QUOTE(Piperdown @ Sun 13th July 2008, 4:33pm)
if viridae's on a "suicide mission", then what are the JzG's, Tony's, and Mongo's on? They've been on a self-credibility-destroying mission for as long as i can go back in their edit histories.
In a nut shell, that's wikipedia's biggest problem. An editor's credibility/reputation isn't related to their accuracy, judgment, foresight or the value of their contributions. Instead, an editors reputation depends on who their buddies are, which side they fight on, how fun they are on irc and how devious they are on the secret mailing lists and chatrooms. It's the worst part of Wikipedia's culture and it has to change before other problems can be addressed.
I'll view Cla's successful adminship as a sign of progress.