[WikiEN-l] a final word on Essjay

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Park [mailto:stephenpark15 at gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2007 01:32 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] a final word on Essjay
>
>On 3/4/07, Sam Blacketer <sam.blacketer at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Apart from a public lynching, what else do people want from him?
>>
>>
>> The really depressing thing about the episode is that so many editors did
>> seem to want a public lynching, and thought it would be for the good of us
>> all. All it was was just a childish joke by Essjay when he first signed up,
>> that ran away with him and only caught up when he was well-known enough to
>> really harm him. Not to say that I approve of what he did but I do have
>> immense sympathy for him.
>
>Public lynchings are a regular feature of wikipedia. Just look at
>WP/ANI and especially the method of having a community ban
>(essentially a wikilynching) instead of a trial by ArbComm.

We can stop that if we want to. Do you think there are community bans which are inappropriate? There are obvious problem with public hangings but even more with private hangings.

Fred