[Foundation-l] Issues regarding admin(s?) on wikinews, effects: globally

Wed Jul 6 05:53:00 UTC 2005

bleh, I feel like an idiot now, the four people I'm talking to in
private messages about this on irc are adding in details they didn't
tell me before :/

let me clarify really fast:
Erik is his real name
Xirzon is his IRC nick
Eloquence is his wikinews name
Ida_mayhem is his bot name

sorry I didn't mention that earlier

Ok, I have now been informed that nGerda was blocked validly. I was told
he was just blocked and the Erik was doing this improperly. Once I
posted this email, I was told otherwise. I feel like an idiot right
now,  sorry for that :(

As for the specific examples, I'm making those fools dig up evidence now
as I'm a tad bit embarrassed that they told me lies in the first place.

Once again, sorry,
Kyle

Nathan Reed wrote:

>I'm a nobody at Wikinews, but...
>
>User:Xirzon doesn't exist and User:Erik is not a sysop and has no
>edits. What aliases is Kyle referring to?
>
>NGerda appears to have been validly blocked after a 3RR rule -- I
>think he would have been blocked earlier but all the available admins
>were involved in the dispute.
>
>Perhaps kyle can cite specific examples (with diffs?)?
>
>--User:Chiacomo
>
>On 7/6/05, Kyle Lutze <kylelutze at cox.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>Kyle Lutze wrote:
>>
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>>>There have been slight issues on en.wikinews.org that are quite
>>>troubling and need to be addressed.
>>>
>>>It seems that one of the admins, Eloquence, has been causing many
>>>problems by abusing his admin/sysop rights. He is also, from what I
>>>gather, the research director for WMF.
>>>
>>>He has now banned other sysops on that wiki, including Nick Gerda
>>>(ngerda), uses a bunch of aliases that he has given admin status to, and
>>>has been disregarding the wiki process and community.
>>>
>>>Please note, I do not do too much work on the wiki itself, but I keep in
>>>touch with quite a few people in #wikinews on freenode that have left
>>>disgruntled because of what Erik/Eloquence has done, which I believe
>>>just isn't right.
>>>
>>>Kyle
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>forgot one of the aliases,
>>Erik/Eloquence/Xirzon are the one's I've been told
>>
>>Kyle
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