On 3/21/07, Sheldon Rampton sheldon@prwatch.org wrote:
Fred Bauder wrote:
There is all this authority behind Jimbo.
Actually, Jimbo's authority fairly often translates into the OPPOSITE of people deferring -- as this particulat instance illustrates. If someone other than Jimbo had made this particular edit, no one would have considered it significant enough to be discussing on wikien-l. No one sees much point in rebelling against just another commoner, but if the king does something you don't like, you're more likely to call for revolution.
Yes, but you're also much less likely to revert him, so the deference is there.