http://disqus.com/people/67269238fb8f2ccc583778756dce82cd/enTue, 04 Dec 2007 23:25:30 -0000http://mathewingram.disqus.com/news_flash_wikipedia_is_run_by_people_09/#comment-26789Dear Mathewi, Your responses are normal. This situation is not. This isn't gossip about a mailing list or normal power struggles. This is the tip of the iceberg of rampant abuses of power, lack of respect for rules (and basic human decency), and power hunger on the part of people who have no experience or preparation to be quasi-celebrities, who are punch drunk and behaving accordingly. What's the big deal? It's the 10th most hit site in the world. I don't see the problem being that they kick people off, per se (though for some people, that is the most troubling issue). For me, it is the fact that they are a 24/7 publication operating without any sense of moral responsibility.<br><br>As such, the list and the lies and the secrecy (JW denies that this list was secret, whereas there is a huge uproar over that very fact. He also denied on his talk page today that the list existed. He also stated on nabble chat for wikipedia-en that he owned the list. So which is it? I couldn't care less. Other than that this is par for the course in the honest department). Thanks,Mike FullerTue, 04 Dec 2007 23:25:30 -0000