On 6/19/06, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/17/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
I agree that admins block users too fast, and should use *warnings* more than they do.
I never cease to be surprised (and pleased) how many casual vandals stop editing when I give them a warning message. They're mostly just kids who've been caught with their hands in the biscuit tin (or "cookie jar", for all you septics).
I worry there may be a few too many people who've got far too cynical dealing with vandalism all day, and need to relax a bit.
Yes, on a few occasions when I patrol [[WP:AIV]], a lot of the vandals simply stopped vandalising after getting the test3 or test4 and do not need to be blocked.