[WikiEN-l] silent bans

Thu Feb 27 08:39:03 UTC 2003

sannse wrote: (abbreviated)

>elian wrote:
>
>>>Second question: Since when is the fact that some user was banned a valid
>>>reason (without giving any other reasons) for deleting entire articles?
>>>
>To expand on Zoe's answer:  the question of contributions from banned users
>came up with the "MIT vandal".
>
>Jimbo said:  "This is a true simple vandal with a track record.  He's banned
>from wikipedia, and that's that.  We must not encourage him by considering
>each of his edits independently.  Anything he writes should be reverted
>instantly, and his username vaporized as fast as possible."
>
This is all too simplistic.Others have contributed to the article in 
question too.  This approach only gets people upset when thay would not 
otherwise have had any previous contact withe the offender.
Eclecticlology