QUOTE(everyking @ Fri 3rd February 2012, 9:43am)
Wikipedia would be a much nicer place if it gave the boot to its veteran bullies and blackmailers, instead of their victims. I hope Rlevse is able to find a way to continue contributing to the project.
Every enduring Wikipedia problem results from lack of a reliable, efficient, fair decision-making process.
Lot's of people know this, few understand how to do it differently, and fewer still will actually do what would be necessary: set up such process, demonstrate it, and use it to beneficial effect. Instead, it's much easier to just complain about what *they* do.
QUOTE(mbz1 @ Fri 3rd February 2012, 10:19am)
QUOTE(everyking @ Fri 3rd February 2012, 2:43pm)
Wikipedia would be a much nicer place if it gave the boot to its veteran bullies and blackmailers, instead of their victims.
Don't hold your breath on this. As one of my friends said :"Of course, Wikipedia needs its bullies — it does not pay salaries, but there is the psychic pleasures of bullying. Obviously not everyone is a bully. There are some good-hearted admins. But the patterns of the social dynamics of Wikipedia are almost designed to cultivate a collection of bullies to do the work, and provide structural support for that bullying "
That's fairly accurate.