Wikipedia

[Conchaga]

I was browsing wiki looking at a few things and read the entry on Internet Trolls. They had a lot of linked sites on how to deal with trolls and some dumb sites written by the same people we fight against (aka yuppies). I created a thread about flaym.com :roll:.

Anyway, I decided to add a few sites (TK, BH, TV, BA) at the bottom. They were summarilly deleted without reason.

I added the sites one more time and challenged the objectivity of the site.

Again, they were deleted without reason.

I have added them one more time and requested reason for deletion. Let's see what they say.

I am going to re-add these sites until they give in and allow them.

 

[Conchaga]

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing.
You were blocked by Matt Crypto for the following reason (see our blocking policy): troll

 

[FBI parte due]

I think they already came to a decision that they were only going to include the bigger organizations.

 

[Conchaga]

Uh.. I've seen links on wiki to nobody, nothing sites.

 

[Kefka]

I think they already came to a decision that they were only going to include the bigger organizations.

Yes. Bawl-Hall, a far larger site, has been linked in the 'Flaming' article for a bit now.

 

[headvoid]

But there is some piss poor troll board linked there with maximum online of 22? Doesn't make sense - more likely you have enemies.

 

[Kefka]

Not likely. Wikipedia deals with aggressive editing without batting an eyelash.

 

[Conchaga]

I contacted the administrator and he's a blowhard. Here's what he sent me as a response to my request to be unbanned.

> Blocked? Troll? Even by Wiki's definition of troll that is NOT what I did.
> All I did was add to an article and request reasons for deletion of my
> addition.

Another interpretation is that you edit-warred to include links to troll
forums.

> Then, you off and ban be without so much as a warning!? The
> audacity...

It's breathtaking, isn't it? ;-)

> I would appreciate my unbanning.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. It can be hard to assume good faith on
this subject, but I should have. I suggest you discuss adding those links on
the discussion page first. In my opinion, they don't satisfy the guidelines in
"Wikipedia:External links", particularly item 9:

"Blogs, social networking sites (such as MySpace) and forums should
generally not be linked to unless mandated by the article itself."

This applies ten-fold to sites on trolls.

-- Matt

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matt_Crypto
Blog: http://cipher-text.blogspot.com

I'm still blocked, btw. I think I'll annoy him via e-mail.

Though, he obviously didn't read the article because as headvoid pointed out, THERE ARE LINKS TO TROLL BOARDS ALREADY!!

 

[Gagh]

Bunch of fannies.