Chilling Atmosphere

Agreeing with almost everything written above. Add to that the backroom block shopping game: I need a WP:UNINVOLVED admin to block a "disruptive" editor with whom I'm having a content disagreement. If you do me that favor, in return I'm going to block an editor of your choosing at a future time. This type of deal takes place in IRC channels outside of Wikimedia control, and by email often individually, but also in semi-formal mailing lists.

And when the "disruptive" editor is blocked, the number of "very" active editors will drop by one. More importantly, when it comes to voting, the IRC kids have eliminated another vote. --Erik Warmelink 22:36, 16 March 2011 (UTC)