Someone's feeling bold, And actually opening a discussion on CSD#G5 Options

[that one guy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vil...P:G5_Discussion

How long before this gets swarmed by people opposing a change like the WP:V one?

[thekohser]

The Ban Addicts all seem to think that their "bans" are having some sort of profound effect on the "banned" editor.

It's strange -- for me, being "banned" liberates me from having to try to conform to the ridiculously arbitrary and unfairly-applied rules that the Wikipediot elites have set up to further their control of information. I am more free to spread useful knowledge as a banned user than I was as a user "in good standing". And it pays for some rather nice dinners out once in a while. It's a win-win. The only ones who look foolish, in the end, are the ones who stand by the "banned means banned" mantra, thinking that it's accomplished anything at all.

[Abd]

The Ban Addicts all seem to think that their "bans" are having some sort of profound effect on the "banned" editor.

It's strange -- for me, being "banned" liberates me from having to try to conform to the ridiculously arbitrary and unfairly-applied rules that the Wikipediot elites have set up to further their control of information. I am more free to spread useful knowledge as a banned user than I was as a user "in good standing". And it pays for some rather nice dinners out once in a while. It's a win-win. The only ones who look foolish, in the end, are the ones who stand by the "banned means banned" mantra, thinking that it's accomplished anything at all.

They are profoundly narcissistic. I refrained from socking and attempted, for years, to work within "due process," and only gave that up when it was proven by events, beyond doubt, to be utterly useless, that ArbComm itself was corrupt or impossibly broken. I went far beyond the norm in this, most people would have given up completely, long before.

Yes. Once I actually edited after being blocked, I experienced a strong sense of freedom, of relief, of ease. And, in fact, I found that I was able to accomplish more per hour of editing. Had I not openly disclosed who I was, I would have been even more effective, in terms of stable results. I was, however, interested in exploring and demonstrating what a banned user could openly do (and what would happen in response). Finally, I created a classic "sock" and edited, but I made no attempt to conceal my IP, I didn't use evasive tactics to defeat checkuser. Most of my work stuck, even though, mysteriously, an arbitrator showed up. Canvassing, off-wiki, I'm sure. Some of my work was immediately reverted by a ban enforcing admin, and was reverted back by another admin.... uh, BLP violation I'd corrected ....

Wikipedia seems to turn the minds of many editors to some kind of smelly jelly. Or maybe they were that way from the beginning, and are simply preferentially attracted to this "community."