There has been a request to "count" the admins that we have encountered at
Wikipedia, who may at one time or another have chaffed non-admin editors.
Some of the most difficult actions that I've seen from admins are those
who
get into a conflict with a non-admin editor, then block the non-admin
editor, then erase or censor the history of the discussion, then chastise
the non-admin editor in private or off-Wikipedia correspondence.
Some of the admins I have seen fulfill all or most of these distasteful
actions are:
User:Pschemp
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Travb&diff=next&oldi…
)
-- this admin has been very active in the past with blocking IP addresses
and such. But, I feel a line was crossed when discussion between two
OTHER
users was censored because it posed a situation whose implications Pschemp
didn't like.
User:JzG
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:JzG&diff=prev&o…
) -- my interpretation is that this admin was dishonest in his edit
summary
when he deleted an article from Wikipedia, by saying "article created by a
banned user while banned". The date of article creation was June 2005,
about 15 months before any banning related to this company took
place. So,
there is an untruth in the public record (
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=ICR/I…
),
but when attention is called to it, that comment gets deleted by a "Troll
B
Gon" device with unlimited comedic value and an equally boundless disdain
for civility.
User:Lucky 6.9
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=User_…
)
-- this guy was quite famous for making edits and dishing out User blocks,
then when properly-formatted complaints would be leveled to the
administrative heirarchy, he would try to censor out the complaints before
anyone was able to take action. It looks like he self-destructed before
the
ArbCom or anyone higher could desysop him.
Now, those are merely three off the top of my head, just from my
experience. I will venture a guess that the WikiEN-l list will now work
to
discredit me personally, because I brought these examples to the group's
attention. What will THAT process then say about the cultural health of
the
admin community?
--
Gregory Kohs
Cell: 302.463.1354
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Pschemp's action looks perfectly valid; the user in question was a
sockpuppet/meatpuppet that was editing user pages to reflect an opinion that
the user did not hold.
While JzG's action may or may not have been within policy, it's certainly
within judgment, and he has the right to remove posts by a banned user
harassing him.
Lucky 6.9's actions are valid; the right to vanish allows a user in good
standing to have their talk page deleted.
--
Sincerely,
Ral315