FT2 fails to get the joke, Defender of the wiki on the loose Options

[Peter Damian]

The eccentric Defender of the Wiki leaves a message on FT2's talk page.

FT2 thinking it is a compliment leaves a long-winded and boring reply. Below - I think he has now oversighted it or something as it doesn't appear on the talk history. [My bold - FT clearly needs irony spectacles].

Thank you for making the difficult decisions
First, thank you for welcoming me to your userpage. You have very good manners.I feel as if I have found my home away from home. I digress...
Our mailing lists are abuzz with praise for your challenging yet necessary actions in blocking Giano. His persistant misogyny, which Thatcher pointed out, is of great concern to us. This behavior must not be tolerated. He has run amuck for far too long on our Project, as his block log indicates. I blogged about this debacle here. I nearly quit blogging for good, but your actions inspired me to keep up the good fight. Thank you for defending the Wiki. Godspeed. The Defender of the Wiki (talk) 18:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


As much as I'd like to accept something like this, I can't. It wasn't done "for" anyone, or for any group, or anything like that. It was done because it needed doing. I wrote WP:DBF back in 2005 and it's still a good recap of things. Giano is a user, not a "challenge" or anything, and blocking is never a game or anything to be done lightly. I wasn't aware of the "female" issue you and Thatcher picked up on, and I could care less on the politicking. An editor was under a remedy to be civil, and wasn't civil, chances got given, normal judgement and action follows, pretty much. That's really all. I don't agree with the strong words and portrayal in your blog (though I respect your right to hold them), I don't feel Giano deserves all the bad names it states, and I'm not inclined to support some call to arms as you seem to wish. The blog is more aggressive and overstated/overhyped than it needs to be. The only aspect that needed thinking about was deciding if the line had been crossed where some formal action was appropriate (as opposed to deferring action) and if his uncivil conduct was harmful to the project, and that was not at all difficult.
The best defense of the wiki (and this applies to Giano as well) is to not provoke division and to step by step cut down on pointless unproductive bad conduct by editors to editors, so that we can all focus on content writing, and genuine content-related matters worthy of attention, more.
My main wish is just that Giano will remember to be civil to others in a way that his gifts and desire to help does not come in parallel with a wish to verbally hurt the efforts and motivation of others too. And -- welcome. FT2 (Talk | email) 19:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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This post has been edited by Peter Damian: Thu 27th March 2008, 8:04pm

[Peter Damian]

And here is Wiki defender's unblock request.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=201754932

Completely off the wall but very good fun for all that.

It is Friday evening and I have just made a cocktail. I logged in to work on a pet article of mine (GA status is not far off) and have found that I have been blocked erroneously. The block log states:

(account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite ‎ (Trolling. I think there is an encyclopedia somewhere around here, you know.)

This is undoubtedly a case of friendly fire, since:

I am the antithesis of a troll.

I am well aware there is an encyclopedia, I spend hours upon hours trying to figure out ways to defend it, hence my clever username. I have a blog where I deliver crushing counterblows to the tactics of the trolls. I've been told that I am changing lives with my punishing yet perceptive prose. Take that for what you will.

Undeniably, a mistake was made. Dmcdevit and I are kindred spirits; Two friends nationally recognized for their unique and original counter-trolling abilities. I understand what it is like to battle bellicose belligerents and accidentally mis-fire towards an ally; however, I anxiously anticipate the hour that this mistaken block is lifted. It is highly probable that this block was meant for a certain malignant malcontent I recently blogged about and I am collateral damage from an attempt to expel the encyclopedia of his irrelevant ruckus causing actions.

Nevertheless, I have considered the remote possibility that this block was not made in error; in the interests of WP:AGF, I will not opine on this harrowing possibility any further. That said, I will state, in no uncertain terms, I am a very important person. People like me. When I talk, people listen. When I move, things get done. I'm tough as dirt, I'm mean as blood. Where I step the weeds die. I urinate gasoline and defecate vegetables. I will appeal this block to the highest levels of the Wikimedia Foundation, if necessary, and when this juggernaut is set into motion, it will be irreversible.

Be that as it may, I note that the unstable trolls and monstrous miscreants are discussing the unblock of a paid homicidal sadist. Before I make my appeal for sense and reason to the WMF, who will absolutely overturn this block, I suggest that we follow the chain of command and put the block up for review on WP:AN or (my personal favorite) WP:AN/I. This block is clearly a provocative and pernicious incident; if there was ever a block worthy of review by my informed and judicial associates at AN/I, this is it. I suggest that the title heading be named "Woeful and potentially wicked block of The Wiki Defender".

I am here for some very crucial reasons, because some admirable and heavenly seraphs have asked for my assistance in some horrific cases. I am primed to do this. I am not convinced that abandoning this account without fight is useful. We have other accounts at our disposal, but, in the interest of transparency, I would prefer to use this one, as I plan to make miraculous mainspace edits and impressive infoboxes.

I will not stop at adding remarkable content and alluring infoboxes, though. I also plan to add categories with the skill and precision of a surgeon, fix typos expeditiously and at a hypersonic pace, and perform new pages patrol with the zeal of uniformed SWAT team member in the LA riots. If that isn't enough, I guarantee that you have never seen anyone disambiguate a wiki link the way I do. There is a good chance that you will pass out in your computer chair due to awe and amazement as you watch me work; do not postpone this precious opportunity.


For your consideration.

--The Defender of the Wiki (talk) 05:26, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

…still slaughtering corrupt sockpuppets and butchering tainted trolls (metaphorically speaking)

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[dogbiscuit]

And here is Wiki defender's unblock request.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=201754932

Completely off the wall but very good fun for all that.

--The Defender of the Wiki (talk) 05:26, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

…still slaughtering corrupt sockpuppets and butchering tainted trolls (metaphorically speaking)

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Well, remember that JzG bans people for even suggesting that some of the fun stuff should be deleted (and many admins thought that was a good block), so by the same argument it should be curtains for the admin who dared to block our Defender of the Wiki.