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Posted by: LamontStormstar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 20th March 2009, 7:50pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration

Another Kabbalist with a Kount of 33, and an awesome 268 shared mainspace articles with Jayjg. A particularly nasty piece of work.

Here's the 33 articles edited with Jayjg, Jpgordon, and SlimVirgin. Notice any theme? smile.gif


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Posted by: LamontStormstar

I remember another thread here they found Crum375 was this Jewish person who came from Israel, did WTC or whatever, and now is tag-team controlling all these articles related to Israel.

Posted by: Son of a Yeti

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Fri 20th March 2009, 8:27pm) *

Here's the 33 articles edited with Jayjg, Jpgordon, and SlimVirgin. Notice any theme? smile.gif


If they weren't admins and cabal members they would be all banned long ago as each other's socks.

Posted by: written by he who wrote it

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 21st March 2009, 3:27am) *

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 20th March 2009, 7:50pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration

Another Kabbalist with a Kount of 33, and an awesome 268 shared mainspace articles with Jayjg. A particularly nasty piece of work.

Here's the 33 articles edited with Jayjg, Jpgordon, and SlimVirgin. Notice any theme? smile.gif

[snip]

All his edits to these article that I examined were either vandalism reverts or otherwise minor and uncontroversial (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Self-hating_Jew&diff=73518204&oldid=73517545). He has only 6 talk pages in common with the big three, and half of them (Talk:Wikipedia, Talk:Main Page, and Talk:September_11_attacks) are too high-profile to be significant. I think this is a false positive stemming from Ryulong's vandal patrolling: his main area of interest, where he actually does substantive editing, would seem to be the Power Rangers and similar garbage.

Posted by: LessHorrid vanU

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 21st March 2009, 3:27am) *

...

Here's the 33 articles edited with Jayjg, Jpgordon, and SlimVirgin. Notice any theme? smile.gif

...


You are listing them in reverse alphabetical order? unsure.gif

Posted by: CharlotteWebb

QUOTE(LessHorrid vanU @ Sat 21st March 2009, 10:57pm) *

You are listing them in reverse alphabetical order? unsure.gif

Probably intended as a form of satanic back-masking.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(written by he who wrote it @ Sat 21st March 2009, 5:12am) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 21st March 2009, 3:27am) *

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 20th March 2009, 7:50pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration

Another Kabbalist with a Kount of 33, and an awesome 268 shared mainspace articles with Jayjg. A particularly nasty piece of work.

Here's the 33 articles edited with Jayjg, Jpgordon, and SlimVirgin. Notice any theme? smile.gif

[snip]

All his edits to these article that I examined were either vandalism reverts or otherwise minor and uncontroversial (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Self-hating_Jew&diff=73518204&oldid=73517545). He has only 6 talk pages in common with the big three, and half of them (Talk:Wikipedia, Talk:Main Page, and Talk:September_11_attacks) are too high-profile to be significant. I think this is a false positive stemming from Ryulong's vandal patrolling: his main area of interest, where he actually does substantive editing, would seem to be the Power Rangers and similar garbage.

Interesting. Thanks for checking. We've seen some "false positives" before due to Huggle and people who edit everywhere. This is the first I've seen for somebody who did manual reversions. If not with Huggle, the question is why do they have these particular articles in their watchlist anyway?




QUOTE(CharlotteWebb @ Sat 21st March 2009, 4:28pm) *

QUOTE(LessHorrid vanU @ Sat 21st March 2009, 10:57pm) *

You are listing them in reverse alphabetical order? unsure.gif

Probably intended as a form of satanic back-masking.

No, they just come out of the Wikistalk common-articles-edited tool that way (reverse alphabetized). Don't ask me why.

http://toolserver.org/~bjweeks/cgi-bin/wikistalk.py

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 1:00am) *
Interesting. Thanks for checking. We've seen some "false positives" before due to Huggle and people who edit everywhere. This is the first I've seen for somebody who did manual reversions. If not with Huggle, the question is why do they have these particular articles in their watchlist anyway?
Could be recent change patrolling.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Sat 21st March 2009, 9:39pm) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 1:00am) *
Interesting. Thanks for checking. We've seen some "false positives" before due to Huggle and people who edit everywhere. This is the first I've seen for somebody who did manual reversions. If not with Huggle, the question is why do they have these particular articles in their watchlist anyway?
Could be recent change patrolling.

No, for I did Ryulong's Kabbal Kount before Huggle got going. This is not the first time.

Posted by: Obesity

Ryulong is an unfathomably rotten prick and is among the bottom of the barrel, as far as administrator temperament and professionalism are concerned.

Also, he's really into..... Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. For some reason, that a purported college student is consumed by the brave deeds of the white ranger in 13th season is just.... creepy.

Anyway, note Ryulong's http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sky_Tate&diff=267141867&oldid=267131852 when a wiki-peon has the temerity to nominate one of his beloved Power Rangers articles for deletion.

Speaking of creepy administrators, even FT2 agrees with me that this guy is no good. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Videmus_Omnia/IRC_Log that FT2 links to on his user page. I miss that Videmus Omnia character....

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 1:55am) *

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Sat 21st March 2009, 9:39pm) *
Could be recent change patrolling.

No, for I did Ryulong's Kabbal Kount before Huggle got going. This is not the first time.
I think you misunderstood me; I'm not talking about Huggle.

Posted by: victim of censorship

QUOTE(Obesity @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 3:14pm) *

Ryulong is an unfathomably rotten prick and is among the bottom of the barrel, as far as administrator temperament and professionalism are concerned.

Also, he's really into..... Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. For some reason, that a purported college student is consumed by the brave deeds of the white ranger in 13th season is just.... creepy.

Anyway, note Ryulong's http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sky_Tate&diff=267141867&oldid=267131852 when a wiki-peon has the temerity to nominate one of his beloved Power Rangers articles for deletion.

Speaking of creepy administrators, even FT2 agrees with me that this guy is no good. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Videmus_Omnia/IRC_Log that FT2 links to on his user page. I miss that Videmus Omnia character....


I could not have said it better. Ryulong is power drunk little boy child, with delusions of grandeur and a true sociopath, in need of shock treatments. Ryulong's hatred for those that call him to task is a legend.

This manboy should be lockup in a nuthatch for the criminally insane.


Update... for some reasons why I think Rulong is need of being locked in a nuthatch some intresting links

http://ryulong.deviantart.com/

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 8:25am) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 1:55am) *

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Sat 21st March 2009, 9:39pm) *
Could be recent change patrolling.

No, for I did Ryulong's Kabbal Kount before Huggle got going. This is not the first time.
I think you misunderstood me; I'm not talking about Huggle.

Can you get a feed of recent changes to the entire encyclopedia, as though all articles were on your private watchlist? Isn't that sort of like trying to drink from the proverbial firehose? How could you do it without automation?

