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 | This page in a nutshell: Consider allowing editors who have behaved problematically to save face, rather than requiring that they grovel to you. |
When attempting to determine a course of action in dealing with a problematic editor, administrators especially should try to remember that editors have pride. They will not necessarily admit wrongdoing, nor respond well to requests that they do so before leniency is afforded to them. This does not necessarily mean that they actually intend to continue problematic activity. It may in fact be evidence of the opposite.