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[tarantino]

Are there any of you Wikipedians out there who have met the most secretive of the current arbs, Sam?

It's probable that he's using a pseudonym. Though he used to sign his emails "Sam Blacketer London E15", all the phone books and people directories I checked show no instances of that name anywhere in the UK. Additionally he is the only one out the 13 who does not have either the CU or oversight tools and has not verified his identity with the WMF. I thought there was a requirement that you must be at least 18 to be an arb. How has he proven this?

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[Peter Damian]

Apologies if this has already noted on this long thread, but am I really seeing this:

01:14, 15 February 2006 Fys (talk | contribs) unblocked "Dbiv (talk | contribs)" ‎ (Yes, I know I am not supposed to do this. Justification 1: Block was wrongly applied. Justification 2: I have a major edit which I am not going to lose come what may. WP:IAR applies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&page=User:Dbiv

He unblocks himself with his sockpuppet?

And this is even worse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&oldid=67491586

Dbiv unblocks himself as Dbiv.

Dbiv abuses his admin tools
5) After being blocked for a nonexistent 3RR violation, Dbiv used his administrator status to unblock his own account[6], an explicit violation of the blocking policy. During the course of an edit war with Irishpunktom on Peter Tatchell, Dbiv reverted to his preferred version[7] and then protected the article[8], an explicit violation of the protection policy. During the course of his long-term edit war with Irishpunktom, Dbiv has consistently used his administrative rollback tool to revert Irishpunktom's and others' non-vandalism, good faith content edits.[9]

Support:
Dmcdevit·t 03:52, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Fred Bauder 17:54, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
James F. (talk) 08:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
SimonP 21:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 01:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
➥the Epopt 18:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Neutralitytalk 19:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Oppose:
Abstain:

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[Random832]

He unblocks himself with his sockpuppet?

That wasn't a sockpuppet, it was a name change.

And this is even worse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&oldid=67491586

Is referring to the same unblock.

Oh, it gets better - this is (almost certainly) the edit he was trying to save - nothing he couldn't have copied and pasted into notepad for the duration of the block; no complex formatting or rewriting of paragraphs, just adding to a table.

[Peter Damian]

He unblocks himself with his sockpuppet?

That wasn't a sockpuppet, it was a name change.

And this is even worse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&oldid=67491586

Is referring to the same unblock.

Oh, it gets better - this is (almost certainly) the edit he was trying to save - nothing he couldn't have copied and pasted into notepad for the duration of the block; no complex formatting or rewriting of paragraphs, just adding to a table.

Er, but how does he get to retain administrator status with a block record like that. And he got to be admin as both Blacketer and Dbiv/Fys? Don't understand

[One]

Er, but how does he get to retain administrator status with a block record like that. And he got to be admin as both Blacketer and Dbiv/Fys? Don't understand

No. Didn't you also notice that he lost his bit after this incident? (After uncleverly editing the Arb decision against him.)

He realized that he would probably never again pass RFA as Dbiv, so he set up his Sam Blacketer sock (which he ran concurrently for a time). This account attained sysophood two months after his old account was blocked for incivility (by Viridae, of all people). Less than eight months after that, he flew under the radar onto ArbCom.

Someone should make a FAQ for this. How many people have reached the reasonable but incorrect conclusion that he unblocked his sock? Stupid name changes.

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[Peter Damian]

Er, but how does he get to retain administrator status with a block record like that. And he got to be admin as both Blacketer and Dbiv/Fys? Don't understand

No. Didn't you also notice that he lost his bit after this incident? (After uncleverly editing the Arb decision against him.)

He realized that he would probably never again pass RFA as Dbiv, so he set up his Sam Blacketer sock (which he ran concurrently for a time). This account attained sysophood two months after his old account was blocked for incivility (by Viridae, of all people). Less than eight months after that, he flew under the radar onto ArbCom.

Someone should make a FAQ for this. How many people have reached the reasonable but incorrect conclusion that he unblocked his sock? Stupid name changes.

Thank you for clarifying that. How many people on Wikipedia understand the full extent of this? Looking at the various talk pages, people seem mostly relaxed (except for the usual culprits).

This is funny (from his second RfA):

Support I'll cite the "I thought he already was one" cliche. Based on the answers, I trust Sam's good judgment, and I know he won't act too hastily in a confrontational situation that may arise. YechielMan 03:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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[Shalom]

This is funny (from his second RfA):

Support I'll cite the "I thought he already was one" cliche. Based on the answers, I trust Sam's good judgment, and I know he won't act too hastily in a confrontational situation that may arise. YechielMan 03:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh my gosh, did I really say that? I'm wiping egg off my face. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (YechielMan was my original username.)

[Peter Damian]

This is funny (from his second RfA):

Support I'll cite the "I thought he already was one" cliche. Based on the answers, I trust Sam's good judgment, and I know he won't act too hastily in a confrontational situation that may arise. YechielMan 03:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh my gosh, did I really say that? I'm wiping egg off my face. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) (YechielMan was my original username.)

Well you were right to think he already was one.