QUOTE(radek @ Sat 25th February 2012, 4:14pm)
Coren is listed as an arbitrator
pro tempore.
I get a little giggle every time the Arbs throw in a bit of courtroom Latin to make themselves seem more official. The WMF should provide powdered wigs, assuming that Jimmy has a friend in the wig-making biz.
QUOTE(Larry Sanger @ Mon 20th February 2012, 8:21pm)
This sort of thing amuses me. I have no idea about the merits of mbz1's case against the administrator, or the case against mbz1 for bringing the case, although I have my suspicions. But is it really possible for anybody in his right mind to get all broken up about being kicked out of the Wikipedia insane asylum? I mean, they're so ridiculously self-important, when they aren't acting like trolls, and show no sense of grace, humanity, or even style. Admins and even rank-and-file contributors go around making high-sounding declarations and announcements, as if they were government officials dispensing court orders. And then, if you really want to keep working on the wiki, nothing is stopping you from making a new account and getting back to work, instantly, as everybody knows. It's ridiculous. In fact, the complexity of the ridiculousness is mind-boggling, and would take a very complicated essay to tease out. Evidently mbz1 isn't actually upset about being blocked, and is taking a sensible attitude. I was blocked, and voted to be blocked myself, but they voted to unblock me anyway. Go figure!