Moderation:Policy Discussion/Vandal Insults

Although this is hardly a problem now, we should be prepared for the future...

As Wikipedia states, insulting vandals is a bad idea. Such a bad idea, in fact, that insulting a vandal or banned user should in itself be considered vandalism, because the insulter is actively encouraging the person to do more damage. Thus, the insulter is the root of the problem, and it should be treated as such.

This only affects M/VB and the banned user's page /talk page.

To summarize this already short policy: Common sense, people.

-- 16:04, 18 October 2006 (PDT)