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 6:57pm) *
Can you get a feed of recent changes to the entire encyclopedia, as though all articles were on your private watchlist? Isn't that sort of like trying to drink from the proverbial firehose? How could you do it without automation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges.

(I personally never use this page; I can think of few things more mind-numbing. But for whatever reason, a lot of editors seem to enjoy "recent change patrolling".)

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 10:00pm) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 6:57pm) *
Can you get a feed of recent changes to the entire encyclopedia, as though all articles were on your private watchlist? Isn't that sort of like trying to drink from the proverbial firehose? How could you do it without automation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges.

(I personally never use this page; I can think of few things more mind-numbing. But for whatever reason, a lot of editors seem to enjoy "recent change patrolling".)


It is called that more as a relic to the past than what actually happens. It is useful for feeding into programs like Huggle. On other less busy wikis, it's much more usable generally.

Posted by: EricBarbour

Oh Jeeezus Christ. After TWO YEARS of Ryulong's bullshit, after http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=18908 examples of his abuse of rollback and rangeblocking,
after his being dragged to RFC or RFAR at least three times before (that I can find and there may be more)......

We get a new RFAR, full of the same old http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=15513, http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=14695, cowardice and backpedaling.
Oh golly. Such fun.

Ryulong is EXCELLENT PROOF that adminship should have a limited time period.
It's just about time to can his ass.

If WP were well-run and well-designed, there would be no need for obsessive vandal patrolling.
Admit it, he's a (dubiously) necessary evil. This "project" would be better off without an admin who
loves to destroy people and is obsessed with Power Rangers. He's not worth the trouble.

Posted by: Cla68

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 10:31pm) *

Oh Jeeezus Christ. After TWO YEARS of Ryulong's bullshit, after http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=18908 examples of his abuse of rollback and rangeblocking,
after his being dragged to RFC or RFAR at least three times before (that I can find and there may be more)......

We get a new RFAR, full of the same old http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=15513, http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=14695, cowardice and backpedaling.
Oh golly. Such fun.

Ryulong is EXCELLENT PROOF that adminship should have a limited time period.
It's just about time to can his ass.

If WP were well-run and well-designed, there would be no need for obsessive vandal patrolling.
Admit it, he's a (dubiously) necessary evil. This "project" would be better off without an admin who
loves to destroy people and is obsessed with Power Rangers. He's not worth the trouble.


Ryulong appears to find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider a http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AConflict_of_interest%2FNoticeboard&diff=274304381&oldid=274287459. In response to my question in that thread, Ryulong quotes the policy stating that reliable sources aren't necessary for articles on fictional subjects. My first impulse was to ask, "Why would you want to write an article on a fictional subject?"

I don't know, I guess fictional subjects are part of the artistic areas of this world which help enrich the lives of us humans. As far as Kamen Rider goes, though, I neglected to pay it any further attention once my son stopped watching it when he was about six years old.

Posted by: Piperdown

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 10:31pm) *

Oh Jeeezus Christ. After TWO YEARS of Ryulong's bullshit, after http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=18908 examples of his abuse of rollback and rangeblocking,
after his being dragged to RFC or RFAR at least three times before (that I can find and there may be more)......

We get a new RFAR, full of the same old http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=15513, http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=14695, cowardice and backpedaling.
Oh golly. Such fun.

Ryulong is EXCELLENT PROOF that adminship should have a limited time period.
It's just about time to can his ass.

If WP were well-run and well-designed, there would be no need for obsessive vandal patrolling.
Admit it, he's a (dubiously) necessary evil. This "project" would be better off without an admin who
loves to destroy people and is obsessed with Power Rangers. He's not worth the trouble.


Apparently WP needs infantile OCD'ers to patrol infantile OCD spawned articles. And Ryulong is just the manchild for that. At least he's not gone postal on Miami U and is just going postal on WP.

As part of a RfA, and what should be an annual Sanity Check (literally), WP should give a short 10 question psyche profile quizzer to these folks. You'll probably find from those that a significant % of WP admins are nutters.

Posted by: Somey

QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 10:45am) *
Update... for some reasons why I think Rulong is need of being locked in a nuthatch some intresting links

http://ryulong.deviantart.com/

I'm guessing he deleted some stuff from his DeviantArt page...? Or is the trash can with eyeballs on it supposed to be sufficient evidence of nuttery? unsure.gif

I'd steal it for the avatar gallery, but... naaaah!

Posted by: Ryulong

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Mon 23rd March 2009, 11:54pm) *

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.

Yes, son, we do care. We care to see you desysopped.

Shut off your damned computer, go out and find a girlfriend or something.

Posted by: Son of a Yeti

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 22nd March 2009, 3:31pm) *

Ryulong is EXCELLENT PROOF that adminship should have a limited time period.


The idea sounds nice but after a minute or two spend pondering it in a comfort station, one starts to see the problems:

(a) there would be even more teenage admins as most older ones would be already dehammered.
(b) the scum admins would most probably try to get a sock account sysoped shortly before the two year time limit.

The end result would be WP would have only teens and/or psychopaths as its admins. wtf.gif


(Caveat: some of you may claim it's already true)

Posted by: Cla68

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 6:54am) *

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.


By the way, I think it's perfectly fine to have an article about the show Kamen Rider, but why have separate articles about each of the fictional characters in the show?

Posted by: Ryulong

QUOTE(Cla68 @ Tue 24th March 2009, 3:33am) *

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 6:54am) *

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.


By the way, I think it's perfectly fine to have an article about the show Kamen Rider, but why have separate articles about each of the fictional characters in the show?

Why not?

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 8:13am) *
QUOTE(Cla68 @ Tue 24th March 2009, 3:33am) *
QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 6:54am) *

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.

By the way, I think it's perfectly fine to have an article about the show Kamen Rider, but why have separate articles about each of the fictional characters in the show?

Why not?

That's right. You tell them. I don't really know who "Kamen Rider" is, or what he wants, but I suspect there's a huge undercurrent of mystery and homoeroticism there, which is fine by me (being a modern man, and all that). Ryulong - rhymes with "dong", right?

Posted by: CharlotteWebb

I don't know jack about this show either but it does seem to have a huge cult following. I remember Sean Black was really into it and nobody thought he was nuts.

I know a lot of folks here have issues with Ryulong but I don't why do you have to give him shit about the one thing he does that can't possibly be affecting you.

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(CharlotteWebb @ Tue 24th March 2009, 3:47pm) *
I don't know jack about this show either but it does seem to have a huge cult following.

Indeed it does. But you've mis-spelled "cult".
QUOTE
I know a lot of folks here have issues with Ryulong but I don't why do you have to give him shit about the one thing he does that can't possibly be affecting you.

Well, Lottso, as I've said before (I think) the whole point is to just enjoy yourself. That's what Wikipedo Review is all about. For me, anyway. Hugs.

