On 14.04.2016 19:23, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 3:07 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 14.04.2016 18:43, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 2:10 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I removed the remaining pages, put the user on the block list >>>> and added quickbooks to the bad content page. >>>> >>>> I guess we've learned a lesson here. >>>> >>> >>> Yep. If in doubt, do what the banks do, and pretend that the >>> bureaucracy is so important that we absolutely HAVE to have more proof >>> of ID before you can open a depositing account. (No, I'm not jaded or >>> anything. Banks are fine. Nothing wrong with their policies.) >> >> I'm not sure I parse your email correctly. >> >> The lesson here is that even with this much less anonymous >> approach to getting editing rights compared to textchas, >> we do run into people who openly betray our trust in them. > > I mean this: > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 5:11 AM, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote: >> We normally like to hear of a proposed edit that you intend to make >> (it's a good way to distinguish genuine contributors from bots that >> just want to spam the site), but I've gone ahead and made you an >> editor. > > I was in two minds - do I ask for more proof that there'll be legit > edits, or keep the turnaround time low to encourage edits? And clearly > I made the wrong choice this time. Stuff happens.
I'd say: keep going with the same approach. The signal/noise ratio has been excellent so far :-) If we get more such cases, we can still start requiring a description of the intended edit. Most legit users do send this already, so it would probably not increase the turnaround time. >> Don't let this get you down, though, Chris. >> You're doing an excellent job ! >> Please keep up the good work. >> >> It's easy enough to fix such vandalism and so far, I think >> the approach is working out much better than anything we've >> had before. > > Thanks. I know of just one other time an editor has been de-authorized > since the change to this system; even if there are as many again that > I'm not aware of, that's still an excellent ratio. Indeed. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Apr 14 2016) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ http://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
