[WikiEN-l] 3RR policy proposal: No "Gotcha" rule

Sat Jun 24 00:51:34 UTC 2006

On 6/23/06, Conrad Dunkerson <conrad.dunkerson at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
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> * jayjg wrote:
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> > On the contrary, the practice is to always warn new editors when they
> > have violated 3RR, and offer them the chance to revert themselves and
> > avoid any sanction.
>
> That is the practice of many admins, but is not universal. Some people do
> indeed get blocked under 3RR without having any idea what it is.

Is there any reason not to write a warning into policy? All this means is
that for people making complaints at ANI/3RR they must first warn the
violator and wait for her or him to disregard the warning. Certainly it's
not a bad thing to build an assumption of good faith into the policy. Right
now you've had one edit warrier trying to trap another into violating 3RR
which isn't what the policy is intended to do. The only exception to the
warning rule should be someone who makes a complaint on the board, if they
are involved in an edit war and complain about someone else then their edits
in that dispute should also be checked for 3RR violation even if they
weren't warned.