Posted by: Ahypori

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Sat 21st March 2009, 2:50am) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration


The case has http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong&diff=prev&oldid=279469146 by MBisanz. I'm currently neutral in regards to the case, but at first I didn't think it was going to get accepted: instead it has nine arbitrators supporting and none opposing.

I'll think I'll watch the case: I'm interested in how in turns out.

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:42am) *

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Sat 21st March 2009, 2:50am) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Ryulong

Ryulong might be going to arbitration


The case has http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong&diff=prev&oldid=279469146 by MBisanz. I'm currently neutral in regards to the case, but at first I didn't think it was going to get accepted: instead it has nine arbitrators supporting and none opposing.

I'll think I'll watch the case: I'm interested in how in turns out.


Well as I said in my statement, he's been a problem since the beginning, and should never have even been made an admin.

Posted by: Ahypori

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:46am) *

Well as I said in my statement, he's been a problem since the beginning, and should never have even been made an admin.


Funnily enough, Ryulong 3 was the first RfA I ever participated in (support). I've often speculated that, had Ryulong gone on to have a fourth RfA (rather than had the third closed at 68% as successful), it's possible that the RfCs and the current arbitration case now opened regarding his tool use and conduct wouldn't be happening, as he would have taken on board what would have led to RfA#3 being unsuccessful, and would be a much better administrator. Unfortunately, we won't know. unhappy.gif I dunno...maybe I'm being too generous here.

For the record, does anyone remember what Raul654's rationale for closing that RfA as successful was?

Posted by: Cla68

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 8:13am) *

QUOTE(Cla68 @ Tue 24th March 2009, 3:33am) *

QUOTE(Ryulong @ Tue 24th March 2009, 6:54am) *

Daw... I didn't think you guys still cared.


By the way, I think it's perfectly fine to have an article about the show Kamen Rider, but why have separate articles about each of the fictional characters in the show?

Why not?


Because fictional subjects don't require reliable sources, which means that they don't have to pass the "notability" and other standards. For example, the article about the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel-Shocker fictional organization from the show lists as it's sole source some fan's website. Obviously, that would never pass for a non-fictional topic. It's ridiculously amateurish. To be fair, you didn't start that article and have apparently made only one edit to it, but don't you think that articles like that one are an embarrassment to Wikipedia?

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Wed 25th March 2009, 1:45am) *

For the record, does anyone remember what Raul654's rationale for closing that RfA as successful was?


Something like "I spoke to him a bit on IRC, and I think he's a good guy".

Posted by: Ahypori

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 2:12am) *

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Wed 25th March 2009, 1:45am) *

For the record, does anyone remember what Raul654's rationale for closing that RfA as successful was?


Something like "I spoke to him a bit on IRC, and I think he's a good guy".


Really? Wow...I remember the anger WJBscribe got for promoting ^demon at 63%. At least his rationale for granting adminship in that case wasn't something along the lines of "I like this user".

Posted by: Shalom

Here's the quotation from Raul654:

QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F Renesis is especially vocal for his/her outrage.

QUOTE

I'm sorry, but the claim that I'm putting words in your mouth is completely ridiculous. You said nothing besides "based on 'my interactions...", and I haven't claimed you've said anything else. And I'd like to know why 65%, but not 68%, 70% or 75%? Why any mention of numbers, if this entire thing is based on "discretion"? -- Renesis (talk) 08:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Raul654 clarifies:

QUOTE

It's not based *solely* on my interactions with him, and yes, that's the word you are putting in my mouth. I said I promoted him based on my interaction with him. I did not say I did so to the exclusion of the community's commentary. My interaction with him was the deciding factor, but not the only one. Raul654 08:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Contrary to Majorly's fuzzy memory of the incident, Raul654 did not say he conversed with Ryulong on IRC about the RFA. He did say:

QUOTE

yes, I have interacted with Ryulong on IRC, as I have interacted on IRC with many hundreds of other people. ...
As to this RFA, the first time Ryulong knew of my interest in his RFA was when I told him I intended to promote him, about 5 minutes before I did. Raul654 08:57, 24 January 2007

One other comment from that discussion, by Somitho, bears repeating here:

QUOTE

Ryulong has been granted the tools, and has promised to use them well. IF he breaks policy and goes nutso; then take it up with arbcom.

Prophetic?

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 7:43pm) *

Here's the quotation from Raul654:
QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F

What a perfect example of Raul's arrogant, corrupt and power-mongering personality.

Can we get an RFAR against him for once?

Posted by: LaraLove

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:45am) *

QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 7:43pm) *

Here's the quotation from Raul654:
QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F

What a perfect example of Raul's arrogant, corrupt and power-mongering personality.

Can we get an RFAR against him for once?

Well-deserved, but pointless. It would go nowhere. He holds way too much power and ArbCom wouldn't do jack to him. That's why you haven't seen a case against him.

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:16pm) *

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:45am) *

QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 7:43pm) *

Here's the quotation from Raul654:
QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F

What a perfect example of Raul's arrogant, corrupt and power-mongering personality.

Can we get an RFAR against him for once?

Well-deserved, but pointless. It would go nowhere. He holds way too much power and ArbCom wouldn't do jack to him. That's why you haven't seen a case against him.

Perhaps because no one has bothered to. If people got up of their arse to make a case instead of coming here to spend their lives whining about how x admin is a bitch and ruined my life etc etc then we'd get a lot more done.

Posted by: Malleus

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:46pm) *

Perhaps because no one has bothered to. If people got up of their arse to make a case instead of coming here to spend their lives whining about how x admin is a bitch and ruined my life etc etc then we'd get a lot more done.

What species of people are these that have to share a single arse?

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Malleus @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:52pm) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:46pm) *

Perhaps because no one has bothered to. If people got up of their arse to make a case instead of coming here to spend their lives whining about how x admin is a bitch and ruined my life etc etc then we'd get a lot more done.

What species of people are these that have to share a single arse?


Perhaps yourself?

Posted by: EricBarbour

Just a thought......

If the two of you could bear to take that time you're using to insult each other, and
log into WP and file an RFAR against Raul, I suspect you might have some minor success.
At very least, you'd probably get more satisfaction from embarrassing Pellegrini than from
this pissing contest.

It's not as if there's a shortage of http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showforum=68 to use against the bastard.

Posted by: Shalom

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 25th March 2009, 11:03pm) *

Just a thought......

If the two of you could bear to take that time you're using to insult each other, and
log into WP and file an RFAR against Raul, I suspect you might have some minor success.
At very least, you'd probably get more satisfaction from embarrassing Pellegrini than from
this pissing contest.

It's not as if there's a shortage of http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showforum=68 to use against the bastard.


