[WikiEN-l] newbie culture

Mon Jun 19 15:06:46 UTC 2006

On 6/19/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/17/06, Mark Gallagher <m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > I agree that admins block users too fast, and should use *warnings* more
> > than they do.
>
> I never cease to be surprised (and pleased) how many casual vandals
> stop editing when I give them a warning message. They're mostly just
> kids who've been caught with their hands in the biscuit tin (or
> "cookie jar", for all you septics).
>
> I worry there may be a few too many people who've got far too cynical
> dealing with vandalism all day, and need to relax a bit.
>

Yes, on a few occasions when I patrol [[WP:AIV]], a lot of the vandals
simply stopped vandalising after getting the test3 or test4 and do not need
to be blocked.