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> Would-be admin Davidwr's dark secret?
A Horse With No Name
post Thu 5th February 2009, 4:25pm
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Hey, what’s the buzz with Davidwr and his alleged shaky past? Balloonman and some of the Wiki RfA addicts are trying to push him into adminship, but there seems to be some dark Wiki secret that’s keeping him from stepping forward. His statements in the WT:RfA makes it seem that there would be off-Wiki damage if his on-Wiki wackiness became known. Anyone have a clue as to what he’s hiding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_tal...e_in_their_past

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post Thu 5th February 2009, 4:30pm
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Take a look at these posts and draw your own conclusions.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?act=S...ighlite=davidwr

Starting with this post by me:

QUOTE(Kato @ Tue 9th December 2008, 11:04am) *

A guy on Wikipedia writes (bolding mine):

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as long as album covers like the one at issue are classified as child porn by someone's definition, then I will vehemently claim that I ahve a human right to watch, keep, create, and distribute some child pornography, at least as it's defined by the IWF, and as long as I don't market it as child pornography. It is only when the definition is tightened up to something reasonable that I will drop that claim. I think many Wikipedia editors agree with me. davidwr


Coincidentally, having made that comment, the same editor (davidwr (T-C-L-K-R-D) ) later went and removed an unrelated comment elsewhere made by User:Shapiros10 - the very young editor from the NY meetup who passionately argued against "ageism" at Wikipedia, which he took to mean the "discrimination" against 12 year olds and other minors who are devoted Wikipedia editors.

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post Thu 5th February 2009, 5:40pm
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QUOTE(Kato @ Thu 5th February 2009, 11:30am) *

Take a look at these posts and draw your own conclusions.

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?act=S...ighlite=davidwr

Starting with this post by me:

QUOTE(Kato @ Tue 9th December 2008, 11:04am) *

A guy on Wikipedia writes (bolding mine):

QUOTE(Davidwr)
as long as album covers like the one at issue are classified as child porn by someone's definition, then I will vehemently claim that I ahve a human right to watch, keep, create, and distribute some child pornography, at least as it's defined by the IWF, and as long as I don't market it as child pornography. It is only when the definition is tightened up to something reasonable that I will drop that claim. I think many Wikipedia editors agree with me. davidwr


Coincidentally, having made that comment, the same editor (davidwr (T-C-L-K-R-D) ) later went and removed an unrelated comment elsewhere made by User:Shapiros10 - the very young editor from the NY meetup who passionately argued against "ageism" at Wikipedia, which he took to mean the "discrimination" against 12 year olds and other minors who are devoted Wikipedia editors.




As I am reading the Davidwr comments in WT:RFA, it appears that he had at least one sock account that was up to no good. His indef block in June 2007 was very hush-hush -- the edit summary only states that Arbcom needs to contacted. If this sock was engaged in pushing pedophilia, then there are significant questions that need to be asked as to why he is still allowed to edit.

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A Horse With No Name   Would-be admin Davidwr's dark secret?   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:25pm
Kato   Take a look at these posts and draw your own concl...   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:30pm
carbuncle   Coincidentally, having made that comment, the sam...   Thu 5th February 2009, 5:32pm
Eva Destruction   That's odd. I tried to view the link Kato pro...   Thu 5th February 2009, 5:37pm
Wikileaker   Kato's suspicions are dead-on.   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:38pm
Kato   Kato's suspicions are dead-on. I don't k...   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:49pm
Eva Destruction   While I don't agree with his view, I don't...   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:54pm
GlassBeadGame   Kato's suspicions are dead-on. I'm not ...   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:50pm
Kato   Kato's suspicions are dead-on. I'm not...   Thu 5th February 2009, 5:00pm
JoseClutch   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='154676' date='T...   Thu 5th February 2009, 5:06pm
Jon Awbrey   who is davidwr and why is he trying to give wr a b...   Thu 5th February 2009, 4:44pm
JoseClutch   Is davidwr tied to a real name? Should there be p...   Thu 5th February 2009, 7:41pm
Eva Destruction   Is davidwr tied to a real name? Should there be ...   Thu 5th February 2009, 7:53pm
GlassBeadGame   Is davidwr tied to a real name? Should there be ...   Thu 5th February 2009, 7:56pm
JoseClutch   Is davidwr tied to a real name? Should there be...   Thu 5th February 2009, 8:09pm
carbuncle   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='154716' date='T...   Thu 5th February 2009, 9:00pm
JoseClutch   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='154716' date='...   Thu 5th February 2009, 9:16pm
Kato   Davidwr writes a rebuttal / explanation / apology ...   Thu 5th February 2009, 11:38pm
Viridae   Tienanmen square guy's identity was never publ...   Thu 5th February 2009, 11:44pm
Kato   Tienanmen square guy's identity was never pub...   Thu 5th February 2009, 11:50pm
Viridae   Tienanmen square guy's identity was never pu...   Thu 5th February 2009, 11:51pm
Somey   One thing I can say about most Wikipedians, and th...   Fri 6th February 2009, 5:57am
Bottled_Spider   Reading through the David guy's turgid talkpag...   Fri 6th February 2009, 12:06pm


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