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Law began editing as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Undertow The_Undertow] 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=]

Law began editing as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Undertow The_Undertow] 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]

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 by March 2009, nearly half of which were in mainspace, when he was proposed for adminship by 'GlassCobra'.  

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 by March 2009 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Law], nearly half of which were in mainspace, when he was proposed for adminship by 'GlassCobra'.  

On September 20 2009, Law unblocked user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ChildofMidnight ChildofMidnight ], overturning an arbitration enforcement block which had been placed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sandstein Sandstein]. It is expressly forbidden to overturn ArbCom enforcement actions in that way. When challenged, Law was unapologetic. Somewhere around then, it was discovered that Law was a reincarnation of Undertow. An anon IP outed Law 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.

On September 20 2009, Law unblocked user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ChildofMidnight ChildofMidnight ], overturning an arbitration enforcement block which had been placed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sandstein Sandstein]. It is expressly forbidden to overturn ArbCom enforcement actions in that way. When challenged, Law was unapologetic. Somewhere around then, it was discovered that Law was a reincarnation of Undertow. An anon IP outed Law 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.