[WikiEN-l] Blocking badlydrawnjeff (was Re: Thoughts on#wikipedia - threat or menace?)

[Todd Allen]

Jeff Raymond wrote:
> Philippe Beaudette wrote:
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>> I have no opinion about Jeff - I think he probably serves a good purpose, as the agitator, and agitators often have detractors, but I hurt for him in this.  Further, I hurt for the people who made this decision; it's so difficult to be put in a position where you feel like you're driven to drastic action.  I wonder what it was that made them decide that our ordinary dispute resolution steps wouldn't work here?  Where is the consensus model in this?  Where did we, as a community fail?  DID we, as a community fail?  And, more importantly, how do we fix it to prevent it from happening again?
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> I'm a little cooler about it than I was when I dfound out - this was the 
> first place I read about it, in fact, and I *still* haven't received 
> communication from the blocking admin, nor do I want it.
>
> There's a lot I could say, but, for once, I don't have to.  i'll 
> certainly have more to say soon, but I'll just say one thing - I saw 
> this situation coming ages ago.  I'm part surprised it took this long, 
> and part surprised it happened when it did.
>
> No use getting depressed about it, though - I've got an article to 
> finish bringing to featured status and all my mourning is taken up by 
> the cancellation of Veronica Mars anyway.
>
> -Jeff
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>   
Well, at least it got settled quickly, and I think there was a very
quick and decisive consensus that it was a major screwup. Seems to me to
be more one person shooting first and asking questions later than any
type of cabal-there was sure no cabal coming out to support it, I don't
think -anyone- did.

(As to Veronica Mars, what the hell is with that? Why do they always
cancel the few shows that don't suck after just a few seasons, but
Survivor runs forever?)

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