Crockspot RfA, Unsuccessful Options

[Derktar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=156318515

No worries. About 90% of this talk is geared toward the neo-nazi homophobic racist audience over at WR. I just love seeing all the cute pet names they can come up with for me. - [[User:Crockspot|Crockspot]] 18:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Crockspot, what would we do without you!

[Nathan]

If all of Wikipedia Review were homophobic (or racist, or Neo-Nazi), I would certainly not be here (otherwise the so-called homophobic racists would be after me). I would've packed my bags and left long ago.

What a stupid thing to say. That proves his ignorance idiocy without a doubt. Does he even know what goes on here in WR-land or is he just talking out his arse? Does he have anything better to do than to repeat ages-old claims which have been pretty much proven false?

I can think of harsher things to say but I'm not splitting my comment off to the Tar Pits to say them.

[Derktar]

If all of Wikipedia Review were homophobic (or racist, or Neo-Nazi), I would certainly not be here (otherwise the so-called homophobic racists would be after me). I would've packed my bags and left long ago.

What a stupid thing to say. That proves his ignorance idiocy without a doubt. Does he even know what goes on here in WR-land or is he just talking out his arse?

I can think of harsher things to say but I'm not splitting my comment off to the Tar Pits to say them.

I found it particularly funny concerning what was brought up in his RFA about the comments he made at CU.

[Kato]

If all of Wikipedia Review were homophobic (or racist, or Neo-Nazi), I would certainly not be here (otherwise the so-called homophobic racists would be after me). I would've packed my bags and left long ago.

What a stupid thing to say. That proves his ignorance idiocy without a doubt. Does he even know what goes on here in WR-land or is he just talking out his arse?

I can think of harsher things to say but I'm not splitting my comment off to the Tar Pits to say them.

Yeap. This guy Crackpot is er... cracked. But wait a minute, wasn't he supposed to be the "neo-nazi homophobic racist". At least according to that dismal rfa consensus.

He's certainly a godsend to WPs critics. His contributions are a catalogue of disaster, and he's the kind of editor that makes the few decent WP die-hards wince. Attempting to go toe-to-toe with off-site critics by provoking them on-site is not a wise move, and the cards are stacked heavily against him.

I see that Jossi - the poodle's poodle - asked this obvious immature lunatic to pursue an admin role, again. I've seen a few things over the years on WP that make one's toes curl - the brazen attempts to create cabals and so on. But the rise of Crackspot, this appalling grooming process that we see, is perhaps the most valuable of the lot. That is to the person who writes a book cataloguing the whole WP experience from the inside. Now where's my literary agent!

[FNORD23]

If all of Wikipedia Review were homophobic (or racist, or Neo-Nazi), I would certainly not be here (otherwise the so-called homophobic racists would be after me). I would've packed my bags and left long ago.

What a stupid thing to say. That proves his ignorance idiocy without a doubt. Does he even know what goes on here in WR-land or is he just talking out his arse?

I can think of harsher things to say but I'm not splitting my comment off to the Tar Pits to say them.

He's confusing us with KKKonservative UnterGround Uber Alles! Note that he deleted his homophobic 'takes it up the ass' post, and his racist 'porch monkey' post from his old NeoNazi stomping ground.

Too bad about 'wayback machine' and archive.org, eh? I have a lightly used sock that has never edited anything political (he likes sports) all saved up and ready to spring into action next time Crackpipe runs for Admin (screenshots of the CU posts too) LOL !

If he himself re-posts the Andy Stephenson article and guards it as closely as he guarded, for years, the Matt Drudge and Michael 'Savage' Weiner articles, frenetically trying to excise any allegations of his RW hero's homosexual pasts, I could probably be convinced not to activate my 'sleeper sock'.

DO WE HAVE A DEAL, CROCK'oSHIT ? (I know you'll read this) LOL !

This post has been edited by FNORD23: Sat 8th September 2007, 12:25am

[Cedric]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=156318515

No worries. About 90% of this talk is geared toward the neo-nazi homophobic racist audience over at WR. I just love seeing all the cute pet names they can come up with for me. - [[User:Crockspot|Crockspot]] 18:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Crockspot, what would we do without you!

Whaaaaa? He's confusing us with this bunch?:

DIE JIMBO JUGEND

We do the dirty work

So Jimbo doesn't have to

I don't think so!

[Nathan]

He definitely has us confused with something else anyway.

If you're going to criticise WR, at least say something that's true, something that we all won't laugh at you for.

[SqueakBox]

Crockspot's just called Don Murphy an "asshole" in the afd debate to remove Murphy biography. Which Don Murphy as User:ColScott will no doubt be observing.

Do they do this kind of thing at Who's Who or Encyclopedia Britannica?

Possibly on occasion in the staffroom, during editorial meetings, or around the water cooler at the office... the difference is that it's not seen by the public. I know in the places I've worked it's not that uncommon for somebody to wave around a particularly wacky-seeming letter from somebody who's pissed off at the company for some reason and shoot the breeze about "Look what this asshole is ranting about now!" None of the places I've worked at have been encyclopedia publishers, but I have no reason to believe their office atmosphere is notably different in this regard.

The problem Murphy will face if he tries to lift a legal finger is his own insults towards good faith wikipedia editors, and even if he were to delete these pages where he mindlessly insults people they have been saved in places he cant begin to find them. Which makes me think he is bluffing re his legal threats as if he calls someone an arsehole and Crockspot calls him an arsehole both parties are at fault and Murphy can hardly complain. If you're are going to take legal action you remain polite to everyone and express your real feelings to your lawyer.

