It's common for the anti-userbox crowd to say stuff like "stop stressing out over it, it's just userboxes, not real encyclopedia content". Well, the reason that I don't follow that line of thinking is that it never stops at just one abuse. It keeps building and building. We currently have about half a dozen admins who show repeated and blatant defiance for Wikipedia's community and the consensus of that community. They are not large in number, but they have a disproportionate amount of influence, almost entirely malign. They are a living argument for why we need a working desysopping process. Our project's most destructive administrator, Kelly Martin, has now stepped into the realm of voter intimidation, by *blocking* [[User:Grue]] for a support vote on [[User:Djr xi]]'s Request for Adminship. The excuse was "personal attacks", even though the vote in question did not mention anyone by name. This is a blatant attempt to intimidate voters on this request for adminship. Kelly Martin has done far more to harm Wikipedia than Willy on Wheels ever could. By firing the first shot in the userbox wars, she is basically the Gavrilo Princip of Wikipedia. Frankly, even if you gave Willy sysop powers, I doubt that he could do more damage than our worst sysops are doing right now. These people are like hyperactive children given a machine gun and it is time to take their toys away before more people get hurt. I'm more disgusted by all of this than I can possibly express. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

I believe that Jimbo told Kelly to do whatever she wants to stop the spreading of userboxes.

Bullshit. He wasn't blocked for "a support vote" at all, and that's an incredibly stupid thing to say. For shame. I personally don't believe the block was warranted (there's a thread on AN/I about it, I'm sure you haven't forgotten how to find it), and I'm pleased to see it was overturned almost immediately. However, Grue's comment was unfair and incivil and rather insulting, and Kelly's block was made in good faith. <snip hyperbole /> The other day you were speechless with rage; now you're unable to enunciate your true level of disgust. I think us rogue admins ought to take up a collection to buy you a thesaurus and dictionary; it may help you on such difficult issues as how to express yourself in print.

I think us rogue admins

I love these messages. Wait wait no...I think I can do better Jimbo is the project's most destructive admin. Look at all the stuff he's done! He created the whole damn encyclopedia; this whole ordeal must be his fault.