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Posted by: Zoloft
PaoloNapolitano continues his crusade against Wikipedia Review by taking me, a mere mouse, to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stanistani_disrupting_Wikipedia_to_make_a_POINT.
Result? People accuse me of being less than collegial. Well, maybe. I'm willing to listen to criticism. I'll use less vinegar and more buzz words next time. Wikipedians love buzz words!
PaoloNapolitano: join us here and see we're not all evil.
Posted by: Herschelkrustofsky
Zoloft, a "meh" response at ANI is in fact a huge victory for you. Normally ANI is a spot where the hanging judges get together.
Posted by: melloden
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 12th February 2012, 1:36am) 
PaoloNapolitano continues his crusade against Wikipedia Review by taking me, a mere mouse, to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stanistani_disrupting_Wikipedia_to_make_a_POINT.
Result? People accuse me of being less than collegial. Well, maybe. I'm willing to listen to criticism. I'll use less vinegar and more buzz words next time. Wikipedians love buzz words!
PaoloNapolitano: join us here and see we're not all evil.
Maybe I'm being a little too much of a Wikipedia-game-player, but it seems that PaoloNapolitano has a http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&target=PaoloNapolitano.
Aside from those curiously deleted edits, isn't http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&diff=prev&oldid=416097671 a tad peculiar for a new user? He knows the lingo pretty well too.
Posted by: radek
QUOTE(melloden @ Sat 11th February 2012, 10:00pm)
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 12th February 2012, 1:36am)
PaoloNapolitano continues his crusade against Wikipedia Review by taking me, a mere mouse, to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stanistani_disrupting_Wikipedia_to_make_a_POINT.
Result? People accuse me of being less than collegial. Well, maybe. I'm willing to listen to criticism. I'll use less vinegar and more buzz words next time. Wikipedians love buzz words!
PaoloNapolitano: join us here and see we're not all evil.
Maybe I'm being a little too much of a Wikipedia-game-player, but it seems that PaoloNapolitano has a http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&target=PaoloNapolitano.
Aside from those curiously deleted edits, isn't http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&diff=prev&oldid=416097671 a tad peculiar for a new user? He knows the lingo pretty well too.
Oh, definitely in the "sock, just don't know whose sock" category.
Posted by: SB_Johnny
QUOTE(radek @ Sat 11th February 2012, 11:07pm)
Oh, definitely in the "sock, just don't know whose sock" category.
He might have had an account before, but I don't think he's a "sock" in the way you're thinking. Some people just adapt easily to the whole kissing the cabalists' rings thing.
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sat 11th February 2012, 8:36pm)
PaoloNapolitano continues his crusade against Wikipedia Review by taking me, a mere mouse, to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stanistani_disrupting_Wikipedia_to_make_a_POINT.
I almost brought that up here this morning, but I couldn't remember whether you were doing the incognito thing.
Posted by: Selina
I get the feeling (PaoloNapolitano (T-C-L-K-R-D) ) is a wannabe-rebel looking for a cause...
QUOTE
I was born in Toronto (T-H-L-K-D) to Italian Canadians (T-H-L-K-D). I'm a pizza lover, as I grew up (or spent lots of time) in my parent's restaurant in Little Italy, Toronto (T-H-L-K-D). I now have been living in Oslo (T-H-L-K-D), Norway (T-H-L-K-D) for six years, after I fell in love with a Norwegian girl. I am working part-time as a pizza chef, and I'm studying to be a journalist.
Angry burgerflipper destined to become an intern for life basically...Interestingly, the first 24-28 Feb 2011of his profile seems to have all been revision-deleted ("revel'd" in WP nuspeakhttp://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23wikipedia-en-revdel&net=freenodehttp://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=33690http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:REVDEL, former codename "oversight": http://mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDeletehttp://mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete):
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano?action=history
So I read some more and found some fun stuff:
2011-02-24, 06:51 — First edit is his own user page: "Created page with 'My name is Paolo, I am a pizza chef."
2011-02-26, 2nd day after starting editing:
• "mozzarella"
• http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee?diff=prev&oldid=416097671
QUOTE
I think that the committee members should give up their administrator privilegies
[..]propose a "lay committee member" system. It would work like this:
* Editors in good standing who have never been a committee member (perhaps more than 500 edits and half a year of registration) may enlist to be a lay committee member.
2011-02-27, 3rd day after starting editing:[..]propose a "lay committee member" system. It would work like this:
* Editors in good standing who have never been a committee member (perhaps more than 500 edits and half a year of registration) may enlist to be a lay committee member.
• 14:34-35 — suddenly https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:User_access_levels?diff=prev&oldid=416208109
• 19:07 — http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english/108361
QUOTE
From: Paolo Antonelli <paolopizza1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: editing wikipedia by thought
Newsgroups: gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english
Date: 2011-02-27 19:07:56 GMT (49 weeks, 6 days, 15 hours and 1 minute ago)
Dear Mr. Hoekstra,
Registered users may select "Preferences" in the top right toolbar, and then
select "Appearance" and tick off "Simple" under "Skin". The "Simple" skin is
designed for vision-impaired individuals, with its large font size and
simpler lay-out.
Yours sincerly, PaoloNapolitano
in Little Italy in Toronto there aren't actually that many pizza places. Little Italy in Toronto is actually really little, it's centred around one street.Subject: Re: editing wikipedia by thought
Newsgroups: gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english
Date: 2011-02-27 19:07:56 GMT (49 weeks, 6 days, 15 hours and 1 minute ago)
Dear Mr. Hoekstra,
Registered users may select "Preferences" in the top right toolbar, and then
select "Appearance" and tick off "Simple" under "Skin". The "Simple" skin is
designed for vision-impaired individuals, with its large font size and
simpler lay-out.
