>
"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.
> on 9/30/07 10:13 AM, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com at
> charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote:
>
>>
>> You of course have entirely reliable sources documenting every syllable of
>> this.
>>
Marc Riddell wrote
> Charles,
>
> Are you seriously questioning the accuracy of Daniel's statement?
>
> Marc Riddell
on 9/30/07 12:25 PM, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com at
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote:
The "cabal" is of course a canard. The idea that anyone gets desysopped for
unblocking strikes me as far-fetched. Simply stringing together bits from
grievances that bannees propagate isn't actually an argument.
On the other hand, if you see battles as individual skirmishes that are
annoying, but which can be dealt with quickly, you can miss that pattern
which represents the war they are part of.
It would be
foolish for anyone to say that "X never happens". The longer I'm here, the
more I have evidence for every combination of circumstances arising, and being
played out according to the possible scenarios. But if there is a powerful
group on the site, I think I'd know about it.
Charles, take an honest look at the culture you are involved in here. The
greatest problems this Project must confront in the coming year are the
state of its internal structure, and the dysfunctional interactions of its
people.
Marc