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| Kato |
 Wed 10th December 2008, 10:05pm
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In a blog post, disgraced WMF UK spokesman David Gerard - previously best known as the guy who blocked a whole region of Utah, and censored various IPs round the world, as well as censoring "encyclopedia text", all because he didn't like the views of one person who turned out to be correct anyway - and the guy currently accused of entirely deleting ("oversighting" or "censoring" if you will) edits on the subject of zoophilia to protect a fellow high-powered Wikipedian who made them, for political reasons - boasts that after his appearances in the media to oppose the recent IWF censorship:
QUOTE(David Gerard) A small amount of gleeful dancing on the skulls of the IWF today. This is aimed at a group who work with the Police and Child Protection agencies to alert ISPs about potentially illegal exploitative images of children. He goes on to write: QUOTE(David Gerard) I predict a flood of helpful citizenry going to the IWF reporting page and entering any image on any top 10 website that might be “potentially illegal.” Much as the head of the IWF is “potentially a fabulous drag queen.” Can Wikipedia get more hypocritical, arrogant and obnoxious? EDIT: More on David Gerard here. |
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| LessHorrid vanU |
Thu 1st January 2009, 8:43pm
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Can anyone tell me what the last sentence of DG's rant means; "They can’t work computers, but anything you can’t explain in a difficult-to-corrupt soundbite you can’t explain." I take it his finger/mind/girdle slipped somewhere, but I don't have a clue what it is he was attempting to convey.
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| Eva Destruction |
Thu 1st January 2009, 8:56pm
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QUOTE(LessHorrid vanU @ Thu 1st January 2009, 8:43pm)  Can anyone tell me what the last sentence of DG's rant means; "They can’t work computers, but anything you can’t explain in a difficult-to-corrupt soundbite you can’t explain." I take it his finger/mind/girdle slipped somewhere, but I don't have a clue what it is he was attempting to convey. I understand it (although I don't agree with it) – Wikipedese -> English translation: QUOTE Because they lack basic technical skills, they fail to understand systems of such complexity that an explanation of their function could potentially be misunderstood, and consequently assume nobody else understands them sufficiently to explain them, either. This post has been edited by Eva Destruction: Thu 1st January 2009, 8:56pm |
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Kato David Gerard "dances on the skulls" of the IWF Wed 10th December 2008, 10:05pm
GlassBeadGame
In a blog post, disgraced WMF UK spokesman David ... Wed 10th December 2008, 10:08pm Alex Well let's face it, the whole thing was a big ... Wed 10th December 2008, 10:22pm
Kato
Well let's face it, the whole thing was a big... Wed 10th December 2008, 10:37pm Lifebaka I'm not sure you can equate Gerard to all of W... Wed 10th December 2008, 10:53pm Kato
I'm not sure you can equate Gerard to all of ... Wed 10th December 2008, 11:13pm Lifebaka
[quote name='Lifebaka' post='146447' date='Wed 10... Wed 10th December 2008, 11:26pm Silly Fake Name
And the ISPs not forwarding the actual IP addres... Wed 10th December 2008, 11:38pm Lifebaka
And the ISPs not forwarding the actual IP addre... Wed 10th December 2008, 11:46pm Cedric Hopefully, Gerard in his capacity as "spokesm... Wed 10th December 2008, 10:57pm dogbiscuit
Hopefully, Gerard in his capacity as "spokes... Wed 10th December 2008, 11:15pm Dzonatas
Hopefully someone will think to contrast the ... Fri 12th December 2008, 4:56pm Piperdown David Gerard is now notable by Wikipedia's sta... Thu 11th December 2008, 12:45am Kato Sticky Parkin asks about creating a Biography on D... Fri 12th December 2008, 4:17am EricBarbour
Heh. In that case, Mr. Gerard can personally remo... Fri 12th December 2008, 5:29am Alison
A small amount of gleeful dancing on the skulls o... Fri 12th December 2008, 5:59am Kato [quote name='Alison' post='146665' date='Fri 12th ... Fri 12th December 2008, 6:15am Somey In his blog post, the Australian resident of the U... Fri 12th December 2008, 6:55am dtobias Forces of censorship and oppression always claim t... Fri 12th December 2008, 1:29pm dogbiscuit
Forces of censorship and oppression always claim ... Fri 12th December 2008, 3:05pm JoseClutch
However, it would be foolish to assume that any s... Fri 12th December 2008, 5:37pm Milton Roe
However, it would be foolish to assume that any ... Fri 12th December 2008, 8:05pm JoseClutch
[quote name='JoseClutch' post='146745' date='Fri ... Fri 12th December 2008, 9:42pm Somey Forces of censorship and oppression always claim t... Fri 12th December 2008, 5:31pm Dzonatas ... there's no question that there's a lot... Fri 12th December 2008, 6:12pm dtobias
You can try to claim sensationalism. I wonder if ... Fri 12th December 2008, 7:51pm Random832
Weren't you going to write something up on ... Fri 12th December 2008, 7:55pm Dzonatas
Weren't you going to write something up on... Fri 12th December 2008, 8:46pm dtobias (Though, if I were putting myself forward as a spo... Fri 12th December 2008, 1:48pm Kato Silvered tongued David Gerard, Wikimedia Foundatio... Thu 1st January 2009, 2:58pm GlassBeadGame Way to pay the tech press back for their yeoman... Thu 1st January 2009, 4:08pm CrazyGameOfPoker
Way to pay the tech press back for their yeoman... Thu 1st January 2009, 4:27pm tarantino
[quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='149624' date='T... Thu 1st January 2009, 7:21pm Somey To some extent, people like Dave can get away with... Thu 1st January 2009, 8:20pm EricBarbour
And evidently, at least in Davegerardland, Wikipe... Thu 1st January 2009, 9:08pm tarantino
To some extent, people like Dave can get away wit... Fri 2nd January 2009, 1:58am Pumpkin Muffins
To some extent, people like Dave can get away wit... Fri 2nd January 2009, 8:09pm Somey Glad to be of service
Hmmm... :hmmm: Thanks, but ... Thu 1st January 2009, 9:18pm EricBarbour
In essence, this is just another way of saying th... Thu 1st January 2009, 9:36pm |
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