[WikiEN-l] JzG's banning Private Musings regarding BADSITES debate

[William Pietri]

I think we discussed this topic plenty before, but I did want to post 
one small follow-up based on some new info.

It appears that this drama was both touched off by and sustained with a 
variety of sock puppets, now banned. My thanks to Morven for nabbing no 
less than 19 socks from one operator. From what I can tell, there were 
two other people with now-banned socks involved in that as well, two 
claiming to be pro-BADSITES and one opposed.

It's always hard to guess the motives of people like that, but if 
trolling was their goal, they had a smashing success. Hopefully all 
involved will feel a little chastened by that. I know I do.

Not that I plan to assume good faith any less: suspicion and distrust 
are great raw material for trolls. But I'm definitely going to try for 
more WP:COOL, and more patience with people who see themselves as 
responding to intolerable provocation.

William


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