On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:01:22 -0500, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_notice...
Of course admins discuss problems in back-channels, they always have and they probably always will. You'll find that the OTRS list and IRC channel act as "teh BLP cabal" on occasion, the admin IRC channel is notorious for it.
The crucial thing always is to remember that it's your neck on the block if you take action, and asking a dozen like-minded people does not amount to a sanity check.
In Durova's case, had she actually asked, she'd have been told "hell no!" because that was *not* a group of like-minded people, it's reasonably diverse (though not as diverse as we'd like).
In PM's case, no evil cabal is needed to account for his problems, as the arbitration case makes pretty plain. Abuse of multiple accounts plus careless editing of BLPs plus ever-so-polite trolling = problem. And that's why PM is currently banned for 90 days and subject to an enduring editing and account use restriction.
You really need look no further than his own edits, because it was those that did for him.
Guy (JzG)