Yours sincerly, PaoloNapolitano
•None of them seemed be registered to anyone with the name Antonelli
2011-02-28, 4th day after started editing:
• 10:16 — Starts using the aggressive advanced editing script Twinkle that most new people don't even know EXISTS: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bercovici?diff=prev&oldid=416354522 and starts padding out edit count with lots of script-assisted edits http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/PaoloNapolitano?dir=prev
• 10:47 — http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanis?action=history #redirect [[Penis]] "Common mis-spelling"
• http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/delete?page=User:PaoloNapolitano:
•• 20:06 — BozMo (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "User:PaoloNapolitano": removed content for 5 revisions ‎ (RD6: Non-contentious housekeeping, RevDel corrections, notes, conversion: Newbie own request on personal info)
•• 20:04 — BozMo (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "User:PaoloNapolitano": removed content for 1 revision ‎ (RD6: Non-contentious housekeeping, RevDel corrections, notes, conversion: User self declared personal info on own page and requested revdel)
[..]
2011-11-12, 19:46-20:42 — http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2011/Candidates/PaoloNapolitano/Statement?diff=prev&oldid=460337631
QUOTE
It is time to once again [not mentioning that he has been editing less than a year] elect our Arbitrators. The ArbCom is intended to be the last resort of dispute resolution. The major problem of the Committee is that the its composition does not reflect the true range of Wikipedians. The ArbCom has never had a non-administrator member and that is in my eyes a major issue. The main concern is that many users involved in Arbitration procedures feel that they are being judged by a court of Wikipedian "elders". That is a very serious issue for Wikipedia and I believe that the Committee would only benefit from having a non-administrator Arbitrator. If I was a party in an Arbitration case I would be relieved to find a non-administrator in the committee that sees Wikipedia through the eyes of the vast majority of the community.
The other major concern is that the ArbCom deals with Administrator misconduct. I believe that it is unfair that the people who judge administrators' actions are administrators themselves. It gives the average user no say about administrators' actions. The administrators deals with the average users' conduct, but the average user does not deal with the administrators' conduct. Is that fair?
If I become the first ever non-administrator to be elected to the Committee I will be the voice of the "average Joe" [right...] of Wikipedia. While others might see my lack of administrative experience as a weakness, I see it as my strenght. Why? Because it gives me the advantage to make my statements and votes without any administrator bias.
A vote for me is a vote for a free and independent voice that represents the average user. Tick off my name when you vote. The Arbitration Committee needs an average guy the next years!
http://youtu.be/Nnuujd8YR4kThe other major concern is that the ArbCom deals with Administrator misconduct. I believe that it is unfair that the people who judge administrators' actions are administrators themselves. It gives the average user no say about administrators' actions. The administrators deals with the average users' conduct, but the average user does not deal with the administrators' conduct. Is that fair?
If I become the first ever non-administrator to be elected to the Committee I will be the voice of the "average Joe" [right...] of Wikipedia. While others might see my lack of administrative experience as a weakness, I see it as my strenght. Why? Because it gives me the advantage to make my statements and votes without any administrator bias.
A vote for me is a vote for a free and independent voice that represents the average user. Tick off my name when you vote. The Arbitration Committee needs an average guy the next years!
http://youtu.be/Nnuujd8YR4k
Ok, very obvious sockpuppet, but who?
This could be a smoking gun, banned GNAA troll "Rainbow dash" (later renamed to Fluttershy):
2011-11-12, 23:18 — http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fluttershy?diff=next&oldid=455194120
QUOTE
|[[William Ernest Henley]]| }}
===Random things===
===Random things===
â?? *This user supports [[User:PaoloNapolitano]] for the 2011 ArbCom elections.
===Good Articles===
===Good Articles===
•http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fluttershy?diff=prev&oldid=460697132 — wiped===Random things===
===Random things===
â?? *This user supports [[User:PaoloNapolitano]] for the 2011 ArbCom elections.
===Good Articles===
===Good Articles===
QUOTE
del This editor is a deletionist.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/user:PaoloNapolitano/monobook.js?action=historyQUOTE
importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD[Articles For Deletion].js');
QUOTE
Not Admin.svg This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one.
Remember what "PaoloNaopolitano" said about wanting arbcom to not require being an administrator? Fluttershy/Rainbowdash = http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Pickbothmanlol
I did a bit more reading about "Pickmanbothlol" and also from Canada apparently and obviously is very capable of manipulating his IP to appear from Norway from the cavalcade of sockpuppets above... probably just uses http://translate.google.com to translate some Norweigan stuff occasionally (or a friend)
After all, who'd suspect someone from a totally different country? It's like how "http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Malik_Shabazz" (also a poster here) claims to be a jew who has conveniently "forgotten most of my hebrew" whilst constantly editing supporting the viciously racist http://adl.org/Nation_of_Islam stuff. They use POV "shields" it seems like...
He signed up for an account here a few days ago. I'll be interested in the response...
Posted by: Zoloft
Well, I think he's a pizza chef the way I'm a nuclear physicist.
Posted by: PaoloNapolitano
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
"Antonelli" is a pseudonym of mine, while Paolo, is indeed my real name. I am not very happy for being outed here, but I'll have to accept that freedom of speech exists.
I have been a regular user (reader) of Wikipedia for ages, and about a year and a half ago (summer of 10') I picked up interest in what went on behind the scenes of Wikipedia, and after half a year of studying policy, etc., I registered. I have NEVER had an account before, and that some my first edits was an ArbCom proposal came as a result of something I had been thinking about for months.
Twinkle is a fantastic tool that does my, and thousands of other gnomes and elves' work much easier. I have made several hundred TW edits, and I would recommend it to everyone.
The RevDeling was uncontroversial as I posted some information of a personal nature which I didn't really think twice about.
I live in Norway, I have no reason to manipulate my IP to make it look like it.
