User blog comment:Nnn6nnn/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT/@comment-35851058-20181011170902/@comment-27394924-20181011191429

If you think what I did was wrong, then read this...

(1): I didn't even do it. FANDOM did.

(2): I don't see how doing anything else would have made it even close to where we are today. The solution we have right now is actually more perfect that you realize (not all of the perameters are shared publically since there may be a loophole around this block).

(3): Edwin was vandalising the wiki up to the second this policy was put in place. He did not stop or apologize before, but after. Therefore, he probably would have continued to destroy the articles for I don't know how long.

(4): If you think this is a turn-away from other users, then too bad. Most of the new comers edit once or twice and leave anyway. Plus, if there are any new people who want to be dedicated to this, then they CAN edit (which is why the loophole is in place).

In summary, what happened needed to occur, and even if we are turning away new people, there is a way for them to join that is very easy.