On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 17:06, Toby Bartels wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
Fred Bauder wrote:
I oppose Jtdirl's nomination for the same reasons as Cunctator. Every indication is that like 172 he will stongly engage both in historical revisionism and abuse of other users.
I just want to make it clear I'm not opposing Jtdirl's nomination. I'm just betting he'll use the sysop powers abusively.
I think it's good that some administrators really don't like each other. It means that as Wikipedia factionalises, the admin cabal won't take sides. As Fredbauder is an admin, so should 172 and Jtdirl be. (Hell, this philosophy goes all the way back to LMS and Cunc.)
If an admin abuses their superpowers, then let their status be revoked. But best to avoid prior restraint.
Yup.
I'm just hoping Wikipedia doesn't significantly factionalize--or rather, stays in factions of one. I'm mildly disturbed by the way 172 invited particular people to work on an entry ("Wanted: Tannin, Sluberstien, and Jtdirl")http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Industrial_Revolution&a... because I don't see that kind of behavior boding well for the future.