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Secret Mailing List Rocks Wikipedia

privatemusings writes "Wikipedians are up in arms at the revelations that respected administrators have been discussing blocking and banning editors on a secret mailing list. The tensions have spilled over throughout the 'encyclopedia anyone can edit' and news agencies are sniffing around. The Register has this fantastic writeup — read it here first." The article says that some Wikipedians believe Jimbo Wales has lost face by supporting the in-crowd of administrators and rebuking the whistle blower who leaked the existence of the secret mailing list.

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  1. Not true - I checked by DuncanE · · Score: 5, Funny

    No.. there's no secret mailing list - I checked Wikipedia and it said so. Said it was not "not notable" or something.