[Cedric]

The problem Murphy will face if he tries to lift a legal finger is his own insults towards good faith wikipedia editors, and even if he were to delete these pages where he mindlessly insults people they have been saved in places he cant begin to find them. Which makes me think he is bluffing re his legal threats as if he calls someone an arsehole and Crockspot calls him an arsehole both parties are at fault and Murphy can hardly complain. If you're are going to take legal action you remain polite to everyone and express your real feelings to your lawyer.

Well, that's a novel legal theory. What do you call it? The "Plaintiff Was Really Mean to Me" Defense, perhaps? It's well established in common law jurisdictions (like the UK, US states, and Canada) that mere insults and expressions of opinion are not actionable. Judges in such jurisdictions tend to find such arguments really irritating.

Still, silly though it may seem, such an argument might get more traction in other parts of the world. Here's one comparative study. Maybe Jimbo should have the servers moved from St. Pete down to Suriname.

[SqueakBox]

The problem Murphy will face if he tries to lift a legal finger is his own insults towards good faith wikipedia editors, and even if he were to delete these pages where he mindlessly insults people they have been saved in places he cant begin to find them. Which makes me think he is bluffing re his legal threats as if he calls someone an arsehole and Crockspot calls him an arsehole both parties are at fault and Murphy can hardly complain. If you're are going to take legal action you remain polite to everyone and express your real feelings to your lawyer.

Well, that's a novel legal theory. What do you call it? The "Plaintiff Was Really Mean to Me" Defense, perhaps? It's well established in common law jurisdictions (like the UK, US states, and Canada) that mere insults and expressions of opinion are not actionable. Judges in such jurisdictions tend to find such arguments really irritating.

Still, silly though it may seem, such an argument might get more traction in other parts of the world. Here's one comparative study. Maybe Jimbo should have the servers moved from St. Pete down to Suriname.

Well that is a novel opinion. If I insult Murphy and he insults me we are equally liable under the law, he cant claim damages for peoploe insulting him while he is insulting saud people and expect any legal sympathy because while wikipedia has possibly damaged his reputation he has possibly damaged mine. And lets face it, if someone acts like an arsehole the jury arent going to be sympathetic to his claims that peiople are acting like arseholes towards him when he is doing exactly the same. The law is generally impartial and Murphy is not alone in having a reputation to protect and Murphy's only claim to legal protection is that wikipedia is being really mean to him, and in ways that Brandt never was, SqueakBox

The problem Murphy will face if he tries to lift a legal finger is his own insults towards good faith wikipedia editors, and even if he were to delete these pages where he mindlessly insults people they have been saved in places he cant begin to find them. Which makes me think he is bluffing re his legal threats as if he calls someone an arsehole and Crockspot calls him an arsehole both parties are at fault and Murphy can hardly complain. If you're are going to take legal action you remain polite to everyone and express your real feelings to your lawyer.

Well, that's a novel legal theory. What do you call it? The "Plaintiff Was Really Mean to Me" Defense, perhaps? It's well established in common law jurisdictions (like the UK, US states, and Canada) that mere insults and expressions of opinion are not actionable. Judges in such jurisdictions tend to find such arguments really irritating.

Still, silly though it may seem, such an argument might get more traction in other parts of the world. Here's one comparative study. Maybe Jimbo should have the servers moved from St. Pete down to Suriname.

Well that is a novel opinion. If I insult Murphy and he insults me we are equally liable under the law, he cant claim damages for peoploe insulting him while he is insulting saud people and expect any legal sympathy because while wikipedia has possibly damaged his reputation he has possibly damaged mine. And lets face it, if someone acts like an arsehole the jury arent going to be sympathetic to his claims that peiople are acting like arseholes towards him when he is doing exactly the same. The law is generally impartial and Murphy is not alone in having a reputation to protect and Murphy's only claim to legal protection is that wikipedia is being really mean to him, and in ways that Brandt never was, SqueakBox

Let me just clarify, Murphy is being mean towards wikipedia in ways that Brandt never was, makes you sympathetic towards a certain well known director (and I removed Murphy's mention from his article yesterday as I am not unsymapthetic to Murphy's claims re wikipedia just his acting like a complete dick towards me, albeit back in June before even bothering to talk to me or check on how I had edited his article. Tracking me is not a good idea, entendistes, Don? SqueakBox

[Kato]

After Jossi, the poodle's poodle asked Crockspot whether he would consider running for adminship again, that fountain of wisdom, MONGO, stepped out of his elk lodge to offer Crack some homespun advice.

Crock...I seriously would not pursue trying to get adminned based on the evidence that Bmedley has posted recently. It's a pretty bitter pill, but I think if you note it and leave it at that, others will respect the fact that there was a deliberate effort to railroad your bid. I think if you let it go and try again in say November, you'll have a successful admin bid at that time.--MONGO 04:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

So here's a competition for WR members:

You have until November to incubate and nurture sockpuppets to thwart this lunatic's next rfa. The best looking sock will receive a special WR prize as yet to be disclosed. I mean, come on, having made the tactically ridiculous move of smearing WR members "neo-nazi homophobic racists", it's the mildest form of blowback he is likely to get.