Wikipedia is, if anything, too reticent about showing the door to
dysfunctional individuals. In some instances the community ought to be more
polite about it - I'll grant you that - but overall it's quite difficult to
get sitebanned and rather easy to return.
And a point that often gets overlooked is that there is no such thing as a
ban from GDFL licensed material. If someone really has a valid and
productive way of making the material better then they can go join one of
the forking projects or create a new one. The merits of their approach will
eventually demonstrate themselves.
-Durova
Marc Riddell wrote
Charles, take an honest look at the culture you are
involved in here. The
greatest problems this Project must confront in the coming year are the
state of its internal structure, and the dysfunctional interactions of its
people.
To be frank, as an Arbitrator I see more of the "culture" than ever gets
discussed on this list. To paraphrase what you are saying, well, it's all
just people. I don't agree with your past postings, on the topic of
centralization and leadership.