Jimmy Wales wrote:
Delirium wrote:
In one notable
incident, a current member of the board (Erik) was de-sysopped by Jimmy
in April 2006 for unprotecting an article that a Foundation
representative had protected, though that protection had not been
labeled as an official Foundation action.
I did not de-sysop Erik, ever. To the contrary, actually.
Please be careful about making such dramatic claims.
My mistake; I completely misremembered who did what. Those interested in
the details can get the accurate summary from a contemporary edition of
the Wikipedia signpost:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-04-24/Office…
In any case, though, Erik *was* blocked and desysopped for undoing a
Foundation action, and people since then (especially with less stature
in the community) have been quite wary of ignoring or undoing Foundation
"suggestions".
I would add that incidents like this are part of the reason Mike prefers
the Foundation avoid resorting to "office actions" if possible. As Kat
has indicated, the reaction at the time was symptomatic of the
dysfunctional organization in place then. I think the more professional
office Sue has put in place would have handled the situation quite
differently.
--Michael Snow