[WikiEN-l] Edit war policy meaningless

Sat Mar 13 19:40:29 UTC 2004

Martin-

> Slight correction: protection on the version that problem user X doesn't
> like.

That's completely pointless if the user doesn't really care about what  
version a page remains in but enjoys the process of fighting per se. That  
seems to be the case with Wik. He reverts, reverts, reverts, reverts, then  
he even *asks* for protection of the page. As soon as it becomes  
unprotected again, he will continue reverting to his preferred version.  
This happened with [[McFly]] -- I unprotected it three times already, and  
every time Wik came back to revert it almost instantly. It is protected to  
this day. So what are we gonna do -- keep it protected forever? That is an  
unfair punishment of everyone else.

No, the right thing to do is to tell this user to either abide by our  
rules or go away. This is not a matter of debate, it is a matter of fact.

Erik