Posted by: Zoloft
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 2:27am)
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
"Antonelli" is a pseudonym of mine, while Paolo, is indeed my real name. I am not very happy for being outed here, but I'll have to accept that freedom of speech exists.
I have been a regular user (reader) of Wikipedia for ages, and about a year and a half ago (summer of 10') I picked up interest in what went on behind the scenes of Wikipedia, and after half a year of studying policy, etc., I registered. I have NEVER had an account before, and that some my first edits was an ArbCom proposal came as a result of something I had been thinking about for months.
Twinkle is a fantastic tool that does my, and thousands of other gnomes and elves' work much easier. I have made several hundred TW edits, and I would recommend it to everyone.
The RevDeling was uncontroversial as I posted some information of a personal nature which I didn't really think twice about.
I live in Norway, I have no reason to manipulate my IP to make it look like it.
Welcome to Wikipedia Review. Look around. Have some fun.
Posted by: Selina
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_playing#By_abusers. Revealing you are a returned banned user is not quite the same.
If you want to "out" yourself by saying your "real name" is "Paolo" though that's your decision, but I just had a look and the email address you signed up with has a totally different name attached to it, that I won't mention, how do you explain that?
Posted by: Selina
I guess this is his reply: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/delete?user=DarkFalls&page=User:PaoloNapolitano :
10:52, 12 February 2012 DarkFalls (T-C-L-K-R-D)
deleted "http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano" ‎ (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page)
(cur | prev) 10:53, 12 February 2012‎ PaoloNapolitano (T-C-L-K-R-D)
(538 bytes) (â†Created page with '{{Babel|en|no-4|fr-2}} {{Userboxtop|toptext=}} {{User in Norway|3|res=yes|cit=no|int=|pro=|color=|float=|align=|nocat=}} {{User wikipedia/WikiElf}} {{User wikipe...')
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Snowolf?diff=next&oldid=476427856:
"ubarabba"
Revision as of 10:51, 12 February 2012 (edit)
PaoloNapolitano (T-C-L-K-R-D)
(...)
Revision as of 10:53, 12 February 2012 (edit) (undo)
Snowolf (T-C-L-K-R-D)
(Undid revision 476427856 by PaoloNapolitano (talk))
Posted by: Cedric
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:27am)
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
. . .
I live in Norway, I have no reason to manipulate my IP to make it look like it.
Velkommen, Paolo!
Come hang out with the "trolls"
Posted by: PaoloNapolitano
QUOTE(Cedric @ Sun 12th February 2012, 3:51pm)
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:27am)
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
. . .
I live in Norway, I have no reason to manipulate my IP to make it look like it.
Velkommen, Paolo!
Come hang out with the "trolls"
Tusen takk!
Such a nice place here, anyone who wants to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Who_Ate_a_Match_With_the_Troll?
Posted by: TungstenCarbide
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:34pm)
you're an idiot.
Posted by: melloden
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 10:27am)
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
"Antonelli" is a pseudonym of mine, while Paolo, is indeed my real name. I am not very happy for being outed here, but I'll have to accept that freedom of speech exists.
(...)
The RevDeling was uncontroversial as I posted some information of a personal nature which I didn't really think twice about.
That "information of a personal nature" wouldn't happen to be your name, would it? (I doubt you're stupid enough to put your address on Wikipedia, sock or not.)
If I persuaded an admin to look at those first deleted revisions would it say "Paolo Antonelli" somewhere? Because I mean people who use pseudonyms usually don't want those pseudonyms to be known, right?
I've seen enough outings where the damage control maneuvering just makes it more clear that the outing was correct.
Posted by: radek
QUOTE
After all, who'd suspect someone from a totally different country? It's like how "http://wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Malik_Shabazz" (also a poster here) claims to be a jew who has conveniently "forgotten most of my hebrew" whilst constantly editing supporting the viciously racist http://adl.org/Nation_of_Islam stuff. They use POV "shields" it seems like...
I'm pretty sure Malik is more or less who he says he is. I think you're confusing an instance of a user who really does try to maintain "neutrality" on some very controversial topics (like NoI or P/I conflict) with "Advocacy" (so did mbz1 and others). One CAN at least try to be neutral even on things one doesn't necessarily agree on. And umm, I betcha most American Jews are in the "forgotten what ever Hebrew they learned at some point" category. It's not like there's that much opportunity for every day use so it's understandable that the knowledge of it would depreciate over time unless one makes a very labor intensive effort to keep it. Just like with most languages. I think the same thing would be true for any other "insert some group here"-Americans.
Posted by: Selina
No, he actively defends racist organisations by claiming they are "separatist" instead of racist: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=476437303&oldid=476403430#Sources... total slimeball
Posted by: radek
QUOTE(Selina @ Sun 12th February 2012, 8:22pm)
No, he actively defends racist organisations by claiming they are "separatist" instead of racist: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=476437303&oldid=476403430#Sources... total slimeball
Whatevs.
Posted by: carbuncle
Paging Horsey...
Posted by: SB_Johnny
Young Paolo the pizza man http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28policy%29&action=historysubmit&diff=476427546&oldid=476315715. Maybe we should all stalk his contribs and make daily reports about what a dweeb he seems to be?
(I thought I had posted something like this yesterday, but apparently didn't.)
Posted by: lilburne
QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Mon 13th February 2012, 11:49pm)
Young Paolo the pizza man http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28policy%29&action=historysubmit&diff=476427546&oldid=476315715. Maybe we should all stalk his contribs and make daily reports about what a dweeb he seems to be?
(I thought I had posted something like this yesterday, but apparently didn't.)
Something just ought to be done, that's fer sure.
Posted by: Selina
PaoloNapolitano (T-C-L-K-R-D)
seems less pizzaman more like a https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postalman. 
Posted by: dogbiscuit
QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Mon 13th February 2012, 11:49pm)
Young Paolo the pizza man http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28policy%29&action=historysubmit&diff=476427546&oldid=476315715. Maybe we should all stalk his contribs and make daily reports about what a dweeb he seems to be?
