Today is the final day for nominations, for the 2009 WP:DICK of Distinction awards pageant Options Rating

[Kato]

2007 was the year of JzG - but this year he has been largely uncontroversial on WP. Likewise, Jayjg has been a shadow of his former self. I don't see that either of these two deserve to be on the list for 2008.

It's hard to think who has been the biggest "dick" this year. DocGlasgow ticks boxes on just about every category from Dick to Straight Shooter. The usual progressive BLP work was punctuated by a couple of howlers - memorably that manoeuvre to dampen the angry anti-Mantanmoreland movement, which merely wasted a few weeks of time by letting Mantan off the hook a little longer. (This isn't a nom for Doc by the way)

My personal fave Dick of Distinction for 2007, George William Herbert, also faded this year. No longer were we treated to some of most preposterous comments you'll ever read.


Anti-defamation campaigner of the year

1. Sarcasticidealist
2. DocGlasgow
3. Privatemusings
4. Rootology (for getting that flagged revisions ball rolling)

Comedy Moments of the Year

(Off the top of my head)

1. JoshuaZ's hilarious denials of sockpuppetry - ghost vectors and all...
2. Greg Kohs running for election to the WMF board
3. Jossi's Conflict of Interest irony spiral - and the lame arguments of those who defended it
4. Rachel Marsden's relentless goading of Jimbo on Valleywag
5. That brutally audacious IP nomination for deletion of Alison Wheeler's BLP - it just made me laugh that's all.

Zero to Hero
Kelly Martin - uber controversial former Wikipedia Arbitrator turns astute and essential Wikipedia Reviewer.

Hero to Zero
David Shankbone - hapless and gregarious provider of free photographs turns hideous narcissistic revenge machine and poster-boy for the worst excesses of Web 2.0,

[Sarcasticidealist]

My personal fave Dick of Distinction for 2007, George William Herbert, also faded this year. No longer were we treated to some of most preposterous comments you'll ever read.

He's also demonstrated real humility on a few occasions, including the aftermath of Mantanmoreland. I give him substantial points for that.

[Herschelkrustofsky]

Anti-defamation campaigner of the year

1. Sarcasticidealist
2. DocGlasgow
3. Privatemusings
4. Rootology (for getting that flagged revisions ball rolling)

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We've got Privatemusings as a Cojones nominee. Doc is an admin-- did you want to put him up for Straight Shooter? And I'm not sure whether Sarcastic or Root are admins. Did you wish to nominate them for one of the categories?

[Sarcasticidealist]

And I'm not sure whether Sarcastic or Root are admins.

I am, Root isn't.

And while I am sincerely flattered to be nominated (for a category that doesn't exist, granted, but still) I don't think my name belongs there. While I'm very proud of my views on BLPs, I don't do a lot of campaigning on the subject, since I've concluded that changing policy on Wikipedia is not actually possible. I'm pretty much a gadfly on this issue.

[Herschelkrustofsky]

I'm going to assume that if they are fighting the use of WP for defamation, they ought to be Straight Shooter or Cojones nominees. The nominees thus far are as follows:

WP:DICK of Distinction

David Gerard
FT2
Jayjg
Jimbo Wales
JzG
Raul654
Will Beback

Miss Incongeniality

Scarian
KillerChihuahua
JzG

The Tag-Team Event

Will Beback and John Nevard

The Straight Shooter

This event is open to admins only, and the award goes to the admin who most honestly and diligently attempts to exercise his or her authority in accordance with WP:NOT. Since we now have a bumper crop of admins who have joined the Review, I would like to invite them to self-nominate and engage in shameless electioneering -- knowing that they will be held to whatever promises they may make. Nominees:

Thatcher131
Jehochman
Cool Hand Luke
Newyorkbrad
SirFozzie
SarcasticIdealist
DocGlasgow

Cojones de latón

This award goes to non-admins who boldly confront the cabal. Nominees:

Giano
Cla68
The Fat Man Who Never Came Back
George the Dragon
Alanyst
Dragon695
Peter Damian
Privatemusings
Rootology


Please post your nominees for the various categories in this thread. I'll keep a running tally of the nominees, and in about a month, members of the Academy will be invited to cast their votes.

