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Alex
post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:34pm
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Thekohser is more of a wikiaddict than he likes to let on, it seems. laugh.gif
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post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:42pm
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Always good to copy and paste the relevant text. You remember what happened with Mr. Gerard.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=...sop:_User:Cool3
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Emergency desysop: User:Cool3

Cool3 (talk · contribs) has been temporarily desysopped because the account has been certified by checkusers as a confirmed sockpuppet of a banned user. The desysop was done under emergency procedures and was in turn certified by Arbitrators Rlevse, Mailer diablo and SirFozzie.

For the Arbitration Committee, Roger Davies talk 23:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

From http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=...initely_blocked
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Indefinitely blocked

You have been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet account of a banned user, Thekohser, certified by two checkusers. Roger Davies talk 23:20, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Where'd Limey go?
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post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:43pm
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?? the case so far, i trust their judgement. Cool3 edits are a bit suspitious, left 2006, coming back 2009, got adminship after a few months, became semi-active soon after, hmm...

Ok nevermind the ??
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post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:48pm
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QUOTE(Jaranda @ Thu 14th January 2010, 11:43pm) *

?? the case so far, i trust their judgement. Cool3 edits are a bit suspitious, left 2006, coming back 2009, got adminship after a few months, became semi-active soon after, hmm...

Ok nevermind the ??


Oh, they are probably right. But who cares? Arbcom saves the day by banning him, even though (as Cool3) he's only been useful. Arbcom does not like useful people who write articles.

Kudos to him for getting away with it for so long behind the incompetent arbcom's back, but it kind of goes against his "Wikipedia sucks" meme.
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post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:52pm
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Why do I have the feeling that if we had "let it slide", and it came out we knew about it, you'd be attacking us for that instead, Alex?
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post Thu 14th January 2010, 11:54pm
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QUOTE(SirFozzie @ Thu 14th January 2010, 11:52pm) *

Why do I have the feeling that if we had "let it slide", and it came out we knew about it, you'd be attacking us for that instead, Alex?


I have no idea, I don't control your feelings. I would do no such thing.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:07am
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QUOTE(Alex @ Thu 14th January 2010, 4:34pm) *

Thekohser is more of a wikiaddict than he likes to let on, it seems. laugh.gif

Wow, and editing like he was Cla68. Really a founder of WikiProject NATO? Who knew?

Here's the last RfA from June 09. Bland as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Req...minship/Cool3_4

I wonder what the emergency was, BTW? Wasn't Kohs banned for proposing to edit for money? What a sin. Jeeze, louise, you'd think they'd just discovered Cool3 was GRAWP.

What about WP:startover? Or whatever the WP redemption process is called? Whatever it is, hasn't Cool3 fulfilled it about as well as anybody could expect anybody to?

Yes, Wikipedia does indeed suck. Also, it is becoming my opinion that JulianColton and Roger Davies suck particularly.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:12am
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th January 2010, 7:07pm) *

Nominated by none other than one of the newly seated arbs!
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:14am
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:07am) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Thu 14th January 2010, 4:34pm) *

Thekohser is more of a wikiaddict than he likes to let on, it seems. laugh.gif

Wow, and editing like he was Cla68. Really a founder of WikiProject NATO? Who knew?

Here's the last RfA from June 09. Bland as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Req...minship/Cool3_4

I wonder what the emergency was, BTW? Wasn't Kohs banned for proposing to edit for money? What a sin. Jeeze, louise, you'd think they'd just discovered Cool3 was GRAWP.

What about WP:startover? Or whatever the WP redemption process is called? Whatever it is, hasn't Cool3 fulfilled it about as well as anybody could expect anybody to?

Yes, Wikipedia does indeed suck. Also, it is becoming my opinion that JulianColton and Roger Davies suck particularly.


It wasn't an emergency. It was embarrassment that Thekohser had fooled everyone.

But this is just embarrassing for Thekohser, with an editing history like this.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:15am
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It's possible that Cool3 might have been a sock of another banned user, and sold the account to thekohser. Let's see his reaction to this first? Any thoughts Greg?
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:17am
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This just goes to show that, yet again, RFA is a total farce and is completely meaningless.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:18am
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QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:14am) *


It wasn't an emergency. It was embarrassment that Thekohser had fooled everyone.

But this is just embarrassing for Thekohser, with an editing history like this.