(I thought I had posted something like this yesterday, but apparently didn't.)
Ah, the naivety of the committed Wikipedian - Information Must Be Free, and there is only One True Source of Information and that is Wikipedia, therefore if there is Nasty Information that We Don't Like, if it cannot be posted on Wikipedia then it does not exist and the problem is solved.
I'm so pleased life is becoming so easy for the masses, if only it were that way in our day.
Posted by: greyed.out.fields
QUOTE(Cedric @ Sun 12th February 2012, 2:51pm)
QUOTE(PaoloNapolitano @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:27am)
Finally, I am in the game. Let me introduce myself:
. . .
I live in Norway, I have no reason to manipulate my IP to make it look like it.
Velkommen, Paolo!
Come hang out with the "trolls"
Looks like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby wrapped in a Norwegian flag.
Posted by: It's the blimp, Frank
QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:45am)
Some people just adapt easily to the whole kissing the cabalists' rings thing.
Posted by: Selina
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=next&oldid=475070440
Posted by: mbz1
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=478125623#Wikipedia_Review
QUOTE
Dear Jimbo, Wikipedia Review, a website you most likely know what is about, has been in focus for a period of time now. Several users who are banned or blocked from Wikipedia for a variety of reasons use the website to attack our editors. But the main problem is that also several users who are still active at Wikipedia use the page for that purpose. Would you consider making an official statement about Wikipedia Review, as I believe that this page has no positive effect on our community and the sole purpose is to harass us. Many users who use Wikipedia Review link to their Wikipedia accounts, so their posts to WR are linked to their WP account. Do you feel that a personal attack directed at Wikipedia or a Wikipedia editor from such a WR user would be blockable on WP? Sincerly, PaoloNapolitano 09:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Posted by: The Joy
QUOTE(mbz1 @ Tue 21st February 2012, 3:13pm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=478125623#Wikipedia_Review
QUOTE
Dear Jimbo, Wikipedia Review, a website you most likely know what is about, has been in focus for a period of time now. Several users who are banned or blocked from Wikipedia for a variety of reasons use the website to attack our editors. But the main problem is that also several users who are still active at Wikipedia use the page for that purpose. Would you consider making an official statement about Wikipedia Review, as I believe that this page has no positive effect on our community and the sole purpose is to harass us. Many users who use Wikipedia Review link to their Wikipedia accounts, so their posts to WR are linked to their WP account. Do you feel that a personal attack directed at Wikipedia or a Wikipedia editor from such a WR user would be blockable on WP? Sincerly, PaoloNapolitano 09:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano/WikiProject_Privacy_%26_Personal_Attack_Protection
Posted by: Selina
So Fluttershy/PaoloNapolitano is now apparently trying to start "WP:BADSITES" all over again for the lols...
Posted by: Tarc
It won't last 5 minutes in actual project-space before it gets sent off for deletion discussion.
Posted by: SB_Johnny
Oddly enough he seems to be emulating Will Beback, which would seem an odd choice of role models given the current state of Will's affairs. 
Posted by: Somey
QUOTE(The Joy @ Tue 21st February 2012, 2:25pm)
Indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano/WikiProject_Privacy_%26_Personal_Attack_Protection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano/WikiProject_Privacy_%26_Personal_Attack_Protection
Well, this is just terrible. I know English probably isn't his first language and he's been living in Norway for a long time, but it's an English language encyclopedia-like website - can't he come up with better sentence constructions than these?
QUOTE
Advocating the removal of personal attacks and outing of personal information on third-party websites independent of Wikipedia
Talk about dangling participles. They're advocating the outing of personal information? That's not even correct subject-verb agreement. You don't "out" personal information, you "out" actual people. The information is how you achieve your goal of "outing," assuming you're the sort of person who does that sort of thing.
QUOTE
Provide support for editors who have been the victims of such attacks including helping to sustain the editor's motivation for editing Wikipedia
The attacks have included helping to sustain the editor's motivation for editing WP? Sure, that's a particularly dastardly form of attack, but (I'm guessing) not from his perspective.
QUOTE
Advocate the creation of policies which grant administrators the right to block users making personal attacks and outing personal information about Wikipedia users on third-party websites in cases where the Wikipedia account of the poster is tied to the third-party website account of the user, or, if the user has self-identified as a Wikipedia user.
Oh, come on - now he's just laughing at us. We're supposed to read this? Who does he think we are, a bunch of idiots? Show some respect!
QUOTE
Identifying and tracking users whose editing of third-party websites shows an intent to damage Wikipedia and its users and reporting it to Wikipedia.
Okay, better - there's no dangling participle, though the last bit does look suspiciously like a run-on, not to mention completely unnecessary - what are they gonna do, identify and track users and then keep it all to themselves? That wouldn't even be totally hypocritical, putting aside the whole revenge-motive factor.
What kind of website are these people running? Someone should give this fellow a stern warning of some kind, not to mention grammar lessons.
Posted by: It's the blimp, Frank
QUOTE(Somey @ Thu 23rd February 2012, 6:11am)
QUOTE
Provide support for editors who have been the victims of such attacks including helping to sustain the editor's motivation for editing Wikipedia
The attacks have included helping to sustain the editor's motivation for editing WP? Sure, that's a particularly dastardly form of attack, but (I'm guessing) not from his perspective.
That's clearly not what he means, but his syntax is vague so he's to blame if misunderstandings arise.
Edit: it would be slightly better, but not ideal, to say "Provide support, including helping to sustain the editor's motivation for editing Wikipedia, for editors who have been the victims of such attacks."
Posted by: melloden
Do none of the Wikipediots realize he's trolling them?
"Paolo" is obviously a sock of someone stupid and unsophisticated, I think.
