Cyberjunkie (swatso(a)optusnet.com.au) [050712 03:32]:
I think it's plainly obvious to you what is going
on, and your
involvement is not something that can be ruled out just because you say
so. However, I do believe Jtdirl may have unintentionally jumped the
gun. On the face of it, I suspect that because Jtdirl joined the
discussion after the obvious sock puppetry of one "Kangaroopedia", he
mistook both Kangaroopedia and Pwqn to be incontestable sock puppets,
not knowing of Pwqn's history. I don't believe Pwqn is a sock puppet.
Nevertheless, I do find it entirely strange that s/he would just,
completely out-of-the-blue, and in contrast to prior edits, edit an
obscure topic on Australian government and rehash the same flawed
understanding as Skyring. We can all draw conclusions, but I don't
suppose there is anyway prove such duplicity. It is good that Pwqn has
been unblocked, and s/he does deserve an apology of sorts from Jtdirl.
Skyring doesn't.
Well, not really. I just checked the IPs (since Skyring on Australian
government topics has been a matter of AC interest) and while Pwqn and
Kangaroopedia are definitely the same person, they are *not* also Skyring,
unless the box in question is an open proxy. Which I wouldn't assume from
the evidence to hand.
>I see his intemperate and abusive blocking of a
good faith
>editor as something warranting discussion.
I encourage everyone to recognise the emotiveness of
this seemingly
irrelevant issue. The harassment Jtdirl was subjected to should be
considered, and he ought to be given a little bit of leeway. If Pwqn and
Kangaroopedia are in some way linked to Skyring, then his actions would
be perfectly justifiable. As it is, such a link may not exist or may and
not be proven. But let's be clear, there was no abusiveness here and it
is bad faith to assume bad faith.
I can't say there's *no* link, but I can say the IP evidence doesn't
suggest any link, fwiw. However, Kangaroopedia is a sock of Pwqn, and Pwqn
deserves at the absolute least a stern word for blatant sockpuppeteering.
- d.