Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-3406131-20151109193335/@comment-3406131-20151110112408

Peteparker wrote: How do people cause vandalism by not responding? It's not the fact that they don't respond that is vandalizing the wikia, but that they edit, sometimes on large period, with what can be vandalism, or more often counter-productive edits, contrary to points already made, etc., and don't take notices of other messages expressing their concerns about it.

Peteparker wrote: I sometimes read my messages but don't respond. Sometimes because I don't have an opinion or anything to add, sometimes because I'm not ready to work on the issue yet. I admit I tend to do that, but I try to always give an answer (I go check right now I haven't forgotten anyone), for them to know the message has been seen, and that I have or not some help or not to provide them, right now or at some point.

Peteparker wrote: Were there specific examples you were thinking of? I personally don't see the harm in a 'light' block to get someone's attention, but you have to be very careful about when and how you use it. By unresponsive users, I would think of Message_Wall:Dimadick or Message_Wall:Voohadoll, without mentioning (but I will) users who start by ignoring others, before clearly proving themselves against the very concept of dialogue: Message_Wall:Meteor (but who isn't as unresponsive than others, to be fair).

Well, if we agree on the principle, let's work the format: I thought of something like this, but the more we refine those rule, the better they will be:
 * The block has to a classic one (allowing answers on the wall), or else it doesn't serve any purpose.
 * The block is relative to the regularity of contributions of the user (hour(s), day(s), week?) in order to be sure to catch his attention.
 * Two messages have to be left unresponded for the block to be put.
 * Except in a case of vandalism, widespreaded edits (who would need more time to be corrected), half-mute-edit-wars (when you argue with an user on a page, but he keeps redoing his edit without checking either the message you left with your edits or on his wall): One message.
 * As for other blocked, but never forget in this case, a message explaining the reason of the block, focusing on the fact it is not a

Other stuff for his to work better:
 * Message to the current users and forum posts reminding all of us of the basis of community work
 * Add to the (to-be-changed) welcome message to new users (it happens that many new users actually check those.