Jimbo vs Bishzilla Part 2, Mortals is tasty Options

[Abd]

"Banned means banned" was popularized by JzG when he banned one of Greg's accounts. I can't find that block summary though.

March 29, 2007.

Well, if, at that point, Greg was blocked or banned, JzG was technically correct, and maybe even substantially correct. An exception could be some kind of protected return, but this wasn't that, I'd say.

The identity of the account as Greg doesn't seem to have been in question at all.

[thekohser]

Well, if, at that point, Greg was blocked or banned, JzG was technically correct, and maybe even substantially correct.

I was expressly not blocked or banned at that time, Abd.

19:53, 23 March 2007 Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs) unblocked "Wikipedia Review (talk | contribs)" ‎ (he asked nicely, i think the issue is completed)

Abd, you're not deliberately trying to wind me up, are you?

[Abd]

Well, if, at that point, Greg was blocked or banned, JzG was technically correct, and maybe even substantially correct.

I was expressly not blocked or banned at that time, Abd.

19:53, 23 March 2007 Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs) unblocked "Wikipedia Review (talk | contribs)" ‎ (he asked nicely, i think the issue is completed)

Abd, you're not deliberately trying to wind me up, are you?

Of course not. I should have been suspicious. JzG getting something right? Quick, check the sky, it might be falling!

I wrote "if," eh?

He asked nicely, eh? What were you thinking?

Seriously, Greg, they really screwed up. Paid editing should have been encouraged, not banned. The key would be encouraging disclosure, that's all. So a "paid editor" really becomes a kind of advisor/advocate for some article position. Openly so. Instead, Wikipedia tried to pretend that the community was "neutral." And anybody who wasn't neutral was to be banned.

How did that work?