Posted by: lilburne
QUOTE
I have personally known users who were very active but largely dropped out of Wikipedia following harassment by WR users. However, I don't hold WR as a whole responsible, but rather the users in question. People who expose a user's personal information and contact their workplace, school, or family in order to intimidate them, sometimes placing them in very real physical danger, should not be banned or sued, but should be held criminally responsible. Dcoetzee 19:32, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=478652136&oldid=478651687
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=478652136&oldid=478651687
I wonder if anyone knows what his position is on other criminal activity, such as thievery for example?
Posted by: Zoloft
Alison just deleted the page—at his request (I assume the {{db-u1}} or {{db-userreq}} tag).
Posted by: carbuncle
QUOTE(melloden @ Fri 24th February 2012, 5:43am)
Do none of the Wikipediots realize he's trolling them?
"Paolo" is obviously a sock of someone stupid and unsophisticated, I think.
WP seems to love and nurture trolls. I can see no other reason for the so-called "reference boards" to exist.
If "Paolo" is a trolling sockpuppet, I'm sure it will come out eventually. Or sooner.
Posted by: carbuncle
Looks like our friend is going to keep on trolling WP with anti-WR nonsense. Now there's a list of WP editors mapped to their usernames on WR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PaoloNapolitano/Wikipedia_Review_user_list. Of course Prioryman has jumped in with both feet, which makes me feel warm all over.
Enjoy it while it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:PaoloNapolitano.2FWikipedia_Review_user_list.
Posted by: lilburne
Oh a "LITS O HAET" how wonderful. He reminds me of Joseph Barto.
Posted by: EricBarbour
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 1:13pm)
Enjoy it while it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:PaoloNapolitano.2FWikipedia_Review_user_list.
Do I have to add Prioryman to the list of AN/I trolls? He's an obsessive Wiki-player, and not an admin....
why isn't he generating content obsessively, as he usually does?
I'm not inclined to write up Paolo. He is a very minor troll. If he keeps this shit up,
someone will block him.
Posted by: Cunningly Linguistic
What a wuss, anyway, I think I may have had her on the right...
Posted by: TungstenCarbide
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:13pm)
Enjoy it while it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:PaoloNapolitano.2FWikipedia_Review_user_list.
Thankyou. I am.
Posted by: EricBarbour
QUOTE
Wikipedia Review is a noxious magnet for antisocial types. PaoloNapolitano's page is a good first step in helping identify them. I think another reasonable action is to make every Wikipedia editor who's active on WR place a Userbox on their userpage identifying them as such. --Typoheaven II (talk) 21:36, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Are you related to indef blocked User:Typoheaven, by any chance? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 21:40, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
moi? --Typoheaven II (talk) 21:44, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
You could always ask him on WR, according to Paolo's helpful list he is one of your friends over there. [76] Prioryman (talk) 21:45, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Are you related to indef blocked User:Typoheaven, by any chance? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 21:40, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
moi? --Typoheaven II (talk) 21:44, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
You could always ask him on WR, according to Paolo's helpful list he is one of your friends over there. [76] Prioryman (talk) 21:45, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
QUOTE
User: Typoheaven
This account is a sock puppet of TungstenCarbide and has been blocked indefinitely.
This account is a sock puppet of TungstenCarbide and has been blocked indefinitely.
(I still don't believe how easy it is to troll those Wiki-fools......)
Posted by: mbz1
He's missing many names, including some sitting arbitrators. Some of them edit or edited WR and other sites under different names like http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=34400
But this page, and the users that argue it should be kept demonstrate yet another time how sick so called wikipedia community really is. 
Posted by: tarantino
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:31pm)
Do I have to add Prioryman to the list of AN/I trolls? He's an obsessive Wiki-player, and not an admin....
why isn't he generating content obsessively, as he usually does?
Prioryman is Chris Owen, MBE. He is the user formerly known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Vanished_user_03/Archive. He was an http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Permissions/2009-06#ChrisO.40enwiki. A whole chapter could be dedicated to his exploits.
http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/anti-religious-extremists/david-touretzky/terrorism/
http://www.webcitation.org/5rEUVVRf5
http://studytech.org/study-tech-essay
Here he is responding to Tony Sidaway on Usenet in 1995.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.org.eff.talk/msg/b8305d6384b71e55?dmode=source
Posted by: radek
QUOTE
Prioryman is...
Did he ever have a WR account?
Posted by: SB_Johnny
The hitlist is now deleted per IAR, of all things. Some of them are starting to learn .
Posted by: Somey
QUOTE(radek @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 5:28pm)
Did he ever have a WR account?
I don't think so...? I remember for a while, I thought ChrisO was one of the better admins they had, and then he sort of went off the rails. I know he occasionally read some WR threads, but if he had an account I wasn't aware of it. (Tarantino might disagree, of course.)
He spent a LOT of time battling the Scientologists on WP, which was OK as long as you weren't a Scientologist... but around 2009-2010 I guess the Scientologists had been pretty much beaten back, and he started going after people who were far less deserving of that sort of treatment. That created a lot of conflicts and he didn't handle them very well, as I recall. He also inexplicably went after Don Murphy, which was kind of his final break with rationality.
Too much time-in-grade, I guess!
Posted by: SB_Johnny
QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Tue 21st February 2012, 11:31pm)
Oddly enough he seems to be emulating Will Beback, which would seem an odd choice of role models given the current state of Will's affairs.
...and now he's http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=480062988#Copyright_violation too! What a winner!
Posted by: EricBarbour
Thanks for the reminder. I was putting off Mr. Owen's story, because it's a nightmare to document.
QUOTE
The hitlist is now deleted per IAR, of all things. Some of them are starting to learn smile.gif.
Hah. No they don't, they just quit Wikipedia, and are replaced by fresh bastards.
