QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Tue 18th November 2008, 11:28pm)
QUOTE(maggot3 @ Tue 18th November 2008, 4:20pm)
You really don't need "multiple checkusers" to see that CdB = Giano; he's not making any great efforts to hide it. The block is moronic and the conclusion that it's a good hand account for winning votes for arbcom is just bizarre.
Nah, David just thought that this year's election didn't have enough lulz in it yet.
David's being phenomenally stupid here, though; this is exactly the sort of nonsense that will just further widen the rift in the community between the writers and the admin-wonkers. Wikipedia needs both of these groups, preferably working together. Without the wonks the writers will be overrun by vandalism; without the writers the wonks will have no content to maintain. Chasing either off is bad policy, and Gothboy's little tantrum will just be seen as another shot across that divide. If Giano picks up the gauntlet, we'll be quite well assured of a fun holiday season.
I think you're confusing admins in general, who are overwhelmingly constructive, with people like Gerard, who are just cruel, vindictive bullies doing very little good work to counterbalance the harm they cause. People who devote themselves primarily to admin work are valuable (although I don't think anyone should be
exclusively devoted to it), provided they do so with great respect for volunteers, for the community and its processes. Gerard and his ilk have no respect for any of the above; they believe they are so supremely invested with "clue" that they can do whatever they like and treat people as badly as they want. The rift isn't between editors and admins; it's between the community and the bullies.