[WikiEN-l] Indefinite block and desysopping by User:Danny

Thu Apr 20 20:58:15 UTC 2006

Quite right. I want to move that way.

Fred

On Apr 20, 2006, at 2:40 PM, Conrad Dunkerson wrote:

> * Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>
>> taking the bait. It is just not good practice to reverse another
>> administrator's actions. That needs to be part of our culture, not
>> some wishy-washy notion that it is OK to wheel war when the other
>> administrator is "wrong".
>>
>
> Umm... where do you suppose the "wishy washy notion that it is OK  
> to wheel
> war when the other administrator is 'wrong'" COMES from?
>
> There was an arbitration case on wheel warring not so long ago  
> where the
> set of administrators who were adjudged 'wrong' were reprimanded or
> de-sysoped while the set of administrators who were adjudged  
> 'right' were
> not... regardless of the degree to which each individual had  
> engaged in
> 'wheel warring'. One admin was even PRAISED for 'wheel warring'.
>
> If you really want to make the case that wheel-warring is ALWAYS wrong
> then it needs to be treated that way. Not as a cudgel for use only  
> against
> 'those with whom we disagree'.
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