Thread:Montonius/@comment-4811793-20120614004957/@comment-2045915-20120614014914

We are happy with our procedures, which are designed to differ from standard wiki guidelines. Bans are for 100 years because there is no existing mode for a permanent ban and they are only given to people who we do not wish contributing to our community after they have broken wiki policy, damaged pages, or conducted vandalism. The user who complained to you made massive changes to this wiki that damaged existing pages without either consulting with administrators or asking for advice. I cannot allow the enormous time and effort put into this wiki by our existing users to be damaged due to the carelessness of a single individual. I will ensure that in future users are more promptly warned when they are approaching a bannable offense, but we have made clear in the wiki's extensive rules and guides that we are more strict than the standard wiki format and users are expected to act accordingly or they will be permanently banned. Users who do not take advantage of these clearly presented rules will not be coddled, as we simply do not have the administrative personnel at present to help educate users who consistently fail to follow these guidelines and the damage they do requires time and effort to repair that takes administrators away from more important duties. As the wiki grows, and we have more administrative personnel to spare who can aid new users who ignore these guidelines, we will, of course, take a softer line. As to the growth of the wiki, our statistics indicate that far from harming our wiki, the quality we produce as a result of our guidelines has led to quite rapid growth, and that is a course we will maintain. Thank you for your concern.