Board Thread:Spammer and Vandal Reports/@comment-4009269-20140323161753/@comment-24155515-20140324034409

Random comment as a completely uninvolved editor on another wiki:

There's a LOT of incivility going on here, people yelling at each other for things that... don't really merit yelling? (Example: "I'm sorry" response: "I know you're apologizing gah!" One can usually calmly tell someone to stop if they're repeatedly doing something, even a good behavior (unless they're a purposeful vandal, of course)

Involved editors in a dispute (even on the "good" side!) really shouldn't help decide on sanctions/disciplinary actions against others in the dispute. (I use sanctions/disciplinary actions instead of punishments because punishment doesn't adequately convey the right meaning, I feel.)

Vandalism is never okay, even if you hate the thing. And you shouldn't suddenly be sorry because it's a TV show instead of a doll (which, if you're talking about MLPFIM, for the sake of correctness, is on The Hub). And if someone told you to do it, it's still not okay.

As for cross-wiki sanctions for vandalism in one spot, I could understand demotion or blocking depending on the offense/quantity, particularly if the user does not understand the issues with their actions or regret doing them (but I'm generally willing to let a user off on a warning for a great many things if they are genuinely regretful and understand what they did).

However, at the same time, what's here is here and what's there is there... it's something I personally am not looking into in the case of this specific situation (I'm not looking into it for lots of reasons) but it's something that should be decided on a case by case basis in regards to both the type/amount of vandalism and the user/their feelings on it.

That is all. Thanks for your time. XP