[WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] [Foundation-l] Indefinite block and desysopping by User:Danny

[geni]

On 4/19/06, Elisabeth Bauer <elian at djini.de> wrote:
> And then it is okay to revert another admin's actions without even
> asking before? This seems to me a problem of lack of good faith an admin
> should assume.
>

Sometimes. If they say move the main page or mess with the mediawiki
names space. Exactly where you draw the line is open to deabte



> This was not a misunderstanding, this was lack of good faith. Erik
> should have trusted danny that he has good reasons for an action which
> might not be selfexplaining. If he wanted to know more, he could have
> asked. And an admin who acts before he understands the situation can -
> as this incident has shown - potentially endanger the foundation.
>

Admins almost never work with complete information.


> It is often better to play things low and not on an official level. I
> don't know if this was the case here.
>

In theory. However my experence is that on wikipedia doing thing
unofficialy can often lead to more screaming in the long run.


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geni