[WikiEN-l] Crisis of confidence [Was: Missed Opportunities to have avoided the Durova Case]

[Bryan Derksen]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:34:46 +0000, Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info>
> wrote:
> 
>> "People here who don't understand why the Durova incident was a big deal
>> for some need to understand that it precipitated a crisis of confidence.
> 
> I dispute this.  It is not clear to me that there is anyone
> exhibiting this "crisis" who was not already thoroughly convinced
> that any admin with even a tangential connection to SlimVirgin is
> tainted by evil.

I'm an example of someone who had no idea SlimVirgin was connected to
this until much later on and yet had his confidence shaken from the
get-go. Even now I think my reaction would be little different if none
of the names of the players involved had turned out to be familiar.

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