I see an admin with no apparent connection to this subject[0]:
(1) instructing KalHolmann not to canvass (this is one of WP's older rules and comes up all the time in AfD, where people will canvass WP and Twitter to get votes to keep marginal articles)
(2) backing out KalHolmann's canvassing comments
(3) responding to KalHolmann's question about where to direct his concern by telling him to take it to ANI
(4) advising against him taking it to the "COI Noticeboard" (I'm not sure I know what that even is but I guess I can guess and I'm not surprised it exists)
(5) after KalHolmann takes it there anyways and complains about the outcome, telling him again to take it to ANI.
None of this seems bad to me; it seems like a WP admin going out of their way to be helpful (in a WP'ian sort of way) and getting slagged for it on HN.
(1) instructing KalHolmann not to canvass (this is one of WP's older rules and comes up all the time in AfD, where people will canvass WP and Twitter to get votes to keep marginal articles)
(2) backing out KalHolmann's canvassing comments
(3) responding to KalHolmann's question about where to direct his concern by telling him to take it to ANI
(4) advising against him taking it to the "COI Noticeboard" (I'm not sure I know what that even is but I guess I can guess and I'm not surprised it exists)
(5) after KalHolmann takes it there anyways and complains about the outcome, telling him again to take it to ANI.
None of this seems bad to me; it seems like a WP admin going out of their way to be helpful (in a WP'ian sort of way) and getting slagged for it on HN.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contribut...