On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:15:08 -0700, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
He may immediately apply to be an administrator again; however, I think he has lost broad community support. The Arbitration Committee proposals are harsh, but there are serious problems with the way he acts. He responds poorly to harassment, and he is quite dismissive of his opponents with respect to content. "Nonsense" is frequently used.
I don't disagree, but one must ask whether this is cause or effect. After many months of pretty relentless chipping away, MONGO has reached a point where he is isolated and beleaguered. I do not think that his behaviour under those circumstances is necessarily representative of his behaviour in more normal circumstances.
I'll tell you one thing: I won't be the one going after the truthers, because they are nasty - evil, underhand and quite definitely not above taking real-world action against those who try to undermine their abuse of Wikipedia to further their own ends. MONGO was braver (and had his real-world identity better hidden).
I am far from convinced that this is a good result for the project.
Guy (JzG)