Larry Sanger
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We're not going to get too upset about it.
At least not right away, you know.
So it was a way of welcoming the newbies.
I see.
Now, it's actually used by...
people who are very much part of the system.
And it's sometimes used simply to, in lieu of a better argument, or when an argument isn't even available, it's like, oh, you guys know what I mean.
This sort of thing cannot stand, ignore all rules.
Yeah.
So it really doesn't have a legitimate use any longer.
I kind of wish it did.
I kind of wish that Wikipedians were much more welcoming to new people and actually did, you know, not kick them out so quickly.
Well put.
And that actually is thesis eight, end indefinite blocking.
It's related to that anyway.
But I don't actually mean to skip ahead.
So I'm simply saying I invented that rule.
I made that rule.
Let's get rid of it.
Okay.