Good grief.Dave Souza on WP:AN...
QUOTE(Dave Souza)
Oppose unblocking On the basis that Sam's proposal is "unblocking with a strict prohibition from editing in areas concerned with the Scientific Dissent from Darwinism. We should, as a community, be prepared to say "we would like to see you editing productively"," then
I'm willing so see it would be possible to consider unblocking on these conditions with close and effective monitoring. Moulton is not disinterested about policy,
he appears passionately committed to changing BLP so that information from reputable sources is overridden by personal anecdote and speculation about improbable potential harm. Expect extended and tendentious discussions in that area, and care should be taken to ensure that these views do not unduly override community consensus. ... dave souza, talk 12:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Amended after reading User:Filll/Moultonunblock which refreshed my memory. Any unblocking is likely to lead to grief as well as being an enormous waste of time . . dave souza, talk 09:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Grief for whom?
Grief for responsible Wikipedians of good will?
Or grief for the often mean-spirited and
hard-hearted editors in the WikiClique on ID?
How much more
time will have to be consumed before they learn not to
WP:BITE the newbies and academics who come to Wikipedia in good faith
to help build a better, more reliable, more accurate, and higher quality encyclopedia?