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> Connolley's time of the month (again)
thegoodlocust
post Wed 6th October 2010, 6:36pm
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So after both of us were banned from the CC proposed decision page, I for pointing out that WMC was simply stirring shit for shit's sake and WMC for calling me insane, WMC seems to have gone on yet another one of his temper tantrums:

After running around to various talk pages making an ass out of himself he ended up calling Sandstein insane after a dispute where Connolley sees no problem with him edit warring to delete his own comments in a conversation on Sandstein's talk page - Sandstein's position is that he should strike out his comments, but not remove them.

Will Lankiveil block him as promised for making yet another PA? (probably not since several admins have made similar "threats" in the past and not followed through - not that anyone would notice though since he tends to delete such warnings on his talk page)

In any case:

http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl...%5D.myspace.jpg

Also, I was going to mention that he now appears to be socking, something he's done in the past when he's gotten ticked off, but I'm really not sure what to make of this. This IP seems to be trolling around a bit, and it belongs to Connolley's "old' employer the BAS, but if you look at the history of the IP then it looks like it has been used by Polargeo (before and after).

The most obvious conclusion is that Polargeo and Connolley worked at the same place (at the same time?), which is probably nothing more than an interesting factoid.


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post Fri 8th October 2010, 12:54am
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QUOTE(thegoodlocust @ Wed 6th October 2010, 1:36pm) *

So after both of us were banned from the CC proposed decision page, I for pointing out that WMC was simply stirring shit for shit's sake and WMC for calling me insane, WMC seems to have gone on yet another one of his temper tantrums:

After running around to various talk pages making an ass out of himself he ended up calling Sandstein insane after a dispute where Connolley sees no problem with him edit warring to delete his own comments in a conversation on Sandstein's talk page - Sandstein's position is that he should strike out his comments, but not remove them. [... etc.]
I've been fascinated to see how someone like WMC could behave in ways that would get a lesser mortal blocked in a flash, yet ArbComm piddles around trying to figure out what to do.

It's not that I'm big on blocking and banning, but .... if you are going to do it, how about blocking and banning the most disruptive, uncivil, disruptive of all the trolls? His behavior, as documented in RfAr/Abd-William M. Connolley, was utterly outrageous, and it continued, only without admin tools.

I certainly got no gratitude for having reduced his clout that much. There is hardly anyone defending me on-wiki, certainly not of the old-timers. One of the global warming skeptic crowd has, and GoRight practically sacrificed himself for me, even though I have a very different POV. I prefer the company of the blocked and banned, to most of the idiots who remain. Still, here and there, there are glimpses of light. Petri Krohn, perhaps an enemy of some of my friends, has nevertheless been very helpful. Friends show up in the oddest places! If I were allowed, I'd try to mediate.... but I'm not, at least not on-wiki. That's ArbComm!

Rootology appears to have retired over Connolley's revert warring with him, during the RfAr, over a notice placed on Hipocrite's Talk page. I'd theorized that WMC and Hipocrite were in cahoots, that the whole situation where he banned both me and Hipocrite from cold fusion was a charade, and this was, later, quite a confirmation. Why was WMC risking sanction to protect Hipocrite from a mere notice?

Rootology was renamed to User:GoneAwayNowAndRetired (T-C-L-K-R-D) , see the essay: User:GoneAwayNowAndRetired/Wikipedia is broken and failing (T-H-L-K-D)

This is the legacy of people like WMC and others whom ArbComm has long tolerated. In the end, this is ArbComm's legacy, because by sanctioning others and leaving these "valuable volunteers" alone, they enabled them, like any collection of co-dependents.
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post Fri 8th October 2010, 1:18am
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Where on Earth did you get that one from, Abd? From my perspective, it is pretty clear that Rootology resigned over disagreements (to put it mildly) about Wikipedia's governance (or lack thereof). Just take a look at his last 150 contributions...
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post Fri 8th October 2010, 7:09pm
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It is, as usual, a complete and total fabrication by serial liar Abd. Shocker.
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post Fri 15th October 2010, 12:19am
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QUOTE(Hipocrite @ Fri 8th October 2010, 12:09pm) *
It is, as usual, a complete and total fabrication by serial liar Abd. Shocker.

Newsflash: no one here believes you.

Prove it.
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thegoodlocust   Connolley's time of the month (again)   Wed 6th October 2010, 6:36pm
Ottava   It is, as usual, a complete and total fabrication...   Fri 15th October 2010, 2:20am
Abd   It is, as usual, a complete and total fabrication ...   Sat 16th October 2010, 2:16am
Abd   It is, as usual, a complete and total fabrication ...   Sat 16th October 2010, 2:10am
tarantino   Also, I was going to mention that he now appears...   Fri 8th October 2010, 8:21pm
Cla68   Also, I was going to mention that he now appear...   Thu 14th October 2010, 11:31pm
NuclearWarfare   Hopefully the participating admins (NuclearWarfare...   Fri 15th October 2010, 5:14am
CharlotteWebb   Class-action "remedies" like this (ag...   Fri 15th October 2010, 7:31am
Cla68   [quote name='Cla68' post='256060' date='Thu 14th ...   Fri 15th October 2010, 7:32am
Herschelkrustofsky   Their behavior matches with the essay I wrote (wi...   Fri 15th October 2010, 2:36pm
ATren   [quote name='Cla68' post='256094' date='Fri 15th ...   Sat 16th October 2010, 1:57am
thegoodlocust   I would, if it weren't for [url=http://meta....   Fri 15th October 2010, 8:20pm
NuclearWarfare   I would, if it weren't for [url=http://meta...   Fri 15th October 2010, 10:54pm
ATren   I would, if it weren't for [url=http://meta....   Sat 16th October 2010, 1:40am
thegoodlocust   No one asked me to resign, because I supposedly r...   Sun 17th October 2010, 12:27am
Abd   ScienceApologist is probably in desperate need o...   Sun 17th October 2010, 5:11pm
Minor4th   Also, I was going to mention that he now appear...   Sat 16th October 2010, 4:01am
Cla68   [quote name='tarantino' post='255463' date='Fri 8...   Sat 16th October 2010, 7:56am
WikiWatch   If expertise was valued in Wikipedia, it would be ...   Sat 16th October 2010, 1:54pm
Herschelkrustofsky   Hopefully, those editors I mentioned above who so...   Sat 16th October 2010, 2:19pm
Abd   [quote name='Cla68' post='256176' date='Sat 16th O...   Sat 16th October 2010, 10:45pm
ATren   Well, perhaps NuclearWarfare is now going to full...   Sun 17th October 2010, 12:09am
Cla68   Why would they change now? The situation is actual...   Sun 17th October 2010, 11:48am
Abd   [quote name='ATren' post='256247' date='Sun 17th O...   Sun 17th October 2010, 4:49pm
Herschelkrustofsky   True POV pushers will attack an article-banned ed...   Sun 17th October 2010, 4:55pm
tarantino   [quote name='tarantino' post='255463' date='Fri 8...   Sat 16th October 2010, 6:23pm
Herschelkrustofsky   Could someone post a link to the most recent ArbCo...   Fri 15th October 2010, 12:15am
Cla68   Could someone post a link to the most recent ArbC...   Fri 15th October 2010, 12:30am
Herschelkrustofsky   Could someone post a link to the most recent Arb...   Fri 15th October 2010, 1:21am


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