[The Wales Hunter]

A quick nomination (I'll do the rest when I wake up):

Cojones de latón

SlimVirgin. Not an admin and has confronted the CABAL while not an admin.

[victim of censorship]

We are now accepting nominations for the 3rd Annual Wikipedia Review WP:DICK of Distinction awards pageant. Newcomers can acquaint themselves with the history of this star-studded gala event by following this link.
The categories are as follows:

WP:DICK of Distinction

This award goes to the admin who most consistently and corruptly abuses the tools. I'll get the ball rolling by proposing these favorites from previous years, all of whom have made their mark over the past year:

JzG
Jayjg
Will Beback

Miss Incongeniality

As if any explanation were needed, this is for the admin that most consistently and aggressively flouts WP:CIVIL.

The Tag-Team Event

This category, which is open to non-admins, is one of many attributes that the WMF has borrowed from its sister organization, the WWF.

The Straight Shooter

This event is open to admins only, and the award goes to the admin who most honestly and diligently attempts to exercise his or her authority in accordance with WP:NOT. Since we now have a bumper crop of admins who have joined the Review, I would like to invite them to self-nominate and engage in shameless electioneering -- knowing that they will be held to whatever promises they may make. Nominees:

Thatcher131
Jehochman
Cool Hand Luke
Newyorkbrad

Cojones de latón

This award goes to non-admins who boldly confront the cabal. Nominees:

Giano
Cla68
The Fat Man Who Never Came Back
George the Dragon
Alanyst


Please post your nominees for the various categories in this thread. I'll keep a running tally of the nominees, and in about a month, members of the Academy will be invited to cast their votes.

Please ad the Grand Gramiliel to your list under WP:DICK of Distinction

[Alison]

all the honourable stuff he's done behind the scenes over the last year (that you guys don't know about ). He's as straight as they get.

Somehow, "does stuff" + "no one knows about it" does not equal "straight", I reckon.

Yeah, I know I can't really say much more than that, obviously, so it's only my word an' all ...

However, Thatcher policed Checkuser, and policed it well when he was on the inside. That shows up in his Quis custodiet ipsos custodes essay. What he didnt' say was that he personally called a few people out on their c/u shenanigans.

[One]

all the honourable stuff he's done behind the scenes over the last year (that you guys don't know about ). He's as straight as they get.

Somehow, "does stuff" + "no one knows about it" does not equal "straight", I reckon.

Yeah, I know I can't really say much more than that, obviously, so it's only my word an' all ...

However, Thatcher policed Checkuser, and policed it well when he was on the inside. That shows up in his Quis custodiet ipsos custodes essay. What he didnt' say was that he personally called a few people out on their c/u shenanigans.

Yep. He's a reformer on the inside. He's careful, and a straight shooter to his core. I've felt this way for ages.

Incidentally, there's been a lot of credit thrown around for Mantanmoreland. I think that Thatcher deserves more than a little praise for the case. He did something subtle, but essential. He filled that CU request, even though WordBomb filed it. He filled carefully, relaying the details needed to start SirFozzie's investigation. He had only been a CU for three weeks at the time, and it would have been very easy to just issue "inconclusive" and move on. He also caught Bassettcat--I think there would still be a cloud hanging over the case if he didn't cleanly vindicate the conclusions by catching him again.

[Peter Damian]

Dick of distinction

David Gerard

Gerard had yet another obnoxious year. With the ill fumes becoming ever more potent as the months proceeded. Not content with being the shadowy Svengali who oversighted FT2 into power, Gerard was instrumental in the collapse of Wikimedia UK. Gerard's charm offensives on many fronts were merely erm.. offensive.

I was about to nominate Gerard but others got there first. I had no experience of this guy until the current RfC. I was flabbergasted, words fail me &c.

[Kato]

all the honourable stuff he's done behind the scenes over the last year (that you guys don't know about ). He's as straight as they get.

Somehow, "does stuff" + "no one knows about it" does not equal "straight", I reckon.

Yeah, I know I can't really say much more than that, obviously, so it's only my word an' all ...

However, Thatcher policed Checkuser, and policed it well when he was on the inside. That shows up in his Quis custodiet ipsos custodes essay. What he didnt' say was that he personally called a few people out on their c/u shenanigans.

