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> Yamla watch, A trail of destruction
Kato
post Mon 10th September 2007, 12:27am
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I know there's already been a few threads detailing a certain Yamla's antics on WP. I didn't pay a lot of attention to them myself, until I experienced the Lee Nysted Experience's er... experience on Wikipedia, where Yamla's wholly unsympathetic and unprofessional manner came to the fore.

Closer inspection reveals our administrator Yamla to be... well... a bit nuts! With a real vengeful streak lurking beneath that unpleasant exterior. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ohmy.gif)

Yamla's raison d'etre seems to be to wade into a dispute, accelerate it out of all proportion, and then ban a few people on his way out. Please join me in tracking the trail of destruction left by this grand master! Here's an average day in the editing life of Yamla.

6 September

Our hero, Yamla, approaches an editor called Mark Lincoln. Lincoln is a fairly benign figure, editing on various aircrufty topics, until he got into a disagreement on the Amelia Earhart talk page. Nothing spectacular here. Until Yamla turns up, decides that this is a personal attack. Then starts a pattern of warnings on Lincoln's page, including one that states:
QUOTE(Yamla)
Calling people "obstreperous" is a personal attack and ''will not be tolerated'' here. Please see [[WP:CIVIL]] and [[WP:NPA]] which you have previously been made aware of. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 21:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Lincoln defends himself civilly before being blocked by an impatient Yamla, who's had enough of this subordinate's back-chat. Then, out of nowhere, Yamla performs his now patented attack move. He adds a "sockpuppet" template to Lincoln's page - seemingly without a scrap of evidence - leading Lincoln to remove it in a fit of pique, and demand that the record of his year at wikipedia be excised.

Lincoln wants out of the project. But now trapped, he makes an oh so familiar plea of help to the cruel outside world.
QUOTE(Lincoln)
I have repeatedly attempted to communicate with Wikipedia with a simple request. Virtually all attempts have been blocked. I am not appealing for arbitration.

And the inevitable...
QUOTE(Lincoln)
If the Wikipedia will not do this then what can I do but try to enforce the actions and stated standards of Wikipedia by taking you to court.

Yamla can now go in for the kill. He blocks Lincoln indefinitely. He also protects the page for good measure, probably smirking sadistically as he does so. Interestingly, Yamla adds this out and out falsehood on his exit from the scene.
QUOTE(Yamla)
Additionally, it is impossible for us to delete an account. Wikipedia software simply does not allow it.