Posted by: Zoloft
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 4:58pm)
Thanks for the reminder. I was putting off Mr. Owen's story, because it's a nightmare to document.
QUOTE
The hitlist is now deleted per IAR, of all things. Some of them are starting to learn smile.gif.
Hah. No they don't, they just quit Wikipedia, and are replaced by fresh bastards.
Did anybody grab a webcite of the attack page? I want to know if I was a good witch or a bad witch.
Posted by: radek
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:42pm)
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 4:58pm)
Thanks for the reminder. I was putting off Mr. Owen's story, because it's a nightmare to document.
QUOTE
The hitlist is now deleted per IAR, of all things. Some of them are starting to learn smile.gif.
Hah. No they don't, they just quit Wikipedia, and are replaced by fresh bastards.
Did anybody grab a webcite of the attack page? I want to know if I was a good witch or a bad witch.
I didn't grab a screen shot but it so happens that I still have a tab open with it - you were in the "Users in good standing on English Wikipedia" portion (as was I). Though originally we were all listed with a {{vandal}} template, which Prioryman, realizing his protege was getting a little wacky later changed to the standard {{user}} one. Then PN created a "Whitelist" sub-category where, I guess, he was going to put in the "good guys" but the page got deleted before he had a chance to let his feelings be known.
And I'm still completely at a loss as to why he hasn't been indeffed over the "pretend to be a real life person that he's not" and "uploading copyright photos as his own work" parts.
Posted by: carbuncle
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 4th March 2012, 3:42am)
Did anybody grab a webcite of the attack page? I want to know if I was a good witch or a bad witch.
There were only indeterminate witches, but you were one of the chosen few. It wasn't until after Prioryman added a number of accounts that "Paolo" added a section entitled something like "WR contributors who have never posted or only posted to defend WP". "Paolo" never got the chance to fill it, but it implies that all the other entries were less good.
Posted by: Tarc
QUOTE(Somey @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 6:35pm)
QUOTE(radek @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 5:28pm)
Did he ever have a WR account?
I don't think so...? I remember for a while, I thought ChrisO was one of the better admins they had, and then he sort of went off the rails. I know he occasionally read some WR threads, but if he had an account I wasn't aware of it. (Tarantino might disagree, of course.)
He spent a LOT of time battling the Scientologists on WP, which was OK as long as you weren't a Scientologist... but around 2009-2010 I guess the Scientologists had been pretty much beaten back, and he started going after people who were far less deserving of that sort of treatment. That created a lot of conflicts and he didn't handle them very well, as I recall. He also inexplicably went after Don Murphy, which was kind of his final break with rationality.
Too much time-in-grade, I guess!
He was also one of the 3 who presided of the CAMERA affair that ultimately shitcanned that little scumbag Zeq, among others. But yea, off the rails since then is an apt descriptor.
Posted by: It's the blimp, Frank
QUOTE(TungstenCarbide @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:58pm)
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:13pm)
Enjoy it while it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:PaoloNapolitano.2FWikipedia_Review_user_list.
Thankyou. I am.
What is the name of Paolo's WR account?
Posted by: EricBarbour
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 7:49pm)
There were only indeterminate witches, but you were one of the chosen few. It wasn't until after Prioryman added a number of accounts that "Paolo" added a section entitled something like "WR contributors who have never posted or only posted to defend WP". "Paolo" never got the chance to fill it, but it implies that all the other entries were less good.
I captured it before P-man showed up:
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User:PaoloNapolitano/Wikipedia Review user list From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Wikipedia users also active on Wikipedia Review. Feel free to add users to the list.
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Abd (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [1]
EricBarbour (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [2]
Herschelkrustofsky (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [3]
Mbz1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [4]
Nastytroll (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [5] (WR user name: Nastytroll)
RMHED (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [6]
Thekohser (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [7]
TungstenCarbide (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [8]
Vigilant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [9]
WebHamster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [10] (WR user name: Cunningly Linguistic)
[edit] Users in good standing on English Wikipedia
Alison (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [11]
Bali ultimate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [12] (WR user name: Danmurphy)
Cla68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [13]
Cookiehead (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [14]
Delicious carbuncle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [15] (WR user name: Carbuncle)
Edeans (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [16] (WR user name: Cedric}
Jayen466 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [17] (WR user name: HRIP8)
John Vandenberg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [18] (WR user name: jayvdb)
Kelly Martin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [19] (?retired)
MBisanz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [20]
MZMcBride (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [21]
Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [22]
Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [23] (WR user name: Malleus)
Michaeldsuarez (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [24]
Mistress Selina Kyle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [25]
Nableezy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [26]
NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [27]
Peter Damian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [28]
Random832 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [29]
SB Johnny (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [30]
Silver seren (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [31]
Sp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [32] (retired) (WR user name: spp)
Stanistani (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [33] (WR user name: Zoloft)
Sugar-Baby-Love (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)(retired) [34]
Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [35]
Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [36] (WR user name: Radek)
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This is a list of Wikipedia users also active on Wikipedia Review. Feel free to add users to the list.
Blocked/banned on English Wikipedia
Abd (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [1]
EricBarbour (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [2]
Herschelkrustofsky (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [3]
Mbz1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [4]
Nastytroll (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [5] (WR user name: Nastytroll)
RMHED (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [6]
Thekohser (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [7]
TungstenCarbide (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [8]
Vigilant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [9]
WebHamster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [10] (WR user name: Cunningly Linguistic)
[edit] Users in good standing on English Wikipedia
Alison (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [11]
Bali ultimate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [12] (WR user name: Danmurphy)
Cla68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [13]
Cookiehead (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [14]
Delicious carbuncle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [15] (WR user name: Carbuncle)
Edeans (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [16] (WR user name: Cedric}
Jayen466 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [17] (WR user name: HRIP8)
John Vandenberg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [18] (WR user name: jayvdb)
Kelly Martin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [19] (?retired)
MBisanz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [20]
MZMcBride (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [21]
Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [22]
Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [23] (WR user name: Malleus)
Michaeldsuarez (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [24]
Mistress Selina Kyle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [25]
Nableezy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [26]
NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [27]
Peter Damian (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [28]
Random832 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [29]
SB Johnny (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [30]
Silver seren (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [31]
Sp (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [32] (retired) (WR user name: spp)
Stanistani (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [33] (WR user name: Zoloft)
Sugar-Baby-Love (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)(retired) [34]
Tarc (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [35]
Volunteer Marek (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) [36] (WR user name: Radek)
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Posted by: Zoloft
I might add a Wikipedia Review userbox to my page... is there a generic userbox I can modify?
