Jimbo calls for global ban on Thekohser, and his bidding is done Options

[thekohser]

Jimbo must not like living in a trailer park. Seems he has a lot of pent up anger. I wonder what the specific crime was, to call for this today? It's gotta be the trailer park, right?

Kohs is permanently and globally banned from all Wikimedia projects.--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] 04:04, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

This post has been edited by thekohser: Tue 4th May 2010, 1:37am

[everyking]

It's unremarkable that Jimbo wants Kohs banned. What really disgusts me is the way some people are stepping up to justify and enforce Jimbo's edict, knowing perfectly well that it represents nothing more than a petty personality feud. Actually, Kohs has contributed far more Wikipedia content than Jimbo. Jimbo offers the project nothing more than tired platitudes on a good day and tiresome threats on a bad one.

[thekohser]

It's unremarkable that Jimbo wants Kohs banned. What really disgusts me is the way some people are stepping up to justify and enforce Jimbo's edict, knowing perfectly well that it represents nothing more than a petty personality feud. Actually, Kohs has contributed far more Wikipedia content than Jimbo. Jimbo offers the project nothing more than tired platitudes on a good day and tiresome threats on a bad one.

Remarkable that you'd continue to embrace a community and project that disgusts you so.

But, thanks for stating what should be the obvious.

[Abd]

I commented in the Wikisource discussion. Fools rush in....

[thekohser]

I commented in the Wikisource discussion. Fools rush in....

I know it's only been a couple of hours, but you seem to have stunned them into silence, Abd. Well done. Now what? Can a bunch of sheep be transformed into mighty lions, merely by reading your prose?

[Abd]

I know it's only been a couple of hours, but you seem to have stunned them into silence, Abd. Well done. Now what? Can a bunch of sheep be transformed into mighty lions, merely by reading your prose?

I just checked. My edit of 18:21, 4 May 2010, is still the latest revision of the Wikisource Administrators' Noticeboard. It is now 01:37, 5 May 2010. This page had been quite active.

History

Out of curiosity, this is a list of editors of that section (issue) and their status during that period of silence.

Contributions/Jeff_G. no edits.
(bug report here. Period in URL is not presented to browser).
Contributions/Sherurcij no edits.
Contributions/Cygnis_insignis very active. Blocked Reshokeht (Blocked Thekohser earlier).
Contributions/Billinghurst not active.
Contributions/ResidentScholar not active.
Contributions/Bookofjude not active.
Contributions/JeepdaySock not active.
Contributions/Spangineer edits
Contributions/Prosfilaes not active
Contributions/Darkoneko not active. Steward.
Contributions/Charles_Matthews many edits
Contributions/Reshokeht blocked, of course.

Reading over this, I'm getting a sense of Thekohser's biggest offense: he obviously doesn't take this matter SERIOUSLY. Here they are, discussing blocking him, and he comes in with this blatant sock, hilarious. Muggles, my conclusion. How dare he show such contempt of our Serious Process? Who does he think he is? Somebody special? I bet he thinks he's smart!

There are, in fact, serious issues here, and maybe someone will pick up on that. But meanwhile, a peer community which cannot tolerate jesters and clowns is on its way down, it's dying and it's just a matter of time. Sure, if a jester interrupts every process, it should stop, and usually it's enough to ask, politely. If not, okay, then some action is called for. But this is Thekohser himself, surely he has some rights on this page, he didn't start this mess. He'd behaved on Wikisource.

Speaking of sheep …

Glad to be of service. Any time.

[Moulton]

There are, in fact, serious issues here, and maybe someone will pick up on that. But meanwhile, a peer community which cannot tolerate jesters and clowns is on its way down, it's dying and it's just a matter of time.

Because the issues are serious, it requires a jester to elevate them to general attention, in a way that (eventually) makes people stop and think.

There are serious absurdities in WikiCulture, and Greg is doing a fine job pointing them out.

Also, kudos to Milton Roe for his wonderful song parodies.

[thekohser]

There are serious absurdities in WikiCulture, and Greg is doing a fine job pointing them out.

For those keeping score at home, Kohs has just hit a double for the Wikisource team, but there's one out, and Manager Jimbo is coming out to the mound. He may be making a pitching change.

P.S. I could see how Wikisource, if it is as it appears, to be a true and authentic effort to dutifully reproduce public domain works, without agenda or personality tainting the effort, could really be an addictive environment for someone like me. However, it being under the umbrella of a corrupt regime, I couldn't possibly bring myself to complete work on more than just perhaps the one work that I'm interested personally in completing. (In other words, even if I score a run in this inning, there's only a couple more innings left, and it will probably be my last game with this team.)