[WikiEN-l] Why can't they learn? (was [Ticket#: 115103-FW] Just wondering)

Tue Mar 22 20:28:35 UTC 2005

--- David Gerard <fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> I'm currently trying to flesh out my 'addiction'
> model of
> pathological behaviour on Wikipedia. You can see
> this in
> editors who are hardworking, but seem to love
> Wikipedia
> *just a little too much* and possibly in ways nature
> didn't
> really intend. And when they get banned, they go
> fucking
> batshit with junkie rage at being cut off from their
> fix,
> c.f. Wik and the vandalbot. I'll probably write it
> up as
> a "ha ha only serious" page on meta, to go with
> [[m:MPOV]]
> and [[m:Don't be a dick]]. In the meantime, it gives
> the
> ArbCom considerable flexibility for more creative
> remedies
> for bad behaviour than a mere ban, which the real
> addicts
> tend to sockpuppet anyway. "You *really* want your
> fix?
> Write two 500-word essays on why NPOV and No
> Personal Attacks
> are good ideas. If we score each 9/10 or better, you
> can
> edit again." I think there's a lot of scope there
> for really
> *fixing* behaviour.

That's a creative approach.  I can't wait to see what
you come up with.  :)

RickK

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