Arbcom goes after Betacommand, Another victory for the Free Kulture crowd Options

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The Arbitrary Committee is now going after Betacommand/Δ for doing NFCC enforcement, and it looks like he'll be sanctioned this time.

I think there's a lesson to be learned here folks: just because people complain about something, it doesn't automatically become bad.

[SpiderAndWeb]

The Arbitrary Committee is now going after Betacommand/Δ for doing NFCC enforcement, and it looks like he'll be sanctioned this time.

I think there's a lesson to be learned here folks: just because people complain about something, it doesn't automatically become bad.

There was a thread recently in ANI suggesting that since Betacommand refused to obey his sanctions, those sanctions should be lifted -- and this "argument" had substantial support from the usual NFCC suspects!

It'll be interesting to see if Arbcom sticks to its guns, or jumps ship when the backlash from Hammer, Future Perfect, and other Free Kulture Kooks becomes too strong...

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The Arbitrary Committee is now going after Betacommand/Δ for doing NFCC enforcement, and it looks like he'll be sanctioned this time.

I think there's a lesson to be learned here folks: just because people complain about something, it doesn't automatically become bad.

There was a thread recently in ANI suggesting that since Betacommand refused to obey his sanctions, those sanctions should be lifted -- and this "argument" had substantial support from the usual NFCC suspects!

It'll be interesting to see if Arbcom sticks to its guns, or jumps ship when the backlash from Hammer, Future Perfect, and other Free Kulture Kooks becomes too strong...

You mean the thread where "the usual NFCC suspects" correctly argued that it was pointless to restrict Beta from making more than 4 edits per minute?

[SpiderAndWeb]

The Arbitrary Committee is now going after Betacommand/Δ for doing NFCC enforcement, and it looks like he'll be sanctioned this time.

I think there's a lesson to be learned here folks: just because people complain about something, it doesn't automatically become bad.

There was a thread recently in ANI suggesting that since Betacommand refused to obey his sanctions, those sanctions should be lifted -- and this "argument" had substantial support from the usual NFCC suspects!

It'll be interesting to see if Arbcom sticks to its guns, or jumps ship when the backlash from Hammer, Future Perfect, and other Free Kulture Kooks becomes too strong...

You mean the thread where "the usual NFCC suspects" correctly argued that it was pointless to restrict Beta from making more than 4 edits per minute?

Since it's pointless to restrict Poetlister from socking, might as well let him create as many socks as he wants, amirite?

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He *can't* be trusted to make N edits a minute and not screw up: see the several Betacommandbot incidents that got him banned in the first place.

His unbanning was conditional on him then obeying some reasonable non-botlike editing restrictions. Instead of abiding by them, he repeatedly moons the people who agreed to give him a second chance. When his behavior is brought to ANI, obviously the problem is the editing restrictions, not the editor who unapologetically and flagrantly violates them.

I agree it's hard to say why the line is at 4 edits and not 5, etc. But lifting the sanctions to reward his bad behavior is definitely the wrong approach, and 4 is as good a number as any. Why am I trusted to make 3 reverts in a day and not screw up, but not 4 reverts?