Yep. He's a reformer on the inside. He's careful, and a straight shooter to his core. I've felt this way for ages.

Incidentally, there's been a lot of credit thrown around for Mantanmoreland. I think that Thatcher deserves more than a little praise for the case. He did something subtle, but essential. He filled that CU request, even though WordBomb filed it. He filled carefully, relaying the details needed to start SirFozzie's investigation. He had only been a CU for three weeks at the time, and it would have been very easy to just issue "inconclusive" and move on. He also caught Bassettcat--I think there would still be a cloud hanging over the case if he didn't cleanly vindicate the conclusions by catching him again.

That said, Thatcher got himself in a muddle over Mantanmoreland before that - and wasn't particularly helpful previously by all accounts.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showt...896&hl=Thatcher

The most reasonable thing I saw Thatcher do was bring up the Lyndon LaRouche case a long while back - making an issue of the Conflicts of Interest held by Berlet and Dennis King, and highlighting some of the entrenched problems that blight those articles to Arbcom. It was refreshing to see someone ostensibly neutral and uninvolved get that aired on Wiki.

[UseOnceAndDestroy]

[Mod note: For readability, moved various posts of an irish flavour to the lounge: http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=22387]

[Kato]

A quick nomination (I'll do the rest when I wake up):

Cojones de latón

SlimVirgin. Not an admin and has confronted the CABAL while not an admin.

In that case, where's Wikipedia Review? Stick 'im on the list!

Last year, I nominated Greg and JzG for the tag team slot, for their combined work on the Arch Coal article!

Anti-defamation campaigner of the year

1. Sarcasticidealist
2. DocGlasgow
3. Privatemusings
4. Rootology (for getting that flagged revisions ball rolling)

[

We've got Privatemusings as a Cojones nominee. Doc is an admin-- did you want to put him up for Straight Shooter? And I'm not sure whether Sarcastic or Root are admins. Did you wish to nominate them for one of the categories?

I'm not nominating these guys for your categories Hersch - I was just making general points about the year.

I nominated Gerard, Jimbo and Filll (who apparently is not an admin) for the Dick, Cool Hand Luke for the straight shooter, and Privatemusings and Wikipedia Review for the Cojones de latón. The rest are specific things about individuals that I noticed.

[Peter Damian]

Oh and Bishonen for the 'cojones' bit. She.

[Herschelkrustofsky]

Oh and Bishonen for the 'cojones' bit. She.

She's an admin, so that would be Straight Shooter.

The most reasonable thing I saw Thatcher do was bring up the Lyndon LaRouche case a long while back - making an issue of the Conflicts of Interest held by Berlet and Dennis King, and highlighting some of the entrenched problems that blight those articles to Arbcom. It was refreshing to see someone ostensibly neutral and uninvolved get that aired on Wiki.

Yes, I liked that one also. But earlier, Thatcher backed up Will Beback on the issue of the unique Wikipedia ban on using LaRouche publications as sources, whether it be for graphics on geometry examples, data on India's thorium reactor program, or the biography of Jose Rizal. So, I guess all this means that Thatcher is neutral.

A quick nomination (I'll do the rest when I wake up):

Cojones de latón

SlimVirgin. Not an admin and has confronted the CABAL while not an admin.

You know, I was just thinking that we are in a real watershed moment, what with the possibility of Regime Change in the U.S. next week, and the fact that no one had nominated SlimVirgin in this competition. And here she is, being nominated for Cojones de latón!

Anti-defamation campaigner of the year

1. Sarcasticidealist
2. DocGlasgow
3. Privatemusings
4. Rootology (for getting that flagged revisions ball rolling)

[

We've got Privatemusings as a Cojones nominee. Doc is an admin-- did you want to put him up for Straight Shooter? And I'm not sure whether Sarcastic or Root are admins. Did you wish to nominate them for one of the categories?

I'm not nominating these guys for your categories Hersch - I was just making general points about the year.

Do you want them removed?


