It says a lot about Wikipedia when an RfA nominator (who is also an Arbitrator!) makes you wonder if they are being intentionally obtuse or absolutely incompetent.....
That is on its face, a lie.To be clear, there are no prior usernames to disclose. Barkeep49 (talk) 03:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
It is apparently a truth only because in the bizarro world of RfA, "prior usernames" doesn't include previous names of the current account (or it's declared altenates). Work that out if you can.
The history of Tails Wx is in fact incredibly complicated for someone who has been on Wikipedia for only three years....
It took me all of five seconds to figure out even this may not be the whole story. Who is "Kangsea0" in this edit?Tails Wx disclosed two alternate accounts on this RfA with the acceptance of the nomination. These are Tails Wx9 and Tails Wx1. Severestorm28 = Sarrail = Tails Wx. Severestorm00 = Sarrail2 = Tails Wx9. Tails Wx1 was created in February 2023 after the rename of both Sarrail and Sarrail2 to Tails Wx and Tails Wx9 respectively. Mr rnddude (talk) 17:45, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 1046862009
But even if we stick to the official version unearthed after much confusing back and forth in the RfA (but without any input from the subject themselves other than a less than forthcoming answer to a straight question, and who seems to be taking an extraordinarily long time to answer a question related to this sketchy history which includes a mystery deletion and recreation of their user page), it still doesn't inspire confidence.
This freak has not one but two alternate accounts for editing from public computers, even though he has barely even used the second, most recent one (Tails Wx1), except perhaps for a deletion (it has four edits, three now deleted). And yet he hasn't thought to retire it and mark it as defunct in his talk page and RfA declarations. The first alt account is still in regular use, including to edit his own main user page/space. Which is just asking for trouble.
This freak has also renamed themselves not once but twice, for no better reason than they didn't like their old user names. If you're wondering if that might show they are perhaps a child, someone who is immature and indecisive, you might be right, since their choice of "Tails Wx" is evidently a reflection of the fact they love Sonic the Hedgehog and their interest in Wikipedia is weather related articles.
The first rename (Severestorm xx -> Sarrail xx) was in November 2022. The second (Sarrail xx -> Tails xx) was as recent as February 2023. So almost half of this user's entire edit history was under previous names, even though they supposedly didn't like them (they don't even explain what it is they didn't like). An edit history and persona that people are now being expected to recall for study at RfA. Over Christmas!
Despite this matter alone raising several questions regarding their capacity for honesty, maturity and and even basic competence, the freak is sailing through, and the one person taking issue with this is being beaten up.
Some stupid Wiki-things never change.
