[WikiEN-l] Questions about honesty and fair play

Mon Apr 28 11:55:05 UTC 2003

It is part of the pattern of certain trolls. The situation you are alluding
to: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/communist_state is a different situation.
There is no need to write an essay on why that article is being reverted.
See http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communist_state.

As to the general question: It is improper to make major changes to an
article, then mark it as a minor change. Done deliberately, it is part of a
pattern that eventually leads to banning.

Fred

> From: "Tony Wilson" <list at redhill.net.au>
> Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:30:23 +1000
> To: "WikiEN" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Questions about honesty and fair play
> 
> From time to time, it is said that deliberately hiding substantive
> changes to an entry is a bannable offence.  Is this true? If so, where
> is it written down? Is there a mechanisim in place to warn offenders
> that their behaviour is unacceptable?  Or, if it is not true, should a
> policy change be instituted to make it true?
> 
> 
> Tony Wilson
> (Tannin)
> 
> 
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