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Adjourned until 2 August due to him being hospitalised following positive Covid test.
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In court today medical professionals stated there is no reason for Rossi to use a wheelchair or any need for an oxygen mask. Further, he does "not appear to have any symptoms of mental health issues." https://news.stv.tv/scotland/wheelchair-using-rape-suspect-facing-extradition-nicholas-rossi-kicked...

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He's in the news again today: Sky news - https://news.sky.com/story/nicholas-rossi-rape-suspect-wanted-in-the-us-fails-to-attend-latest-extradition-hearing-after-altercation-court-hears-12861899 or if you prefer the more tabloid version from the Sun - https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10548080/n...

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Oh dear, it seems such an exalted ArbCom member as CaptainEek can't even manage to differentiate between WP:AN and WP:AN/I: link

And these are supposed to be the crème de la crème of Wikipedia?

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There is more on the 6:30pm ITV news but once again I can't work out where the precise link to it is as I think it's buried somewhere in the regional sections.

Sorry, hopefully someone with more expertise can add it.

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Any clanking or clattering noise heard is the sound of the ArbCom members closing ranks to protect Tamzin. The reading comprehension skills of so many, particularly Arbitrators, are so bad it's as well most don't do much in the way of content work. Their understanding of UK IPs also leaves a lot to ...

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This is one of the basic reports on today's court hearing: link.

There is more detail somewhere on the STV News a few minutes ago but I can't find the relevant link for it.

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Almost all of the Arbitration Committee are falling over themselves to ensure TNT and Lourdes do not even receive the mildest of admonishment or warning.

Did anyone really expect anything different?

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I am fully conversant with and have an excellent grasp of the English language without any need to resort to the likes of TikTok, Instagram etc nor do I need to refer to very poor sites such as the urban dictionary.

The article is in a miserable state and does not warrant being labelled as a GA.

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Oh dear! It looks like Atsme has returned to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier article desperately trying to salvage her GA: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staffordshire_Bull_Terrier&type=revision&diff=1093289531&oldid=1093245181,link Still demonstrating how clueless she is about The Kennel...

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There's a piece in The Times today - 3 June: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicholas-rossi-alleged-rapist-wanted-us-accuses-lawyer-david-leavitt-child-sex-abuse-7jmd9t56q,link . From that article: The man, who says his health has been ruined by Covid, stood by the claims on his website but denie...

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The SBT article is not at the level of a GA and should be delisted. Status of Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Staffordshire Bull Terrier/1 is " Result pending " The people commenting there and on the article talk page have demonstrated that they possess even less of the supposed expertise claim...

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Cavalryman , who was at the centre of the dispute over the Staffordshire Bull Terrier article, hasn't edited since 9 April. The SBT article is not at the level of a GA and should be delisted. Even prior to the recent dispute, it was in poor shape but now it's an abomination. The lead includes such ...

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He was in court again today. Some initial media coverage is here

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If Kirk was her maiden name then it certainly isn't mentioned in any sources I've seen but what would I know? After all, Stinglehammer/EMcAndrew is paid to check and create this sort of stuff whereas I'm not. If they intend to have an article on her daughter Elizabeth too perhaps they should first a...

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Mary Kirk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kirk An article created by Stinglehammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stinglehammer , aka Ewan McAndrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EMcAndrew , the Wikimedian in Residence at Edinburgh University who runs editathons - mainly for Women in Red ...

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Tony Ballioni has withdrawn: link

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"Thoughtful Arbs"? No such entity exists. The only thing Arbs are interested in is ensuring their 'buddies' or in the case of Worm That Turned that's the likes of his ensuring his drinking buddies - such as WMUK Trustee RexxS - manage to rise through the ranks no matter how they behave or treat othe...

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It's par for the course for Worm That Turned to twist and turn everything to suit whatever he feels will support his buddies. Lying comes easily and integrity does not exist; just so typical of members of the Arbitration committee.

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Sorry, post deleted.

To me, the Callipedia site appears to be a shambolic mess, so not worth commenting on.

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Nemo said: Right, adding the attribution notices is going to happen shortly. As you've indicated your site is 'live', shortly will have to be very shortly and, hopefully you will ensure the correct procedures are followed. As another slight aside, I note on your site every article has a strap line b...

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There doesn't appear to be correct attribution in the articles that have already been uploaded? The link hidden in the revision history, which doesn't actually work, isn't sufficient. SandyGeorgia has already been initiating action against non compliant websites/journals for some of the articles to ...

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Moving away from the basic technical aspects for a moment: I notice there is no attribution given on that test page? Unless, of course, Nemo is the main contributor/author of that particular article on Wikipedia?

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Really cute analogy and I suppose you think you're being clever? However perhaps you should give some consideration as to why I'm being vague? Could it possibly be because I've been subjected to harassment both on and off wiki? No, of course not, that never happens, does it?

