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by loxdalen 1308 days ago
I love this part in the discussion information section:

> If there is a consensus that the banners are not appropriate to run but the WMF tries to run them without implementing the required changes then our proposed method to enforce the consensus is for Common.css to be modified to prevent them from appearing.

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Last time something like that happened (MediaViewer), the WMF added superprotect and locked local admins out of editing it.
Surely the WMF has to be careful not to alienate their community though - the wiki can be forked at any time and if enough high priority editors went, they could potentially lose control...

edit: ... or not. It seems like there have been attempts at munity before (Spanish Wikipedia) and they haven't succeeded.

The vast, vast, VAST amount of Wiki users just go to the domain name, they give absolutely no cares or thoughts to the fights behind the scene.