Will Beback vs. the Transcendental Meditators Options

[Herschelkrustofsky]

Although I am a stalwart defender of the LaRouchistas, I have no interest whatsoever in defending the T-meditators. None the less, given that Wikipedia purports to be an encyclopedia, I should think that it were senseless to have 33 sub-articles on the TM movement. One article should suffice, and if one seeks specialized knowledge on TM, then you would expect to consult specialized sources, not an encyclopedia. The reason WB creates fork after fork is that, by shaping article content, he gets a soapbox.

FWIW, I've met some former Maharishi University student-cultists personally (Fairfield, IA isn't far from here), and without exception they had nothing but bad things to say about the experience. ...

I guess this is just my way of saying that Beback's opposition to the Maharishi people is more righteous than his opposition to the Larouche people, which at times has been decidedly un-righteous (though I'm not at all happy with the way the Larouche people are treating Pres. Obama these days).

[Jon Awbrey]

They even have their own currency, the "RAAM (T-H-L-K-D)" …

Now there's one thing Wikipediots don't have yet — Do they? I don't really keep up with their antic hay all that much anymore — though I suppose the Undue Weight of Canadians in all their affairs (ahem) would pretty much cinch the name “Loonies” when they do.

Jon

[Herschelkrustofsky]

I guess this is just my way of saying that Beback's opposition to the Maharishi people is more righteous than his opposition to the Larouche people, which at times has been decidedly un-righteous (though I'm not at all happy with the way the Larouche people are treating Pres. Obama these days).

Can't please everyone -- I imagine that Vic was less than thrilled by the vociferous way that we went after Cheney, or conversely, the way we defended Bill Clinton during the blowjob scandal. To my way of thinking, LaRouche is very consistent, and if on the one hand you find him abrasive, on the other you know you don't have to worry about him selling out.

[Herschelkrustofsky]

As he did with the LaRouche articles, WB has now constructed an enormous edifice of articles about TM and TM-related issues. He has taken care to highlight any event that might embarrass them, by making sure that a special article is created to draw attention to it.

It should probably be noted that this article (Maharishi University of Management stabbing (T-H-L-K-D)) was started well before this thread was started... it may be that Beback has expansion plans, but that one seems to be the only really obvious attack article in the category, at least by title.

Well, Will is too clever to advertise his intentions in the titles. He prefers to insinuate the attacks into what appear to be normal articles. And, it looks like Will is about to add another. As you can see by scrolling to the bottom of the page, his basic approach is to assemble all the negative press coverage he can find, and then create the basic article as a Wikipedia:Coatrack.

[Emperor]

Fascinating! This Will Beback stuff is Wikipedia criticism of the highest order. He must be stopped!

[HRIP7]

As he did with the LaRouche articles, WB has now constructed an enormous edifice of articles about TM and TM-related issues. He has taken care to highlight any event that might embarrass them, by making sure that a special article is created to draw attention to it.

It should probably be noted that this article (Maharishi University of Management stabbing (T-H-L-K-D)) was started well before this thread was started... it may be that Beback has expansion plans, but that one seems to be the only really obvious attack article in the category, at least by title.

Well, Will is too clever to advertise his intentions in the titles. He prefers to insinuate the attacks into what appear to be normal articles. And, it looks like Will is about to add another. As you can see by scrolling to the bottom of the page, his basic approach is to assemble all the negative press coverage he can find, and then create the basic article as a Wikipedia:Coatrack.

It seems some editors want to have a a second arbitration case.

[It's the blimp, Frank]

Will Beback:
charges of "expressing superiority, ownership and the pushing of incorrect interpretations of policies and guidelines" are not grounds for re-opening the case or imposing new remedies.

For Will Beback, expressing superiority, ownership and the pushing of incorrect interpretations of policies and guidelines are are a way of life.