[WikiEN-l] NewYorkBrad leaving

Will sceptre at tintower.co.uk
Mon Jun 30 12:05:20 UTC 2008


On 29/06/2008, WJhonson at aol.com <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> While I was researching *why* New York Brad was "forced to resign",
> since  no
> one here seems to want to state that Daniel Brandt revealed his real name
> and
> the law firm for which he works ---- I found this interesting article.
>
> _
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/page3.html_
> (
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/page3.html
> )
>
> While gives a big overview of the whole Overstock.com issue and related
> topics.
> I still have no *clear* idea of what naked short selling actually
> is....  but
> wow what a lot of new topics to research!
>
> Even ED doesn't really go into the whole thing in a way that makes the
> issues clear.  They really need to hire a new writer, and the folks at
> WR  respond
> in one or two short sentences to a whole lot of underlying detail.   Like
> that
> one guy said "I see the crumbs, wheres the loaf of bread" in the whole
> Alison-Amorrow "he's editing from where I work" fiasco.
>
> I'm rambling.  It's just much easier when you edit from your own name,  and
> have nothing to hide.  Linda Mack? MI5 ?  Google-Watch?
>
> What happened to the Daniel Brandt article?  Is he not notable?
>
> Will Johnson
>
>
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Got as far as "Cade Metz" before I closed the window.


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