[WikiEN-l] Reflections on the end of the spoiler wars

[George Herbert]

On Nov 15, 2007 3:16 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15/11/2007, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> > Spoiler warnings were removed by abuse of power, abuse of the rules, and
> > abuse of logistics.  Of *course* users are going to be mad about this
> for
> > longer than they're going to be mad about standard Wikipedia
> administrative
> > actions.  This shouldn't be surprising at all; in fact, the very fact
> that
> > users are unaccepting for an unusually long time should be a clue that
> > there's something different about this case.
>
>
> As demonstrated by the interest in your complaint in every venue you
> took it to, i.e. none.



This conversation is prima facie evidence to the contrary...

I don't know that there's been a factual abuse of power here, but there is
concern over the end results.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com