[WikiEN-l] Newbie biting, the 3RR, and improper labeling of vandalism

[David Gerard]

On 12/09/2007, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I checked again and all the edit warriors have kissed and made up and
> agreed to a compromise which is good. User:Mm555 has said he will
> "change the way he edits pages. However, he has also removed the
> "vandalism" warnings from his talk page. Maybe he should get a pass on
> that one since what he did was really not "vandalism".


No-one is obliged to keep vandalism warnings at all. The removal shows
they read them.


> Also, the more I think about it, we really should start cracking down
> on the misuse of vandalism warnings and reverts falsely labeled as
> "vandalism", especially if there is even the slightest appearance that
> they are being used as an end run around 3RR.


By gentle cluification of offenders and an assumption of good faith
and improvable judgement on their part, of course.


- d.