I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton. Re: [WikiEN-l] Unreasonableblock of user Blair P. Houghton by adminCryptoDerk

Wed Mar 16 06:03:31 UTC 2005

You are right. I apologize to George if I seem to characterizing his intentions. I am assuming good faith on all sides here, even if they get annoyed.

I hope you generally support the idea that if an article gets too contentious, "locking is better than blocking." I believe honest editors, even if they get a bit hot under the collar, should be engaged, not blocked. Save blocking for actual vandals.

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> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 01:09:30 -0400, Jim Cecropia <jcecropia at mail.com> wrote:
> > I have unblocked Blair P. Houghton so that he can defend himself 
> > in the appropriate forums on Wikipedia.
> >
> > The 3RR, as I've stated elsewhere, is a loose cannon which tends 
> > to favor the status-quo. If the there is a content dispute, the 
> > better solution is to protect the article for a limited time to 
> > get the combatants to hash out the issue in article talk. In the 
> > instant case, I notice that GeorgeStepanek, for example, numbered 
> > his reverts ("first, second, third") which telegraphs 
> > consciousness of the 3RR as a trap, then another editor who 
> > disagrees with Houghton picked up on the reverting.
> 
> It's dangerous to ascribe intent. Simply numbering one's edits does
> not mean it's a "trap." In fact, *not* numbering them, and losing
> count, could be construed as a trap as well.
> 
> But I agree that an outside admin would have served the community
> better by simply locking the page, and not banning anyone. Somehow
> this needs to be emphasized on the 3RR page - not all 3R violations
> need to be followed up by a ban.
> 
> -Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
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