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> Jack Sarfatti
blissyu2
post Wed 12th April 2006, 10:07am
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I thought to invite Jack Sarfatti to post here, and I've been trying to contact him. One problem though is that he has a lot of invalid e-mail addresses around the web. Most likely he gets a lot of harassment, especially since the Wikipedia smear campaign, which they call the "biography" about him, started. But I'd like to hear his side of the story. At least to say what his biography should say, and what Wikipedia got wrong. And also to see what precisely happened in his case, as opposed to just what Wikipedia says happened.

Whether he has in-depth criticism of Wikipedia, I don't know. He doesn't seem to have written any anywhere. But since he's permabanned now, I can't see why it would hurt to ask him if he does.

He is 66 years of age, and I think would probably know quite a bit about the inner workings of Wikipedia. He would especially be interested in Daniel Brandt's case, and vice versa, since they were basically identical. Sarfatti, however, unlike Brandt, is very definitely famous.

So can anyone try to contact him? Just to let him know that this exists. And also to notify him of Daniel Brandt's case. Thanks. I've tried 4 e-mail addresses so far, and no luck.
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post Tue 26th April 2011, 7:16pm
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The current article is pretty much a whitewash, with only the slightest hint of all his crackpottery. It no longer even mentions that he claims to have gotten a phone call from either aliens or time travelers when he was a teenager.
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post Tue 26th April 2011, 8:20pm
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QUOTE(dtobias @ Tue 26th April 2011, 3:16pm) *

The current article is pretty much a whitewash, with only the slightest hint of all his crackpottery. It no longer even mentions that he claims to have gotten a phone call from either aliens or time travelers when he was a teenager.


Is that important for an encyclopedia, especially one that anyone can edit?

I suppose it is important for "the sum of human knowledge", but so also would be which of his grade school teachers most influenced him, and perhaps even his blood type.
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post Tue 3rd May 2011, 8:22am
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 26th April 2011, 1:20pm) *

QUOTE(dtobias @ Tue 26th April 2011, 3:16pm) *

The current article is pretty much a whitewash, with only the slightest hint of all his crackpottery. It no longer even mentions that he claims to have gotten a phone call from either aliens or time travelers when he was a teenager.


Is that important for an encyclopedia, especially one that anyone can edit?

I suppose it is important for "the sum of human knowledge", but so also would be which of his grade school teachers most influenced him, and perhaps even his blood type.


I warn you re libel laws.
The above is libel.
I never claimed I was contacted by aliens.
I reported strange incidents with witnesses in which the entity on the phone said it was an alien et.
I never said I believed it.
This distinction is obviously too subtle for your IQ.
Slim Virgin is allegedly an alias for a team of CIA mi6 analysts.
Everything in her version is true and i approve it. angry.gif
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post Tue 3rd May 2011, 4:18pm
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QUOTE(JackSarfatti @ Tue 3rd May 2011, 8:22am) *

Slim Virgin is allegedly an alias for a team of CIA mi6 analysts.
Alleged by whom? The only allegation I'm aware of is that she was used by MI5 to disrupt Pierre Salinger's investigation of Lockerbie.
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blissyu2   Jack Sarfatti   Wed 12th April 2006, 10:07am
Donny   Who next? Archimedes Plutonium? Is Sarfatti such a...   Wed 12th April 2006, 10:57am
blissyu2   Sarfatti was indefinitely banned from Wikipedia be...   Wed 12th April 2006, 11:21am
Donny   Sarfatti was indefinitely banned from Wikipedia b...   Wed 12th April 2006, 12:20pm
blissyu2   Well, he was still banned for editing his own arti...   Wed 12th April 2006, 1:54pm
Donny   Well, he was still banned for editing his own art...   Wed 12th April 2006, 4:00pm
blissyu2   I have no idea who Archimedes Plutonium is, but he...   Wed 12th April 2006, 4:31pm
kotepho   I think Archimedes Plutonium was notable enough. ...   Wed 12th April 2006, 6:16pm
blissyu2   Yes, this IP seems to be him: http://en.wikipedia...   Wed 12th April 2006, 6:38pm
kotepho   There are many more edits that fall in the same IP...   Wed 12th April 2006, 6:45pm
blissyu2   There are many more edits that fall in the same I...   Wed 12th April 2006, 8:12pm
kotepho   Not really, from my brief glance. It seems like h...   Wed 12th April 2006, 8:32pm
Donny   Not really, from my brief glance. It seems like ...   Thu 13th April 2006, 2:45am
blissyu2   Not really, from my brief glance. It seems like ...   Thu 13th April 2006, 4:31am
Somey   Apparently there's a slight bug in the forum s...   Thu 13th December 2007, 6:35pm
JackSarfatti   My email is sarfatti@pacbell.net I have 3 degrees ...   Thu 13th December 2007, 11:21pm
Moulton   Wittgenstein's advice. :P That which cannot be...   Thu 13th December 2007, 11:41pm
guy   Welcome Jack Sarfatti. We are honoured to have ...   Fri 14th December 2007, 12:11am
JackSarfatti   I am now on FACEBOOK also on http://www.youtube.co...   Sat 12th September 2009, 7:19pm
thekohser   Wow, that Calton Bolick sure does know how to make...   Tue 26th April 2011, 2:37am
Silver seren   Do you think the article isn't improved now th...   Tue 26th April 2011, 3:10am
Zoloft   Do you think the article isn't improved now t...   Tue 26th April 2011, 5:43am
EricBarbour   Do you think the article isn't improved now t...   Tue 26th April 2011, 7:54am
thekohser   [quote name='thekohser' post='273671' date='Tue 2...   Tue 3rd May 2011, 12:41pm
It's the blimp, Frank   I see that SlimVirgin is complaining about Stanist...   Fri 29th April 2011, 3:47am
Zoloft   I see that SlimVirgin is complaining about Stanis...   Fri 29th April 2011, 4:13am


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