[WikiEN-l] Re: Abuse of blocking privileges

Tue May 10 15:24:53 UTC 2005

Pete/Pcb21 wrote:
> Timwi wrote:
> 
>> And again. Why do newbies keep posting this? How many people actually 
>> fall for this? How many people actually read this and go "OMG we're 
>> gonna lose a valuable contributor! Must unblock quick!!!"?
> 
> Er, because they're *new*? They don't know what's come before.

Yes, but isn't that all the more reason to assume that we won't de-admin 
two long-time trusted contributors just to save one contributor whom we 
don't even know? I just don't get why so many newbies instantly think 
that they're the most valuable Wikipedian ever born and that established 
admins must leave to make room for them.