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	::On the actual topic of the proposal, however, I'd actually have to side with Toomai on this one. While there are some cases where vandals have come back (and I've seen this on the [[SW:AN\|admin noticeboard]]), most of the time, vandals leave after they get blocked. [[File:AidanzapunkSignaturesmall.PNG]][[User:Aidanzapunk\|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aidan the'''</span>]] [[User talk:Aidanzapunk\|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aura Master'''</span>]] 15:10, 3 March 2015 (EST)		::On the actual topic of the proposal, however, I'd actually have to side with Toomai on this one. While there are some cases where vandals have come back (and I've seen this on the [[SW:AN\|admin noticeboard]]), most of the time, vandals leave after they get blocked. [[File:AidanzapunkSignaturesmall.PNG]][[User:Aidanzapunk\|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aidan the'''</span>]] [[User talk:Aidanzapunk\|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aura Master'''</span>]] 15:10, 3 March 2015 (EST)

			Generally this isn't necessary. Repeat vandals are blocked for greatly increasing quantities of time. Also, we want to use blocking of vandals as a means of encouraging positive contributions. It's kind of like a longer-term application of [[SW:AGF]]: assume it was a poorly thought out joke and that the block encourages them to try again, hopefully more constructively. If that assumption is proved false, then we deal with the issue accordingly. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki\|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki\|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 15:15, 3 March 2015 (EST)