[WikiEN-l] Re: Abuse of blocking privileges

Tue May 10 19:29:04 UTC 2005

Timwi wrote:

> 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.

Given that we just topped 250,000 contributors, it is clear that the 
proportion of newbies doing this (1 or 2 a month?) is vanishingly small, 
its just that you notice them more.