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Peter Damian
post Sun 17th April 2011, 11:00am
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See below. Interesting in that the previously wiki-faithful 'Pedro' (who I suspect contributed here as 'Nerd') is complaining about this. What he says is no secret, of course, why is he complaining about it? Arbcom have loads of juicy stuff. Not just the 'Liars Committee' but also the 'Blackmailers Committee'.

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ARBCOM I have been made aware that ARBCOM hold secret pages on many admins and editors. Pages that only ARBCOM can see, and furthermore that editors, those that use an anonymous screen name, are not permitted to see nor even advised of their existence. This Big Brother attitude worries me. So, I guess we have some options;

1) Not true - ARBCOM hold NO secret pages about editors

(I have an email from an active current ARBCOM member stating they do indeed have a page about me - so this is not a choice)
2) Part true - ARBCOM hold secret pages about editors but advise them they exist

(I have an email from an active current ARBCOM member stating they do indeed have a page about me - and I was never made aware of the existence of this page until years after it was created - so this is not a choice)
3) True - ARBCOM hold secret pages about editors but do not advise them they exist

(From my experience - certain)
I have direct evidence that ARBCOM do indeed hold secret pages. In a colaborative atmosphere (which Wikipedia is, we're assured) how is it possible that people can create records of "evidence" without even having the courtesy to make you aware they hold it? Without a single email even? Pedro : Chat 20:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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radek
post Sun 17th April 2011, 4:01pm
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So.... what happens when a new person gets elected to the board? Do they have to go through some kind of ritual initiation to get access to these secret pages? Or are they actually pre-selected?
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post Sun 17th April 2011, 7:10pm
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Is anyone seeing the parallels between ArbCom and the CIA? Oh, wait, you should have seen that years ago.
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post Sun 17th April 2011, 7:26pm
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QUOTE(melloden @ Sun 17th April 2011, 2:10pm) *

Is anyone seeing the parallels between ArbCom and the CIA? Oh, wait, you should have seen that years ago.


Uh, let's not get crazy. Hyperbole doesn't help.
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post Mon 18th April 2011, 2:59am
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QUOTE(radek @ Sun 17th April 2011, 7:26pm) *

QUOTE(melloden @ Sun 17th April 2011, 2:10pm) *

Is anyone seeing the parallels between ArbCom and the CIA? Oh, wait, you should have seen that years ago.


Uh, let's not get crazy. Hyperbole doesn't help.


Well, let's see:
*The CIA obviously keeps tabs on people it wants to look into. (The whole Bush-NSA wiretapping thing also comes to mind.)
*ArbCom monitors "problamatic" users (AKA those who threaten its authority and cannot be sucked into it).
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Peter Damian   Arbcom secret pages   Sun 17th April 2011, 11:00am
Silver seren   Is this supposed to be new information?   Sun 17th April 2011, 11:48am
taiwopanfob   Is this supposed to be new information? The deep ...   Sun 17th April 2011, 12:24pm
Peter Damian   Is this supposed to be new information? Informa...   Sun 17th April 2011, 1:18pm
Sololol   Excellent find, Mr. Damian. And now to dig up one ...   Sun 17th April 2011, 3:12pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   Is this supposed to be new information? It's n...   Sun 17th April 2011, 11:30pm
Sololol   Well, let's see: *The CIA obviously keeps tab...   Mon 18th April 2011, 3:13am
radek   [quote name='radek' post='272975' date='Sun 17th ...   Mon 18th April 2011, 4:42pm
melloden   [quote name='radek' post='272975' date='Sun 17th...   Tue 19th April 2011, 2:10am
EricBarbour   This is even more "interesting". So, he...   Sun 17th April 2011, 9:45pm
radek   This is even more "interesting". So, h...   Sun 17th April 2011, 10:46pm
Silver seren   No, what I meant was that the existence of secret ...   Mon 18th April 2011, 1:12am
EricBarbour   No, what I meant was that the existence of secret ...   Mon 18th April 2011, 2:19am
Sarcasticidealist   No, what I meant was that the existence of secret ...   Mon 18th April 2011, 2:37am
Theanima   This is just Pedders being a drama queen, nothing ...   Mon 18th April 2011, 11:31am
A Horse With No Name   Arbcom is always there to greet anyone who has a q...   Mon 18th April 2011, 1:34pm
carbuncle   I have a vague memory of a minor scandal wherein s...   Tue 19th April 2011, 1:16pm
Silver seren   I have a vague memory of a minor scandal wherein ...   Tue 19th April 2011, 6:20pm
-DS-   I have a vague memory of a minor scandal wherein ...   Tue 19th April 2011, 6:29pm
Sololol   I have a vague memory of a minor scandal wherein...   Thu 21st April 2011, 5:00pm
-DS-   [quote name='-DS-' post='273094' date='...   Fri 22nd April 2011, 10:38am
Sololol   [quote name='Sololol' post='273271' date='Thu 21s...   Mon 25th April 2011, 5:22pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   They have a whole Wiki worth of "sekret...   Tue 19th April 2011, 2:25pm
Emperor   This was documented in 2007. http://encyc.org/Rea...   Tue 19th April 2011, 2:39pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   And you can presume there is are white hats and bl...   Tue 19th April 2011, 6:14pm
Maetu   Given how hard some people will try to hide the sh...   Sat 29th October 2011, 10:39pm
radek   Given how hard some people will try to hide the s...   Mon 31st October 2011, 12:13am


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