[WikiEN-l] Abusive editors

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Charles Matthews wrote:

>I don't want to find out.  Others please support me, in saying that Ed is
>out of line here.  Policy can't just be made on the hoof, any more.  The
>scare quotes round "authorized" tell me just about all I need to know.
>Civility is a big plus on WP, but enforcement of this kind goes way beyond
>what I would accept.  Out of hand bans for vandalism, yes.
>  
>
I support you.  Speaking from personal experience, I find my admin 
privileges largely useless.  Outright vandalism is quite rare, and good 
civility constrains me from protecting pages, blocking users, and doing 
outright reverts almost always.  I suspect this is as it should be.  It 
is very unfortunate that for some people, losing control amounts to 
inexcusable outbursts like that.  But escalating the situation is 
unlikely to to any good, and definitely constitutes an abuse of force.

Tom Haws

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