[WikiEN-l] Administrator flameout: Naconkantari

Fred Bauder fredbaud at waterwiki.info
Tue May 1 16:03:36 UTC 2007


>-----Original Message-----
>From: William Pietri [mailto:william at scissor.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 08:35 AM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Administrator flameout: Naconkantari
>
>Fred Bauder wrote:
>> The warning signs were when the Arbitration Committee decided that continual agitation was just "free speech". We all know the users who have taken the lead. The precipitating event is at:
>>
>> Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Kelly Martin 4
>>   
>
>So after reading that and rummaging, I've got a couple of questions.
>
>It seems like Naconkantari had recently taken some heat for too-vigorous 
>blocking. Then he blocked several people on the RFC you link to above, 
>shortly before the RFC was deleted. Doc Glasgow, one of the people 
>blocked, offers this as an explanation:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=next&oldid=127270326

Yes, I see it, the above link leads to a rather plain exchange which sets forth the essence of the problem we face. The bad guys are winning. And further down there is a call to punish those who try to do something about it.

Fred

>
>Thanks,
>
>William
>
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