Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

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Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:58 am

Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/rel ... edia-admin

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by boredbird » Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:32 pm

Ognistysztorm wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:58 am
Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/rel ... edia-admin
And gets his sockpuppet buddies to write his own bullshit "biography".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gerard_(author)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... y&dir=prev

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:39 pm

boredbird wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:32 pm
Ognistysztorm wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:58 am
Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/rel ... edia-admin
And gets his sockpuppet buddies to write his own bullshit "biography".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gerard_(author)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... y&dir=prev
Thanks.

Eric, can you put some excerpts from the book wiki about him that Tracing Woodgrains haven't come across yet, in a fashion that's comfortable to you?

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by ericbarbour » Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:02 pm

This is a really good item. It will make Gerard grind his teeth--then he will start a RationalWiki article attacking the author, probably. (If they don't have one already......let's check....nope, nothing (yet).

It is good to see a description of Gerard fighting with the LessWrong crowd. That subject was not well covered before. Gerard is not out to "merely troll people", he's out to rewrite history.

The author of this already has an essay that is too long, but if there's ever a follow-up, they might also mention:

-Gerard's 20-plus-year career of kissing Jimmy Wales's ass. He seems to love the flavor of Jimbo's Magical Smegma.

-Gerard harassing/banning people on Usenet back in the 1990s

-the ridiculous soap-opera story of Gerard's two wives

-his WP sockpuppets, probably including "Maxim", who is currently a sitting arbitrator. Gerard's current wifey was caught editing WP and Maxim made it all vanish. Which is why I suspect Maxim "belongs to" Gerard.

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:08 pm

ericbarbour wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2024 8:02 pm
This is a really good item. It will make Gerard grind his teeth--then he will start a RationalWiki article attacking the author, probably. (If they don't have one already......let's check....nope, nothing (yet).

It is good to see a description of Gerard fighting with the LessWrong crowd. That subject was not well covered before. Gerard is not out to "merely troll people", he's out to rewrite history.

The author of this already has an essay that is too long, but if there's ever a follow-up, they might also mention:

-Gerard's 20-plus-year career of kissing Jimmy Wales's ass. He seems to love the flavor of Jimbo's Magical Smegma.

-Gerard harassing/banning people on Usenet back in the 1990s

-the ridiculous soap-opera story of Gerard's two wives

-his WP sockpuppets, probably including "Maxim", who is currently a sitting arbitrator. Gerard's current wifey was caught editing WP and Maxim made it all vanish. Which is why I suspect Maxim "belongs to" Gerard.
Thanks! Gotta forward this to the essay author now.

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:12 am

HackerNews is trying to suppress the article.

https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/18 ... 4155261419
kinda disappointing to see that my last few articles have been flagged on HackerNews. back in the day it provided some of the best discussion of them

anyone have insight into why things might be getting flagged? is it just a preference against deep dives into controversies?

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:39 pm

Now mentioned by the New York Times.

https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/18 ... 4085258499

ok I realize there are more important things happening right now, but thanks
@DouthatNYT
for the shoutout!

I think this is the first time I've been mentioned by the New York Times

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by Ognistysztorm » Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:17 am

It's been obliquely referenced by The Spectator.
https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/07/wi ... n-by-anon/

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by ericbarbour » Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:56 pm

Ognistysztorm wrote:
Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:17 am
It's been obliquely referenced by The Spectator.
https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/07/wi ... n-by-anon/
And it was deleted several hours later. I can't find ANY trace of it on the Spectator's website at present.

It was unquestionably there. Three captures on archive.org.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240716062 ... n-by-anon/

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Re: Reliable Sources: How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges Into the Public Record

Post by badmachine » Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:01 pm

ericbarbour wrote:
Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:56 pm
Ognistysztorm wrote:
Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:17 am
It's been obliquely referenced by The Spectator.
https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/07/wi ... n-by-anon/
And it was deleted several hours later. I can't find ANY trace of it on the Spectator's website at present.

It was unquestionably there. Three captures on archive.org.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240716062 ... n-by-anon/
remarkable. dollars to donuts the wikipedians complained to Spectator

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