I don't propose we start screening people before we let them edit. Just that
once they start trolling Wikipedia and it becomes so much of an issue that
it is before the arbitrators that then behavior in other forums becomes
relevant both for determining what kind of a person we are dealing with but
also for determining remedies, keeping in mind that there is little prospect
that a person with long-standing habitual habits of disruption will be able
to change or would want to.
Fred Bauder
From: Delirium <delirium(a)rufus.d2g.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 05:08:05 -0800
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] outside evidence and arbitration
pros of taking it into account include an
ability to avoid dealing with known trolls and troublemakers (we don't
wait for someone to troll Wikipedia extensively if they've already
trolled a dozen forums and sites before).