Avi wrote:
What bothers me about the quote below is that it completely ignores the fact that like-minded editors usually have the same articles watchlisted; not to mention the fact that we all have editors who when we see there names as the last edit in our watchlist, pique our interest to look at the discussion--editors we agree or disagree with. It's more likely, IMO, to ascribe "blocks" to editor watchlists than private lists, although that could just be naivte.
The private lists are not the problem per se. The problem is that there is behind-the-scenes collusion (in any form), that it is leading to action, that it is leading to hasty or mal-thought-action, and most importantly, that this is being condoned by some part of he community.