[WikiEN-l] Guy Chapman's commentary...

Armed Blowfish diodontida.armata at googlemail.com
Wed Aug 22 13:07:04 UTC 2007


On 21/08/07, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> wrote:
> All I have to say is: about damn time someone said what you have said here
> Daniel. Just because users are deeply entrenched or have friends does not
> discount the possibility of serious misconduct. Power corrupts, and absolute
> power corrupts absolutely (not that I'm saying there's a "MONGO cabal" with
> absolute power).

Newsflash: People don't handle pain well.
http://jiv.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/10/1115

He that has many friends, has no friends.
http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?2&TheHareWithManyFriends

> On 8/21/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > on 8/21/07 8:49 PM, Daniel R. Tobias at dan at tobias.name wrote:
> >
> > > It's long past time that the rules of Wikipedia be enforced
> > > impartially on everybody, not with the double standard where the
> > > favored clique is always right and anybody opposing them is always
> > > wrong.
> >
> > I agree with you, Daniel. But I need to ask this question: Enforced by
> > whom?
> > Who is using this double standard?
> >
> > Marc Riddell
> >
> >
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