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by Larkin
Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:01 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Armenian Genocide
Replies: 7
Views: 5940

Re: Armenian Genocide

But isn't there a chance that any of the people pushing the Turkish line on the Armenian Genocide on Wikipedia are agents of the Turkish government (paid or unpaid)? I didn't make a note of the journalist's name and I've since forgotten it. He's not among the really high profile names, but he is ne...
by Larkin
Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Board maintenance pardon our dust
Replies: 42
Views: 32314

Re: Board maintenance pardon our dust

I managed to post a contribution in the "Content" forum, despite an orange header saying "Information: This board is currently disabled.".
by Larkin
Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:23 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Armenian Genocide
Replies: 7
Views: 5940

Armenian Genocide

Donald Trump refusing to recognize the Armenian Genocide reminds me that the Wikipedia article on it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide has (and still does in its lead) asserted for years that the United States has recognized the genocide. When the editor C1cada attempted to correct, an...
by Larkin
Fri Oct 04, 2019 5:18 am
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Katherine Maher on current NPOV tag Trump BLP
Replies: 6
Views: 3793

Katherine Maher on current NPOV tag Trump BLP

Interesting Twitter thread from Katherine https://twitter.com/krmaher/status/1179 ... 09664?s=20

Thoughts?

BTW I happen to like and support Katherine. Please be courteous and don't use my post to slag her off. Thanks.
by Larkin
Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:05 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: John
Replies: 6
Views: 3999

Re: John

Part of the infamous Manchester Mafia, a Wikipedia Originalist, BLP zealot, played a major role in securing the Daily Mail ban. Not a drama whore, but not afraid to get his boots dirty. <snipped> m To be honest, I'd completely forgotten he had even existed until I saw this thread. As it should be w...
by Larkin
Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:29 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: John
Replies: 6
Views: 3999

Re: John

Graaf Statler wrote:He, get lost here back to WO please and Abd Fuck of here with your bull, it has been enough.


Surely not addressing me? WO (who or what)?

Get this right. I know John to be a narcissistic POS. Info about him appreciated.
by Larkin
Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: John
Replies: 6
Views: 3999

Re: John

<snip> What is the point of digging up dirt on a retired admin, who has not really been active for over a year? If he's currently offensive somewhere, point to it. As to his opinion in retirement, he was one of many who might have made a difference, by standing for the development of coherent commu...
by Larkin
Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:44 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: John
Replies: 6
Views: 3999

John

I see the admin John has retired. Anyone able to dish the dirt on him? I had a real run-in with him back in 2011. He was a school teacher of Chemistry at an Edinburgh school who ran a vanity web site featuring his photographs, which were uniformally unexceptionable. He got addicted to Wikipedia and ...
by Larkin
Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: ArbCom election 2018
Replies: 96
Views: 32227

Re: ArbCom election 2018

Results are out. Screenshot_20181214_103800.png Drmies and DGG failed to get seats, and Fred placed last. Surprisingly Joe Roe got a seat, unsurprisingly some of the usual culprits also got seats. Glad Drmies didn't make it. I thought AGK had retired from Wikipedia. He's mental. Our website has now...
by Larkin
Sun Dec 09, 2018 2:21 am
Forum: Bbb23
Topic: Bbb23 admin abuse
Replies: 300
Views: 134184

Re: Bbb23

Bbb23 is wise to keep his identity a secret. For sure, he will have identified to the WMF at some point though. Yes, when he got checkuser (or whatever the jargon is, can't be bothered to look it up; that thing when they can can access an editor's IP) permission. But I think that's a somewhat perfu...