[WikiEN-l] Wheel culture (was:Indefinite block and desysopping...)

[geni]

On 4/20/06, jkelly at fas.harvard.edu <jkelly at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>   "Delerium",
>
>   In regards to:
>
> > [Erik] didn't revert Danny's edits or wheel war.  Danny stubbed and
> > protected the page; Erik noted that he was willing to give Danny the
> > benefit of the doubt on stubbing, but that the protection was contrary
> > to the protection policy (a correct observation), so unprotected the
> > page but left it stubbed.  It is quite acceptable and even encouraged to
> > unprotect pages that have been inappropriately protected.
>
>   While we're engaging in this critique of Danny's response, it might make sense
> to ask whether or not Danny, and the other office people, are aware that there
> exists some large segment of the admin population who regard it as routine to
> undo other admin actions without discussion because they were "out of process",
> or "obviously wrong", or whatever.  Can we imagine the possibility that some
> people might interpret that as inexplicable, or even hostile, interference, if
> they aren't used to this?
>
>
>
>                                 Jkelly

You are suggesting that there are admins on wikipedia who are not
aware that stuff done on wikipedia may be undone?

--
geni