I believe that Jimbo told Kelly to do whatever she wants to stop the spreading of userboxes. I don't think Kelly would take on so much authority on herself and block everyone to the right and to the left for almost nothing. She also said that users break the consensus on not using userboxes. What consensus? I saw more people voting against her because of how she handled the userbox conflict, than against the userboxes themselves. And while everyone bumps their head against each other, the emperor admires his new clothes.
Lastly, I will say that Kelly seems like a cold person who never tries to communicate with others on their level, or on any level. She likes to keep a distance between herself and others. If such is the case, why then take on a dead that requires you to make a good effort to communicate? No-one likes an "Ice Queen".
--- Joshua Griisser JDGRII8338@NGCSU.EDU wrote:
It's common for the anti-userbox crowd to say stuff like "stop stressing out over it, it's just userboxes, not real encyclopedia content". Well, the reason that I don't follow that line of thinking is that it never stops at just one abuse. It keeps building and building. We currently have about half a dozen admins who show repeated and blatant defiance for Wikipedia's community and the consensus of that community. They are not large in number, but they have a disproportionate amount of influence, almost entirely malign. They are a living argument for why we need a working desysopping process.
Our project's most destructive administrator, Kelly Martin, has now stepped into the realm of voter intimidation, by *blocking* [[User:Grue]] for a support vote on [[User:Djr xi]]'s Request for Adminship. The excuse was "personal attacks", even though the vote in question did not mention anyone by name. This is a blatant attempt to intimidate voters on this request for adminship.
Kelly Martin has done far more to harm Wikipedia than Willy on Wheels ever could. By firing the first shot in the userbox wars, she is basically the Gavrilo Princip of Wikipedia. Frankly, even if you gave Willy sysop powers, I doubt that he could do more damage than our worst sysops are doing right now. These people are like hyperactive children given a machine gun and it is time to take their toys away before more people get hurt.
I'm more disgusted by all of this than I can possibly express.
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