Italian Wikipedian WMF banned for doxxing 60+ admins (from WPO)

[Bbb23sucks]

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[christianbethel]

'SanFranBan'? What's that?

[badmachine]

thats a ban placed by the Wikimedia Foundation. distinct from community bans, Arbcom bans, and blocks. this page has more on WMF global bans aka San Fran bans.

ps: welcome to WikipediaSucks.co

[boredbird]

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60 Wikipedos? Sounds like Luca Poma would be a very valuable contrbutor.

[ericbarbour]

People who are "San Fran Banned" are the most "evil and disruptive" creatures. According to the "cult". They must be publicly humiliated for eternity. Now do you see why the WMF is such a stupid, petty and ridiculous organization?

ha ha.......this is dead typical for Italian Wikipedia. It is a much smaller project than en-WP, but kilo for kilo, the native crazy is far more concentrated. It also produces more defamation lawsuits for Italian courts. We don't know much about it because language barrier, plus the insider kooks are even more secretive than on en-WP. Italy doesn't really have a "freedom of speech" law like the First Amendment nor do they or the EU have something close to a Section 230, leaving a big fat hole for legal abuse. Wikipedos love them some big fat hole.

The original thread dates from 2019, and is in the "too embarrassing" section, that requires logging in to see.

https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewto ... 38&t=10693

Even more lulz, Vigilant "re-outed" Demiurge1000 as Daniel Giles Shimmin. A close pal of the notorious WMF insider James Forrester, which explains why he was tolerated for years. Shimmin's name was revealed in a Google Docs document with public visibility. So the WMF outed him "officially". Normally it is a terrible crime to out a precious Wiki-nit, unless they banned you, then their precious "policies" don't count and you can be messed with at will. Shimmin is a classic English perv (admits he likes to beat and abuse teenaged boys) and Wikipedia was a welcoming place for his pervitry. Until his abuse became impossible to ignore or cover up. Finally banned in December 2014. "Ancient history" by now.

Plus Vig is absolutely correct about "MyWikiBiz / Thekohser - Lèse-majesté". Kohs infuriated Tiny King Jimbo, and so all the "policies" were shitcanned as they embarked on a truly stupid campaign to discredit Greg. And basically failed.

Anyway, the book wiki doesn't have a great deal of info on it-WP. But what is there tends to be incredibly cringy. I'll just drop this for a recent example. Vituzzu is a complete raging head-case and really should be tossed. Instead of keeping him as a bureaucrat and steward.....

[ericbarbour]

Another reminder:

Two journalists wrote a book about it-WP back in 2013. Still available. Only in Italian, though. It apparently goes into great detail about it-WP's insane "culture".

I would tell you about the Orsini battle, but even *I* don't believe it happened. What a pile of shit.
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