And to cap off this sorry episode, Yamla has the nerve to tell Lincoln that his edits "were made with good faith and would have been valuable to the Wikipedia", as he bundles Lincoln's now limp corpse into the back of his pick-up. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ohmy.gif)
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Kato   Yamla watch   Mon 10th September 2007, 12:27am
Derktar   What I began to see as my time on Wikipedia grew w...   Mon 10th September 2007, 12:35am
Kato   This all makes my brain ache, I have to lie down ...   Mon 10th September 2007, 12:44am
Rochelle   I'm not defending Yamla by saying this, but yo...   Mon 10th September 2007, 1:23am
Unrepentant Vandal   I'm not defending Yamla by saying this, but y...   Mon 10th September 2007, 1:33am
Robster   I'm not defending Yamla by saying this, but y...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:20am
jdrand   I feel sorry for Lincoln. After repeated attempts ...   Mon 10th September 2007, 1:17am
blissyu2   If this was the only thing that Yamla ever did, pe...   Mon 10th September 2007, 1:58am
Joseph100   I know there's already been a few threads alr...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:12am
blissyu2   No no, we are supposed to AGF (Assume Good Faith) ...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:49am
tarantino   Yamla's first recorded contribution on 18:41, ...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:01am
blissyu2   Yamla's first recorded contribution on 18:41,...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:42am
Kato   As a passionate debunker of these kinds of sockpup...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:14am
WhispersOfWisdom   I saw a copy of an e-mail written by Yamla and he/...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:47am
blissyu2   Yeah I mean just because the accounts were started...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:51am
jdrand   Especially when Crum375 is SV. Yamla could be a J...   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:14am
Jonny Cache   Lal Chand Yamla Jat Jonny B)   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:40am
Daniel Brandt   This looks like him/her/it. It states on various t...   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:59am
everyking   Well, this looks like grave abuse to me. What Mark...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:01am
blissyu2   Well, SlimVirgin is a female, and we know her iden...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:11am
tarantino   Sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence. T...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:27am
blissyu2   Perhaps they are friends with each other. A lot...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:42am
Daniel Brandt   yamla == chris (second box from top) User info fo...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:44am
Jonny Cache   As I suspected, it's all about quilting Jonny...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:52am
blissyu2   Okay so there is no doubt that Yamla and SlimVirgi...   Mon 10th September 2007, 6:01am
guy   Okay so there is no doubt that Yamla and SlimVirg...   Mon 10th September 2007, 9:11am
Kato   Perhaps all that Yamla did was to set up SlimVirg...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:28pm
Daniel Brandt   Didn't Maxwell Smart enter the cone of silence...   Mon 10th September 2007, 6:04am
blissyu2   It also helps to answer the question about Jayjg. ...   Mon 10th September 2007, 6:04am
Jonny Cache   I thought SlimVirgin was Saskwatch, er, Saskatoone...   Mon 10th September 2007, 6:06am
blissyu2   Also, the way that Yamla reacted to my unblock req...   Mon 10th September 2007, 6:07am
jdrand   Okay so there is no doubt that Yamla and SlimVirg...   Mon 10th September 2007, 8:53am
Unrepentant Vandal   Over a million people live in the Edenton area. We...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:35pm
blissyu2   Similarities: 1) Both signed up to Wikipedia with...   Mon 10th September 2007, 2:48pm
Unrepentant Vandal   Similarities: 1) Both signed up to Wikipedia wit...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:36pm
Daniel Brandt   2) Both live in the same town They are not in the...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:42pm
LamontStormstar   Similarities: 1) Both signed up to Wikipedia wit...   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:24pm
Daniel Brandt   Well the signed up within 2 hours ago combined wi...   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:39pm
Chris Croy   Well the signed up within 2 hours ago combined w...   Wed 12th September 2007, 10:42am
Piperdown   [quote name='Daniel Brandt' post='49223' date='Mo...   Wed 12th September 2007, 12:47pm
WhispersOfWisdom   [quote name='Chris Croy' post='49544' date='Wed 1...   Wed 12th September 2007, 1:28pm
Piperdown   Can you find Chris in the picture? :D http://w...   Wed 12th September 2007, 1:33pm
WhispersOfWisdom   [quote name='WhispersOfWisdom' post='49560' date=...   Wed 12th September 2007, 1:42pm
Jonny Cache   Can you find Chris in the picture? :D [url=htt...   Wed 12th September 2007, 2:00pm
Unrepentant Vandal   Well the signed up within 2 hours ago combined wi...   Mon 10th September 2007, 5:34pm
guy   but you really have not overturned the null hypot...   Mon 10th September 2007, 7:51pm
Cedric   Does not all of this beg the question: What the h...   Mon 10th September 2007, 3:06pm
WhispersOfWisdom   :D I am closing my booth door and laughing so har...   Mon 10th September 2007, 4:07pm
Yehudi   So, let's get this straight, Mr. Unrepentant V...   Mon 10th September 2007, 10:52pm
blissyu2   Okay well can we get back to focusing on what Yaml...   Tue 11th September 2007, 12:16am
Nathan   Off-topic: Alberta would be a pretty big small tow...   Tue 11th September 2007, 12:18am
blissyu2   Well I've had people ask me if I know someone ...   Tue 11th September 2007, 12:22am
Unrepentant Vandal   Well I've had people ask me if I know someone...   Tue 11th September 2007, 11:26am
blissyu2   Population wise Australia is comparable with Canad...   Tue 11th September 2007, 11:43am
Unrepentant Vandal   Population wise Australia is comparable with Cana...   Tue 11th September 2007, 11:46am


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