Was it? Thank heavens you told us - SirFozzie and I might have been thinking we'd done it for a completely different set of reasons otherwise. I truly bow before your ability to know what people are thinking through the internet.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:22am
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QUOTE(Fritz @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:18am) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:14am) *


It wasn't an emergency. It was embarrassment that Thekohser had fooled everyone.

But this is just embarrassing for Thekohser, with an editing history like this.


Was it? Thank heavens you told us - SirFozzie and I might have been thinking we'd done it for a completely different set of reasons otherwise. I truly bow before your ability to know what people are thinking through the internet.


I have no idea what you're chatting about.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:24am
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QUOTE(Jaranda @ Thu 14th January 2010, 7:15pm) *

It's possible that Cool3 might have been a sock of another banned user, and sold the account to thekohser. Let's see his reaction to this first? Any thoughts Greg?

Well there was an admin account on the auction block a few months ago.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:27am
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QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:22am) *

QUOTE(Fritz @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:18am) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:14am) *


It wasn't an emergency. It was embarrassment that Thekohser had fooled everyone.

But this is just embarrassing for Thekohser, with an editing history like this.


Was it? Thank heavens you told us - SirFozzie and I might have been thinking we'd done it for a completely different set of reasons otherwise. I truly bow before your ability to know what people are thinking through the internet.


I have no idea what you're chatting about.


Ah, it was my response to your apparent omniscience in "knowing" that we desysopped for reasons of embarrassment, when you actually have no knowledge to back that up, bar your general (and sometimes understandable) disdain for things Arbcom-related. I'm certainly not feeling any embarrassment at present - not sure how you'd know/think otherwise.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:30am
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QUOTE(Fritz @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:27am) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:22am) *

QUOTE(Fritz @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:18am) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:14am) *


It wasn't an emergency. It was embarrassment that Thekohser had fooled everyone.

But this is just embarrassing for Thekohser, with an editing history like this.


Was it? Thank heavens you told us - SirFozzie and I might have been thinking we'd done it for a completely different set of reasons otherwise. I truly bow before your ability to know what people are thinking through the internet.


I have no idea what you're chatting about.


Ah, it was my response to your apparent omniscience in "knowing" that we desysopped for reasons of embarrassment, when you actually have no knowledge to back that up, bar your general (and sometimes understandable) disdain for things Arbcom-related. I'm certainly not feeling any embarrassment at present - not sure how you'd know/think otherwise.


No, I expect you're feeling quite pleased you've kicked off another good editor.
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:31am
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Welcome Fritz. But who are you?
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post Fri 15th January 2010, 12:34am
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QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th January 2010, 7:07pm) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Thu 14th January 2010, 4:34pm) *

Thekohser is more of a wikiaddict than he likes to let on, it seems. laugh.gif

Wow, and editing like he was Cla68. Really a founder of WikiProject NATO? Who knew?

Here's the last RfA from June 09. Bland as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Req...minship/Cool3_4

I wonder what the emergency was, BTW? Wasn't Kohs banned for proposing to edit for money? What a sin. Jeeze, louise, you'd think they'd just discovered Cool3 was GRAWP.

What about WP:startover? Or whatever the WP redemption process is called? Whatever it is, hasn't Cool3 fulfilled it about as well as anybody could expect anybody to?

Yes, Wikipedia does indeed suck. Also, it is becoming my opinion that JulianColton and Roger Davies suck particularly.

Pong.

On a side note, I worked with Cool3 on a number of articles, some of which are featured. Where am I going to get offline sources now? unhappy.gif
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QUOTE(Viridae @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:31am) *

Welcome Fritz. But who are you?


Fritzpoll - one of the new Arbs. Call me Fred, it is my name. smile.gif

To Majorly: not really - why would it make me happy? Why would I be pleased? What do you know about my personality, thoughts, and reactions to situations that makes you have these peculiarly inaccurate insights into my temperament? No, no, don't answer or we'll be going around in circles all night! smile.gif
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QUOTE(Juliancolton @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:34am) *

On a side note, I worked with Cool3 on a number of articles, some of which are featured. Where am I going to get offline sources now? unhappy.gif


Certainly no arbitrator will bother helping, just like they won't create Ottava's articles. They have won The Game, that's all that matters here.

QUOTE(Fritz @ Fri 15th January 2010, 12:36am) *

To Majorly: not really - why would it make me happy? Why would I be pleased? What do you know about my personality, thoughts, and reactions to situations that makes you have these peculiarly inaccurate insights into my temperament? No, no, don't answer or we'll be going around in circles all night! smile.gif


I have no idea who you are, but clearly, you must be satisfied with how this evening's disaster went?
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