[WikiEN-l] Peodophiles and wikipedia

[Bryan Derksen]

From: Kurt Maxwell Weber <kmw at deepthought.armory.com>

> If blocking is supposed to be preventative rather than punitive, 
> then what preventative purpose is served by re-blocking this 
> user, if every indication is that he will not resume his prior 
> behavior?

On a related note, I really don't understand the notion that some people have that any article written by a banned editor while he's banned must be deleted regardless of whether it's a valid article or not. That's another instance of putting the goal of "punishment" ahead of "encyclopedia writing".