[WikiEN-l] Quitting Wikipedia and wanted you to know why.

Stephen Streater sbstreater at mac.com
Fri Oct 6 22:37:13 UTC 2006


On 6 Oct 2006, at 22:57, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:31:37 -0500, "Parker Peters"
> <onmywayoutster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a larger problem I have with our policies, though. Every  
>> policy we
>> have on the matter is designed to make it impossible for an  
>> aggrieved user
>> to make any protest against abuse.
>
> No, none of the *policies* we have prevent this, I think.  It is very
> hard to be truly objective when reviewing unblock requests, though,
> and we definitely need more people like JoshuaZ and Phaedirel who are
> able to see the good in everybody.
>
> But let's be honest, the SPUIs of this world are tolerated despite the
> disruption they cause.  Sock-farming POV pushers should be shown the
> door speedily and in no uncertain terms.

Luckily we have Admins who are
steadfast in their dedication to this task :-)




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