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Daniel R. Tobias stated for the record:
On 30 Sep 2006 at 10:12, "Jussi-Ville Heiskanen" cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
Personally I think a little bit of ignore goes a long way here. Tell Seth to divest himself of the EFF pioneer award, and come back again, methinks.
Then he'd be notable as somebody who renounced an award, wouldn't he? I think the handful of people who refused, renounced, returned, or had revoked [Oscars | Pulitzer prizes | Olympic medals | Nobel prizes | Fields Medals] tend to be very notable for this fact.
It's become fairly clear that, once even a tiny number of Wikipedians decide that you must have an article, it is all-but-entirely impossible to get it removed or even cleaned up by working within the system. Very nearly the only way to proceed is by legal threats and OFFICE protection.
I would welcome a counter-example.
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