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Jimmy Wales claims to try to stay out of dipute resolution

and remain "neutral" as much as possible "so as to not influence editorial decisions,"

but it is apparent that he does intervene, e.g. [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]],

but it is apparent that he does intervene, e.g. the notorious case of [[English Wikipedia User Secretlondon]]. Wales, in a classic example of [[Wikimedia]] [[thuggery]], asked her in email to "Please stop it." He influences others who do "dispute resolution" and also very often

~~and~~ influences others who do "dispute resolution" and also very often

[[block IP]]s for "[[vandalism]]". This is

the most [[sysop vigilantiism|heavily abused power]], especially when

the most "[[sysop vigilantiism|heavily abused power]]", "especially" when

extended to so-called "[[trolls]]".

When Wales "chats" with other users they get a picture of how "Jimbo"

tends to see things and usually [[defer]] to this person who they see

tends to see things and usually "[[defer]]" to this person who they see

as a [[GodKing|awe-inspiring founder]]. Certain [[sycophant]]s skew

issues towards the way "Jimbo" sees them. None of ~~this is~~ unusual:

issues towards the way "Jimbo" sees them. None of these are unusual:

[[Group dynamics]] suggest that this cannot be avoided but staying concious about this kind of ~~phenomenom~~ helps to minimize the damage it does, the [[systemic bias]] it creates, [[groupthink]] reinforced.

[[Group dynamics]] suggest that this cannot be avoided but staying concious about this kind of phemonemom helps to minimize the damage it does, the [[systemic bias]] it creates, [[groupthink]] reinforced.

==Wikimedia's response ==