Closer inspection reveals our administrator Yamla to be... well... a bit nuts! With a real vengeful streak lurking beneath that unpleasant exterior.
Yamla's raison d'etre seems to be to wade into a dispute, accelerate it out of all proportion, and then ban a few people on his way out. Please join me in tracking the trail of destruction left by this grand master! Here's an average day in the editing life of Yamla.
6 September
Our hero, Yamla, approaches an editor called Mark Lincoln. Lincoln is a fairly benign figure, editing on various aircrufty topics, until he got into a disagreement on the Amelia Earhart talk page. Nothing spectacular here. Until Yamla turns up, decides that this is a personal attack. Then starts a pattern of warnings on Lincoln's page, including one that states:
QUOTE(Yamla)
Calling people "obstreperous" is a personal attack and ''will not be tolerated'' here. Please see [[WP:CIVIL]] and [[WP:NPA]] which you have previously been made aware of. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 21:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Lincoln defends himself civilly before being blocked by an impatient Yamla, who's had enough of this subordinate's back-chat. Then, out of nowhere, Yamla performs his now patented attack move. He adds a "sockpuppet" template to Lincoln's page - seemingly without a scrap of evidence - leading Lincoln to remove it in a fit of pique, and demand that the record of his year at wikipedia be excised.
Lincoln wants out of the project. But now trapped, he makes an oh so familiar plea of help to the cruel outside world.
QUOTE(Lincoln)
I have repeatedly attempted to communicate with Wikipedia with a simple request. Virtually all attempts have been blocked. I am not appealing for arbitration.
And the inevitable...
QUOTE(Lincoln)
If the Wikipedia will not do this then what can I do but try to enforce the actions and stated standards of Wikipedia by taking you to court.
Yamla can now go in for the kill. He blocks Lincoln indefinitely. He also protects the page for good measure, probably smirking sadistically as he does so. Interestingly, Yamla adds this out and out falsehood on his exit from the scene.
QUOTE(Yamla)
Additionally, it is impossible for us to delete an account. Wikipedia software simply does not allow it.
And to cap off this sorry episode, Yamla has the nerve to tell Lincoln that his edits "were made with good faith and would have been valuable to the Wikipedia", as he bundles Lincoln's now limp corpse into the back of his pick-up.


I am closing my booth door and laughing so hard that I nearly fell into my system here in the studio.