There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Administrators have a responsibility to be more than process machines. They are obliged to be ethical - to represent the best of what this project is and can be.
Shutting down an idea, because of its author, is just detrimental to the wiki-consensus-based process.
Feel free to leave me a message if you need assistance or wish to tell me something.