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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