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> If Durova was at Requests for Adminship, How would you feel about that?
wikiwhistle
post Fri 24th October 2008, 7:55am
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I was just wondering how people would feel if Durova was considered for adminship again? Only I think she's addressed a lot of the concerns people had a year ago and behaved well.(I was pro Giano etc at the time of the !! debacle.) Do you think she's done much 'wrong' on wiki over the past year? Just wondered.
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post Sun 10th May 2009, 5:28am
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I wonder how !! (T-C-L-K-R-D) would feel about all this...
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post Sun 10th May 2009, 6:18am
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QUOTE(The Joy @ Sun 10th May 2009, 1:28am) *

I wonder how !! (T-C-L-K-R-D) would feel about all this...

!! is probably long gone. That's the point.
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post Sun 10th May 2009, 6:31am
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QUOTE(Shalom @ Sun 10th May 2009, 2:18am) *

QUOTE(The Joy @ Sun 10th May 2009, 1:28am) *

I wonder how !! (T-C-L-K-R-D) would feel about all this...

!! is probably long gone. That's the point.


He's long gone because of Durova's actions. People aren't just going to forgive or forget, you know. It is a common fallacy on Wikipedia to think something you did years ago will be forgiven or forgotten. And it ain't true.
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post Sun 10th May 2009, 4:39pm
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QUOTE(The Joy @ Sun 10th May 2009, 1:31am) *

People aren't just going to forgive or forget, you know. It is a common fallacy on Wikipedia to think something you did years ago will be forgiven or forgotten. And it ain't true.

Yes, it isn't true, and more's the pity. Durova is quite an accomplished dramamonger. She is now reduced to working along the margins to

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post Sun 10th May 2009, 5:02pm
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Nobody is more aware that long-ago sins are never forgiven than I am. I'm still paying the price for a silly Googlebomb I put on Wikipedia in 2005, before I knew that Wikipedia's administrators existed and did not look kindly upon such activity. I would have become an administrator long ago if not for that unfortunate beginning to my wiki-career.

Rootology was forgiven. He's a better person than I am. It all depends.
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QUOTE(Shalom @ Sun 10th May 2009, 6:02pm) *

Nobody is more aware that long-ago sins are never forgiven than I am. I'm still paying the price for a silly Googlebomb I put on Wikipedia in 2005, before I knew that Wikipedia's administrators existed and did not look kindly upon such activity. I would have become an administrator long ago if not for that unfortunate beginning to my wiki-career.

Rootology was forgiven. He's a better person than I am. It all depends.

Behaving like a complete and utter arsehole can hardly be called "unfortunate". The fact that you're one of the few editors with even less chance of ever becoming an administrator than I have has very little to do with your start in 2005.
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QUOTE(Malleus @ Sun 10th May 2009, 7:52pm) *

QUOTE(Shalom @ Sun 10th May 2009, 6:02pm) *

Nobody is more aware that long-ago sins are never forgiven than I am. I'm still paying the price for a silly Googlebomb I put on Wikipedia in 2005, before I knew that Wikipedia's administrators existed and did not look kindly upon such activity. I would have become an administrator long ago if not for that unfortunate beginning to my wiki-career.

Rootology was forgiven. He's a better person than I am. It all depends.

Behaving like a complete and utter arsehole can hardly be called "unfortunate". The fact that you're one of the few editors with even less chance of ever becoming an administrator than I have has very little to do with your start in 2005.
Yes, I agree, but I would have become an admin in 2007 if not for the 2005 incident.
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wikiwhistle   If Durova was at Requests for Adminship   Fri 24th October 2008, 7:55am
dogbiscuit   I was just wondering how people would feel if Dur...   Fri 24th October 2008, 7:59am
wikiwhistle   The question you have to answer with Durova is ...   Fri 24th October 2008, 8:15am
Proabivouac   I was just wondering how people would feel if Dur...   Fri 24th October 2008, 8:02am
SirFozzie   I honestly don't think if I offered to nominat...   Fri 24th October 2008, 9:19am
dogbiscuit   I honestly don't think if I offered to nomina...   Fri 24th October 2008, 9:32am
One   I honestly don't think if I offered to nomina...   Fri 24th October 2008, 11:25pm
wikiwhistle   I just asked her and she said she's not sure a...   Fri 24th October 2008, 9:39am
Crestatus   She's had very questionable judgment in the pa...   Fri 24th October 2008, 10:24pm
Giggy   http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:A...strat...   Sat 25th October 2008, 12:16am
wikiwhistle   http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:A...stra...   Sat 25th October 2008, 1:10am
Viridae   Yes she is doing fantastic work, but I prefer her ...   Sat 25th October 2008, 1:12am
Somey   Tough call! This is one of those questions tha...   Sat 25th October 2008, 3:13am
Count DeMonet   I'll just say this, though. If we're tryi...   Sat 25th October 2008, 6:47am
everyking   Absolutely no question about it, she deserves anot...   Sat 25th October 2008, 3:40am
The Joy   Durova could win, but only if she submits to recal...   Sat 25th October 2008, 4:08am
Somey   Come to think of it though, she never really did r...   Sat 25th October 2008, 4:30am
Dzonatas   She has shown that all she wanted to do is harass ...   Sat 25th October 2008, 8:01pm
LessHorrid vanU   I have offered to co-nom (note, not nominate) her ...   Sat 25th October 2008, 11:54pm
georgeieboy   looks like feeling the temperature to me. http://...   Sat 9th May 2009, 3:06pm
Shalom   looks like feeling the temperature to me. http:/...   Sun 10th May 2009, 4:54am
Milton Roe   [quote name='georgeieboy' post='172389' date='Sat...   Sun 10th May 2009, 11:00pm
Giano   [quote name='The Joy' post='172502' date='Sun 10t...   Sun 10th May 2009, 8:57pm
LaraLove   I'm not interested in seeing more admins pokin...   Sun 10th May 2009, 9:53pm
georgeieboy   Why are people so insanely power crazy? Durova, y...   Tue 12th May 2009, 2:21pm
grievous   Not now, not ever.   Tue 12th May 2009, 2:42pm


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