[WikiEN-l] Yes, A Reincarnation

Sat Jun 12 23:55:54 UTC 2004

I have finally looked at this and the evidence is clear. JRR Trollkien is
The Cave Troll is EntmootsofTrolls. There is no reasonable scenario which
would result in someone reposting that stuff and calling it a minor edit. I
believe, based on that evidence alone, any adminstrator may within Wikipedia
policy ban JRR Trollkien as a reincarnation and revert any edit he makes. Or
am I going too far?

I still think any user who has "troll" in their name should be summarily
banned, after a request to change their name just in case a mistake has been
made in choosing a name. However when this kind of edit is made the chance
of that is vanishingly small.

Fred

From: John Robinson <john at freeq.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:24:19 -0500
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Don't look for trouble. (was Re: Blocking without
following policy)

I find the idea of a popularity contest to see whether
someone is returning user bizarre. In fact, I find the
whole idea of returning users bizarre. If the user
needs to be banned, ban them on the basis of the edits
they make, there is no need to speculate on whether
they are returning.
If they don't do anything worth banning, so much the
better. Don't provoke conflict unless it is necessary
- I think there is a word for that.
Mark R

Here is JRR Trollkien's first edit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Political_dispute&diff=
2878571&oldid=2754803

I find it bizarre that you think it is someone besides this
previously-banned user who is attempting to "provoke conflict". Even more
bizarre than the fact that this user is still posting three months later.

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