There's some truth to this; we don't want to create a new atmosphere of fear by doing stuff percieved by the community as arbitrary abuse of editors.

****** To the extent that this perception exists, it is a direct cause of people who start threads with inflammatory titles such as this one and continue with farfetched comparisons to the East German secret police. At the very least that behavior demonstrates remarkably poor judgement and lack of good faith. It would be quite refreshing to see some expression of second thoughts or regret about those excesses. I've shortened the block I applied by three-quarters as an act of good faith. An equivalent gesture from the other side would go a long way toward reestablishing the collaborative atmosphere that builds an encyclopedia.

-Durova