Wikipedia's cofounder got himself community-banned, and ex-admins say the system works that way (en.wikipedia.org)
Sanger relaunched a project to broaden Wikipedia's permitted sources, then posted about the live proposal on X. That tripped the canvassing rule, the discussion turned into a ban vote, and a full block beat the narrower one.
A former Wikipedia admin in the thread on whether the encyclopedia is captured by 'feudal nerd-lords' who revert every outsider edit: the sign says you're welcome, the people say you're not.
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