On 5/10/07, Gallagher Mark George m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
Vandals are potential future editors. Your friends are current editors. We don't want to piss off either group. In the clutch, we should be leaning towards preserving current editors; but if we can do both, as I believe most admins try to do --- if ineptly at times --- this is better.
Has there ever been research about how many vandals reform and become good editors? I would be very surprised if this was any significant percentage of the total. It's worth more to keep current editors than to help out people who are currently a nuisance and may or may not become helpful later.
Mgm