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== Background ==

== Background ==

The undertow was blocked by Raul654 on 16 June 2008 with an expiry time of 9 months ‎"Per discussion on the arbcom mailing list" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=&page=User:The+undertow&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=]

User [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Undertow The_Undertow] began editing in August 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stewie_Griffin&diff=prev&oldid=71979754], mostly reverting vandalism[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&offset=20070131055234&target=The+undertow]. Undertow was blocked by Raul654 on 16 June 2008 with an expiry time of 9 months ‎"Per discussion on the arbcom mailing list" [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=&page=User:The+undertow&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=]

The reason for the block was never made public, but an ex-member of the Arbitration committee has claimed that Undertow " threatened to (and possibly did) file a lawsuit against another editor, also starting a revenge biography on the person. He made various statements, then excused them as mental health issues. ArbCom decided, in essence, that Wikipedia was not therapy". [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=26748&view=findpost&p=197595]

The reason for the block was never made public, but an ex-member of the Arbitration committee has claimed that Undertow " threatened to (and possibly did) file a lawsuit against another editor, also starting a revenge biography on the person. He made various statements, then excused them as mental health issues. ArbCom decided, in essence, that Wikipedia was not therapy". [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=26748&view=findpost&p=197595]

Law was proposed for adminship by 'GlassCobra' in March 2009 after joining Wikipedia in September 2008, making over five thousand edits, nearly half of which were in the mainspace.

Shortly afterwards, Undertow rejoined Wikipedia as User Law in September 2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=newusers&user=Law&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=], making over five thousand edits, nearly half of which were in mainspace, by March 2009 when he was proposed for adminship by 'GlassCobra'.

 

Law was created on 4 September 2008. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=newusers&user=Law&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=]

User Keegan saw that an anon IP had outed Law as the undertow on Law's talk page. The talk-page history shows that two edits were oversighted on August 16, the page protected, and the anon blocked. The implication is that someone used oversight to hide that Law had violated an ArbCom ban and had gained adminship by lying to the community. And that other admins blocked the whistleblower and protected the page against further revelations.

User Keegan saw that an anon IP had outed Law as the undertow on Law's talk page. The talk-page history shows that two edits were oversighted on August 16, the page protected, and the anon blocked. The implication is that someone used oversight to hide that Law had violated an ArbCom ban and had gained adminship by lying to the community. And that other admins blocked the whistleblower and protected the page against further revelations.