The nominees thus far are as follows:

WP:DICK of Distinction

David Gerard
FT2
Gamaliel
Jayjg
Jimbo Wales
JzG
Raul654
Will Beback

Miss Incongeniality

Scarian
KillerChihuahua
JzG

The Tag-Team Event

Will Beback and John Nevard
Odd nature, Salmon of Doubt, KillerChihuahua, Jim62sch, and FeloniousMonk

The Straight Shooter

This event is open to admins only, and the award goes to the admin who most honestly and diligently attempts to exercise his or her authority in accordance with WP:NOT. Since we now have a bumper crop of admins who have joined the Review, I would like to invite them to self-nominate and engage in shameless electioneering -- knowing that they will be held to whatever promises they may make. Nominees:

Bishonen
Thatcher131
Jehochman
Cool Hand Luke
Newyorkbrad
SirFozzie
SarcasticIdealist
DocGlasgow

Cojones de latón

This award goes to non-admins who boldly confront the cabal. Nominees:

Giano
Cla68
The Fat Man Who Never Came Back
George the Dragon
Alanyst
Dragon695
Peter Damian
Privatemusings
Rootology
SlimVirgin
Wikipedia Review

Please post your nominees for the various categories in this thread. I'll keep a running tally of the nominees, and in about a month, members of the Academy will be invited to cast their votes.

[everyking]

Oh and Bishonen for the 'cojones' bit. She.

She's an admin, so that would be Straight Shooter.

In the recent incident, Bishonen used the same abusive method so often used by the "cabal": she imposed a unilateral, obviously controversial block without any community deliberation beforehand. It was plain and simple bullying, representative of a destructive mode of problem-solving, and she should not get any credit for it.

[Friday]

In the recent incident, Bishonen used the same abusive method so often used by the "cabal": she imposed a unilateral, obviously controversial block without any community deliberation beforehand. It was plain and simple bullying, representative of a destructive mode of problem-solving, and she should not get any credit for it.

It was unconventional, sure, but was any real harm done? Also.. it worked, apparently.

[One]

all the honourable stuff he's done behind the scenes over the last year (that you guys don't know about ). He's as straight as they get.

Somehow, "does stuff" + "no one knows about it" does not equal "straight", I reckon.

Yeah, I know I can't really say much more than that, obviously, so it's only my word an' all ...

However, Thatcher policed Checkuser, and policed it well when he was on the inside. That shows up in his Quis custodiet ipsos custodes essay. What he didnt' say was that he personally called a few people out on their c/u shenanigans.

Yep. He's a reformer on the inside. He's careful, and a straight shooter to his core. I've felt this way for ages.

Incidentally, there's been a lot of credit thrown around for Mantanmoreland. I think that Thatcher deserves more than a little praise for the case. He did something subtle, but essential. He filled that CU request, even though WordBomb filed it. He filled carefully, relaying the details needed to start SirFozzie's investigation. He had only been a CU for three weeks at the time, and it would have been very easy to just issue "inconclusive" and move on. He also caught Bassettcat--I think there would still be a cloud hanging over the case if he didn't cleanly vindicate the conclusions by catching him again.

That said, Thatcher got himself in a muddle over Mantanmoreland before that - and wasn't particularly helpful previously by all accounts.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showt...896&hl=Thatcher

No, Piperdown apparently saw Thatcher say SH when he meant MM, so jumped to several nefarious conclusions. In this same period, Piperdown also suggested that Cool Hand Luke was a pro-Mantanmoreland sock.

He's a nice guy and all, but I wouldn't rely on Piperdown to interpret anything subtle. Thatcher was a hero on the Mantanmoreland case, period. I think that I have at least a little credibility saying so.

[Jonathan]

I think there should definitely be a Lifetime Achievement of DICK DISTINCTION and it should be awarded automatically to PoetGuy. Because really, this went far beyond mere sockpuppetry and became THE major wiki story of the year. S/h/it affected many with its trolling this year and I think the PoetEntity definitely deserves the highest "honour" this year.

[EricBarbour]

The "Drama Queen" idea has merit, but then again, isn't every category just a variation on that theme?

Problem is, there's too damn many possible nominees for that.

In the recent incident, Bishonen used the same abusive method so often used by the "cabal": she imposed a unilateral, obviously controversial block without any community deliberation beforehand. It was plain and simple bullying, representative of a destructive mode of problem-solving, and she should not get any credit for it.

And yet.....her pointless block of FT2 got things rolling.....
I'd like to send her a big box of chocolates and a bouquet, simply for doing that.