[WikiEN-l] Newbies who don't act like newbies

[Andrew Gray]

On 02/12/2007, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2007 10:02 AM, Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info> wrote:
> > What we need to cut out, before it get any worse, is banning of new
> > users because they may become disruptive in the future, on shaky grounds
> > that they already know the way of the land. We should be applauding
> > those that actually RTFM as we often wish.
> >
> Other than this single block of !!, do you have any examples of when
> that has actually happened?
>
> > As has been said, who cares if an account is a returning banned user /
> > friend of WR / ...... At the end of the day, the goal of this project is
> > to create an encyclopedia. If the user is not disrupting that goal, then
> > leave them be.
> >
> I think intent goes a long away, at least in the meta namespace.
> Everyone who participated in the Durova arb com, which ultimately
> accomplished essentially nothing, wasted our time and disrupted the
> goal of creating an encyclopedia.  Should we ban them all?

A long time ago, asked if I would run for arbcom, I suggested the best
way to do it would be to ban 90% of the people complained about and
90% of people doing the complaining.

There are times I begin to think I wasn't joking!

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- Andrew Gray
  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk