It is now clear that the superprotect affair was only a preliminary move.
Now they hide themselves behind a collective account
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:WMFOffice> issuing batches of
global locks
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=globalauth&user=WMFOffice&year=2015&month=1>
and writing boilerplate replies
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:WMFOffice&diff=10982297>.
As with the superprotect, the how is to blame, not the what. Note that I
do not object global locks at all.
What I object is the lack of a published reason for them, and the
community interaction that Lila called so deeply for.
They can play with the Terms Of Use, protecting any page on any project
and global-locking any account "to protect the integrity and safety of
the site and users", actually at their sole discretion.
The breach of trust is complete now. The only thing that may stop me
from leaving the projects for good is my loyalty to the volunteer community.