All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXIV

[robkelk]

Agreed - I've seen the same thing in my slow whittling away at that backlog, and mentioned as much when I extended Iloveicecream's tempban for violation of wiki policy.

On one hand, the Sunk Cost Fallacy doesn't just apply to money; it also applies to our time. Iloveicecream made it obvious by actions that (s)he's either incapable or uninterested in learning either copyright law or the rules of the wiki. EDIT: Or, if Iloveicecream has learned the law and the rules, they're being "honoured in the breach"... and that makes this particular troper a troll.

On the other hand, the tempban might possibly show Iloveicecream that (s)he has a problem.

If this particular editor hasn't changed after the current tempban expires, then by all means invoke "refusing to learn from mistakes" and give a permaban. If (s)he has changed, though, then we shouldn't permaban... at least, not for this particular reason.