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Peter Damian
post Mon 28th November 2011, 7:53am
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A long question to Coren from FT2 here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arb...Coren/Questions , accusing Arbcom of 'gaming' the elections this time last year.

Actually he is right, as I have pointed out elsewhere http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=34246 .

An arbitrator has just emailed me to say that he found the whole thing problematic all along (yes but why didn't you say so at the time).

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post Mon 28th November 2011, 7:41pm
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We know that Arbcom successfully forced FT2 to stand down exactly this time last year at the last elections. Risker was behind that.

However, I don't know much about what happened in January, March and May of this year, months which FT2 specifically refers to in his diatribe.

An arb wrote to me on 4th February this year "the bullets are loaded for the symbolic wiki-execution of FT2 and all that he stood for in the next few weeks, for one thing ... he needs to be publicly booted out by Arbcom, and publicly refused appeal by Jimbo and co, to show that Wikipedia is serious about setting its house in order."

Why the 'execution' never happened I didn't find out. I suspect FT2 convinced them that he really did have senior support in WMF for his earlier actions, and they backed off. What a mess.
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post Mon 28th November 2011, 7:58pm
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QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Mon 28th November 2011, 11:41am) *
Why the 'execution' never happened I didn't find out. I suspect FT2 convinced them that he really did have senior support in WMF for his earlier actions, and they backed off. What a mess.

Isn't it possible that FT2 threatened to release (even more) detrimental information about Arbcom if they did ban him? Honestly, I can't keep this while FT2 thing straight without a scorecard. I'll have to go back and review the threads.
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Peter Damian   FT2 accuses Arbcom   Mon 28th November 2011, 7:53am
Peter Damian   This is extraordinary. FT2 is ranting http://en.w...   Mon 28th November 2011, 7:14pm
mbz1   This is extraordinary. FT2 is ranting [url=htt...   Mon 28th November 2011, 10:38pm
that one guy   All those people are current arbs. Wouldn't b...   Mon 28th November 2011, 7:21pm
gomi   Why the 'execution' never happened I didn...   Mon 28th November 2011, 7:58pm
that one guy   Why the 'execution' never happened I didn...   Mon 28th November 2011, 8:01pm
Peter Damian   [quote name='gomi' post='289689' date='Mon 28th N...   Mon 28th November 2011, 8:21pm
Ottava   It was strongly suggested that I would be unbann...   Mon 28th November 2011, 10:57pm
the fieryangel   I always forget what a chore it is to read FT2...   Mon 28th November 2011, 11:15pm
Somey   ...SB Johnny also did quite a lot and no one cared...   Mon 28th November 2011, 11:35pm
Cla68   The effectiveness of FT2's tactics with Poet__...   Tue 29th November 2011, 12:20am
Peter Damian   But I personally recall that it didn't seem [...   Tue 29th November 2011, 8:25am
Ottava   But I personally recall that it didn't seem ...   Tue 29th November 2011, 2:59pm
mbz1   An arb wrote to me on 4th February this year ...   Mon 28th November 2011, 10:06pm
that one guy   Ah... transparency... or lack there of. Did Mall...   Mon 28th November 2011, 9:19pm
Peter Damian   Ah... transparency... or lack there of. Did Mal...   Mon 28th November 2011, 9:34pm
Eppur si muove   Ah... transparency... or lack there of. Did Ma...   Tue 29th November 2011, 3:32am
mbz1   Ah... transparency... or lack there of. Did Mal...   Mon 28th November 2011, 9:42pm
Peter Damian   That one gives the lie to Coren's defenc...   Mon 28th November 2011, 9:45pm
EricBarbour   Your wife is a lawyer and by the time this is don...   Mon 28th November 2011, 10:34pm
Peter Damian   Your wife is a lawyer and by the time this is do...   Mon 28th November 2011, 10:38pm
gomi   [Off-topic post moved.]   Tue 29th November 2011, 3:24am


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