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| This prompted me to look at FT2's edit history, where I soon found (in early 2007, note) his work on bestiality and neurolinguistic programming. I did not bring this up at the time because he was merely another editor, and I had no idea of the immense power that he was beginning to acquire on the project. | | This prompted me to look at FT2's edit history, where I soon found (in early 2007, note) his work on bestiality and neurolinguistic programming. I did not bring this up at the time because he was merely another editor, and I had no idea of the immense power that he was beginning to acquire on the project. |
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− | === Relevant accounts and logs ===
| + | My interest in him revived in December 2007 when I noticed that he was standing for the influential and important Arbitration Committee of Wikipedia. I placed a number of questions to the candidate, at least two of which were (with hindsight) were spectacularly misjudged. |
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− | * [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=19188 December block on Wikipedia review]
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− | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Peter_Damian Peter Damian]
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− | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hinnibilis Hinnibilis] (Doppelganger account)
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− | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Renamed_user_4 Renamed user 4] (renamed for personal reasons)
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− | Damian block logs:
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− | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Peter+Damian Damian blocks]
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− | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Dbuckner Renamed user 4 blocks]
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− | Relevant blocks:
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− | * 4 December 2007 Radiant! (Smear campaign)
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− | * 6 December 2007 WJBscribe (legal threat)
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− | * 29 June 2008 Ryan Postlethwaite (Harassment)
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− | * 13 August 2008 (MBisanz - personal attack or harassment)
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− | * 01:45, 31 August 2008 by Coren (incivility)
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− | * 23:11, 6 September 2008 by Jimbo Wales (harassment)
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| === BLOCK NUMBER ONE 4 December 2007 === | | === BLOCK NUMBER ONE 4 December 2007 === |
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− | My interest in FT2 revived in December 2007 when I noticed that he was standing for the influential and important Arbitration Committee of Wikipedia. I placed a number of questions to the candidate, at least two of which were (with hindsight) were spectacularly misjudged.
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| 08:31: "how many more good editors must be outraged to the point of quitting — how much more crap editing of flagship articles does it take" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2007/Candidate_statements/FT2/Questions_for_the_candidate&diff=prev&oldid=175674457] This remark stands. I was referring to his actions in early 2007 which were instrumental in driving at least one editor from the philosophy project, and which seriously damaged relationships between the administrators and the philosophers. | | 08:31: "how many more good editors must be outraged to the point of quitting — how much more crap editing of flagship articles does it take" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2007/Candidate_statements/FT2/Questions_for_the_candidate&diff=prev&oldid=175674457] This remark stands. I was referring to his actions in early 2007 which were instrumental in driving at least one editor from the philosophy project, and which seriously damaged relationships between the administrators and the philosophers. |
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| * [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=20205&st=280&p=127117&#entry127117 Damian apology] | | * [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=20205&st=280&p=127117&#entry127117 Damian apology] |
| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=236845389&oldid=236842333 Wales' reason for blocking] "It's one thing to say "I don't agree with this decision, can we talk about it?" It is quite another thing to say things like 'All hail, chief of security and protector of the community, FT2. The bodies of the guilty and the innocent burn together with that sweet sickly smell of death, in the pit, in the morning.'" | | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=236845389&oldid=236842333 Wales' reason for blocking] "It's one thing to say "I don't agree with this decision, can we talk about it?" It is quite another thing to say things like 'All hail, chief of security and protector of the community, FT2. The bodies of the guilty and the innocent burn together with that sweet sickly smell of death, in the pit, in the morning.'" |
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| + | === Relevant accounts and logs === |
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| + | * [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=19188 December block on Wikipedia review] |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Peter_Damian Peter Damian] |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hinnibilis Hinnibilis] (Doppelganger account) |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Renamed_user_4 Renamed user 4] (renamed for personal reasons) |
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| + | Damian block logs: |
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| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Peter+Damian Damian blocks] |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Dbuckner Renamed user 4 blocks] |
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| + | Relevant blocks: |
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| + | * 4 December 2007 Radiant! (Smear campaign) |
| + | * 6 December 2007 WJBscribe (legal threat) |
| + | * 29 June 2008 Ryan Postlethwaite (Harassment) |
| + | * 13 August 2008 (MBisanz - personal attack or harassment) |
| + | * 01:45, 31 August 2008 by Coren (incivility) |
| + | * 23:11, 6 September 2008 by Jimbo Wales (harassment) |
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| == Civility == | | == Civility == |