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'''Flavius Vanillus''' edited from on Wikipedia from 7 November 2005 - 2 April 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=Flavius+vanillus] .  His contributions are interesting and important because they show clear signs of scientific education, a clear grasp of the thinking behind the scientific method and its connection with the Wikipedia principles concerning [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Neutral Point of View | Neutral Point of View]].  Nonetheless he was banned forever on 2 April 2006.

'''Flavius Vanillus''' edited from on Wikipedia from 7 November 2005 - 2 April 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=Flavius+vanillus] .  His contributions are interesting and important because they show clear signs of scientific education, a clear grasp of the thinking behind the scientific method and its connection with the Wikipedia principles concerning [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Neutral Point of View | Neutral Point of View]].  Nonetheless he was banned from Wikipedia on 2 April 2006.

What follows is an introduction summarising the dispute that led to Flavius being banned, followed by a transcript of ''most'' but not all of his contributions.  The transcript is long, but is worth reading for the wit and style, and scientific accuracy with which Flavius makes his case.  It is also instructive as to why a qualified scientist was banned from Wikipedia, and why those with a commercial interest in pseudoscientific product ([[Neurolinguistic programming]]) continued to edit and expand the article unhindered, in a way that now takes it far from any scientific point of view.

What follows is an introduction summarising the dispute that led to Flavius being banned, followed by a transcript of ''most'' but not all of his contributions.  The transcript is long, but is worth reading for the wit and style, and scientific accuracy with which Flavius makes his case.  It is also instructive as to why a qualified scientist was banned from Wikipedia, and why those with a commercial interest in pseudoscientific product ([[Neurolinguistic programming]]) continued to edit and expand the article unhindered, in a way that now takes it far from any scientific point of view.