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| ==Heidi Wyss editing as ''Gwen Gale''== | | ==Heidi Wyss editing as ''Gwen Gale''== |
− | [[File:Gwen Gale with heads of contributors she blocked.jpg| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gwen_Gale Gwen Gale] with heads of contributors she blocked|thumb|350px]] | + | {{main|Heidi Wyss AKA Gwen Gale}} |
| + | [[File:Gwen Gale with heads of contributors she blocked.jpg| [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gwen_Gale&oldid=403226565 Gwen Gale] with heads of contributors she blocked|thumb|350px]] |
| Heidi Wyss is a Swiss administrator of Wikipedia. Under the user name ''Gwen Gale'', she has handed out numerous account blocks ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=20081201000000&limit=500&type=block&user=Gwen+Gale&month=11&year=2008 more than 500] in October and November of 2008) to other users who supposedly violated Wikipedia's rules. However, she herself broke a cardinal rule of Wikipedia -- don't self-publish autobiographical puff pieces in the encyclopedia. The article she wrote looked something like this: | | Heidi Wyss is a Swiss administrator of Wikipedia. Under the user name ''Gwen Gale'', she has handed out numerous account blocks ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=20081201000000&limit=500&type=block&user=Gwen+Gale&month=11&year=2008 more than 500] in October and November of 2008) to other users who supposedly violated Wikipedia's rules. However, she herself broke a cardinal rule of Wikipedia -- don't self-publish autobiographical puff pieces in the encyclopedia. The article she wrote looked something like this: |
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− | ===Heidi Wyss (article for deletion)=== | + | ===Heidi Wyss === |
| '''Heidi Wyss''' (born 1975, [[Geneva]]) is a [[Swiss]] author. | | '''Heidi Wyss''' (born 1975, [[Geneva]]) is a [[Swiss]] author. |
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| [[File:Gwen Gale aka the Witch is roaming around wikipedia .jpg|left|thumb|350px|After Gwen Gale got her [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG administrative tool] she quickly turned the mop to a witch's broomstick. Now she uses this broomstick to fly around Wikipedia to collect heads of innocent editors while allowing trolls to troll.]] | | [[File:Gwen Gale aka the Witch is roaming around wikipedia .jpg|left|thumb|350px|After Gwen Gale got her [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Admin_mop.PNG administrative tool] she quickly turned the mop to a witch's broomstick. Now she uses this broomstick to fly around Wikipedia to collect heads of innocent editors while allowing trolls to troll.]] |
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− | ===Gormglaith (article for deletion)=== | |
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| ''As if the autobiography were not enough, administrator Gwen Gale went on to write a self-promotional advertisement on Wikipedia about her rather non-noteworthy novel, '''Gormglaith''':''<br> | | ''As if the autobiography were not enough, administrator Gwen Gale went on to write a self-promotional advertisement on Wikipedia about her rather non-noteworthy novel, '''Gormglaith''':''<br> |
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| Johann Hari a disgraced journalist used Wikipedia for a few years [[Johann Hari and David Rose|to prize himself in his own entry, and to libel his opponents in their entries]]. | | Johann Hari a disgraced journalist used Wikipedia for a few years [[Johann Hari and David Rose|to prize himself in his own entry, and to libel his opponents in their entries]]. |
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| + | ==Fae== |
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| + | In August, 2012, Fæ was forced out of his position of chair of Wikimedia UK.[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html] |
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| + | ==Gibraltarpedia== |
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| + | In September, 2012, Victuallers was busted for being paid by the Government of Gibraltar to ensure placement of Gibraltar-related material on the front page of Wikipedia.[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/] |
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Wikipedia]] | | * [[Wikipedia]] |
− | * [[Directory:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] | + | * [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] |
| * [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] | | * [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] |
| * [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia]] | | * [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia]] |
| * [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito and Wikipedia| Wikipedia's bias towards Dictator Josip Broz Tito and Communist Yugoslavia]] | | * [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito and Wikipedia| Wikipedia's bias towards Dictator Josip Broz Tito and Communist Yugoslavia]] |
| + | *[[A typical Wikipediot]] |
| + | *[[The case against Gwen Gale]] |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
− | [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=18620 Milton Roe's 18 Promises about Editing Wikipedia] - A Wikipedia Dissenter's Credo | + | *[http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=18620 Milton Roe's 18 Promises about Editing Wikipedia] - A Wikipedia Dissenter's Credo |
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| + | *[http://youtu.be/OWN_FhUpp1c Gwen Gale's Wikipedia moments (Tyranny of the Ignorant )] |
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| [[Keyword:=Wikipedia]], [[Keyword:=Scandal]] | | [[Keyword:=Wikipedia]], [[Keyword:=Scandal]] |
| [[Category:Wikipedia]] | | [[Category:Wikipedia]] |