Allan Shumaker Wrote:
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> >
> All told, Connolley created or rewrote 5,428
> unique Wikipedia articles. His control over
> Wikipedia was greater still, however, through the
> role he obtained at Wikipedia as a website
> administrator, which allowed him to act with
> virtual impunity. When Connolley didn’t like the
> subject of a certain article, he removed it — more
> than 500 articles of various descriptions
> disappeared at his hand. When he disapproved of
> the arguments that others were making, he often
> had them barred — over 2,000 Wikipedia
> contributors who ran afoul of him found themselves
> blocked from making further contributions.
> Acolytes whose writing conformed to Connolley’s
> global warming views, in contrast, were rewarded
> with Wikipedia’s blessings. In these ways,
> Connolley turned Wikipedia into the missionary
> wing of the global warming movement.
>

This is a complete distortion of the facts. He was an Administrator (he isn't now) and here are some of the articles he deleted:
2009-07-01T09:50:44 deleted "Hilery clintin" ‎
# 2009-07-01T09:50:40 deleted "Cheekle" ‎
# 2009-07-01T09:50:35 deleted "Gray brich" ‎
# 2009-07-01T09:50:31 deleted "Saddam heussein" ‎
# 2009-07-01T09:50:25 deleted "Mon key" ‎
# 2009-07-01T09:49:58 deleted "Gorge bush" ‎

Deletion normally takes place either after a seven day discussion or in some cases we have guidelines saying when an article can be 'speedy deleted', eg if it's clearly nonsense, an attack page (we get kids writing pages attacking other kids), etc. Copyright violations articles also usually get deleted without discussion.
Ditto his blocks, they were the usual ones, eg vandalism, etc. However, he did make some blocks where he was involved and his administrator rights were taken away from him. These involved an article on cold fusion and one on the US and state terrorism, and a block of someone who'd attacked him.

Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
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