[WikiEN-l] Administrator coup / mass deletions

[Ryan Delaney]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You older Wikipedians run along now; you've had your day. The adults
> are talking now - I are serious editors, this are serious website.
>
> Funny how BLPs have been the most serious threat facing the project,
> so serious that mass mutiny is justified and the jettisoning of our
> old ways and practices - and have been since at least 2006. I guess
> when I look cynically upon the Chicken Little BLP warriors, it just
> reflects my own ignorance of how Wikipedia teeters on the brink every
> day, how countless suicides and ruined lives have been averted by
> their heroic daily efforts.
>
> --
> gwern

This is really not the attitude that we want to project toward anyone.
I'm very disappointed by the tone of this email.

- causa sui