[WikiEN-l] Parker Peters

[Rich Holton]

The Cunctator wrote:
> On 2/23/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/23/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The moderators have agreed to ban this user from subscribing to the list.
>>> Since he was not making any positive contributions through his membership,
>>> it has been revoked.
>> This is sort of sad; gadflys and contrary opinions help strengthen
>> projects, and on his good days, he was on the "probably making me
>> think enough that it's positive overall" side of things.
>>
>> But I see why, from the bad days.
>>
>> We need a better class of gadfly.
> 
> Speaking as an upper class gadfly, I have to say that Parker Peters
> wasn't that bad and shouldn't have been banned.
> 
> People need to learn how to killfile users they don't like, instead of
> appealing to moderators.
> 

I have to agree. I often wonder if the calls for banning from this list 
are more an attempt to punish than anything else.

-Rich