I hesitate to take this seriously, but the prospect of arbitration reminds me of my very first post on WR in connection with Raul654's wrong block on CreepyCrawly. Some of the wiki evidence is preserved here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:CreepyCrawly#Outside_opinion_from_Shalom

If even after my last efforts on that page I would still not have secured CreepyCrawly's unblock, my next stop might have been arbitration.

I checked Raul654's block log and he's still blocking sockpuppets of Scibaby. I'm not sure what impresses me more, Scibaby's persistence in disrupting Wikipedia or Raul's persistence in defending it. Some months ago Raul said he was done fighting this battle because his BOLD full protection of global warming articles didn't stand up to community opposition, but he's still fighting that battle.

Posted by: Snowey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Proposed_decision#Ryulong_desysopped

Grab your popcorn.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Snowey @ Wed 13th May 2009, 4:13pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Proposed_decision#Ryulong_desysopped

Grab your popcorn.

If it takes 4 votes and he has 4, does this mean that's it, so long as nobody comes in and opposes?

That will be another classical nasty Kabbalist down. Ryulong's score is 33:

#1 Yasser_Arafat - edited by 4 of 4 users
#2 World_War_I - edited by 4 of 4 users
#3 Wikipedia - edited by 4 of 4 users
#4 The_Holocaust - edited by 4 of 4 users
#5 Terrorism - edited by 4 of 4 users
#6 Taliban - edited by 4 of 4 users
#7 Steven_Spielberg - edited by 4 of 4 users
#8 September_11_attacks - edited by 4 of 4 users
#9 Self-hating_Jew - edited by 4 of 4 users
#10 Saddam_Hussein - edited by 4 of 4 users
#11 Racism - edited by 4 of 4 users
#12 Osama_bin_Laden - edited by 4 of 4 users
#13 Nazism - edited by 4 of 4 users
#14 Nazi_Germany - edited by 4 of 4 users
#15 Mein_Kampf - edited by 4 of 4 users
#16 List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations - edited by 4 of 4 users
#17 Lebanon - edited by 4 of 4 users
#18 Judaism - edited by 4 of 4 users
#19 Jew_Watch - edited by 4 of 4 users
#20 Jew - edited by 4 of 4 users
#21 Jerusalem - edited by 4 of 4 users
#22 Holocaust_denial - edited by 4 of 4 users
#23 Hobo - edited by 4 of 4 users
#24 Grigori_Rasputin - edited by 4 of 4 users
#25 God - edited by 4 of 4 users
#26 Christianity - edited by 4 of 4 users
#27 British_National_Party - edited by 4 of 4 users
#28 Berlin_Wall - edited by 4 of 4 users
#29 Arnold_Schwarzenegger - edited by 4 of 4 users
#30 Antisemitism - edited by 4 of 4 users
#31 American_Jews - edited by 4 of 4 users
#32 Al-Qaeda - edited by 4 of 4 users
#33 Adolf_Hitler - edited by 4 of 4 users

One more rumble of the powershift.

PS: what's with Rlevse's concern about Ryulong having "rollback"? Again, is rollback not simply the same as picking an old version you like, clicking "edit," and saving it? unsure.gif hmmm.gif ermm.gif There's gotta be something I don't understand. Would the universe collapse if Ryulong could (or could not) continue to do that?

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Wed 13th May 2009, 9:52pm) *
PS: what's with Rlevse's concern about Ryulong having "rollback"? Again, is rollback not simply the same as picking an old version you like, clicking "edit," and saving it? unsure.gif hmmm.gif ermm.gif There's gotta be something I don't understand. Would the universe collapse if Ryulong could (or could not) continue to do that?
Well, not "picking an old version" - rollback automatically brings you back to the version before the most recent editor started editing it. As for why it's allegedly a big deal, you don't get the chance to put in an edit summary for it, which means that it's only supposed to be used for bad faith stuff; anybody operating in good faith is supposed to be entitled to an explanation of why you're undoing their edits. That's the theory, anyway.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Wed 13th May 2009, 6:02pm) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Wed 13th May 2009, 9:52pm) *
PS: what's with Rlevse's concern about Ryulong having "rollback"? Again, is rollback not simply the same as picking an old version you like, clicking "edit," and saving it? unsure.gif hmmm.gif ermm.gif There's gotta be something I don't understand. Would the universe collapse if Ryulong could (or could not) continue to do that?
Well, not "picking an old version" - rollback automatically brings you back to the version before the most recent editor started editing it. As for why it's allegedly a big deal, you don't get the chance to put in an edit summary for it, which means that it's only supposed to be used for bad faith stuff; anybody operating in good faith is supposed to be entitled to an explanation of why you're undoing their edits. That's the theory, anyway.

Okay, so why a software program that WON'T let you save with edit summary "RVV, "or "Welcome to Wikipedia!". Was rollback DESIGNED to make people angry? You can always go back and save an earlier verion withou an edit summary if you WANT to. Does "rollback" add "neener, neener, you vandal putz!"

If this why Rlevse fears Ryulong might not be able to use it any more?

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Wed 13th May 2009, 10:09pm) *
Okay, so why a software program that WON'T let you save with edit summary "RVV, "or "Welcome to Wikipedia!".
Because it's faster; adding the intermediate phase where the edit summary field appears would slow it down.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Wed 13th May 2009, 6:11pm) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Wed 13th May 2009, 10:09pm) *
Okay, so why a software program that WON'T let you save with edit summary "RVV, "or "Welcome to Wikipedia!".
Because it's faster; adding the intermediate phase where the edit summary field appears would slow it down.

Couldn't they have the edit summary auto-add "Welcome to Wikipedia!" ? It's polite and mildly sarcastic. What's not to like?

Posted by: georgeieboy

it is looking like ryulong is gonna get what he requires. Fucked off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Proposed_decision#Ryulong_desysopped

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(georgeieboy @ Thu 14th May 2009, 1:44pm) *

it is looking like ryulong is gonna get what he requires. Fucked off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Proposed_decision#Ryulong_desysopped


Rlevse is talking about taking away Ryulong's rollback privilege for 6 months. Oh, the inhumanity! Is there no revenge too great! It's cruel. It's unusual. It's really..... wierd. unsure.gif

Speaking of weirdnesses, here is ArbComm Love Potion #9:

Blocking
9) Blocking is a serious matter. Administrators should be exceedingly careful when blocking. Blocking may only be used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, and not to punish users; that is, blocking is preventative, not punitive. Blocks should be made only if other means --such as warnings-- are not likely to be effective. Even when reversed, blocks that appear arbitrary or capricious, or are based on poor methodology and evidence, have a chilling effect on people's willingness to contribute to Wikipedia.

