Louis Kyu Won Ryu wrote:

You have hit upon the number one reason why good, evenhanded contributors leave the Wiki, and why many of those who stay become frustrated and limit their edits to mechanical changes and work on a few pet subject areas. It is also the reason why most credentialled people have left the project.

Actually, the problem here is that Ed, who is NOT credentialed in the field of climate science, seems to be preparing to use his powers as sysop to forcibly exclude individuals including William Connolley, who IS credentialed in the field.

Ed's problem is that he is outnumbered by other contributors to the global warming article who disagree with him, and he seems to think that majority rule is a bad system for resolving disagreements. However, minority rule by Ed would be even a WORSE system.