[WikiEN-l] Newbie and not-so-newbie biting

[Emily Monroe]

> The vandal problem hasn't gone away: admins deal with those vandals  
> we have more harshly in the past (and no one cares).

Is that, or is that not a good thing? I honestly, sincerely ask this  
question not out of spite, but of curiosity.

Emily
On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Charles Matthews wrote:

> Apoc 2400 wrote:
>> Over
>> the past years the number of vandals and other simple troublemakers  
>> has
>> dropped and our technical means of dealing with them have improved.  
>> We still
>> have the army of hobby-cops and they aren't going to sit around  
>> idle. So we
>> get the situation that writer above faces.
>>
> Having looked deeper into what [[User:Mckennagene ]] has been talking
> about, I don't think that's correct on either count. The vandal  
> problem
> hasn't gone away: admins deal with those vandals we have more  
> harshly in
> the past (and no one cares).
>
> And the cited complaint piece is pretty misleading in its way. The
> [[Kettlebowl]] article would have been a useful addition to [[Bryant,
> Wisconsin]] (which isn't much to look at); the comment on creation  
> "one
> of the most significant activities in the Antigo, WI area" is pretty  
> odd
> when a link was created in [[Antigo, Wisconsin]] and not in [[Bryant,
> Wisconsin]]. With directions for how to get there from Antigo by bus.
>
> Whatever User:Mckennagene has said, this is promotional (aimed at  
> people
> in the county town). Further, [[Talk:Kettlebowl]] shows no signs at  
> all
> of bullying: discussion of notability, of the geographic feature of  
> the
> hill being encyclopedic while a small skiing area may not be.
>
> It is certainly a weakness of our discussions that a single instance  
> is
> so often taken as indicative of something people want to believe.
>
> Charles
>
>
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