[Wikipedia-l] A related ban issue

Sun Sep 8 02:02:52 UTC 2002

--- Rosa Williams <aprilrosanina at charter.net> wrote:
> Yes, there's the possibility that someone may be too
> quick on the gun and
> ban someone who might, in the fullness of time, have
> become a useful
> contributor. But me, I think... do we really *want*
> a contributor who is
> starting off on the level of adding "This is so gay"
> to a page?  The time
> just bringing them up to speed hardly seems worth
> it. If they're really
> *serious* about becoming a real contributor, they'll
> just have to wait for
> the ban to expire or appeal to the list.

I should point out the case of Jzcool, who started off
making "This is gay" edits, and then made many useful
contributions. Was it worth it to put up with some
nonsense while a few Wikipedians showed him how to be
constructive? I say yes.

Stephen Gilbert

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