Support:
FayssalF - Wiki me up® 08:30, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
FloNight♥♥♥ 09:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Wizardman 15:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Vassyana (talk) 15:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Rlevse • Talk • 00:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

===================================

If Arbcom does not make policy, what is all the wanking above, about? What is there to "support" or "oppose," if the principle is already written down someplace (which I believe it is) and Arbcom can't change it? Why not just refer to it by title and statute or something? And say they're putting it down because they think it applies to a violation of it by User:NumbNuts, or something. Which I think is actually the point of the above, but I cannot be sure, because it's written in Wikipedian-- a language I'm not fluent in, and which Bablefish won't handle.

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 6:01pm) *
If Arbcom does not make policy, what is all the wanking above, about? What is there to "support" or "oppose," if the principle is already written down someplace (which I believe it is) and Arbcom can't change it?
You incorrectly assume that i. policy is written down some place, and ii. things that are written down on policy pages are actually policy. That's not the Wikipedia Way ™. The Wikipedia Way ™ is sort of like the Common Law back before there was any kind of a body of precedent: Arb Comm doesn't make policy, the policy already exists. Arb Comm merely identifies it.

Besides that, the purpose of specifically articulating a universally agreed upon policy is that the principles and the finding of facts together are supposed to create kind of an implied syllogism: "It is against policy to block carelessly. Admin X has blocked carelessly. Therefore, Admin X has violated policy."

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:01pm) *
Speaking of weirdnesses, here is ArbComm Love Potion #9:
Blocking
9) Blocking is a serious matter. Administrators should be exceedingly careful when blocking.
Support:
FayssalF - Wiki me up® 08:30, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
FloNight♥♥♥ 09:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Wizardman 15:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Vassyana (talk) 15:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Rlevse • Talk • 00:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

It's for comic effect, maybe?.........

But seriously, after reading a lot of crap surrounding Ryu's battles with Mythdon, I'm still
in the dark about what the hell they were doing to each other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Workshop tells me little, except
they were pissing at each other over Power Rangers articles. (What a pathetic thing to
be desysopped over. Ryu deserves a barnstar for Trivia Whoring or something.)

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:08pm) *

You incorrectly assume that i. policy is written down some place, and ii. things that are written down on policy pages are actually policy. That's not the Wikipedia Way ™. The Wikipedia Way ™ is sort of like the Common Law back before there was any kind of a body of precedent: Arb Comm doesn't make policy, the policy already exists. Arb Comm merely identifies it.

Ah. Like the English constitution and the idea of Natural Rights. With a bit of starchamber, witch trials, heresy trials, and treason trials thrown in for spice.

If Wikipedia is due to recreate all the history of human progress in government, where do you put them about now? I'd say England about .... 1640. No revolution yet, and not yet any attempt of Jimbo and the WMF to take it all back, and be Lord Protector and Commonwealth. Sigh. A lot of good stuff still to go!

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:08pm) *

Besides that, the purpose of specifically articulating a universally agreed upon policy is that the principles and the finding of facts together are supposed to create kind of an implied syllogism: "It is against policy to block carelessly. Admin X has blocked carelessly. Therefore, Admin X has violated policy."

Yes, that's what I figured. Every ArbCom sets down enthymemes, using one or more semi-new premises taken (by consensus of the moment by the people elected at the moment) from an unwritten code, which keeps changing.

confused.gif Wheeee.

Posted by: georgeieboy



this is the way it is going to end in Ryulong's tears and throwing his silly childrens toys out of his pram. that is funny so funny Eric.(What a pathetic thing to be desysopped over. Ryu deserves a barnstar for Trivia Whoring or something.)
this is funny but not actually the reason he is gonna be fucked ,the actual reason is that he is a arrogant arsehole .

.Ryulong desysopped

1) For misuse of his administrative tools, failure to address the community's concerns, and inappropriate off-wiki behavior, Ryulong is desysopped. He may regain his adminship either though RfA at any time, or by appeal to ArbCom no less than 6 months after the closure of the case.

Support:

1. First choice. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 9:33 am, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (3 days ago) (UTC+1)
2. First choice. It came down to this. Wizardman 9:17 pm, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (3 days ago) (UTC+1)
3. First choice, regrettably. Casliber (talk · contribs) 9:57 pm, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (3 days ago) (UTC+1)
4. First choice. Assuming this includes the rollback button since users can have it but not the admin bit? — Rlevse • Talk • 1:31 am, Yesterday (UTC+1)
5. FloNight♥♥♥ 1:00 pm, Today (UTC+1)

Oppose:

Abstain:

Posted by: Jon Awbrey

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 5:21pm) *

If Wikipedia is due to recreate all the history of human progress in government, where do you put them about now? I'd say England about … 1640. No revolution yet, and not attempt of Jimbo and the WMF to take it all back and be Lord Protector and Commonwealth. Sigh. A lot of good stuff still to go!


Speaking of enthymemes, you make the highly questionable assumption that Wikipediot ontogeny is recapitulating, not decapitulating phylogeny.

Jon hrmph.gif

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:09pm) *

But seriously, after reading a lot of crap surrounding Ryu's battles with Mythdon, I'm still
in the dark about what the hell they were doing to each other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Workshop tells me little, except
they were pissing at each other over Power Rangers articles. (What a pathetic thing to
be desysopped over. Ryu deserves a barnstar for Trivia Whoring or something.)

Or in his case, a Barnstar of David for Jewish trivia. But that's okay, WP isn't paper. If he'd really spent all that time beavering away on synogogues, nobody would have noticed. We all have our stampcollections. Yes, I know WP is NOT a stamp collection. Except, it sort of is. Which is okay. tongue.gif

Posted by: Snowey

So, who wants to ask Raul if he'll finally admit that promoting Ryulong with <70% support was a total, utter, blatant error in judgment that has caused precisely the sort of abuse and drama those who opposed Ryulong's sysop candidacy warned about?

Posted by: Viridae

QUOTE(Snowey @ Fri 15th May 2009, 7:45am) *

So, who wants to ask Raul if he'll finally admit that promoting Ryulong with <70% support was a total, utter, blatant error in judgment that has caused precisely the sort of abuse and drama those who opposed Ryulong's sysop candidacy warned about?


I was thinking that.

Posted by: Moulton

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 5:21pm) *
If Wikipedia is due to recreate all the history of human progress in government, where do you put them about now?

I answered that question http://knol.google.com/k/barry-kort/the-governance-model-of-wikipedia/3iyoslgwsp412/27#.

Posted by: Cla68

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 9:30pm) *

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:09pm) *

But seriously, after reading a lot of crap surrounding Ryu's battles with Mythdon, I'm still
in the dark about what the hell they were doing to each other. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong/Workshop tells me little, except
they were pissing at each other over Power Rangers articles. (What a pathetic thing to
be desysopped over. Ryu deserves a barnstar for Trivia Whoring or something.)

