[WikiEN-l] Odd

Wed Jul 13 00:42:50 UTC 2005

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Skyring wrote:

> I've just spotted this on the talk page of a user: "I will revert all
> edits to all articles on my watchlist by the LaRouche cult "editor"
> Cognition, or any other recognisable LaRouche editor. I will do this
> until either the LaRouche cultists are banned from Wikipedia or I am.
> I don't much care which, since an encyclopaedia which allows crackpot
> cultists to edit its articles is not worth writing for."
>
> Now, to my poor understanding, this user is threatening to revert any
> edits made to any article on his 1000+ witchlist, regardless of merit,
> so long as that edit is made by someone he identifies as a particular
> sort of crackpot.
>
> What I know about LaRouche could be summed up in one word, but surely
> Wikipedia is not going to be destroyed by the presence or absence of
> one particular editor?
>
Well, I happen to know that a case came before the ArbCom concerning
LaRouche followers who tried to add citations from their leader to a
number of unrelated articles, which resulted in a decision that was not
in their favor.

And I seem to remember that one of the editors involved in limiting
their attempts to flood Wikipedia with pro-Larouche citations was Adam
Carr. These wouldn't be Carr's words, would they?

I suggest you do more research: the ArbCom concluded these people
were POV-pushers, & a danger to Wikipedia. I doubt you will find much
support criticizing the person wrote this, no matter how ill-tempered
that editor might be.

Geoff