Or I can add a link in my sig—but I might get banned for that.
Posted by: The Joy
QUOTE(It's the blimp, Frank @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 11:10pm)
QUOTE(TungstenCarbide @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:58pm)
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 9:13pm)
Enjoy it while it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:PaoloNapolitano.2FWikipedia_Review_user_list.
Thankyou. I am.
What is the name of Paolo's WR account?
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showuser=76056
Posted by: thekohser
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 10:42pm)
Did anybody grab a webcite of the attack page? I want to know if I was a good witch or a bad witch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:PaoloNapolitano/Wikipedia_Review_user_list&diff=480044620&oldid=480044418 still shows a glimpse of how it appeared at one point in time.
Posted by: It's the blimp, Frank
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 4th March 2012, 4:12am)
I captured it before P-man showed up:
QUOTE
User:PaoloNapolitano/Wikipedia Review user list From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He seems to have missed the Arbcom people. Must have slipped his mind.
Posted by: radek
QUOTE(It's the blimp, Frank @ Sat 3rd March 2012, 11:07pm)
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 4th March 2012, 4:12am)
I captured it before P-man showed up:
QUOTE
User:PaoloNapolitano/Wikipedia Review user list From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He seems to have missed the Arbcom people. Must have slipped his mind.
Nah, he had a few of them on there.
Posted by: lilburne
indef block, overturned by Ashley.
Posted by: Selina
Because whoever reported it is a bloody idiot and should have told her to report it instead, they aren't treating it as seriously because of the messenger -.-
Posted by: carbuncle
Just to keep this all together, PaoloNapolitano took an image from singer http://www.myspace.com/amiemiriello/photos/26657703,http://www.webcitation.org/65ceToeOa claiming it is their own work, placed it on their http://www.webcitation.org/65cdFPrPk, and put a caption under it claiming it is "Me and my girlfriend". They were eventually indef blocked for this by Salvio giuliano, but made the following unblock request:
QUOTE
I made a mistake. The image was deleted within 10 minutes per own request and an indef block, with no previous blocks seems harsh. I have almost 1000 constructive contributions to Wikipedia, and I repeat, I apologise, I made a mistake. PaoloNapolitano 09:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
While it is true that the image was deleted within minutes of their fraud being exposed, it had been there the better part of a month.
Posted by: Selina
OH "I made a mistake" that's ok then as in he made "a little oopsy" in not quite realising he was stealing the photo of someone else? Scumbag... 
You shouldn't have reported it, it's obvious he's getting away with it now because it was someone that Wikipedia Review reported it, especially given that you say it was "Fæ / Fae" who unblocked? http://wikipediareview.com/?showtopic=36464? Talk about conflict of interest...
Posted by: radek
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Sun 4th March 2012, 6:08am)
Just to keep this all together, PaoloNapolitano took an image from singer http://www.myspace.com/amiemiriello/photos/26657703,http://www.webcitation.org/65ceToeOa claiming it is their own work, placed it on their http://www.webcitation.org/65cdFPrPk, and put a caption under it claiming it is "Me and my girlfriend". They were eventually indef blocked for this by Salvio giuliano, but made the following unblock request:
QUOTE
I made a mistake. The image was deleted within 10 minutes per own request and an indef block, with no previous blocks seems harsh. I have almost 1000 constructive contributions to Wikipedia, and I repeat, I apologise, I made a mistake. PaoloNapolitano 09:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
While it is true that the image was deleted within minutes of their fraud being exposed, it had been there the better part of a month.Am I crazy or is it plain obvious that Fae has a huggggeeee COI here? Maybe not directly, but obviously. PN was targeting DC, whom Fae doesn't like, hence PN is useful for Fae, and so Fae unblocked him.
Just like the good ol' days, ey?
Posted by: Alex D
Well 'Paolo' has been http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3APaoloNapolitano&diff=480404752&oldid=480296395as a serial troll, and can only appeal to the Arbitration Committee.
Posted by: Zoloft
QUOTE(Alex D @ Tue 6th March 2012, 12:13pm)
Well 'Paolo' has been http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3APaoloNapolitano&diff=480404752&oldid=480296395as a serial troll, and can only appeal to the Arbitration Committee.
Welcome to the Review, Alex.
Posted by: Sydney Bluegum
QUOTE(radek @ Sun 12th February 2012, 4:07am)
QUOTE(melloden @ Sat 11th February 2012, 10:00pm)
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 12th February 2012, 1:36am)
PaoloNapolitano continues his crusade against Wikipedia Review by taking me, a mere mouse, to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stanistani_disrupting_Wikipedia_to_make_a_POINT.
Result? People accuse me of being less than collegial. Well, maybe. I'm willing to listen to criticism. I'll use less vinegar and more buzz words next time. Wikipedians love buzz words!
PaoloNapolitano: join us here and see we're not all evil.
Maybe I'm being a little too much of a Wikipedia-game-player, but it seems that PaoloNapolitano has a http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&target=PaoloNapolitano.
Aside from those curiously deleted edits, isn't http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&diff=prev&oldid=416097671 a tad peculiar for a new user? He knows the lingo pretty well too.