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...... She's alleged "ridiculous actions, attitudes, double standards and incompetence" all over one unblock, ... blah, blah, blah ... ... ... apparently Sophie is unwilling to describe it in any but the vaguest of terms. I made a broad statement concerning the type of actions on display over many ...

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I have nothing against Ricky81682; in fact, I don't believe I've ever interacted with him. It is the ridiculous actions, attitudes, double standards and incompetence etc of most of the members of ArbCom, including those recently appointed, some admins plus various others on Wikipedia that I was atte...

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It's just yet another example of the double standards constantly applied throughout Wikipedia. He appealed under the standard offer, as anyone who was blocked for socking can do, and appears to have complied with the terms, including making positive contribs on other projects and refraining from fu...

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It's just yet another example of the double standards constantly applied throughout Wikipedia.

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He's appealing to ArbCom.

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As has been said, if you're not even making 10 edits a year, you really don't have any business voting for ArbCom anyway. Why not? Same question. If people have been driven off of Wikipedia predominantly by the actions of incompetent, self-centred, POV pushing bigots on ArbCom who enable their drin...

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I thought that Larry was Chief Technical Officer or some such on Everipedia? Seemingly he resigned from Everipedia in October. Goodness, I've not looked at that appalling site for ages, almost forgetting how dire it is. No mention of his resignation in its own article but scrolling waaaaay down in ...

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It may well be voluntary/unpaid but it's a position they put themselves forward to undertake so they should be willing to set aside or make the time to do the work - unless, of course, they are nothing but hat collectors.

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Beeblebrox said: ... or an expert on the GDPR Yes, at least a couple of people have expressed doubt and concern that you apparently have little or no grasp of GDPR. Are you really trying to secure a place on ArbCom when you cannot comprehend the other posts here? Although it does seem to be the norm...

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I think the ball is in Eric's court to say if any of the proposed names is acceptable to him, or maybe to suggest someone else.

Why is Eric expected to provide any more than he already has? Seems like more than sufficient proof to me.

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I believe that the information can be requested if you use a screen name but it would entail revealing your actual identity, and proving the connection, to the WMF.

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Beeblebrox, have you actually read up on anything concerning the GDPR? Your comments, and some made by others, suggest you have not.

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Have women stopped fleeing Wikipedia?

No.

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Beeblebrox said:

It seems as though there is a feeling that now's the time to run ...

More are already getting in the queue: creepy stalker/harasser GRuban is getting everything finalised for his run.

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It would look even cooler and trendier if those "in residence" actually knew how to edit properly and didn't allow edit-a-thon participants to simply copy/paste from sources.

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Alex Shih said: nobody ever even acknowledged the person That sums up the attitude of most current (and several former) members of ArbCom. They treat editors as below contempt and not worth their time, no matter how much time, energy, effort and money the editor may have invested over many years. Ar...

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ArbCom members seldom extend the courtesy of replying to emails; they apparently feel editors are beneath them and do not deserve or merit a response - GorillaWarfare is as much a part of that as the others. Alex Shih's comment that most of the current bunch are appalling is an accurate description.

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Doesn't "an obsession with racking up mass article starts" or stubs, apply to the vast majority of articles created by, for instance, the members of Women in Red or at almost all edit-a-thons?

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Carcharoth said:

What is actually going on here?

What we have going on is a group of clueless ArbCom members shambolically raking about desperately trying to work out how to get to the result they want of removing Fram's admin rights?

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Martinevans123's disappearance coincided with the Evidence phase of the Fram case so may be related to that? He's been blocked for socking in the past so is probably still around under a different (or reincarnated) persona.

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No reason why they can't change their votes; after all, they've already shown in the PD that they are unscrupulous enough to try going back to alter/adjust/re-word the FoFs they had already voted to support so it would retrospectively fit with how they wanted to vote in the remedies.

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MrErnie wrote: Maybe something like, Fram is free to ask for his tools back at BN, where it will be up to 'crat discretion. Why should the 'crats have to make the decision? That's surely just passing the buck? If the members of ArbCom possessed any integrity at all they would have voted to vacate th...

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Finally, there are strange issues that an IP has tried to raise against Future Perfect at Sunrise, which are being reverted and re-reverted.

Isn't that just a long term abuse account being reverted?

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And if none of the remedies regarding the bit pass ... ?

The answer to that might be just shut everything down?

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She needs to abstain from the remedies section if she doesn't think it's appropriate to vote on that FoF.

As I said recently, GorillaWarfare lacks the maturity and integrity to abstain.

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Yes, for as much as some seem willing to believe WTT is some kind of knight in shining armour who is acting in the best interests of Wikipedia, ArbCom and goodness knows what else, he is in fact simply covering up and hiding as much as he thinks he can possibly get away with. Looks like - as the pre...

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