I'm fine with several hundred editors calling for my head. At least it shows that I'm being bold and not letting myself be swamped into submission by people who don't understand policy.
On May 11, 2007, at 10:31 PM, wikien-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
Anytime an admin steps in on a controversial AFD and decides "today it's a discussion, and not a vote" will have several hundred editors calling for his head in the next 24 hours. This is quite disruptive to the project. Even more so than an exiled user created 400 sockpuppets. For example.