I suspect it might have to do with the early adopters, who were not shitheads and as far as I learned, they are not soft on protecting their turf against vandal

I suspect it might have to do with the early adopters, who were not shitheads and as far as I learned, they are not soft on protecting their turf against vandals and other idiots. That created also lots of collateral damage and criticism, the loudest critic on wikipedis I usually hear is that they are too strict and eager on banning and locking articles.