[WikiEN-l] Re: Abuse of blocking privileges

Thu May 12 02:11:35 UTC 2005

They're trying everything in their arsenal, that's why.

On Tue, 10 May 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.
>
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