--- Rebecca misfitgirl@gmail.com wrote:
I have no idea why we tolerate this growing group of idiots
who just
camp out on wikien-l and VFD with some sort of problem with
authority.
I just saw one of them (who has barely made any edits to the main namespace in the last fortnight) seriously suggest that
admins should
be desysopped for as little as a snide remark. I'm getting
really sick
of this.
Then somebody will need to bring some cases against them to the ArbCom. If some users are causing trouble and contributing very little to the main namespace, then we should get rid of them. We need to ask this question of them: Does having them around help us toward our primary goal of creating the best encyclopedia possible? If not, then they are parasites/trolls that should be shown the door.
-- mav
And also Michael Turley (user:Unfocused) wrote
I '''sincerely''' think an admin should face a temporary penalty for as little as a snide remark. Receive, perhaps not; face, absolutely.
I agree with all three of you, and (to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln in another context), I am "willing to have the experiment tried on me".
From now on, I shall endeavor to make no more snide remarks. I might be
silly. I may say something sarcastic - but not aimed at any person or group. (Like the first sentence of this paragraph could sound silly or sarcastic.)
I've been sloppy. I've been careless. I have *NOT* considered the feelings of others ANYWHERE nearly well enough. I'm taking Rebecca and Daniel's word's to heart. In my terms, I see them as a call to repentance.
If others join me, and it starts a trend, all the better. Maybe it will even become policy. Who knows?
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed