My Lego Network Wiki:Rank is not a basis for discrimination

Over the years, as MLNWiki grew, some of our editors used, or proposed to use, My LEGO Network Ranks as a basis for discrimination. There have been only a few instances, fortunately:


 * In June 2008, a Rank 6 user told a Rank 10 user not to sign on articles, only on talk pages. The latter responded condescendingly: "So who made these rules, Anyway? Who enforces them? I'm Rank 10 and you...are you still rank 5? Anyhow, why shouldn't I sign?"
 * In May 2009, a heated dispute broke out among some administrators and a recently-joined Rank 9 user over the proposal that there should be a Rank requirement for adminship. It did not grow into a flame war, but the discussion was very lengthy and quite tense.

There are several arguments against these views:


 * My LEGO Network Wiki is not My LEGO Network; it is about My LEGO Network. The proposed hierarchy should be left to in-game situations.
 * Wikis are -- or should be -- fundamentally equal. Segregating editors for a purpose other than the wiki's goal violates the WikiLaw of Fundamental Equality.
 * An editor is judged by his edits, and nothing else. Contrariwise, editors should not be considered "better" for having "better" edits, either.
 * Some editors may be vandal-fighters or wikignomes that are simply stopping by.