[WikiEN-l] Rick

Mon Jun 20 13:27:55 UTC 2005

On 6/20/05, jfdwolff at doctors.org.uk <jfdwolff at doctors.org.uk> wrote:
> It must be pretty bad if long-term contributors (say >5000 edits) or administrators are blocked over anything, and I find it hard to believe that a valuable contributor like RickK should be blocked without a polite warning or an offer for help. Without insisting on double standards for administrators, I think long-term contributors, who have spent months working on improving the project and know the ropes, should be protected against people who come crashing into Wikipedia with an agenda to push and an axe to grind.
> 
> Rick, I admire your style and commitment to Wikipedia, and hope you will regret your departure. Scrupulous RC patrollers and vandal fighters deserve suport.

Too true. While double standards are not a good thing, sometimes
discretion is really useful. Blocking a really good and long-term
contributor over a one-off 3RR violation is madness. If it happens a
few times, then that may be justified, but else it just serves to
infuriate and potentially encourage them to quit the project.

-- ambi