[WikiEN-l] Cla68 blocked for asking question

[Daniel R. Tobias]

Durova has blocked Cla68 for 24 hours for responding to Jimbo's 
posting on [[Talk:Gary Weiss]], which included "No nonsense, zero 
tolerance, shoot on sight.", with "Most of us usually try to give 
some reasoning for any action, proposed action, or threatened action 
that we discuss on an article's talk page. Would you mind doing the 
same?"  It was claimed that this was a "WP:POINT" violation.  Just 
how is asking the reasons behind a draconian statement a block-worthy 
violation?

I swear, with every passing minute Wikipedia becomes more of a self-
parody, with people getting subjected to punitive sanctions for 
having the effrontery to question whether the authorities on 
Wikipedia are getting overly punitive.  It reminds me of the 
government of Singapore, which once sued a journalist who had written 
that the government suppresses criticism by suing its critics.

People sometimes justify the need for "getting tough" on trolls, 
harrassers, and the like because they're driving good editors out; 
however, I've been feeling more and more like I'm about ready to take 
a Wikibreak myself, being constantly disgusted at the direction the 
Wikipedia culture is going and how Jimbo seems to be actively 
supporting this development himself.  I'm sure there are a bunch of 
people who will cheer if and when I go away.

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