User talk:Jimbo Wales

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Hello

I was told you were running the place. I understood some users were banned for being rude to others; I will try no to be rude. I don't understand very well why being rude one day (was it a long time ago ?) is a justification for Maverick deleting good contributions to the encyclopedia. I think it is not good for the encyclopedia to deleted good content, and it is also making user Maveric 149 lose a lot of precious time. This is very unfortunate. I am new around. Just giving my feelings on the spot; I hope I am not being rude to anyone in giving my opinion there.John Stewart

John, your concerns are my concerns, however it is important to understand the history of specific cases. It is unfortunate that Mav loses a lot of precious time on this, but for his efforts, I am eternally grateful. Here's the thing: merely being rude one day a long time ago is not grounds for banning -- we've all been rude at times. It's persistent bad behavior over a sustained period of time, coupled with a demonstrated unwillingness to change, that will get a person banned. If we don't revert every change made by a banned user, then we implicit encourage them to keep coming back and pulling their stunts over and over.
It is a difficult problem, and I don't know of any better solution than what we've got so far, particularly since we are attempting to balance a number of competing concerns. Jimbo Wales 10:20 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)
Actually it doesn't take that much time at all. It's just one of the many community services I perform around here. :) --mav

I agree it is most unfortunate and one would hope the wikipedia can move past such squabbles. Ril

Ril, I'm assuming that you're Lir, and you're banned, and you shall remain banned for a long time to come. Jimbo Wales 10:20 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)

Who died and made you King Jimbo? 172.166.135.207

You did, 172, you did. Jimbo Wales 10:23 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)
Jimbo obviously is speaking metaphorically but he does own the server, gives us free bandwidth and is the leader of this project. That makes him both King and a really cool guy. --mav
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