On 12/2/07, Kwan Ting Chan ktc@ktchan.info wrote:
As has been said, who cares if an account is a returning banned user / friend of WR
Just wild speculation on my part but some time in the past, somebody read a post over "there" by one of "them" bragging about how he had control of several WP admin accounts. Later on, an admin assumed to be one of "them" did something "bad". (unblocked some proxies or something)
So the hunt was on for "them" with the goal of keeping them away from admin bits. Suspects were those who didn't follow the typical editing pattern of starting out as an enthusiastic but clueless editor tripping over policy and wikicode.