On 2/7/06, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Like it or not, these rules don't apply to
Jimbo. Did you forget that Jimbo
retains the power to ban anyone from Wikipedia, and that there is no appeal
or discussion if he chooses to do so? Everyone who edits is here because he
and the board permit them to. And anyone who reverts his block of a user is
wheel warring. By definition, Jimbo cannot participate in a wheel war
because anyone who undoes his block is wrong.
For what it's worth, I think the reason that Jimbo can't get into a
wheel war is because he is a bigger wheel than anyone else. As was
demonstrated - they can attempt to block him, but he just desysops
them and hence wins. Rendering any attempted wheel war totally
pointless.
Any steward could have taken the action that Jimbo took, although I imagine if they had
done so they
would have enjoyed less community support. Wheel warring is by definition limited to
technical
powers -- if a steward had de-stewarded Jimbo then he would have been within his rights to
demand
that a sysadmin rectify the situation. Demands aren't wheel warring though.
-- Tim Starling