[WikiEN-l] A Request

Fri Sep 9 03:05:34 UTC 2005

Mr. Snord:

ur funny

-Snowspinner

On Sep 8, 2005, at 10:37 PM, Cranston Snord wrote:

> Greetings to everyone.
>
> My wikipedia name is Enviroknot. Up until a few days ago, I did not  
> know why my time at Wikipedia was met with such hostility,  
> persecution, and horrid conduct from plenty of users.
>
> A recent emailed admission by one A. Nony Mouse and subsequent  
> contact over IRC have explained the situation to me. I was caught  
> up in an experiment that this user conducted using hijacked systems  
> (routers?), in an effort to root out problems in the behavior of  
> certain wikipedia admins, which backfired and caused many users  
> including myself to be falsely accused of being parts of that  
> experiment.
>
> I never understood why I was included in a request for arbitration  
> which had nothing to do with me, except that it seems to be a  
> common theme in that users who were involved in any sort of  
> conflict were inevitably accused of being part of this project.
>
> I believe if you look back at my edits themselves, instead of  
> trying to lump them in with any conduct you can find, you will see  
> me in a different light.
>
> For your convenience, here is the link.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Enviroknot
>
> I will be completely honest with you. Up until this point I had  
> completely given up on Wikipedia, to the point of forbidding my  
> students from citing it in their papers as I considered it a  
> completely unreliable source. I had hoped to make it better, and if  
> I have the chance I would do so.
>
> It is your choice whether you will behave in the good faith which  
> you claim to exercise, or whether you will prove no better than a  
> normal internet message board system.
>
> Cranston Snord, AKA Enviroknot
>
> P.S. No, it's not my real name, but as an untenured educator I do  
> have to be careful.
>
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