Marc Riddell wrote
> "Daniel R. Tobias"
>
>> Though, in the "some animals are more equal than others" environment
>> of Wikipedia, there's a handful of powerful people (sometimes termed
>> the "clique" or "cabal") who, if they decide that some
banned user is
>> Evil Incarnate, will promptly add to their Enemies List any admin
>> that dares to unblock such a user, try to shame that admin into
>> reversing the action, and agitate for the desysopping or banning of
>> the non-groupthink-compatible admin if he/she resists that.
on 9/30/07 10:13 AM, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com
at
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote:
You of course have entirely reliable sources documenting every syllable of
this.
Charles,
Are you seriously questioning the accuracy of Daniel's statement?
Marc Riddell
The "cabal" is of course a canard. The idea that anyone gets desysopped for
unblocking strikes me as far-fetched. Simply stringing together bits from grievances that
bannees propagate isn't actually an argument. It would be foolish for anyone to say
that "X never happens". The longer I'm here, the more I have evidence for
every combination of circumstances arising, and being played out according to the possible
scenarios. But if there is a powerful group on the site, I think I'd know about it.
Charles
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