Unless you know different, then knowing what I know about Laser, and a read of the talk page, confirms this is unlikely to be COI, and has more to do with the hole Wikipedia editors fall down when they lose all objectivity. He barely even addresses the objections people have with the content. He considers it a personal insult to have his work criticised, much less, shock horror, tagged. He feels like he is owed special treatment/consideration for having toiled away at the Google to ensure this article is "the most comprehensive reference available about the subject", and he feels like he should be above reproach for generally having shown a long term commitment to the cult.
This is basically the reason he uses his Admin badge to carry water for the likes of Cassianto and SchroCat. They all absolute hate the fact the theoretical bedrock of Wikipedia is that individual editors don't matter, they're not entitled to special treatment or consideration just for the sheer fact they write content. What matters is the objective quality of that content, so losing your shit whenever that is challenged in good faith, indeed assuming every challenge is by definition being made in bad faith because 'don't you know who I am', is rightly considered a behavioural problem. Again, theoretically. This behaviour is now pretty much standard and accepted as normal, people like DGG have to satisfy themselves targeting editors who lack the social standing to resist.
Despite there being a very long list of complaints registered on the talk page, in reality this is all that has happened since Laser removed DGG's tag in 2015......(spoiler alert, two words changed)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... =689790613As is normal, reacting with hostility, attacking the messenger and generally not engaging in good faith, let alone proactively, paid off. And that was six years after he became an Admin. He is unfit to serve, but then again, virtually all of them are, hence Wikipedia is dying.
Whatever he is, he's easily played.....
Fram and 331dot, I've had some email correspondence with this user and I'm satisfied that they were not attempting to troll and were indeed making a good faith effort to contribute. I believe a recent article in the news may have directed their attention to Stanley Kubrick and the infobox kerfuffle. Unless you have any objections at this point, I'd like to unblock him. --Laser brain (talk) 17:56, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Does he not think us trolls didn't already know about that piece? It's been mentioned in here, I'm sure.
What he needs to appreciate, is that it he wasn't such a corrupt asswipe when it comes to dealing with people like Cassianto and SchroCat, then the media wouldn't even be able to write pieces quoting their potty mouths, which effectively laugh at Wikipedia for having a total meltdown over the shocking realisation that it makes no sense to people outside their cult, and arguably a majority inside it, to have a feature of standardisation that isn't used in a standardised way.
If he genuinely believes this guy's story, then it is his own failed approach to Adminship which has seen him block an innocent person. And if he doesn't believe it, then it is also his own failed approach to Adminship which means he has to unblock a user he probably knows is only there to troll his friends. To me, that makes it seem like he is wasting his life on a fool's errand, and is only ever likely to persuade intelligent people that Wikipedia is a ship of fools.
For those like Laser Brain who just don't get it, Cassinianto and SchroCat have targets on their back, not because they don't agree that infoboxes should be standardised. Other than the fact it's just fun to fuck with such arrogant people who are so easily riled, it's because they've been epic assholes about it, and arguably due to the corrupt nature of people like Laser Brain who let it all happen as if it's just normal debate, their asshollery has been allowed to disproportionately influence the issue, to the point it now looks like it will never be resolved.
Since it aligns with our goals to have Wikipedia be portrayed as a ship of fools who have interminable disputes over things that sensible, professional people would have resolved long ago, he can rest assured the insurrections to rile these idiots and thus put him in these difficult positions, aren't going to stop any time soon. If he doesn't like it, he knows where the door is.
