Crum vs Giano, general brouhaha Options

"If you persist you vill be blocked!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Giano_II#WP:POINT

Interesting article, that Brown Dog Affair. It describes a conflict in England in the early 20th century over animal vivisection that ended up focusing on a statue of a dog that was protesting the use of animals in experimentation and medical teaching, where enraged mobs on the two sides (of keeping or removing the statue) had violent riots breaking out repeatedly over several years, massive police protection was given to the statue to prevent vandalism, and finally the local council authorized a cabal to sneak in the night and remove and destroy the statue secretly to try to stop all the controversy over it.

Reminds me of some of the Wikipedia follies.

Interesting article, that Brown Dog Affair. It describes a conflict in England in the early 20th century over animal vivisection that ended up focusing on a statue of a dog that was protesting the use of animals in experimentation and medical teaching, where enraged mobs on the two sides (of keeping or removing the statue) had violent riots breaking out repeatedly over several years, massive police protection was given to the statue to prevent vandalism, and finally the local council authorized a cabal to sneak in the night and remove and destroy the statue secretly to try to stop all the controversy over it.

Reminds me of some of the Wikipedia follies.

good thing that a PETA meatpuppet doesn't have administrative control over that article, eh?

isn't there some sort of animal rights organisation that goes around blowing up places?

isn't there some sort of animal rights organisation that goes around blowing up places?

I think SlimV has links to one of those, doesn't she? Not that she's into that approach, but I think the group she is with is extreme.

isn't there some sort of animal rights organisation that goes around blowing up places?

I think SlimV has links to one of those, doesn't she? Not that she's into that approach, but I think the group she is with is extreme.

I think you mean to refer to this group. Guess who has been tidying the article lately.

I think you mean to refer to this group. Guess who has been tidying the article lately.

Interesting. Rockpocket (who editied the ALF article) arrived "to the rescue" of "Private correspondence" to help crush Larry Cohen's edits, last week. I was told he was probably Felonius Monk. But I thought he was a Durova sock.

This post has been edited by Disillusioned Lackey: Mon 10th December 2007, 11:45am

Interesting. Rockpocket (who editied the ALF article) arrived "to the rescue" of "Private correspondence" to help crush Larry Cohen's edits, last week. I was told he was probably Felonius Monk. But I thought he was a Durova sock.

I think Rockpocket is British so not a Durova sock- is Felonius Monk British?

Interesting. Rockpocket (who editied the ALF article) arrived "to the rescue" of "Private correspondence" to help crush Larry Cohen's edits, last week. I was told he was probably Felonius Monk. But I thought he was a Durova sock.

I think Rockpocket is British so not a Durova sock- is Felonius Monk British?

FM British? No clue. I didnt have that impression.

Rockpocket edits a lot about Southern California, which doesn't necessarily mean he/she is American, but it is a point.

Besides that, what would keep someone from adding u to color (and other such "u"-missing words), swapping "whilst" for "while" and using third person singular ("Wikipedia do that") to emulate British writing style?

This post has been edited by Disillusioned Lackey: Mon 10th December 2007, 12:01pm

Rockpocket edits a lot about Southern California, which doesn't necessarily mean he/she is American, but it is a point.
Besides that, what would keep someone from adding u to color (and other such "u"-missing words), swapping "whilst" for "while" and using third person singular ("Wikipedia do that") to emulate British writing style?

I am certain that RP is British. Apart from the California wildfires which was big news in the UK as well I can't see any concentration on Californian subjects. I don't really see that RP has done anything wrong that would make you suspect they must be sockpuppeting?

Having said that RP's first edits in December 2005 don't look like newbie edits but that obviously doesn't prove they are sockpuppeting, just that they switched username.

EDIT: Possible apologies DL this ip claimed by RP does trace to California, specifically the Scripps Research Institute.

This post has been edited by Somey: Wed 12th December 2007, 5:34am