[WikiEN-l] Aww, so cute, a banned user is trying to take us down with a DMCA notice (Forwarded email)

Thu Jun 1 21:15:05 UTC 2006

On 31/05/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/31/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > First submit something, then complain it's there.
> > If that case ever got to court, he'd be suing himself for copyright
> > infringement.
>
> Yes, he doesn't have a case, and is of absolutely no threat to us
> whatsoever. Which totally destroys any reason we could possibly have
> for mocking him publicly.
>
> Steve
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We've had some problems with this user on en.wiktionary as well, including
legal threats about the Wikimedia bylaws in Florida and such.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User_talk:Wytukaze#Block_indeed
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Tea_room#Irresponsible_Sysop_Actions

I've been wondering whether his threats were anything serious, but this
incident clarifies it all. It seems that on Wiktionary, we're going to see
more things that I had always thought would remain restricted to Wikipedia
(compare the Primetime incident, for instance).

Cheers,
Wildrick
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Vildricianus