Or in his case, a Barnstar of David for Jewish trivia. But that's okay, WP isn't paper. If he'd really spent all that time beavering away on synogogues, nobody would have noticed. We all have our stampcollections. Yes, I know WP is NOT a stamp collection. Except, it sort of is. Which is okay. tongue.gif


Yes, we do each have our stamp collections, which is one reason why I try not to criticize the editors involved in building the Power Ranger, Kamen Rider, and Pocket Monsters articles. Those articles, though, have a lot of issues. They're often sourced to fansites, which is apparently ok for articles on fictional subjects, but it still looks kind of bush league. I guess, though, until the "Definitive Guide to the Pokeman Universe" gets published in English, that they're stuck with what they have to work with. I'm not sure, however, how Ryulong's heavy-hand on the ban button was related to those articles.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Viridae @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:47pm) *

QUOTE(Snowey @ Fri 15th May 2009, 7:45am) *

So, who wants to ask Raul if he'll finally admit that promoting Ryulong with <70% support was a total, utter, blatant error in judgment that has caused precisely the sort of abuse and drama those who opposed Ryulong's sysop candidacy warned about?


I was thinking that.

I propose Raul goes next. fear.gif evilgrin.gif

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Thu 14th May 2009, 2:29pm) *

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 5:21pm) *

If Wikipedia is due to recreate all the history of human progress in government, where do you put them about now? I'd say England about … 1640. No revolution yet, and not attempt of Jimbo and the WMF to take it all back and be Lord Protector and Commonwealth. Sigh. A lot of good stuff still to go!


Speaking of enthymemes, you make the highly questionable assumption that Wikipediot ontogeny is recapitulating, not decapitulating phylogeny.

Jon hrmph.gif

Indeed. Without some method to avoid ballot box stuffing (some way to have user identity verification), WP may be stuck in a governmental-development dead end. Because it can't ever get to any level of end-user participatory democracy. It will be forever stuck at the 2-class Noble/Lord vs. peasant/serf model. with the latter being the non-voting class because there's just no way to figure out how to let them vote. Any fair system, and they'll immediately outvote the upper classes, and we can't have THAT.

I guess we all know who owns the estates and haciendas, eh?

I was just thinking-- do you suppose Jimbo is still entitled to droit de seigneur when it comes to executive directors and COOs and such?

Posted by: Snowey

Now presenting Best of Requests for Adminship/Ryulong, alternatively titled, I Believe, Based On My Interactions With Him, That He Would Make a Good Sysop, And It Would Be A Mistake Not To Promote Him: A Historical Perspective

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ryulong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ryulong_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Ryulong_3

QUOTE
[Oppose] If he had the mop, I wonder when he would have blocked the anon user and for how long. How many potentially good editors has he turned away from Wikipedia? Looking at his Talk page, I see some other cases of shooting from the hip (reverting content changes). Large volume anti-vandalism probably does that to you -- but administrators need to be able to step back. In addition, I have also seen an instance of what appears to be making up rules (anonymous users and user pages).

QUOTE
[Oppose] I'm afraid you too quick to want rangeblocks for long durations for petty vandalism, too quick to use the summary 'rvv' for all reverts, too quick to assume vandalism and bad faith. When I approached you about AGF on some newer users, you (and I still not sure how much you were joking) stated that you prefer to assume bad faith. You've stated on IRC you hate newbies.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Instead of seeking a meeting of the minds, he tries to bludgeon others into obedience. His apologists do not help my confidence either. Rushing in their zeal to argue with oppose voters, they make me wonder if he seeks adminship more for their benefit than for that of Wikipedia as a whole.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Review of User_talk:Ryulong/Archive_4 shows him to still be overly aggressive and prone to biting newbies just last month. Vandal warnings for newbie mistakes would become blocks with admin tools.

QUOTE
[Oppose] I get the impression that Ryulong's trigger finger is still too twitchy and s/he still needs to take hints about policies from admins. Type I errors aren't a big issue for a normal editor, but they are pretty much unacceptable for an admin.

QUOTE
[Oppose] I have too many concerns about Ryulong's trigger-happiness, and that counts double given the Javascript speed-reverting tools he uses (trigger-happiness can cause even more damage when you have a General Electric minigun).

QUOTE
[Oppose] He has a propensity to engage in edit wars with both new and established users and often over issues that seem bizarre.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Frequently posts cases on AIV that should not be blocked; I can only assume that as an admin, he would block them.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Sorry, but few hours ago he went into a contriversial article and re-inserted a wrong quote that is currently being disputed by many users on the talk page. He simply did that, it would seem to push this own POV, even tho only 1 person (user:Jayjg) was in favor of keeping that statement.(see talk) I'm sorry to say that I dont think that is the action of a responsible editor let alone Admin. Only after he was badgered/hounded by a user on IRC in front of others that he Rev himself. I'm afraid that as an admin he may abuse his powers to push his POV into articles.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Sorry if I sound a bit harsh, but I really can't support someone who I think would probably do unreasonable bans and start edit wars with other users. We just can't have an admin who will probably block in excess and block users unreasonably.

QUOTE
[Oppose] I am not convinced that this candidate has demonstrated the wisdom and knowledge that administrators should exhibit. Instead, the evidence above tells me that his enthusiasm for reverting vandals will be directed to blocking newbies for minor infractions.

QUOTE
[Oppose] "Imagine how much faster stopping those users would be if we a Ryulong with a sysop flag" - that's exactly my fear. I also still see use of speed-reverting tools in content disputes, which even automatically label the reverted, non-vandalistic edit as "vandalism" indelibly in the edit summary (rollback at least uses the neutral "Reverted edits by"). Needs to be more concerned with judgement and less with speed to be trusted with the admin tools.

QUOTE
[Oppose] There have simply been too many red (or reddish) flags raised for me to feel comfortable on this one. I also think that if one has failed a second RfA, more than two and a half months is necessary to demonstrate that the concerns raised have been dealt with and that a real change has taken place. Many commentators are concerned that the nominee may not exercise that patience before using the buttons, and rushing to another RfA doesn't dispel those concerns.

QUOTE
[Oppose] Adminship is no big deal, it's just two buttons on the top and Specials: being active. But there is an extra level of responsibility and accountability that go with it that require the utmost courtesy and civility in dealing with problems that come up and an administrator cannot afford impoliteness and brusqueness. Sure, we all have tempers and say things we shouldn't, but as a historical thinker I cannot ignore patterns. I intentionally abstained from the previous 2 RfAs, but I cannot this time.

QUOTE
[Oppose] I see too much evidence that suggests the oppose votes here and in previous RfAs have not been taken onboard. I feel blocking powers will be used too readily as a result of bad faith assumptions. The likely cost in extra unblock reviews and loss of newbies through biting is simply too high.

QUOTE
[Oppose] ... this is more that his impatience with vandals, which seems to engender a type of zeal for blocking people. This may spill over into some borderline and wobbly-based blocks on good faith and established editors when things get a bit tense, and usually cause more drama.

