Now, I found it. Indeed, I exaggerated (not several hundreds, just a hundred, and not overnight, but over two or three days, but the idea is still the same)
The poll: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum/Archives/2008-07#Global_sysop... The proposal: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_sysops/2008_proposal The proposal talk page (where the main discussion was taking place): http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Global_sysops/2008_proposal
Cheers Yaroslav
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