close an AfD.
> >Overriding community opinion should only be done in exceptional
> >circumstances and with clear documentation of one's reasoning, which
> >can then be taken into policy discussions. Otherwise you end up with
> >completely arbitrary enforcement, and an ever growing tension between
> >admins and regular users.
>
> Is every random spammer who hits 'edit' automatically a member of the
> 'community'?

Yes, the applicable guideline is "assume good faith." Until and unless
they prove themselves to be "random spammers," please treat them with
respect.

> Why would we give automatic suffrage to folks who have not yet
> demonstrated a significant degree of support or even understanding of
> the goals of the project?

Because they are giving up their free time trying to help the project.
That demonstrates their support.

-- 
mvh Björn