Former steward Mardetanha (of Farsi Wikipedia) globally banned by WMF

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Mardetanha (T-C-L)

Mostly active on Farsi Wikipedia and Commons. No apparent recent block history.

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Mardetanha (T-C-L)

Mostly active on Farsi Wikipedia and Commons. No apparent recent block history.

This is a really big deal. He used to be a steward until WMF Legal removed his permissions in 2021.

Mardetanha/Mohsen Salek


The Curious Case of Persian Wikipedia: is the Iranian State Influencing Content?


Meeting of Wikipedia’s Persian Editors and officials from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance September 11th, 2018: From left to right: Ahmad Ameri, Arash Soleimani, Mohammad Heydarzadeh, Mohsen Salek and Hamid Ziaei

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Mardetanha (T-C-L)

Mostly active on Farsi Wikipedia and Commons. No apparent recent block history.

Damn Mardetanha's WMF ban surprised the fuck out of me. It was pretty unexpected especially cause he was a literal steward and a pretty trusted community member. But the Iranian government stuff kinda makes sense ig as to why he was WMF banned maybe? Who knows.

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I was literally wondering the same day if a former steward has ever been globally banned.

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Salek probably deserves his own thread in a public area. This from 2019 is useful. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12387&hilit=salek&start=50

Edit: Done, and these posts are now part of that new topic. --Zoloft