Jimbo wrote:
4. And finally, there is a class of decisions that
weighs heavily on
me, namely decisions about banning. My pleasant demeanor may not
reveal how much I agonize over these, in *both* directions. Some
mornings I wake up in a mood to ban everyone. Other mornings I wake
up in a mood that says that everyone can be saved. So I have to think
and worry a lot about these. Despite the difficulty, though, I like
doing it well enough for now. But someday I might be exhausted by it,
and might prefer a more broad-based procedure.
This part of it is, to me, really a pain in the ass. Some people come
to wikipedia with the wrong idea; others come with the right idea but
the wrong delivery, and can be converted, others can't; a few get it
immediately and set about doing excellent work. An equally few get it
immediately and latch on like a tick. The trolls and the wackos are
tiresome; banning is imperfect; unending tolerance seems damaging both
to the content and the community; showing too little tolerance
preserves the content but changes both the project and the community.
I don't want wikipedia to become a tux-and-tails place, but I'd also
respect the decision to toss out the occasional layabout. In any
case, I don't see any solution. This is a problem for people smarter
& more experienced than I.
kq
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