Kumioko, the Saga Begins Backwards
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:48 am
If you look up the account of Kumioko at Wikipedia right now, you are redirected to the "Reguyla" account, which began editing on 2 Jan. 2014. Is the Reguyla account then a sockpuppet of a perma-blocked Kumioko? It appears from its edits that yes it may have been at first, but a month or few later on, the connection seems to be something of an open secret. People know Reguyla is Kumioko. The Reguyla account edits for like 20 months and there's blocking action and back and forth with the usual sorry suspects that essentially live at WP:AN/ANI.
An interesting unblock occurs on Oct. 5 2015 courtesy of Worm_That_Turned who sets conditions, foremost among them that "You may not comment on administrators as a group, nor on any sysop or desysop procedures." This is the dream world that Wikipedia admins seek to enforce, that their actions may never be criticized by a common editor. Then we quickly see the appearance of NeilN, who wants to reblock Reguyla for his statement, excerpted:
...Well, did he comment on administrators as a group? I guess so, but the statement overall is conciliatory. Anyhow the account is then, on 5 Oct. 2015, reblocked, where it remains today.
Where was I, oh yes, Kumioko. Let me try to extend this archaeology further into the past. The account "Kumioko" first edited on 19 April 2012. It's obviously not a new account, you can tell by the first edit in which it's clear he's being assisted by MBisanz, who's attempting to sort through some renaming and password and email stuff. The account is doing some quasi-administrative stuff like category maintenance. Kumioko is known for heavily developing "List of Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients." So what is that, content or administrative work? At any rate he does stuff like that, but then begins to clash with administrative participants, and it seems to me to take over his edits, involuntarily. The account persists until 3 March, 2013. It's not clear why exactly from the "Kumioko" talkpage history, no-one types an explanation, but it seems to be (of course) connected to the fun boys at WP:AN/ANI.
Okay enough for now. I'll be back later to share more in another edition of The Kumioko Khronicles.
An interesting unblock occurs on Oct. 5 2015 courtesy of Worm_That_Turned who sets conditions, foremost among them that "You may not comment on administrators as a group, nor on any sysop or desysop procedures." This is the dream world that Wikipedia admins seek to enforce, that their actions may never be criticized by a common editor. Then we quickly see the appearance of NeilN, who wants to reblock Reguyla for his statement, excerpted:
As I stated via email I regret many of my actions and I should have handled it better and much of my actions were born out of my disappointment and frustration with how it was handled. I am further disappointed by the failure of the admins on this site to follow the community decision and allowing a couple people who voted against my return to change the outcome they didn't agree with. But its time to set that all aside and move on.
...Well, did he comment on administrators as a group? I guess so, but the statement overall is conciliatory. Anyhow the account is then, on 5 Oct. 2015, reblocked, where it remains today.
Where was I, oh yes, Kumioko. Let me try to extend this archaeology further into the past. The account "Kumioko" first edited on 19 April 2012. It's obviously not a new account, you can tell by the first edit in which it's clear he's being assisted by MBisanz, who's attempting to sort through some renaming and password and email stuff. The account is doing some quasi-administrative stuff like category maintenance. Kumioko is known for heavily developing "List of Jewish Medal of Honor Recipients." So what is that, content or administrative work? At any rate he does stuff like that, but then begins to clash with administrative participants, and it seems to me to take over his edits, involuntarily. The account persists until 3 March, 2013. It's not clear why exactly from the "Kumioko" talkpage history, no-one types an explanation, but it seems to be (of course) connected to the fun boys at WP:AN/ANI.
Okay enough for now. I'll be back later to share more in another edition of The Kumioko Khronicles.