QUOTE
[Oppose] I feel that his knee-jerk reactions, incidents of biting newbies, and sometimes flagrant assumptions of bad faith are something that, on net, probably would lead to more harm to the project than good. I'm sorry Ryu. It's hard to oppose people you respect greatly. However, I just don't think you can be trusted with the block button.

QUOTE
[Support] I wish I could !vote for the candidate with fewer reservations, and I hope I don't come to regret this, but ... support. Newyorkbrad 00:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 14th May 2009, 4:21pm) *
I propose Raul goes next. fear.gif evilgrin.gif

Image

Posted by: georgeieboy

there are six votes to fuck ryulong now.

Ryulong desysopped

1) For misuse of his administrative tools, failure to address the community's concerns, and inappropriate off-wiki behavior, Ryulong is desysopped. He may regain his adminship either though RfA at any time, or by appeal to ArbCom no less than 6 months after the closure of the case.

Support:

1. First choice. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 9:33 am, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (4 days ago) (UTC+1)
2. First choice. It came down to this. Wizardman 9:17 pm, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (4 days ago) (UTC+1)
3. First choice, regrettably. Casliber (talk · contribs) 9:57 pm, 12 May 2009, last Tuesday (4 days ago) (UTC+1)
4. First choice. Assuming this includes the rollback button since users can have it but not the admin bit? — Rlevse • Talk • 1:31 am, 13 May 2009, last Wednesday (3 days ago) (UTC+1)
5. FloNight♥♥♥ 1:00 pm, Yesterday (UTC+1)
6. First choice. Kirill [talk] [pf] 6:36 am, Today (UTC+1)



Posted by: thekohser

Ryulong was one of Wikipedia Review's biggest opponents. If he loses the admin mop, maybe there is some hope for a return of Wikipedia Review to the WP "community". I gotta get working on that appeal hearing again.

Posted by: No one of consequence

QUOTE(Snowey @ Thu 14th May 2009, 9:45pm) *

So, who wants to ask Raul if he'll finally admit that promoting Ryulong with <70% support was a total, utter, blatant error in judgment that has caused precisely the sort of abuse and drama those who opposed Ryulong's sysop candidacy warned about?


Eh. Worse admins have been promoted with higher scores. I have believed for a long time that it should be easier to become an admin and easier to have it removed for cause.

Posted by: Alex

It has long been my belief that the result of someone's RFA rarely resembles their ability as an admin. I have also long believed adminship is not really about trust, rather it's about whether that person would make Wikipedia better as an admin. The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.

Posted by: No one of consequence

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th May 2009, 2:24pm) *

I have also long believed adminship is not really about trust, rather it's about whether that person would make Wikipedia better as an admin. The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.


True story: This spring I started contributing to a forum for (US) income tax questions, run by one of the tax software companies. (Probably they're using web 2.0 to get volunteers to answer questions so they don't have to hire so many paid staff.) I was given enhanced access to the site after 3 days, just because I answered a lot of questions correctly. There was no political intrigue among the volunteers, just the desire to give good answers to people with problems (some of whom should not be allowed near sharp objects, much less the right to vote, but I digress). And the people asking the questions were mostly thankful. And when the SuperUsers goofed and gave wrong answers we corrected each other with professional courtesy. And no one complained about ethnic, religious, or cultural cabals trying to influence the answers. And at the end they sent me a 140 GB external hard drive as a thank you. I know where I'll be between Jan and April next year, and it doesn't begin with the letter "W".

Posted by: thekohser

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th May 2009, 10:24am) *

...adminship is not really about trust, rather it's about whether that person would make Wikipedia better as an admin. The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.


What planet are you living on, Alex? You http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arch_Coal&diff=255482597&oldid=255480884 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest&diff=prev&oldid=79584880 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=KidsHealth.

Posted by: dogbiscuit

QUOTE(No one of consequence @ Fri 15th May 2009, 4:00pm) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th May 2009, 2:24pm) *

I have also long believed adminship is not really about trust, rather it's about whether that person would make Wikipedia better as an admin. The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.


True story: This spring I started contributing to a forum for (US) income tax questions, run by one of the tax software companies. (Probably they're using web 2.0 to get volunteers to answer questions so they don't have to hire so many paid staff.) I was given enhanced access to the site after 3 days, just because I answered a lot of questions correctly. There was no political intrigue among the volunteers, just the desire to give good answers to people with problems (some of whom should not be allowed near sharp objects, much less the right to vote, but I digress). And the people asking the questions were mostly thankful. And when the SuperUsers goofed and gave wrong answers we corrected each other with professional courtesy. And no one complained about ethnic, religious, or cultural cabals trying to influence the answers. And at the end they sent me a 140 GB external hard drive as a thank you. I know where I'll be between Jan and April next year, and it doesn't begin with the letter "W".

When I was a Borland TeamBer, their system was quite simply that they had a professional in charge but other admins kept an eye and if someone made a positive contribution they would eventually get nominated. You essentially did the role anyhow and got the badge a bit later. Because we represented Borland, we watched what we said, and if someone did step out of line, they were thrown off.

The most notable occasion was when the Borland supervisor asked an old hand for the password to his sponsored account (a Borland/CompuServe property). He responded with the immortal phrase "Go sit on a fruitcake, asshole"... and with one bound he was gone.

I still have the T-Shirt with logos GSOAFA, and "I'll do anything as long as you don't pay me." (which reflected one of those big dilemma debates on the volunteer work ethics).

The whole community dysfunction thing bemuses me. There you have WMF going on about wanting people to preach of its wonders, yet they could make things better by injecting professional management, without compromising either their 230 status or undermining the community ethic. It's not like it hasn't been done successfully a thousand times before elsewhere.

Posted by: Friday

Hopefully, cases like this will get the RFA voters to realize that when you have real reservations, you should not support. I don't think anything good has ever come from promoting someone over substantial objections. Are there any cases of people promoted with serious objections where the objections did not turn out to be well-founded?


Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Friday @ Fri 15th May 2009, 7:48pm) *

Hopefully, cases like this will get the RFA voters to realize that when you have real reservations, you should not support. I don't think anything good has ever come from promoting someone over substantial objections. Are there any cases of people promoted with serious objections where the objections did not turn out to be well-founded?


Depends what your definition of "serious objection" is. Differs to mine I'm sure. As I said, result of RFA does not reflect ability as an admin.

QUOTE(thekohser @ Fri 15th May 2009, 4:43pm) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th May 2009, 10:24am) *

...adminship is not really about trust, rather it's about whether that person would make Wikipedia better as an admin. The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.


What planet are you living on, Alex? You http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arch_Coal&diff=255482597&oldid=255480884 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest&diff=prev&oldid=79584880 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=KidsHealth.


Excuse me? I believe that's what I adminship should be, not what it is. No kidding there are lots of unsuitable individuals with admin rights, but that's the RFA system for you.

