On 4/21/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 21/04/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Brandt actively tries to put himself forward as a media rent-a-quote on Wikipedia.
This is not necessarily so; in the *New Yorker* retraction on Essjay, Brandt was not cited by name, presumably at his request. In the *Leftist Lie Factory *article Brandt was not cited by name until he was publicly identified on 2 August 2005 by another "Notable Wikipedian" who said, "This complaint was written by Daniel Brandt",
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cberlet/Archive_2005-06_2005-08#Red-b...
and is the genesis of Wikipedia's invasion of Brandt's privacy. Brandt has consistently referred to the author of the *Wikimmunity* article as "the Harvard guy", and refrained from using his real life name despite that authors connections to* Wikimania. *This shows a pattern over an extended period of time of (a) seeking privacy and anonymity, and (b) respecting others privacy despite their reallife identity being easily available.
To blanketly say Brandt has been inconsistent or is a publicity hound, or has not respected others privacy, cannot be supported by the evidence.