[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Poetlister sockfarm nailed

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Sun Sep 14 14:59:02 UTC 2008


2008/9/14 Christiano Moreschi <moreschiwikiman at hotmail.co.uk>:

> Another good point. It's really a syndrome of "en's younger brothers" mentality. Said syndrome is usually marked by far more relaxed discipline than on en, and considerable antipathy towards en people who dare suggest that en standards might actually be better.
> This mentality, as I read it, is how Poetlister got a foot in the door at WQ: how the accounts there still aren't all banned and retain most privileges, how an attempt to merely tag them as socks based on FT2's meta report got reverted, and it also explains this thread:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI#admin_abuse:_block_on_wikitionary
> Personally, I think some chips need to come off shoulders here. There needs to be greater cross-project cooperation, not pointless hostility for the sake of it.


The en:wq problem is fundamentally Aphaia enabling Poetlister's
activities there, apparently due to resentment of en:wp or something.
I think a detailed explanation from her is in order at this time.


- d.



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