--- Rosa Williams <aprilrosanina(a)charter.net> wrote:
Yes, there's the possibility that someone may be
too
quick on the gun and
ban someone who might, in the fullness of time, have
become a useful
contributor. But me, I think... do we really *want*
a contributor who is
starting off on the level of adding "This is so gay"
to a page? The time
just bringing them up to speed hardly seems worth
it. If they're really
*serious* about becoming a real contributor, they'll
just have to wait for
the ban to expire or appeal to the list.
I should point out the case of Jzcool, who started off
making "This is gay" edits, and then made many useful
contributions. Was it worth it to put up with some
nonsense while a few Wikipedians showed him how to be
constructive? I say yes.
Stephen Gilbert
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