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== Blocks of Peter Damian ==

== Blocks of Peter Damian ==

I first came into contact with FT2 in the early part of 2007.  A group of editors on the philosophy pages were concerned about a user (who has since been [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ALudvikus blocked for 2 years].  FT2 was called upon to mediate.  This process, which should have been simply a matter of blocking the offender, was an interminably drawn-out affair, protracted by FT2's insistence that every point of view should be represented.  This was incorrect.  An approach to the history and characterisation of philosophy should be defined by the reliable secondary source material.  This incident was instrumental in causing a good editor (the Oxford philosopher and Wikipedia administrator Mel Etitis) to leave the project for good.   

I first came into contact with FT2 in the early part of 2007.  A group of editors on the philosophy pages were concerned about a user (who has since been [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ALudvikus blocked for 2 years].  FT2 was called upon to mediate.  This process, which should have been simply a matter of blocking the offender, was an interminably drawn-out affair, protracted by FT2's insistence that every point of view should be represented.  This was incorrect, and not consistent with Wikipedia policy, which requires an approach defined by reliable secondary source material.  This incident was instrumental in causing a good editor (the Oxford philosopher and Wikipedia administrator Mel Etitis) to leave the project for good.   

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.  

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.

My interest in him revived in December 2007 when I noticed that he was standing for the influential and important Arbitration Committee of Wikipedia.  The chronology of the blocks is given below.

=== BLOCK NUMBER ONE 4 December 2007 ===

=== BLOCK NUMBER ONE 4 December 2007 ===

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.

=== BLOCK NUMBER TWO 6 December 2007 ===  

=== BLOCK NUMBER TWO 6 December 2007 ===  

The salient points of this block are as follows

This block was more complex.  The official reason was 'legal threat'. The terms of unblock included supplying diffs to edits by FT2.  These edits were immediately 'oversighted', i.e. deleted from the Wikipedia database<ref>This is a long story in itself.  Scribe has since admitted that the edits were by FT2, and were deleted. We still do not know who deleted the edits</ref>.  Note that I have never accused FT2 of any deviant sexual practices.  My issue with this editor was (and remains) his biased and slanted editing aimed at normalising the practice of bestiality, and his arbitrarily blocking or banning of editors who aimed at restoring NPOV to the articles on this subject.

 

1.   The terms of unblock included supplying diffs to edits by FT2 - which edits were immediately oversighted. This was a gross breach of trust.

 

2.  The final reason for the block was 'legal threat', even though there never was a legal threat.

 

3.  I have never accused FT2 of practising zoophilia.  My issue with this editor was (and remains) his biased and slanted editing aimed at normalising the practice of bestiality, and his arbitrarily blocking or banning of editors who aimed at restoring NPOV to the articles on this subject.

13:31 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2007/Candidate_statements/FT2/Questions_for_the_candidate&diff=prev&oldid=175918157 Concern about anti-scientific bias]

13:31 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2007/Candidate_statements/FT2/Questions_for_the_candidate&diff=prev&oldid=175918157 Concern about anti-scientific bias]