[WikiEN-l] Query admin powers

[nas ral]

I am not a sociologist. I do think that your "predictable phenomena"
is a red herring, however. You still want people to shrug their
shoulders. The higher the status, the less the law is "real". LOL.

Wikipedia policy is the same whether I am an editor or an arbitrator.
Sorry if this upsets you. Point me to where it says "higher status
people - ignore' on the 3RR. You can't!

What has been going on in the ArbCom! Unwritten rules! Policy is
formed by wikipedia community consensus, not by admins. Or is that
just something that can be ignored by some people?  When did admins
start thinking that they have increased authority, not just increased
responsibility?

Your acceptance of rule-breaking "Hey, it is what it is" is appalling.

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:17:14 -0700, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> No, you should not shrug your shoulders, but you should also not get into a
> tizzy over predictable phenomena. If you think there "ought to be a rule",
> please go and make one to the effect that rules are to uniformly applied,
> and so on although that is already part of the unwritten rules under which
> the Arbitration Committee proceeds. We'll enforce it best we can, but
> remember the old Russian proverb: "Laws are like spiderwebs, they catch
> flies, not bumblebees."
> 
> I fear I'm breaking a rule now, "Don't feed the trolls."
> 
> Fred
> 
> > From: nas ral <jewishneoconipod at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: nas ral <jewishneoconipod at gmail.com>, English Wikipedia
> > <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:07:02 +0000
> > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Query admin powers
> >
> > So we should just shrug our shoulders when we witness "informal
> > deviation and transgressions especially by high status individuals"?
> >
> > Are you serious with this stuff? And so the humble editor is trampled
> > on cuz he ainted got friends in high places? Unbelievable.
> >
> > Policy should be applied, and seen to be applied, fairly and evenly,
> > no matter what "informal status" a person might have. I thought an
> > arbitrator would agree to that!
> >
> > Fred wants the so-called "laws of sociology" to overrule wikipedia
> > policy. Is this an offical ArbCom line?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:47:34 -0700, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> >> All formal organizations and their rules are subject to informal deviation
> >> and transgressions especially by high status individuals. We have not
> >> outlawed the laws of sociology just by creating a cool website.
> >>
> >> Fred
> 
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