[WikiEN-l] 3RR Unenforceable

Thu Dec 15 20:01:08 UTC 2005

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JAY JG wrote:

>> From: Jtkiefer <jtkiefer at wordzen.net> Ryan Delaney wrote:
>>
>> Yes it happens with quite a few policies most recently NPOV but
>> 3RR is something that's not just like other policies where
>> occasionally issues pop up but 3RR at the fundamental level seems
>> to be flawed by the fact that it is misused by those who wish to
>> gain an upper edge in content disputes and administrators who try
>> to enforce it have to end up digging through edit warring and
>> conflicts many times and much of the time end up being villified
>> for it even more than administrators normally are for doing their
>> jobs... and coming from someone who gets threats and personal
>> attacks against him quite a bit that's saying a lot. Enforcing
>> 3RR has become an everyday battle. ~~~~
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> The alternative is (and was) worse.
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> Jay.

You're right, of course. Part of the job of being in administration is
that you have to deal with unreasonable people, and this is certainly
no less true on Wikipedia.  It's probably best to just sigh and move
on rather than take the trollish actions personally.  Besides,
revoking 3RR because some people use it as an excuse for citations of
"administrator abuse" by "rouge admins" isn't going to be a solution,
because those people will complain no matter what. 3RR is just the
excuse they use.

Ryan
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