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 ::While I'm not sure about the finer details, my understanding is that the essay simply describes a behavior. So nobody issued a CIR, but people were saying that CIR was an issue or a problem. I'm guessing that the real problem was WP:Disruptive editing, and CIR was assumed to be the root of the problem. Quoting from Disruptive editing: ""Disruptive editing is not always intentional. An editor may be accidentally disruptive because they don't understand how to correctly edit, or because they lack the social skills or competence necessary to work collaboratively. The fact that the disruption occurs in good faith does not change the fact that it is harmful to Wikipedia."" ~  "