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Hi, Thanks for alerting me with the copyrighted image in my user page. i have removed that. Doctor muthu's muthu ^{wanna talk ?} 04:50, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hammersoft Talk News: Consensus is a popularity contest

There was an interesting article this week in The Signpost titled "How social ties influence admin votes". Substantial research was done, analyzing more than a million interactions between pairs of users and any effect such pairings had on outcomes of RfAs. The short of it is this; RfA is a popularity contest. OMG!?! WTF!?! NWIH!!! Gee, are you surprised?

If you think this is isolated to RfA, stop taking your qualudes. The drama boards (read; the various noticeboards) are ripe with the stinking stench of clique dominated popularity influenced agreement. It doesn't take months of research to reach this conclusion. You see an issue that a friend of yours is involved in, you're more likely to take your friend's side in a debate. There's a multitude of reasons for this behavior. There is an 'in' crowd at the drama boards. Just a peek under that cloak of nicety is a harsh reality; 3/4ths of all edits to WP:AN/I are made by just 10% of the editors there.

The result of this is a mass contradiction in Wikipedia. We're established on the highly egalitarian ground that all editors in good standing are equal. Yet, the drama boards are anything but equal. It's like all the worst nightmares from our teenage years. Don't belong to the 'in' crowd? You're screwed.

That isn't what our purpose is here. Those of you reading, I encourage you to stand on your own. Don't lockstep with someone else just because they're your 'friend'. Do the right thing, and stand up for what is right. What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular. You can aspire to a higher purpose here. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Spellchecking

Why did you do this?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 19:33, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have to explain? --Hammersoft (talk) 19:34, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It wasn't your comment to correct. It's a faux pas to edit other's comments.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 19:41, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - You're getting upset about me removing an errant "t" in someone's text? Come on. Drop it. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - It is still not allowed.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 19:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yes, it IS allowed. It's just a simple errant 't'. Fixing it did the poster a favor, and made the text more readable to those reading. Back off. If you have nothing other to say than badgering me about something so silly as this, then kindly cease this discussion. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 19:59, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]