--- David Gerard <fun(a)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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