Wikipedia Review in the news Options

[blissyu2]

I refer to this article:

Wikipedia and the Intelligence Services by Ludwig De Braeckeleer (ludwig) writing for Ohmy News International.

It was picked up by our RSS feeds 3 times: [1] [2] [3]

In this article, he refers to information found in Wikipedia Review, some by myself, some by Selina, and some by Daniel Brandt (although he only mentioned Daniel Brandt). We here at Wikipedia Review in fact have kept archives of some of the oversighted evidence that relates to this case, that could add even more to what he is saying.

This is perhaps the single most significant thing that Wikipedia Review has ever achieved. Well done everyone!

Except...

First and foremost, how reliable is Ohmy News International? This is something that people will be asking before they decide to take this seriously. I personally have never heard of them before, but their name itself makes them sound like a tabloid newspaper.

Secondly, how much integrity does the writer, journalist Ludwig De Braeckeleer have? I have never heard of him either.

Thirdly, how reliable are the facts? He doesn't directly refer to posts in this web forum (which of course would be unreliable for a news service), but he does refer to a lot of other things that seem to be very reliable.

This could be the end of SlimVirgin from Wikipedia. I think that there will be dancing on the streets if this happens. It could also mean the end of the ban of listing to Wikipedia Review, and indeed Wikipedia Review could now surely justify having its own Wikipedia article. Daniel Brandt certainly wasn't single handedly responsible for this one. He helped, for sure, but the forum as a whole is responsible for this one, plus this reporter. There's no way that Wikipedia or any news service could write about this and not include our involvement. Surely not. They managed to keep us out of Seigenthaler, Wikitruth, Essjay and even the Snowspinner scandal, but surely not this time.

How will Wikipedia react to this? Will they then say "Oh dear perhaps outing does have a point?" or will they still find some way to say that this is okay?

If Wikipedia can manage to avoid this bullet, then well done to them. It'd be amazing if they could.

I think that we should endeavour to get this reporter to post on here if we can. There is a lot more information that we have in relation to this issue that is in locked forums now because of the new "outing" rule that we have.

[blissyu2]

A bit of a pat on the back / boast, but hey. I think that a lot of people don't realise just how newsworthy this site is.

[blissyu2]

More links to SlimVirgin worries:

Hexrei adds a question to SlimVirgin's talk page, which, as per normal, she refuses to answer, has it deleted by her sock puppet Crum375, has it deleted a second time, then gets her sock puppet to ban them for it.

An anon IP also asked the same question, which again Crum375 deleted, and again blocked them for daring to write to her.

ST47 also asked the question, which was again deleted by Crum375, although at least they weren't blocked for it (yet).

Micpp also wrote to inform SlimVirgin of this news article, which naturally Crum375 assumed SlimVirgin didn't need to read, although they didn't ban Micpp (yet)

Sceptre also informed SlimVirgin of this, which was again deleted (sigh), and then ST47 (one of the ones asking the questions) decided to protect the user page!

Apparently this is also in the Administrator's Noticeboard too, however when I checked there was no evidence of it.

Okay I found the relevant links:

First ST47 wrote about this in the administrator's noticeboard, then added a bit more (which refers to Crum375 also deleting info off of their talk page).

Actually, as a side note, Crum375 also deleted something from their user page complaining about deleting bits from their user talk page! This led to a comment from Linas complaining about Crum375 protecting SlimVirgin's talk page, which Crum375 was more than happy to delete without responding to. They also added a second part, requesting for Hexei to be unblocked (see above).

Back on the admin noticeboard, Sceptre was complaining about the reverts to the user talk page from good users.

And then WJBscribe deleted the whole section from the Admin noticeboard!

Its not like Wikipedia users are suspicious at all that they aren't even answering questions, and instead are saying "Nothing to see here, move along", is it?

More comments in relation to this (not new stuff, just more on this):

Crum375 wrote to ST47 threatening to block him, ST47 defended himself, but Crum375 tried to pull rank on ST47 to hush him up, and ST47 insisted that Crum375 wasn't appointed as a "reverter". But of course, Crum375 insists that he was merely doing it to protect SlimVirgin's privacy. Ri-i-i-ght! So being published in a newspaper is an invasion of privacy? So why then isn't SlimVirgin taking legal action against these horrible people? Oh right because they aren't doing anything wrong!

Let's see if we can cover everything.

[thekohser]

More links to SlimVirgin worries:

...many wonderfully documented links snipped for brevity's sake...

So why then isn't SlimVirgin taking legal action against these horrible people? Oh right because they aren't doing anything wrong!

Let's see if we can cover everything.

Great documentation of the cover-up process, Blissy. Also, a very good point about the absence of legal action. As Durova once communicated to me, if I had such a problem with her libeling me, I could always take her to court. Same goes for Linda Mack.

(Will that spelling help escape the WR redaction tool?)

Greg

[guy]

Will that spelling help escape the WR redaction tool?

Afraid not. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif)

[thekohser]

Will that spelling help escape the WR redaction tool?

Afraid not. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif)

Let's intelligently navigate dangerous areas. My attack circumvented knowledge.

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Robster]

Will that spelling help escape the WR redaction tool?

Afraid not. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif)

Let's intelligently navigate dangerous areas. My attack circumvented knowledge.

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/rolleyes.gif)

So a real attack helps? Might Cabalistas expect we attack now?

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif)

[thekohser]

Will that spelling help escape the WR redaction tool?

Afraid not. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/tongue.gif)

Let's intelligently navigate dangerous areas. My attack circumvented knowledge.

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/rolleyes.gif)

So a real attack helps? Might Cabalistas expect we attack now?

(IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif)

Well done, Robster. I was starting to say to myself, "He didn't even get what I was doing," and then -- DUH ! -- your equally brilliant comment hit me.

Some lighthearted inane monologue, very interestingly reflecting group interaction now!