You scrolled half a wiki page to the part that fits your narrative.
The metaphor of a thin blue line is that they “the police” are not in the typical sense very large, like an army, but they do keep the order with a thin presence of rule and order. Sounds like what maintainers do in this case.
https://archive.org/details/thethinbluelinecomplete
Starring Rowan Atkinson
Its simply the Police in general…
You scrolled half a wiki page to the part that fits your narrative.
The metaphor of a thin blue line is that they “the police” are not in the typical sense very large, like an army, but they do keep the order with a thin presence of rule and order. Sounds like what maintainers do in this case.
i scrolled half a wiki page to link to… facts.
That’s not where “it comes from” though. Since if it were,it wouldnt need to be half a page down.
It’s associated yes, but not in everybodies mind is that the case.