UC Bill Gianoed, Down goes a developer? Options

[Hipocrite]

UC_Bill (T-C-L-K-R-D) has a short temper. He's also, I believe, a developer.

He was just blocked indef, email blocked cannot edit own talk page for venting on his talk page after getting in a fight with Bart Simpson fans.

A must read.

[gomi]

Welcome to WR, Mr. ... er ... UC Bill! You might enjoy this avatar more than the one you selected, which is currently in use by Moulton, one of our more senior contributors.

So I'm wondering if this site (and other places frequented by ex-Wikipedians or people smart enough to have never become Wikipedians in the first place) could serve as a kind of home base for "rescue operations" to let people know about the dangers involved, even just the dangers to their own sanity. Once somebody has violated The Rules at WP, it's practically impossible for them to delete their personal information, since it's then considered "evidence" that must be preserved at all costs.

That is a perfectly reasonable thing to do here, though you expose yourself to additional retribution from the pro-Wikipedia types. We've had several incidents here were wiki-apologists and sycophants have attempted to reveal the personal information of the staff and members here, so exposing Wikipedia's dangers comes along with its own dangers, such as they are. We have a strict policy of not revealing anyone's address, phone number, or place of employment (please see the Rules posting). Also, bear in mind that this site is also searched by google, so things said here (with some exceptions, mostly noted here) will show up on a google search.

I think Wikipedia is an object lesson in what can happen to those without a firm grip on objective reality who become obsessed with the internal politics and dramas of the WP "community", such as it is. On the other hand, if Wikipedia wasn't the top search result for almost everything, no one would care -- it would just be another sad-sack web community like so many others. But chance and bad intent have led them to a position of prominence, from which no one is safe. I don't know if bad information has a more or less detrimental effect than wiki-obsession, but it's an interesting topic of discussion.

Or maybe it's just more fun to point and laugh. Which I admit seems like a lot of fun.

Don't forget how education that can be. Just because it's fun doesn't make it wrong!