Ed manages to be a prat, without really making (many) enemies. Which means he 'gets away with it'. Things would be improved by his not acting the fool periodically.
Charles
Actually, ed has pissed me off about as often and thoroughly as he was able, and I ''still'' say he did the right thing here, and has nothing to apologise for. VfD deserves deletion, and I seem to remember Jimbo considering deleting it himself about a year ago. The '''worst''' aspect of the wiki is its "wiki-democracy", and all its ugly manifestations. The majority has no claim to the truth, esp. when its a majority of those who happen to know about some obscure vote, failing to announce it to anyone other than their partisan cronies.
Jack (Sam Spade)