Forum:CT Archive/Excessive useless edits

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 * This was discussed on the admin's noticeboard under Forum:Regulating user contributions? about users who only seem concerned with userpage and/or talk page edits. Obviously, this is becoming a growing nuisance to those of us who work on the articles like we're supposed to.

Below are options for a proposed policy for users who:

Definition of "Pointless"
Support
 * Pointless means A) User page edits
 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 20:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Support
 * Pointless means B) User page + user talk edits
 * 1) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 20:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Option 1 "Three (to 1) strikes, you're out

 * These users have a greater than 3 to 1 ratio of pointless edits to article edits, with a minimum benchmark of 1000 total edits.

Support

Option 2 "Batting .200 is bad"

 * These users have over 500 pointless edits to less than 100 article edits. (In other words 5 to 1 pointless to useful ratio, with 600 total edits as a minimum for action).

Support
 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 20:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Option 3 "Add as necessary"

 * Place great idea below.

Comments

Option 1 "Let the children be"

 * We do nothing and practically ignore these pointless contributions like we have largely done.

Support

Option 2 "Slay them all"

 * Sysops ban them after a warning. And quite possibly call them rude names while we do it (Okay, kidding about the second sentence. Jeez.)

Support

Option 3 "Into exile, they must go"

 * Sysops protect their pages after a warning and only unprotect after they start working on articles.

Support
 * 1) Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Audience Chamber ) 20:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments