[WikiEN-l] Problem with User:Bird is getting worse
Brian Corr
BCorr at NEAction.org
Tue Mar 9 18:55:31 UTC 2004
This is growing into a bigger problem.
I think it would be good if a people could pitch in and help Maximus Rex
and others stay on top of this.
This user has at least 7 accounts and now seems to searching for articles
to argue about -- and is adding NPOV headers and removing "incorrect" or
"contested" information. E.g.,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Microsoft_antitrust_case&action=history>
Here's the section at Vandalism in progress:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism_in_progress#User:Bird,User:Raptor_and_various_other_incarnations>
Rick wrote:
>A User who went by the name of Bird has gone on a vandalism rampage,
>blanking several articles he/she worked on, claiming that everything he
>included in Wikipedia was either made up or plaigarized. I'm wondering if
>someone got ahold of the user's account and is causing problems, or if
>this person has had this in mind from the time he/she first logged
>in. Regardless, it seems that the user claims that he will be issuing a
>"press release" pointing out how flawed Wikipedia is.
>
>See [[User:David Newton/Bird Dispute]] for more detail.
>
>RickK
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