Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

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Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by oranges33 » Fri May 05, 2023 11:42 pm

Including a non-sock named Reminscon who they accuse of being a sock and blocked for no reason.
Reminscon established consensus to not link the URL to SS. And they just blocked him XD What nutjobs

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An Ontario man and former chef,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississauga man charged with aiding suicide after deaths tied to sodium nitrite |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/americas ... index.html |website=Toronto Sun |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> referred to only by his initials on the site, was criminally charged with allegedly selling meat preservative and other substances for the purpose of aiding suicide. Before his arrest, users of Sanctioned Suicide reportedly encouraged other users to contact him for a consultation or purchase.<ref name="SN sale" /> He was charged with two counts of counseling and aiding suicide, initially sparked by an investigation of a Toronto death, which now involves international law enforcement. Deputy chief of Peel Regional Police in Ontario alleges that packages potentially containing lethal substances were shipped to over 40 countries.<ref>{{cite web |website=BBC|last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |title=Canadian man charged over selling substance linked to UK deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65472806 |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>

It was sourced by BBC among other international outlets. From one local news source:

"A cursory look through the site in question, reveals a disturbing number of users claiming to be Canadian and struggling with thoughts of self-harm. Similarly, many posts on the forum appear to allude to Law’s business, referring to a “KL” and encouraging other users to contact that individual for a consultation or purchase. Others use acronyms in an apparent reference to websites that police say he was behind."
https://www.cp24.com/news/this-is-horri ... -1.6384699
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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Lee from Wikipedia

Post by oranges33 » Fri May 05, 2023 11:48 pm

The revision didn't even name him and they still reverted it

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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Lee from Wikipedia

Post by oranges33 » Fri May 05, 2023 11:50 pm

They also reverted another non-sock IP trying to add the same thing

Before blocking him and PP locking the page
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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by oranges33 » Sat May 06, 2023 1:16 am

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think it was reported on more than the forum that used his initials even

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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by ericbarbour » Sat May 06, 2023 1:37 am

The Wiki-Jinks around Sanctioned Suicide were previously mentioned here

viewtopic.php?p=24414#p24414

PS: just curious which of you is being silenced on the talkpage
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 84224#Lede
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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by oranges33 » Sat May 06, 2023 4:28 am

ericbarbour wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 1:37 am
The Wiki-Jinks around Sanctioned Suicide were previously mentioned here

viewtopic.php?p=24414#p24414

PS: just curious which of you is being silenced on the talkpage
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 84224#Lede
"Freedom4U" my ass, amirite
99% of that guys mainspace edits haven't been removed from wikipedia and were considered improvements. When an admin or editor would notice that person's edits remaining on various pages, they'd just slightly reword it to get around rules on socks, but changing none of the substance. its just wikidrama for no reason. he shouldn't let it get to him.'

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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by wexter » Sat May 06, 2023 12:15 pm

oranges33 wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 4:28 am
ericbarbour wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 1:37 am
The Wiki-Jinks around Sanctioned Suicide were previously mentioned here

viewtopic.php?p=24414#p24414

PS: just curious which of you is being silenced on the talkpage
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 84224#Lede
"Freedom4U" my ass, amirite
99% of that guys main-space edits haven't been removed from Wikipedia and were considered improvements.
You retain the copyright to the stuff you create on Wikipedia and are licencing the content to them permanently on creation; and they in turn allow free access to the content while claiming copyright protection.

They created for themselves an intractable protective "legal fur-ball" based on confusion. Like Wikipedia it is just words!

If you were banned and you wanted to withdraw your licence to them theoretically you could give notice and then try to DCMA them but its not practical and they will pay no heed to it.

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PS.. how much content would they had to remove all the content from banned or blocked editors/administrators?
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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by ericbarbour » Sun May 07, 2023 8:38 pm

wexter wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 12:15 pm
PS.. how much content would they had to remove all the content from banned or blocked editors/administrators?
hah? whut?

If you're asking what the "criteria" are for totally reverting ALL of a user's edits....there ARE no "criteria". There is no "policy". Such action is very rare and only happens if the blocking admin or a friend thereof HATES a user enough. It is a prime hallmark of a totally irrational administrator. Bbb23, Zzuuzz, William Connolley (desysopped), Ben Schumin (banned), Ryulong (also banned) and a few other select high-end shitheads have actually done this. If you're talking about thousands of edits, obviously only a completely insane asshole would go that far. Bbb23 clearly qualifies. We never talk about Zzuuzz often enough, and we should, because he's one of the worst patrollers I've ever seen. Just a lot sneakier than Bbb23.

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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by badmachine » Sun May 07, 2023 8:51 pm

at least four articles from me. :^)

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Re: Wikipedia censoring internationally reported on arrest of Kenneth Law from Wikipedia

Post by wexter » Sun May 07, 2023 11:52 pm

ericbarbour wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 8:38 pm
wexter wrote:
Sat May 06, 2023 12:15 pm
PS.. how much content would they had to remove all the content from banned or blocked editors/administrators?
hah? whut?

If you're asking what the "criteria" are for totally reverting ALL of a user's edits....there ARE no "criteria". There is no "policy". Such action is very rare and only happens if the blocking admin or a friend thereof HATES a user enough. It is a prime hallmark of a totally irrational administrator. Bbb23, Zzuuzz, William Connolley (desysopped), Ben Schumin (banned), Ryulong (also banned) and a few other select high-end shitheads have actually done this. If you're talking about thousands of edits, obviously only a completely insane asshole would go that far. Bbb23 clearly qualifies. We never talk about Zzuuzz often enough, and we should, because he's one of the worst patrollers I've ever seen. Just a lot sneakier than Bbb23.
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