[WikiEN-l] Skyring edit history to date

Wed Oct 26 18:58:41 UTC 2005

>From everything that I've seen written here about Skyring,
if it is correct then we returned to the point we were at
a few months ago when it appeared that a group of neo-Nazis
might take over Wikipedia, & Jimbo announced that he would
take any measure to prevent them. In other words, extreme
remasures are now needed -- for example, either a DMCA lawsuit
or finding some muscular hard cases who will "discourage" him
from making further posts to Wikipedia. (Yes, I'm joking
about the last option. Mostly.)

If that is the case, I hope a first step before this would be
to talk to the ISPs involved first -- even if they blow us off,
then seek the help of any Internet activists in Australia.
That way, when we do something extreme like block all anons
& new accounts from Australia, it will help minimize the
ill will that ensues.

Not sure what else I could contribute to this discussion.
He's become a difficult problem, & all of the easy solutions have
been tried & shown not to work. And he's gotten to the point
where attacking Wikipedia has become his life: calling that
"pathetic" doesn't properly do it justice.

Geoff