Thread:Bluecake/@comment-4457974-20151011212610/@comment-4643078-20151011225200

I've noticed this as well, it's been on my mind lately. I agree that these sorts of edits are causing a lot of clutter and decrease the quality of the pages. I guess I've hesitated a bit because, compared to some of the other contributors, this one doesn't seem...malicious, or at least I don't get that vibe as much. I'd like to think that they want to improve the wiki, and maybe they just don't have enough editing experience to make edits of desired quality.

With that said, you've already explained the situation to them and the edits have persisted, so a block warning is probably in order. Hopefully it could have the desired effect without actually having to block them. I had an issue earlier where they were creating a lot of unnecessary pages for random objects and animals and things like that, and after I confronted them, they did stop. So maybe that would be enough?

I've considered that there are some wikias out there that take sort of an "open sandbox" approach, and those wikias don't aim to be informative, like the Scratchpad Wiki. I bring this up because I've noticed that the some of the users on this whom I've considered to have questionable editing styles in the past have often been most active on these kinds of wikias, and I think they might be more accustomed to that sort of "free-range" environment. I think we should politely but firmly establish that this wiki has certain expectations for editing, and it's important that those expectations are met. And if those expectations aren't met, it's our job to address that.

Also, I'll add a notice about editing other people's user pages to the policy.