The Wikipediocracy thread where yours truly was named again. Because Zoloft has no tact, taste or whatever:
MadManz:
Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answer)Who the fuck is "J[name blanked] C[to keep up the suspense] of Southern California" and how is he globally banned by WMF if he doesn't even have an account on any Wikimedia sites? There is no account on any WMF project named "J--- C------- of Southern California" and if there is one called "J--- C------" (I can't remember) it isn't even globally locked, and the only "proof" of him being banned is him being added to the list. The "of Southern California" has lead me to believe it may be caused by a real life issue but I have no idea what else it could be. (And yes, I searched for him online and on Wikimedia and the best results were random Facebook accounts that have a 1% chance of being owned by JCoSC.)
AndytheGrump:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeWhoever he is, he is subject to a WMF global ban, and they are unlikely to say why:
Details of global bans are confidential.
In order to protect the privacy of all parties involved, the Wikimedia Foundation generally will not publicly or privately comment on the reason for any specific banning action...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Global_Ban_Policytarantino:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeThis is why. He doesn't like me:)
mynameisnotdave:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answe tarantino wrote:
This is why. He doesn't like me
Forgive my ignorance, but was that written in English?
))))))))))
What a load of ramble.
Guido den Broeder:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeGood-old LinkedIn has a J----- C------ in the area.
Bezdomni:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeForgive my impertinence Tarantino, but I'm curious, do you regret anything about that affair? I believe the person the Griffon Bannister is inquiring about may regret going to the library he pays tax(es) for -- well, at least in the pseudonymous "squirrel on the power grid" way that he did.
Mr. Lokhshin, Ms. Poore and even Ms. Stephenson-Goodnight do not pay tax(es) in San Diego. So you're right, "My name is not Dave," it does sound like a loaded rumble t . l . c .
Your ignorance is excused My name is not dave... we all do our best.
tarantino:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeBezdomni wrote:
Forgive my impertinence Tarantino, but I'm curious, do you regret anything about that affair? I believe the person the Griffon Bannister is inquiring about may regret going to the library he pays tax(es) for -- well, at least in the pseudonymous "squirrel on the power grid" way that he did.
Mr. Lokhshin, Ms. Poore and even Ms. Stephenson-Goodnight do not pay tax(es) in San Diego. So you're right, "My name is not Dave," it does sound like a loaded rumble t . l . c .
Your ignorance is excused My name is not dave... we all do our best.
No regrets, Coyote, and I won't go into why or what you don't know.
[Bezdomni makes dumb reply. Next post is where
Wee Billy Burns gets on a small high horse.]
Zoloft:
Re: Small question about WMF (not sure if anyone knows answeWhile J---- was getting thrown out, I was having a beer with a friendly Wikipedian, learning more about the internal politics, then on my way back to the conference I met C----- on the sidewalk (pretty much as he described) and then spent the next few days (registered as myself, and identified as from Wikipediocracy) discussing reform and Wikipedia's atrocities and other topics. I was a panel member on a Wikipedia security conference that had been angling to enact more sanctions and rules against critics. Having a critic on the panel may have quashed that.
I had hours-long arguments/discussions with Arcom members.
C-------'s antics have gotten Wikimedia legal staff to SanFranBan him. I'm in the group photo with my belt and suspenders, right in front.
My badge was not full of lies and impersonation.
Attachment:
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Twitter copy of the WikiCon 2016 group photo
Zoloft wrote:
Easiest game of Find-the-Zoloft ever.
I'm the fat bald white guy with glasses in the lower right, brown slacks, with suspenders. That is not a cane, but a railing.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.[Dumb response from Bezdomni, Anroth talks about camera angles, Mad Mans says "Thanks" after quoting "Monty" Burns.]
So what can we gather from this?
A. Tarantino is probably within the WMF or worked as an Internet researcher (possibly a hired gun of the WMF) before he decided to talk about Wikipedia as a hobby for six years. I think either works; unless you are writing about Wikipedia for journalism purposes, or are an former Wikipedian or WMF employee, you aren't going to be interested in this.
B. They know the truth, but they won't say it - by outing me, they forced me to use an assumed name. Unfortunately, that person (whose name I borrowed for all of three hours) did not play along but did not tell me he wasn't playing along, and he wrote the WMF weeks before the event. They decided to give me a ban letter if I showed up, and I did - I was busted when I walked through the door. None of the charming WO-MBers above recognize that I was there to take photos and video, nothing more, and I said as much both on the blog and that Storify piece. If I could have cajoled people into giving interviews, that would have been great, but instead I was chased up and down a public library for nearly an hour.
C. Burns is desperate to be important within this tiny world, which is why he thinks that he was "....discussing reform and Wikipedia's atrocities and other topics. I was a panel member on a Wikipedia security conference that had been angling to enact more sanctions and rules against critics. Having a critic on the panel may have quashed that." What are these big changes he stopped? If anybody here knows, please tell me. If I had shown up as myself I would have wound up like Kohs,
banned from Wikiconference NA 2014 (i.e. "The one in New York City").