Fastfission wrote:
What's beautiful here is the motivation assigned. That's right, Wikipedia is just here to "lure people in with a pack of lies" just so they can be banned! That sounds like a reasonable endeavor, worth the time of the four hundred administrators and many thousands of registered editors.
But wait! Who are these hundreds of editors? How did they get to be in the position of banning? Were they not too lured in by the pack of lies and banned? How does one change from the banned to the banners? How is such a decision made?
More importantly: When can I get banned, or ban someone? I'm not in either category and feeling somewhat unsure of my identity. Do I create the pack of lies or am I a dupe of them? If someone could let me know either way, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
If you haven't been banned, you don't really exist. You're just a figment of Jimbo's imagination. It's not until you're ejected from the solipsist collective that your being acquires an independent metaphysical nature.
--Michael Snow