[WikiEN-l] Ok here is why Willaim Connolley and these stupid admins are messing up Wikipedia. (Hganesan)

[Steve Summit]

Mark Gallagher wrote:
> Heh!  It's a long-standing Wikipedia in-joke.
> * A rouge admin is a good admin who is hated by trolls and
>    ne'er-do-wells...

Presumably the tradition arose when some early ne'er-do-well,
who was a poor speller to boot, accused his adversary of being
a "rouge admin", and the joke stuck.