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Surely there's some other way of getting out of it. Well, why not simply [[Sick leave|call in sick]]? Nobody's ever going to question your actions if you're in poor health. So pull a sickie and watch for thread to close as "no action". |
Surely there's some other way of getting out of it. Well, why not simply [[Sick leave|call in sick]]? Nobody's ever going to question your actions if you're in poor health. So pull a sickie and watch for thread to close as "no action". |
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==Symptoms== |
==Symptoms== |
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The symptoms of ANI flu are sudden, and affect an administrator's ability to reply to criticism, no matter how egregious the conduct complained of. The only known cure is to close the ANI thread in question, whereby the communication abilities are miraculously restored. |
The symptoms of ANI flu are sudden, and affect an administrator's ability to reply to criticism, no matter how egregious the conduct complained of. The only known cure is to close the ANI thread in question, whereby the communication abilities are miraculously restored. |
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Revision as of 00:23, 27 April 2019
Sometimes, administrators do things they shouldn't do, like delete a page on a notable subject or pull a controversial block on a longstanding editor. If this happens often enough, an angry mob gather their torches and pitchforks and set up a thread on WP:ANI complaining about it.
Supposing you're an administrator who's done something really stupid, and the community is cross about it enough for you to be a subject of an ANI thread. What options have you got?
- Admit fault. Hang on, if you do that, you might be asked to resign your tools. Then you can't block anyone, and you'll have resigned "under a cloud" so you'll never get them back! Naah.
- Argue that everyone else is wrong. That sounds like an awful lot of effort, and time spent away from your block button. What fun's that?
- Accuse everyone of being a sockpuppet and get a checkuser to block them. The trouble is, these damn checkusers want diffs of all things. Who ever reads those?
Surely there's some other way of getting out of it. Well, why not simply call in sick? Nobody's ever going to question your actions if you're in poor health. So pull a sickie and watch for thread to close as "no action".
Symptoms
The symptoms of ANI flu are sudden, and affect an administrator's ability to reply to criticism, no matter how egregious the conduct complained of. The only known cure is to close the ANI thread in question, whereby the communication abilities are miraculously restored.
Health warning
Be advised that if the community is really angry at you, an episode of ANI flu can be fatal.