[WikiEN-l] Peodophiles and wikipedia

[Ray Saintonge]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Bryan Derksen wrote:
>   
>> 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".
>>     
> Because nobody is supposed to commit abuse.  If you allow banned users to
> edit as long as they don't commit abuse, that's equivalent to allowing banned
> users to edit, period.  In other words, unless valid articles from banned
> editors are deleted, there is no such thing as a ban at all.
That imparts greater importance to the ban than to the abuse.  It turns 
the situation into a power game as the two parties try to establish who 
is the bigger dick.

Remember too that the editors do not own the articles; you are granting 
the evader the power of ownership.

Ec