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A Horse With No Name
post Wed 23rd June 2010, 7:56pm
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Is there a point to any of this?
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Selina
post Wed 30th June 2010, 11:47pm
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Found this on another site:
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Herostratus: admin that Wikipedia Review revealed was investigated by the FBI for possession of child pornography. Court ordered not to edit Wikipedia, so he's doing it through a third party. Recently blocked by Viridae but unblocked himself. A self unblock hasn't been done on Wikipedia since 2005. It could be some bizarre gag played by Herostratus. Wikipedia:User:Herostratus. Wikipedia Review thread.
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post Thu 1st July 2010, 12:20am
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Found this on another site:
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March 2010:

Herostratus: admin that Wikipedia Review revealed was investigated by the FBI for possession of child pornography. Court ordered not to edit Wikipedia, so he's doing it through a third party. Recently blocked by Viridae but unblocked himself. A self unblock hasn't been done on Wikipedia since 2005. It could be some bizarre gag played by Herostratus. Wikipedia:User:Herostratus. Wikipedia Review thread.



He shortly latter claimed it was all a joke. Wikipedia, demonstrating "zero tolerance" for pedophiles, said "haha that's a good one Herostratus." He never provided any verification of his second claim of "just kidding." Viridae even kissed his ass and apologized.

I hope he makes a similar joke about having a bomb on an airplane the next time he flies. Then he will understand "zero tolerance."
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A Horse With No Name   Herostratus - love me or leave me   Wed 23rd June 2010, 7:56pm
EricBarbour   [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reques...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 8:44pm
Eva Destruction   You're being too reasonable, dear. Hero's...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 8:50pm
EricBarbour   The kind of fuckwittery that was acceptable five y...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:04pm
Milton Roe   But nooooo.......adminship is a lifetime appointm...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:16pm
A Horse With No Name   For those of you who don't read Hollywood R...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 11:12pm
MZMcBride   For those of you who don't read Hollywood Rep...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:34am
Cedric   For those of you who don't read Hollywood Re...   Thu 24th June 2010, 2:40am
milowent   The new RFA has been closed by Nihonjoe, under a d...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:31am
CharlotteWebb   i opposed the recall because the guy has a freaki...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:40am
milowent   i opposed the recall because the guy has a freak...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:46am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241410' date='T...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:51am
Zoloft   The new RFA has been closed by Nihonjoe, under a ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 7:02am
EricBarbour   i opposed the recall because the guy has a freakin...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:34am
Eva Destruction   Perhaps you have a less self-aware sense of humor...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:58am
A Horse With No Name   [center][img]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:05pm
A Horse With No Name   Jesus, if you're going to insult someone, at l...   Thu 24th June 2010, 12:52pm
ulsterman   Because Wikipedia was lacking dramah. Is there ...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:39pm
Kevin   Because Wikipedia was lacking dramah. Is there ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:50am
Moulton   Mediocrity, thy name is Wikipedia. How pathetic. ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 12:06pm
Ottava   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 2:13pm
Somey   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:12pm
Jon Awbrey   Ah, but do you remember rock 'n' roll rad...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:15pm
A Horse With No Name   [quote name='Somey' post='241449' date='Thu 24th ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:18pm
ulsterman   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:36pm
Jon Awbrey   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:41pm
Kevin   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:52pm
Jon Awbrey   You really have fallen for the whole Wikipedia th...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:08pm
A Horse With No Name   Nihonjoe is no fool He is so! :) What do...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:03pm
Ottava   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:08pm
Subtle Bee   Jimbo has proclaimed his latest "philosophica...   Thu 24th June 2010, 10:33pm
A Horse With No Name   It's a little like putting the cart before the...   Fri 25th June 2010, 1:20am
Subtle Bee   It's a little like putting the cart before th...   Fri 25th June 2010, 1:34am
Milton Roe   [quote name='A Horse With No Name' post='241488' ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:05am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='Subtle Bee' post='241489' date='Thu ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:54am
CharlotteWebb   This thread has begun to tapir into stupidity.   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:54am
Milton Roe   This thread has begun to tapir into stupidity. B...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:10am
CharlotteWebb   But it cannot die, until Herostratus' fate is...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:18am
Milton Roe   But it cannot die, until Herostratus' fate i...   Fri 25th June 2010, 4:28am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241498' date='T...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:19am
milowent   current vote tally: 40/29/12 it was even at the ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:09am
EricBarbour   Jimbo has proclaimed his latest [url=http://en.wik...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:11am
Subtle Bee   Now that's the smartest thing anyone has said...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:42am
Somey   [size=6]Jimbo IS Jack Handey. With the exception:...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:21am
CharlotteWebb   Besides, the whole basis for this thread tangent ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:58am
EricBarbour   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done. N...   Sat 26th June 2010, 4:48am
CharlotteWebb   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done. ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 5:01am
Eight   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done....   Wed 30th June 2010, 12:24am
Somey   He's winning!!! Hmm... I can't...   Wed 30th June 2010, 7:09am
ulsterman   He's winning!!! He's lost. :...   Wed 30th June 2010, 9:24pm
EricBarbour   [quote name='Eight' post='241957' date='Wed 30th J...   Wed 30th June 2010, 9:59pm
Milton Roe   And [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_t...   Wed 30th June 2010, 10:58pm
tarantino   Before you condemn WR, get your own house in orde...   Thu 1st July 2010, 1:48am
Alison   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='242044' date='Wed...   Thu 1st July 2010, 1:58am
milowent   Before you condemn WR, get your own house in orde...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:12am
Somey   aren't you the poster responsible for starting...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:49am
GlassBeadGame   Before you condemn WR, get your own house in ord...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:53am
milowent   Thank you Milowent for making a bold face liar out...   Thu 1st July 2010, 4:33am
GlassBeadGame   Thank you Milowent for making a bold face liar ou...   Thu 1st July 2010, 4:37am
CharlotteWebb   aren't you the poster responsible for startin...   Thu 1st July 2010, 3:17am
A Horse With No Name   I'm tempted to return to WP just to oppose hi...   Wed 30th June 2010, 12:27pm
A Horse With No Name   And an interesting post-script. I love this: ...   Wed 30th June 2010, 6:58pm
Selina   Found this on another site:   Wed 30th June 2010, 11:47pm
Malleus   He made a stupid and tasteless joke, and now he...   Thu 1st July 2010, 1:16am
GlassBeadGame   He made a stupid and tasteless joke, and now he...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:32am
Jon Awbrey   I hope he makes a similar joke about having a bom...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:54am
Somey   Maybe we should merge the three current Herostratu...   Thu 1st July 2010, 3:24am
CharlotteWebb   Tommy2010 and Herostratus both chose to treat the...   Thu 1st July 2010, 3:57am
Subtle Bee   It's interesting that the three of them didn...   Thu 1st July 2010, 4:03am
Jon Awbrey   So, did Parador or Patagonia win their socker matc...   Thu 1st July 2010, 4:00am
Moulton   I still don't know how to reliably distinguish...   Thu 1st July 2010, 8:31am

 

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