Posted by: EricBarbour

QUOTE(Alex @ Fri 15th May 2009, 10:24am) *
The articles are what matter most, not people's petty standards or personal beef with other editors.

How sad, that WP doesn't actually work on that basis.....

Posted by: EricBarbour

Woo-hoo, CHL's vote makes it seven. wave.gif

Posted by: Ahypori

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee%2FNoticeboard&diff=292082452&oldid=291989995, with Ryulong being desysopped and Mythdon placed under restrictions.

Posted by: Alex

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Sun 24th May 2009, 9:51pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee%2FNoticeboard&diff=292082452&oldid=291989995, with Ryulong being desysopped and Mythdon placed under restrictions.


Yay! wtf.gif

Posted by: thekohser

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Sun 24th May 2009, 4:51pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee%2FNoticeboard&diff=292082452&oldid=291989995, with Ryulong being desysopped and Mythdon placed under restrictions.


I see that with his new-found free time, Ryulong is staying focused on the Power Rangers related Wikipedia articles, rather than discovering some other use for that non-admin time. Something like... oh, I don't know... girls?

Posted by: Obesity

QUOTE(Ahypori @ Sun 24th May 2009, 4:51pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AArbitration_Committee%2FNoticeboard&diff=292082452&oldid=291989995, with Ryulong being desysopped and Mythdon placed under restrictions.


This edit war amused me to a mild degree:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ryulong/Userboxes&diff=292126426&oldid=292118482

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ryulong/Userboxes&diff=292126603&oldid=292126426

Posted by: sbrown

QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 25th May 2009, 5:33am) *

rather than discovering some other use for that non-admin time. Something like... oh, I don't know... girls?

Isnt this a bit cruel and sarcastic? unhappy.gif Not to say he doesnt deserve it, mind! biggrin.gif

Posted by: victim of censorship

I am happy this rodent has been removed as an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong

It was this rodent that http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Joehazelton&diff=next&oldid=74665606 when I was a legit editor who still
believed the wiki lie.

Message for Rodent Ryulong.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Posted by: The Joy

QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Mon 31st August 2009, 3:06am) *

I am happy this rodent as been removed as an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong

It was this rodent that http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Joehazelton&diff=next&oldid=74665606 when I was a legit editor who still
believed the wiki lie.

Message for Rodent Ryulong.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


Ryulong certainly is in Wiki-Purgatory. laugh.gif

He and Mythdon (T-C-L-K-R-D) have been at it since his arb case ended. The community basically put a restraining order on Mythdon to keep him away from Ryulong. So far, it hasn't worked. biggrin.gif

Posted by: victim of censorship

QUOTE(The Joy @ Mon 31st August 2009, 7:14am) *

QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Mon 31st August 2009, 3:06am) *

I am happy this rodent as been removed as an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Ryulong

It was this rodent that http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Joehazelton&diff=next&oldid=74665606 when I was a legit editor who still
believed the wiki lie.

Message for Rodent Ryulong.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


Ryulong certainly is in Wiki-Purgatory. laugh.gif

He and Mythdon (T-C-L-K-R-D) have been at it since his arb case ended. The community basically put a restraining order on Mythdon to keep him away from Ryulong. So far, it hasn't worked. biggrin.gif


Yeah was reading it with some glee.... What a sad little manboy Ryulong is, petty and small

Posted by: LaraLove

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 1:46pm) *

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:16pm) *

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:45am) *

QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 7:43pm) *

Here's the quotation from Raul654:
QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F

What a perfect example of Raul's arrogant, corrupt and power-mongering personality.

Can we get an RFAR against him for once?

Well-deserved, but pointless. It would go nowhere. He holds way too much power and ArbCom wouldn't do jack to him. That's why you haven't seen a case against him.

Perhaps because no one has bothered to. If people got up of their arse to make a case instead of coming here to spend their lives whining about how x admin is a bitch and ruined my life etc etc then we'd get a lot more done.

I missed this until today, when it was bumped by the new posts.

I was retired when this post was made, but even out of retirement, I'm bright enough to know Raul is an untouchable. As those here and elsewhere so often suggest, and is mentioned in this very thread by Greg, there are better things to spend one's time on, like a girlfriend (or, in my case, a boyfriend), and I'm in school now too. Studying > Wikipedia.

Anyone who goes after Raul is wasting their time, but they'd get my full support regardless.

Posted by: Nerd

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Mon 31st August 2009, 1:41pm) *

I was retired when this post was made, but even out of retirement, I'm bright enough to know Raul is an untouchable... Anyone who goes after Raul is wasting their time, but they'd get my full support regardless.


Oh, I don't know. People used to say Jayjg was untouchable too. Things change, just very, very slowly.

What goes around comes around, as they say.

Posted by: victim of censorship

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Mon 31st August 2009, 12:41pm) *

QUOTE(Alex @ Wed 25th March 2009, 1:46pm) *

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:16pm) *

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 25th March 2009, 5:45am) *

QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 7:43pm) *

Here's the quotation from Raul654:
QUOTE

I have promoted Ryulong to sysop. While some might object that he was below 70% support (with 69.4%), I believe, based on my interactions with him, that he would make a good sysop, and it would be a mistake not to promote him. Raul654 06:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Hilarity ensues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_79#Ryulong.27s_RFA_passing_at_69.4.25.21.3F

What a perfect example of Raul's arrogant, corrupt and power-mongering personality.

Can we get an RFAR against him for once?

Well-deserved, but pointless. It would go nowhere. He holds way too much power and ArbCom wouldn't do jack to him. That's why you haven't seen a case against him.

Perhaps because no one has bothered to. If people got up of their arse to make a case instead of coming here to spend their lives whining about how x admin is a bitch and ruined my life etc etc then we'd get a lot more done.

I missed this until today, when it was bumped by the new posts.

I was retired when this post was made, but even out of retirement, I'm bright enough to know Raul is an untouchable. As those here and elsewhere so often suggest, and is mentioned in this very thread by Greg, there are better things to spend one's time on, like a girlfriend (or, in my case, a boyfriend), and I'm in school now too. Studying > Wikipedia.

Anyone who goes after Raul is wasting their time, but they'd get my full support regardless.


Raul should be thrown in jail

Posted by: LaraLove

QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Mon 31st August 2009, 11:36am) *

Raul should be thrown in jail

For what crime, exactly?

Posted by: Moulton

What goes around comes around.

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Mon 31st August 2009, 1:18pm) *
QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Mon 31st August 2009, 11:36am) *
Raul should be thrown in jail.
For what crime, exactly?

For throwing others in jail.

It's the name of the game on WP.

Posted by: Apathetic

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Mon 31st August 2009, 1:18pm) *
QUOTE(victim of censorship @ Mon 31st August 2009, 11:36am) *
Raul should be thrown in jail.
For what crime, exactly?


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