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Neelix: It might be useful to say "topic banned by the community". I'm pleased the committee closed the case, it's a remarkable triumph of common sense. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:29, 15 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]
- Done per your suggestion. And I agree on the committee's decision. Though if Neelix didn't resign his bit we would've seen this taking the usual course. I do wonder if we're going to see this happen again. GamerPro64 21:33, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
In fairness, a small small (fewer than 1%) of his redirects were reasonable band in a few cases even necessary ones. An effort was made to spot these so hey wouldn't be deleted along with the rest. It's always a question in situations of this sort whether the number is so great we should just delete everything without checking. DGG ( talk ) 00:06, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If it had been a normal editor they would probably have been indeffed and banned--Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:11, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Sounds like an example of the "Super Mario Problem". GamerPro64 17:41, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please stop referring to the "Super Mario Problem" all the time. Nobody knows what you are talking about. Johnbod (talk) 18:55, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's the first time I've brought that phrase up. GamerPro64 20:53, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - Wikipedia:Glossary#Super_Mario_Problem Gamaliel (talk) 21:20, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - In videogames, The Super Mario Effect is as follows: When Mario gets a power up that turns him into Super Mario, a mistake that would normally kill him as ordinary Mario simply turns him from Super Mario to ordinary Mario, then he has to make another mistake to be killed. Likewise when an administrator does something that would get an ordinary editor indefinitely blocked, he is desysopped, turning him into an ordinary editor. Then he has to do something else wrong to be actually blocked. I believe that this applies to the case of Neelix, and that a regular ~~mario~~ editor would have been blocked. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:31, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]