[WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] Indefinite ban problem

charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Sun Sep 30 14:13:43 UTC 2007


"Daniel R. Tobias" 

> Though, in the "some animals are more equal than others" environment 
> of Wikipedia, there's a handful of powerful people (sometimes termed 
> the "clique" or "cabal") who, if they decide that some banned user is 
> Evil Incarnate, will promptly add to their Enemies List any admin 
> that dares to unblock such a user, try to shame that admin into 
> reversing the action, and agitate for the desysopping or banning of 
> the non-groupthink-compatible admin if he/she resists that.

You of course have entirely reliable sources documenting every syllable of this.

Charles

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