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Selina
post Wed 7th June 2006, 4:16pm
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SlimVirgin?limit=100 (note she didn't go for more than 2 days without editing...)

I saved your userpage for you at http://wikipediareview.com/slimvirgin SV, you can restore it now this whole temper tantrum is over and you got what you wanted...

http://dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=slimvirgin.com
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Daniel Brandt
post Thu 8th June 2006, 1:50am
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Is Sarah McEwan also known as Linda Mack? Go to this page and scroll down to Linda Mack on page XX. Hover over the email icon. It's the same email address as on the domain registration. I just got this tip today.

I know a little bit about Linda Mack. She was using NameBase on floppy disks back in 1989-90 (in 1989 it was called SpyBase). There is an outstanding invoice for pages I sent to her at ABC News in London for $11.90, dated 1990-01-22.

She lost a close friend on Pan Am 103, an American student from Brookline, Massachusetts, who had been at King's College. At that time she was pursuing a philosophy Ph.D. at King's College, Cambridge, but dropped out. She was 27 years old (which makes her about 45 now).

Linda Mack became deeply involved in the Lockerbie investigation, as a freelancer stringing for Pierre Salinger and ABC. She called me in Arlington, Virginia on 1989-08-11 to tell me that she had been pursuing a rumor about someone who knew all those spooks were on the flight, and who told the Iranians. At one point she contacted a CIA spokesperson. Not only did the CIA deny it, but she said they dispatched John Scali to call her and tell her to back off. (Scali was very high at ABC and was a special consultant on foreign affairs, and then ambassador to the U.N., under Richard Nixon. He has been spook-connected his entire career. He died on 1995-10-09.)

Holy crap, I'd probably start using another name too at that point.
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post Thu 8th June 2006, 6:35am
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QUOTE(Daniel Brandt @ Thu 8th June 2006, 1:50am) *

Is Sarah McEwan also known as Linda Mack? Go to this page and scroll down to Linda Mack on page XX. Hover over the email icon. It's the same email address as on the domain registration. I just got this tip today.


I don't have as many pet theories about SlimVirgin as some other posters do, but I do have one, and that is that this article provides important clues to SV's identity, and perhaps her actual agenda at Wikipedia.
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post Thu 8th June 2006, 6:55am
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QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Thu 8th June 2006, 4:05pm) *
I don't have as many pet theories about SlimVirgin as some other posters do, but I do have one, and that is that this article provides important clues to SV's identity, and perhaps her actual agenda at Wikipedia.

She is a member of the Cambridge Apostles? An undergraduate group of the 12 cleverest students who debates topics, and has been involved in spying?

Whilst it does add up, the issue is that of nationality. Slim Virgin is not British. She speaks from an American POV. Whilst she might be Canadian, she couldn't be British. Unless of course she just went there to go to University, which is a possibility.

She also has edited it quite a bit and it'd be interesting to look at her edits to see where this fits in.

Better do it before they censor it to the level that they censored Pan Am Flight 103.
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post Thu 8th June 2006, 7:05am
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QUOTE(blissyu2 @ Thu 8th June 2006, 6:55am) *
She is a member of the Cambridge Apostles? An undergraduate group of the 12 cleverest students who debates topics, and has been involved in spying?


I didn't say that, I have no evidence to that effect. But she is clearly fascinated by it, and the article notes that very few women have been members. I hope that Daniel can factor this in, and pull more rabbits out of his hat.
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QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Thu 8th June 2006, 4:35pm) *
I didn't say that, I have no evidence to that effect. But she is clearly fascinated by it, and the article notes that very few women have been members. I hope that Daniel can factor this in, and pull more rabbits out of his hat.


An analysis of edits might help. We found out a bit about the Pan Am Flight 103 by analysing edits. It was enough for Jayjg to decide to permawipe some stuff from history, saying it was "stalking", which is a good hint that we were on the right track. However, the edits he wiped were some that we didn't analyse...
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Selina   SlimVirgin editing, publicity stunt ended   Wed 7th June 2006, 4:16pm
sgrayban   LOL   Wed 7th June 2006, 11:55pm
Donny   http://dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=slimvirgin....   Thu 8th June 2006, 12:14am
sgrayban   This post is by ME, Scott Grayban, and wikipedia r...   Thu 8th June 2006, 12:51am
Surfer   Holy crap, I'd probably start using another na...   Thu 8th June 2006, 3:17am
jorge   This was a facinating post, Daniel. It does tie ...   Thu 8th June 2006, 12:04pm
Surfer   [quote name='Surfer' post='10850' date='Thu 8th J...   Thu 8th June 2006, 12:44pm
jorge   #103: http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=...   Thu 8th June 2006, 12:55pm
Surfer   [quote name='Surfer' post='10948' date='Thu 8th J...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:11pm
jorge   :huh: I hope you donĀ“t include me among those w...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:21pm
Herschelkrustofsky   hmm Cambridge Conversazione Society is like the S...   Thu 8th June 2006, 2:18pm
sgrayban   Linda Mack became deeply involved in the Lockerbie...   Thu 8th June 2006, 3:48am
Surfer   Avillia, if you are still out there: I need some m...   Thu 8th June 2006, 4:46am
blissyu2   I think that Daniel Brandt got a hit. Sarah McEwa...   Thu 8th June 2006, 6:19am
Donny   But now what do we do with that information? We n...   Thu 8th June 2006, 6:31am
sgrayban   Uhh think here...... What are the odds of 2 peopl...   Thu 8th June 2006, 6:28am
sgrayban   hmm Cambridge Conversazione Society is like the Sk...   Thu 8th June 2006, 6:55am
sgrayban   Maybe so.... but she is just a very mean person to...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:06pm
sgrayban   Turning the blame to the US is POV.... There is no...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:40pm
jorge   Turning the blame to the US is POV.... There is n...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:55pm
sgrayban   [quote name='sgrayban' post='10956' date='Thu 8th...   Thu 8th June 2006, 2:02pm
jorge   [quote name='sgrayban' post='10956' date='Thu 8t...   Thu 8th June 2006, 2:18pm
sgrayban   [quote name='sgrayban' post='10959' date='Thu 8th...   Thu 8th June 2006, 4:06pm
jorge   You're not sure? Hmmm I thought the [b]bold ...   Thu 8th June 2006, 4:34pm
guy   Er I think "America's second deadliest a...   Thu 8th June 2006, 7:00pm
jorge   [quote name='jorge' post='10976' date='Thu 8th Ju...   Thu 8th June 2006, 7:13pm
Surfer   [...] And its EXTREMELY POV when she allows her f...   Thu 8th June 2006, 1:56pm
sgrayban   Every country has its black history, the American...   Thu 8th June 2006, 2:33pm
Poetlister   SlimVirgin is an immensely experienced Wikipedia e...   Thu 8th June 2006, 9:12pm
sgrayban   She POV edits.... and when a editor comes along an...   Fri 9th June 2006, 10:07am
jorge   @jorge.... It's a direct quote from the talk...   Fri 9th June 2006, 2:11pm
sgrayban   I go by what I see and read... If she is such a we...   Fri 9th June 2006, 2:21pm
Slattern   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SlimV...   Sun 11th June 2006, 1:46pm


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