> Reading this article I feel torn. On the one hand, I think Wikipedia is an excellent product and that inclines me to trust their decision making methods and o

> Reading this article I feel torn. On the one hand, I think Wikipedia is an excellent product and that inclines me to trust their decision making methods and outcomes. On the other hand, this seems like increased politicization...it seems like the decision is based on volume of editor complaints. Yeah, I read some of the discussion, and the person who proposed the deprecation was also extremely active in the discussion (it helped that he had a very visually distinctive username). It was almost like he was acting like a prosecutor. I wouldn't be surprised if 10-20% of the whole discussion was that one guy.