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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]]  
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{{main|Heidi Wyss AKA Gwen Gale}}
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[[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)===
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===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===
===Gormglaith (article for deletion)===
      
''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 and his socks==
 
==Johann Hari and his socks==
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Johann Hari a disgraced journalist used Wikipedia [[Johann Hari and David Rose|to prize himself in his own entry, and to libel his opponents in their entries]].
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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]].
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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 ==
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* [[Wikipedia]]
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* [[Criticism of Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]]
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* [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]
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* [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia]]
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* [[Directory:Josip Broz Tito and Wikipedia| Wikipedia's bias towards Dictator Josip Broz Tito and Communist Yugoslavia]]
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*[[A typical Wikipediot‎]]
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*[[The case against Gwen Gale]]
    
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
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[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://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]]
 
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