[Boston-editorial] flamewars

[Matthew Williams]

Hello all --

We seem to have a couple of trolls going by the names of Zoltar and Sid 
who are provoking flamewars, perhaps deliberately. Both Tim and I have 
taken the bait--see the features at 
http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/33529/index.php and 
http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/33596/index.php 
respectively. For the most part, what they're saying either doesn't 
violate policy or falls into a gray area. Given the trouble they've 
been causing though, I would like to propose that they be classified 
under the "disruptive individual" clause of our editorial policy and 
all posts by them be hidden, as we've done with other trouble-makers in 
the past. Do you all think this makes sense? Or am I reacting too 
quickly? Should we let them post a little longer and see if they keep 
on provoking flamewars or if these two sets of posts are just 
aberrations?

-- Matt