but when a policy related to process is broken, it will attract a huge contingent of users fussing over who reverted whom, how many reverts there were, and what did or did not constitute a revert. The rules are shaping a culture on Wikipedia utterly obsessed with process, but incognizant of product.
Go on name names. When it comes to keeping an eye on the 3RR section of the admins notice board I would be impressed if you come up with more than three. That is hardly a huge crowd.