[WikiEN-l] Admins who pretend to quit (was Re: MONGO and the ArbComm)

[Stan Shebs]

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On 12/12/06, Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net> wrote:
> [snip]
>   
>> Just
>> as for companies, WP has a significant investment in experienced people,
>> and it's foolish to throw it away on a whim.
>>     
>
> Who suggested banning people for qutting?
>   
Not me - how do you get "banning" out of what I wrote?
>   
>> As they say in the
>> military, everybody breaks under torture, and we've been way too
>> tolerant of sadistic nutcases who will stop at nothing to get their way.
>>     
>
> We can improve this by reducing our tolerance, but part of that is
> reducing our tolerance for the complete cycle of drama and hate. It's
> harder to be hard line on our trolls when our 'best' are constantly
> operating at the edge and acting like children.
>   
True enough. Very much a chicken-and-egg thing. The good part is that 
trolls are completely useless, so you're not losing anything by just 
getting rid of them.

Stan