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the collection of insults to push it outside of the first couple of screens. I've hidden the table of contents, which also hides the section from the very first glance of the page. The people who know it is there (or who link directly to it) can still find it, but the chances of someone zipping right
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As for any concerns about "spotlighting" the vandals and their work... I don't have a Table of
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I've got on the right). I'm not a big fan of protecting people from themselves; as I don't force anyone to view my userpage (if I could force people to do things, it'd be for something worthwhile, like their credit card number), it's a little "off the beaten wiki-path". Unless my userpage were to
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same position I'm in (ie: targets for vandals, just because they're an administrator doing their job). Admins get plenty of shit from people who quite frankly don't know any better, and it's nice to have a little outlet for that.
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