Forum:Treatment of anons

Something which I have seen too much of very recently is the poor treatment of anons in general. If we're going to use AEAE properly then anons receive the same treatment as bureaucrats. That means they aren't to be flamed, they aren't to be made fools of, and they aren't to be barracked by several editors after they vandalize or repeatedly add a bad bit of information. If you are going to tell them that they are in violation of a policy, at least link it to them. I've seen too many cases of "COD:DDD" and whatnot pushed onto new users and anons. Not only would they not know what the acronym means, they would be confused in general and are unlikely to continue editing at the wiki.

I raised the treatment of anons when they vandalize in another topic, but I'm going to say it again here. If your user page was vandalized, it doesn't give you the right to go offend and personally attack the vandal. Not only does it give them exactly what they are looking for, it's being a dick and leaves a poor impression to whoever sees it. If you're going to warn a vandal, do it politely, and don't go create a user page for them and fill it with flame.

There has been an increase of anons commenting on blogs, and although sometimes they do post offensive and spam comments, it gives you no right to go and flame back and post offensive comments directed at the anon. It makes you no better than the person who posted the offensive comments/spam whatever in the first place. Spam/offensive comments are easily deleted by administrators, so there is no need to.

I would also like to stress that any maltreatment of anonymous users will carry the same punishment as the maltreatment of any other user, because it is a breach of UTP.

I'm not aiming for any sort of policy to be made regarding this or anything, but I think it's right to bring this issue up. --Callofduty4 (Talk) 17:58, September 7, 2010 (UTC)