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==Dennis Brown==
 
==Dennis Brown==
  
*The "stuff I've deleted" from my defining user page coz that's-just-not-who-I-am anymore diff -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADennis_Brown&type=revision&diff=800109992&oldid=793474020 Sept. 11, 2017]  
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*The "stuff I've deleted" from my defining user page coz that's-just-not-who-I-am-anymore diff -- [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADennis_Brown&type=revision&diff=800109992&oldid=793474020 Sept. 11, 2017]  
 
Is said to be tight with Drmies.  Seems to be.  I wonder if Drmies knows Dennis Brown from Adam.  
 
Is said to be tight with Drmies.  Seems to be.  I wonder if Drmies knows Dennis Brown from Adam.  
 
*Dennis Brown, "I don't want to be no general". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1uIQhAd5Cw]
 
*Dennis Brown, "I don't want to be no general". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1uIQhAd5Cw]
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==Goldenring==
 
==Goldenring==
  
*Made me bigly ineffable in one of his first cases. Later, he would try to gag Marek and find himself being toolboxed by the Mob.
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*Made me bigly ineffable in one of his first cases. Later, he would try to gag Marek for a spell and find himself being toolboxed by the Mob.
  
 
==Bishonen==
 
==Bishonen==
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==Drmies==
 
==Drmies==
  
*As a general rule, doesn't know people from Adam.
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*As a general rule, doesn't know people from Adam.  
  
 
==Sandstein==
 
==Sandstein==
  
 
*Very different from the others listed above.  There have been tensions with Bishonen over the (very existence of the) AE board, for example.
 
*Very different from the others listed above.  There have been tensions with Bishonen over the (very existence of the) AE board, for example.

Revision as of 11:01, 14 October 2017

In principle, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can administer. There are indeed a number of a-no-nymous administrators on most of the mediawiki projects I've seen (WMF controlled or not). In practice, many communities seem to develop a certain number of star blockers who can be caricatured as hang(wo)men, bounty hunters, border patrol agents. Not all administrators play this role, of course, as you get a lot of "blood" on your hands. Some executioners on en.wp who have commanded or caught my attention include...

Dennis Brown

  • The "stuff I've deleted" from my defining user page coz that's-just-not-who-I-am-anymore diff -- Sept. 11, 2017

Is said to be tight with Drmies. Seems to be. I wonder if Drmies knows Dennis Brown from Adam.

  • Dennis Brown, "I don't want to be no general". [1]

Goldenring

  • Made me bigly ineffable in one of his first cases. Later, he would try to gag Marek for a spell and find himself being toolboxed by the Mob.

Bishonen

  • An ext-roarRR-dinary albatross

Drmies

  • As a general rule, doesn't know people from Adam.

Sandstein

  • Very different from the others listed above. There have been tensions with Bishonen over the (very existence of the) AE board, for example.