WordBomb finds the definitive on-Wiki Mantanmoreland evidence -- erased! Options

[IronDuke]

ANI posting and original evidence. In SlimVirgin's words, "classic sockpuppet mistake".

Who knew that Thatcher131 was cabal?

[JohnA]

William Connelley controls his own biography on Wikipedia "to protect it from vandalism", so why can't other subjects of Wikipedia bios do the same?

[TabulaRasa]

William Connelley controls his own biography on Wikipedia "to protect it from vandalism", so why can't other subjects of Wikipedia bios do the same?

I think that's a great idea, and let them start with Daniel Brandt.

[Somey]

William Connelley controls his own biography on Wikipedia "to protect it from vandalism", so why can't other subjects of Wikipedia bios do the same?

I think that's a great idea, and let them start with Daniel Brandt.

Well... To be fair, we mustn't forget that Connelley is using his real name, as is Brandt. Neither of them are trying to trick people in that respect... Connelley, of course, is an admin, which means one of two things, depending on your perspective: either that he's earned the right to edit whatever he wants as a "trustworthy editor," or that he's put himself in a position whereby he can use his privileges to his personal advantage. To some extent, both things are true, really.

But if you ask me, the crucial difference is why. Connelley fights against climate-change skeptics, which makes him popular with the younger, progressive, quasi-libertarian, mostly anti-neocon folks who seem to dominate Wikipedia. But Weiss is known for supporting short-selling, and nobody likes a "shorter," except maybe the Scientologists (as we must never forget that shorting was an obscure and extremely rare investment strategy until the Clearwater, FL-based Feshbach brothers, all three of them Operating Thetan Level VIII's, popularized it in the late '80's, forking over millions to L. Ron Hubbard and the gang in the process - and yes, I still have all my old copies of Spy Magazine).

What I'm saying is that at this point, nobody in their right mind could possibly believe that Weiss and Mantanmoreland aren't the same person. Millionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (another favorite target of both Weiss and "Mantanmoreland") agrees too, judging by this blog entry. I mean, putting aside the obvious similarities in writing style and general sneering attitude, for shit's sake, in Weiss's blog entry (cited above) he actually links to a diff on Wikipedia! Now how many "journalists" are there that link to diffs on Wikipedia, or even know what diffs are? Not to mention that he made a link to WordBomb's sock puppet list both as Mantanmoreland and in his Weiss blog within, what, an hour of each other? And in another blog post dated Oct. 17, Weiss claims he's been "in India for the last few weeks." And sure enough, a look at User:Mantanmoreland's contribs for the three weeks prior to 10/17 reveals a significant dropoff, with the timestamps (the one thing he can't hide or control) all over the place, going against his usual pattern and strongly indicating that he's occupying a different timezone.

I mean, you'd almost have to be operating at some sort of submoronic level to think Weiss is telling the truth about not being Mantanmoreland, what with all this in-your-face obviousness going on.

My question, of course, is why is Jimbo Wales himself lying for this guy? Does he have money invested with him or something? I'm usually the last to go in for nutty conspiracy theories, but this is simply getting ridiculous.

[TabulaRasa]

My question, of course, is why is Jimbo Wales himself lying for this guy? Does he have money invested with him or something? I'm usually the last to go in for nutty conspiracy theories, but this is simply getting ridiculous.

Two things to keep in mind on this topic:
1- Remember that while Gary's nothing too impressive, he works for the man behind the red desk, if you know what I mean.

2- It's very possible that the two of them bonded in India recently. Apparently, they were there at the same time at the end of September. Big country, yes, but hey...could happen.

[LamontStormstar]

1- Remember that while Gary's nothing too impressive, he works for the man behind the red desk, if you know what I mean.

I have no idea what that means and I'm not downloading that large thing that probably won't answer it.

Search engines for "the man behind the red desk" aren't helpful, either.

[jorge]

1- Remember that while Gary's nothing too impressive, he works for the man behind the red desk, if you know what I mean.

I have no idea what that means and I'm not downloading that large thing that probably won't answer it.

Search engines for "the man behind the red desk" aren't helpful, either.

I think Tabula was suggesting that is Wales.