Oh, definitely in the "sock, just don't know whose sock" category.
PaoloNapolitano is a sock of Richard Reames: creator of the word Arborsculpture. For almost 20 years he has been promoting this word. His only claim to fame.
I’ve been watching and talking to Richard Reames and his team at Tree shaping talk. I’m end user of wikipedia and come to tree shaping to find out more about shaping trees. I’m now banned.
PaoloNapolitano was created during a discussion about whether or not the word Arborsculpture should be in the lead, of Tree Shaping article. He editing shows from the start he is an experienced editor.
Within days of starting he was trying to get some form of authority http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee&diff=prev&oldid=416097671
And through out the rest of his editing he is clearly trying to build a platform of authority.
Just one example
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Newyorkbrad&diff=prev&oldid=418428969
All of Richards socks have edits that they can’t help but do on the Tree shaping and related articles. Message me for more details.
PaoloNapolitano shows his hand by attacking the word Pooktre which Richard sees as a rival to Arborsculpture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Tree_shaping/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_PaoloNapolitano
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Blackash&diff=prev&oldid=430974829
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Blackash/Archive2#Pooktre
Please note how he talks to Blackash co-creator of the word Pooktre. PaoloNapolitano doesn’t talk to anyone else like this.
PaoloNapolitano is not a serial troll, it’s clearly just a rental portal for trolls.
Why is it so importation to Richard to have the title Arborsculpture on a wiki article about the whole art form?
It gives him immortality for ever, if an artform is named by him.
Build himself up and rip down anyone else who may be a rival.
He is the creator of the word arborsculpture and he uses it to name the whole art form that he himself is a very poor practitioner in. So he needs the authority of others’ work. How best to do that, go to the source of where media checks and make sure his word arborsculpture is the one.
Editors who are either socks or meats or paid advocates for Arborsculpture
Reames (self outed as Richard Reames)
Slowart (self outed as Reams) Slowart stated it seems it the most insanely persistent will win.
Martin Hobin (obsessive about changing the title to arborsculpture and chasing away or getting editors banned who disagree. )
Colincbn (smarter by still circles around the same issues)
Johnuniq (editor who comes in and helps Martin Hobin or Colincbn out of answering content questions by attacking the other editors behaviour)
Duff (edits on tree shaping and related articles and make massive changes unlike his editing style on any other topic and the way he talks is also unlike their comment in other areas)
Griseum (sock - the bad hand)
JohnChrysostom/ JohnChrysostom (newest sock who would have been the one proposing the new changes) who is now engaged on the tree shaping article.
PaoloNapolitano ( sock of Richards, was trying to become an admin would have supported John suggestion to changes.) Tree shaping is under sanctions
They all end up around the same issues. JohnChrysostom since editing tree shaping his whole editing style is changing.
If you want to catch him just talk to him in one of the many languages he is expert in. To answer he will probably use babel fish which ‘gives really bad translations.
Why would this editor create a new page called tree sculpture (no refs for this term) and then redirected to tree shaping. An uninvolved editor wouldn’t understand the significance.
Posted by: Zoloft
That is a fascinating catalog of how weird involved editing can become.
Thank you very much.
Reames should join the Knights of Ni (T-H-L-K-D).
From now on I shall forever eschew the word 'arborsculpture' and use 'shrubbery' instead.
Posted by: carbuncle
I have not been posting here because of a couple of concerns about the site itself, but I am going to pop in just to set the record straight.
PaoloNapolitano is not the sockpuppet of the person named. They are a long-time serial troll who likely has no interest in tree shaping, but they are good at spotting drama-magnets. Selina was correct when she earlier named them as Fluttershy, although she didn't make a very convincing case for it.
Returning to lurking now.
Posted by: Text
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I have not been posting here because of a couple of concerns about the site itself, but I am going to pop in just to set the record straight.
You're now posting on a spin-off of YTMND+*chan,you should not care if Selina is yet another middle aged Brit with weird fetishes (if that is included in the couple of concerns). This site lost its informational value as the entropic factor approaches progressively higher levels.
Posted by: Web Fred
QUOTE(Text @ Mon 23rd April 2012, 3:11pm)
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I have not been posting here because of a couple of concerns about the site itself, but I am going to pop in just to set the record straight.
You're now posting on a spin-off of YTMND+*chan,you should not care if Selina is yet another middle aged Brit with weird fetishes (if that is included in the couple of concerns). This site lost its informational value as the entropic factor approaches progressively higher levels.
Much as I love the taste of pussy and indulging in fetishes, I think you are now starting to take the piss and making a bad situation worse.
Or is that your intention?
Posted by: Text
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Much as I love the taste of pussy and indulging in fetishes, I think you are now starting to take the piss and making a bad situation worse.
Or is that your intention?
Or is that your intention?
Are you a civil servant?
Posted by: Web Fred
QUOTE(Text @ Mon 23rd April 2012, 3:29pm)
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Much as I love the taste of pussy and indulging in fetishes, I think you are now starting to take the piss and making a bad situation worse.
Or is that your intention?
Or is that your intention?
Are you a civil servant?
No, I'm a very uncivil servant...cunt!
Posted by: Text
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No, I'm a very uncivil servant...cunt!
Posted by: Fusion
QUOTE(carbuncle @ Mon 23rd April 2012, 2:34pm)
I have not been posting here because of a couple of concerns about the site itself, but I am going to pop in just to set the record straight.
Firstly, we should welcome Sydney.
Secondly, what is the problem with the site? It is as good a place to post legitimate criticism of Wikipedia as anywhere, and better than some places.
Posted by: Text
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Firstly, we should welcome Sydney.
Oh, ok. Welcome, Sydney! This is a metaphorical sample of what you will find on the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and on this site originally created for reviewing said free encyclopedia! Make sure you're not at work, though! http://dagobah.biz/flash/isthiswhatyouwant.swf