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_ Elonka _ "America’s leading code-breaker"

Posted by: EricBarbour

Stumbled across Elonka's old http://www.memestreams.net/users/elonka today. Recently updated, after months of drifting rudderless.

Apparently no one saw the December 29, 2009 entry, with its link to a http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3333404.htm.

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Elonka Dunin, America’s leading code-breaker, who “appeared” in The Lost Symbol as Nola Kaye, teases readers with a puzzle that helps drive the plot: "Is the secret to the infamous and as-yet-unsolved Kryptos sculpture at the CIA truly 'buried out there somewhere'?"

biggrin.gif yecch.gif

She has been editing WP regularly this year, though not with the manic style of past years. Currently on break for a few weeks.

I'm wondering if Simutronics finally ditched her or not?......given that they http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=40714 last year...... dry.gif

Posted by: BelovedFox

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 25th April 2010, 9:23pm) *

Stumbled across Elonka's old http://www.memestreams.net/users/elonka today. Recently updated, after months of drifting rudderless.

Apparently no one saw the December 29, 2009 entry, with its link to a http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3333404.htm.

QUOTE
Elonka Dunin, America’s leading code-breaker, who “appeared” in The Lost Symbol as Nola Kaye, teases readers with a puzzle that helps drive the plot: "Is the secret to the infamous and as-yet-unsolved Kryptos sculpture at the CIA truly 'buried out there somewhere'?"

biggrin.gif yecch.gif

She has been editing WP regularly this year, though not with the manic style of past years. Currently on break for a few weeks.

I'm wondering if Simutronics finally ditched her or not?......given that they http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=40714 last year...... dry.gif


Waitaminute, she's saying that she was the inspiration behind a Dan Brown character? blink.gif

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Sun 25th April 2010, 9:53pm) *

Waitaminute, she's saying that she was the inspiration behind a Dan Brown character? blink.gif


I like Elonka but there is a great joke to be had here:

Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )

Posted by: Kelly Martin

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm) *
Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )
Didn't realize you were Catholic.

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm) *
Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )
Didn't realize you were Catholic.


Lolwut? Where were you during mid to the end of 2008?

Posted by: BelovedFox

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm) *
Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )
Didn't realize you were Catholic.


Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names.

I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too dry.gif

Posted by: Zoloft

QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Mon 26th April 2010, 12:46am) *

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm) *
Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )
Didn't realize you were Catholic.


Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names.

I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too dry.gif

I'm a not-a-Catholic. His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters.

Posted by: Subtle Bee

QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm) *

QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Mon 26th April 2010, 12:46am) *

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm) *
Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown smile.gif )
Didn't realize you were Catholic.


Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names.

I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too dry.gif

I'm a not-a-Catholic. His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters.

I haven't read him. Are they actually pop-up books? Or are you being, like, metaphorical?

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm) *
His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters.

You could say that about most of the paperbacks in any drugstore.
Writing bad page-turners is a business decision. Besides, Brown correctly
gauged the anti-Vatican paranoid tendencies of Americans.

Now, will someone please tell me if Simutronics is still in business or not?
And why is the WP article still there? Would any admins care to go and
AFD it? After all, it's http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simutronics&limit=500&action=history that Elonka violated COI policies repeatedly.....

And don't forget http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=25121..... evilgrin.gif

Posted by: Zoloft

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Mon 26th April 2010, 1:55am) *

QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm) *
His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters.

You could say that about most of the paperbacks in any drugstore.
Writing bad page-turners is a business decision. <snip>

I would agree, except that a lot of the top-selling mystery authors are quite good.

Posted by: Kelly Martin

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 7:02pm) *
Lolwut? Where were you during mid to the end of 2008?
You tend not to say anything worth reading. I'm more bored now than I was then, so I'm more likely to read your garbage. Back then I just didn't have time for you.

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:49am) *

QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 7:02pm) *
Lolwut? Where were you during mid to the end of 2008?
You tend not to say anything worth reading. I'm more bored now than I was then, so I'm more likely to read your garbage. Back then I just didn't have time for you.


You were long past anything relevant before I came around, so, I think the feeling is quite mutual. smile.gif

Posted by: Moulton

QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Sun 25th April 2010, 8:46pm) *
Most of his plots are the exact same with different character names.

I've noticed the same thing with most of the recurring conflicts on WP. The basic plot is one of playing out dysfunctional relationships featuring mutual contempt.

Posted by: Gruntled

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 25th April 2010, 10:23pm) *

Elonka

This is one of the best and most rapid examples of thread topic drift I've ever seen. Congratulations to all involved. applause.gif

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif

Posted by: MookieZ

QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am) *

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif

Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm) *

QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am) *

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif

Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)


That second pic is kinda hot. Definitely a keep.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Ottava @ Mon 26th April 2010, 9:13am) *

QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm) *

QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am) *

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif

Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)


That second pic is kinda hot. Definitely a keep.

Yeah, gimme that decodetage. wink.gif

Posted by: tarantino

QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm) *

QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am) *

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif

Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)


Elonka likes to make sure her and her family are well-represented on wikipedia. Her Elonka account created articles on at least 4 of her relatives, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodryg_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoni_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stanley_Dunin_3. She also created the disambiguation pages for http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elonka&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunin_(surname)&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history.

Elonka is a http://wiki.igda.org/User:DuninElonka. One of her alternate accounts, IGDA (T-C-L-K-R-D) , created the article on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piotr_Dunin&action=history, and also edited Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Dunin (surname) and Elonka Dunin. That account was blocked because it was a "Spamusername".

Posted by: Jon Awbrey

QUOTE(tarantino @ Mon 26th April 2010, 3:34pm) *

QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm) *

QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am) *

Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once. biggrin.gif


Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)


Elonka likes to make sure her and her family are well-represented on wikipedia. Her Elonka account created articles on at least 4 of her relatives, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodryg_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoni_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Dunin&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stanley_Dunin_3. She also created the disambiguation pages for http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elonka&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunin_(surname)&dir=prev&limit=10&action=history.

Elonka is a http://wiki.igda.org/User:DuninElonka. One of her alternate accounts, IGDA (T-C-L-K-R-D) , created the article on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piotr_Dunin&action=history, and also edited Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Dunin (surname) and Elonka Dunin. That account was blocked because it was a "Spamusername".


Well, at least now we know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest.

Jon dry.gif

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:46pm) *

Well, at least now we know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest.

Jon dry.gif


That isn't really a "code" as a "tool", i.e. CoI is easy to use when you have an enemy you want to destroy, but obvious ones like William M Connelly pretty much dominated for a very long time. I, personally, have no problem with someone with a conflict as long as they are abiding by the other rules, as having strong reliable sources and put up in a neutral manner without any original research tends to be solid. However, CoI is an indicator that someone might not follow the other rules. But plenty of people without a CoI ignore the other rules.