Because by reacting harshly you create IP-vandals.
-----Original Message-----
From: larsen.thomas.h <larsen.thomas.h(a)gmail.com>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:29 am
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How to raise the tone of the wiki
Hi all,
I personally believe that the only solution to the problem of incivil
users is to warn them once and, if their incivility continues, block
them permanently. Serious incivility and egregrious personal attacks
should be met with an indefinite block immediately. Harsh, perhaps,
but every uncivil contributor degrades the reputation of Wikipedia and
deters many potentially helpful people from expressing their thoughts
and engaging constructively.
I realise that this might be considered against Wikipedia's principles
of assuming good faith, in which case, I say, these principles should
be rejected. Why be nice to trolls and scare away newcomers?
Of course, these standards should be applied equally to all
contributors—ranging from anonymous-IP contributors to well-known
administrators and stewards.
—Thomas Larsen
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