[Wikipedia-l] Re: Ban warning to GrahamN

Sat Sep 7 03:26:43 UTC 2002

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:12, Bryan Derksen wrote:
> It's also resulted in the loss of a number of excellent contributors. I 
> believe that relying on merciless editing and ignoring doesn't work _well_, 
> and that being more willing to ban disruptive people will result in a 
> higher quality of Wikipedia overall.

Which excellent contributors? What's the particular story?

You have to understand, I'm by nature skeptical of arguments that call
for increased levels of hard security. There's usually a better way. I'm
also skeptical of arguments that would be used against me.

On a side note, it may not be healthy for people to be contributors
(espcially in a manage-the-Wikipedia way) ad infinitum; just as
representative political systems work best with a constant flux of
members, I suspect Wikipedia will too.