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WhispersOfWisdom
post Mon 26th November 2007, 9:55pm
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Durova Resigns on 11-26-07
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 9:57pm
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Who shall be the first to update her "arbitration tips" page accordingly?
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 9:58pm
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QUOTE(Miltopia @ Mon 26th November 2007, 3:57pm) *

Who shall be the first to update her "arbitration tips" page accordingly?



http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=173935337
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:03pm
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Raymond Aritt "quits" after his stupid "don't criticize admins" workshop proposal is rejected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=...&year=&month=11
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:34pm
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Raymond Aritt "quits" after his stupid "don't criticize admins" workshop proposal is rejected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=...&year=&month=11

There's a word for that in online board speak.

"Flouncing".

They always come back after flouncing off...
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:40pm
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Raymond Arritt? There's a professor at Iowa State by that name. Is it the same guy, I wonder? And will they accuse me of "stalking" him, just for asking the question? I mean, if he's adminning WP under his real name...?

If it's the same guy, maybe he and I could meet for lunch! I could take him around to the set of my new movie...
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:44pm
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Durova was desysopped at about 0.03 UMT.

That's about 3pm on 25th November. Being 12 hours or so before she "resigned".

Don't know how we all missed that.
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:52pm
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QUOTE(Somey @ Mon 26th November 2007, 10:40pm) *

If it's the same guy, maybe he and I could meet for lunch! I could take him around to the set of my new movie...

Which is?
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:53pm
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Which is?

It's the meal that comes between breakfast and dinner, silly!

Sometimes I wonder about you guys...
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:56pm
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QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Mon 26th November 2007, 11:44pm) *

Durova was desysopped at about 0.03 UMT.

That's about 3pm on 25th November. Being 12 hours or so before she "resigned".

Don't know how we all missed that.


You've got sharp eyes, DL....
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 10:58pm
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One good thing to come of all this —

I've never seen the Wikienlist so quiet …

Then again, maybe they made it the new soopersekrit list —

I wonder when I'll be able to spell "sooper" and "sekrit" again ???

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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:00pm
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The timing (and the identity of the operant Steward) suggest to me that Durova was strongly induced to resign as a face-saving measure.

I don't think she walked the plank on her own dime. I think WP:Office put the coins in the meter.
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:02pm
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QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Mon 26th November 2007, 4:44pm) *
Don't know how we all missed that.

I believe that was just a "proposed remedy" in the ArbCom case, DL... The actual desysopping is here, shortly after the resignation announcement:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?titl...Durova%40enwiki

Not that any of this really matters in the final analysis, of course. But it does suggest that she did it on her own volition.
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:06pm
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QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Mon 26th November 2007, 11:44pm) *

Durova was desysopped at about 0.03 UMT.

That's about 3pm on 25th November. Being 12 hours or so before she "resigned".

Don't know how we all missed that.


You've got sharp eyes, DL....

Maybe not too sharp. That as a proposed remedy. Of the three remedies up there, one was support for !!, one was limit Durova's power, and one was desysop.

She was also being asked unsavory questions like:



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Question to Durova from Kwsn
Q. Other than to not reveal the "methods of investigation", was there any other reason why you didn't post the email? Kwsn (Ni!) 19:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


She did answer questions such as the one asking if she really spied on WR, but not the one about why she didn't post the email.

She did well to resign. She was going to be asked what she didn't want to answer all along.

No chance to answer, my foot.

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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:08pm
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QUOTE(Moulton @ Mon 26th November 2007, 3:00pm) *

The timing (and the identity of the operant Steward) suggest to me that Durova was strongly induced to resign as a face-saving measure.


On the other hand, I can think of some admins that have made plenty of bad blocks without resigning. Maybe Durova is having pangs of conscience, and she will decide to turn around and become a crusader for justice. Like Kelly Martin!
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:10pm
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The timing (and the identity of the operant Steward) suggest to me that Durova was strongly induced to resign as a face-saving measure.

Entirely possible, as well as very likely.
QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Mon 26th November 2007, 5:08pm) *

On the other hand, I can think of some admins that have made plenty of bad blocks without resigning. Maybe Durova is having pangs of conscience, and she will decide to turn around and become a crusader for justice. Like Kelly Martin!


Dreamer.... nothing but a dreamer.... once you put your hands on your head oh no... (ripping off Supertramp)
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:10pm
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:10pm
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QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Mon 26th November 2007, 11:08pm) *

Maybe Durova is having pangs of conscience, and she will decide to turn around and become a crusader for justice. Like Kelly Martin!

I look forward to her blog where she admits that the blocking of Poetlister etc. was a miscarriage of justice as Kelly Martin did.
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:22pm
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Methinks she fell on her sword to save "the list."
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post Mon 26th November 2007, 11:25pm
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Misfits?

This is the first time I've read that misfits aren't welcome on Wikipedia...
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