I agree with you, Jim. Let's discuss things first, and then see where it goes. Maybe we'll find better solutions to the problem. But while we discuss things, could you please tell your admins to stop removing the userboxes and to stop blocking people for keeping their userboxes, and for discussing things? Because if they remove the userboxes, then there's little point in discussing the issue. And I'm not referring to the so-called "inflammatory" userboxes.
--- Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Death Phoenix wrote:
Yes, but even with disagreement, such a decree
would have the authority
behind it. A great many people disagreed with
Jimbo's actions in the
pedophile userbox wheel war, but his actions still
carried the weight of his
ultimate authority of Wikipedia. Regardless of
whether people agreed with
his actions or sentiment, the matter was dealt
with very quickly.
Who disagreed with my actions? I know there was some quite justified quibbling on minor points, but the *temporary* and yet *swift* action to put a stop to what was a very bad situation, and to make it clear to people that we should stop and discuss this whole thing rather than having manic wheel wars about it, is as far as I know near universally supported.
Some people say I act with too much power, some say I need to act with more. Old timers will tell you that this is normal. I act slowly and as little as possible, trying hard to push people on all sides to recognize that among those of us who are here to build the greatest encyclopedia in history and give it away for free, we can always find a peaceful way to move forward in harmony. Noisy harmony *g* but harmony.
--Jimbo
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