Connolley starts to worm his way out of his ban Options

[thegoodlocust]

In the past I've pointed out on-wiki how Connolley's pattern is to break his various sanctions in the most drama producing way possible. Typically, he does this by innocuously violating his sanction, which usually results in someone filing a request for enforcement against him while his typical allies rally forth with cries of, "But it didn't harm anyone!" - this sort of thing usually ends with his sanction being "clarified" (i.e. the severity is reduced).

If nobody complains then he ups the ante and violates his ban in a slightly more serious way until someone complains or until people just accept that the ban doesn't really apply to him.

Well, he has already started this tried and true tactic by removing a simple bit of vandalism from the diamond dust article. But oh noes? Is it climate related or meteorology? It has a climate section, but it isn't really about global warming. <1>

Of course, why would someone vandalize a lowly-trafficked article that hasn't been edited since June is anyone's guess. I mean, Connolley would never use a proxy or friend to vandalize a page just so he could prove a point and spite others....no....he certainly wouldn't.

I guess we'll see what Arbcom's definition of "broadly construed" means.

[It's the blimp, Frank]

Goodlocust's warning seems plausible to me.

[thegoodlocust]

Goodlocust's warning seems plausible to me.

Well, it seems like my prediction has been coming at least partially true. It looks like he has been posting diffs for his followers to go "fix" certain things - someone had the audacity to call climate models "estimates" which was clearly beyond the pale.

Surprisingly he was blocked, which has caused much wailing and lamentation among his followers and their various sockpuppets.

Now, they are openly talking about setting up a private mailing list among themselves or a private wiki in order to coordinate their activity since they can't track William's contrib history.

The amusing thing is that this has almost certainly already been going on according to some of their off and on-wiki comments, but now they can feel more justified about breaking the rules because of the enormous tragedy that has befallen their little clique. I suppose all of those "cabal approved" stamps they place on their userpages can't really be assumed to be a joke by even the densest of folk at this point.

So the question is, will the Arbs realize their mistake in not topic banning the various personalities discussing coordinating their meatpuppetry offwik? Will some admin under the climate change thingamajig setup by ArbCom rectify that oversight? Are stars merely pinholes in the curtain of night?

Who knows.

This post has been edited by thegoodlocust: Wed 27th October 2010, 8:14pm

[ATren]

Now, they are openly talking about setting up a private mailing list among themselves or a private wiki in order to coordinate their activity since they can't track William's contrib history.

Take a look at that thread, and you will find a "who's who" of editors whom the committee refused to sanction despite ample evidence presented of disruption: Boris, Guettarda, ScienceApologist, Stephan Schulz. All joking about their intention to meat-puppet to get around the sanctions.

Many of these same editors have crusaded against any new editor who happened to oppose them in their Wiki-activism, usually starting with Scibaby sock accusations, and when that failed, calling them meat-puppets. How hypocritical of them.

But they don't care, and the committee doesn't care, because dammit, these editors are using Wikipedia to push a noble cause! Screw policy, screw reliable sources, we have a planet to save! Think of the children!


(And BTW, I am not skeptical of science change; I believe it is a genuine concern, but turning Wikipedia into a group blog, where you trash political opponents and act like arrogant buffoons, is not at all helpful to conveying that concern. They throw gasoline on the fire and then wonder why they're feeling so much heat. But don't tell that to the activists, they're too busy saving the world by digging up dirt on people.)

This post has been edited by ATren: Thu 28th October 2010, 1:27am