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Homeopathy edit war/Where are they now

2009-07-07T16:32:44Z

86.132.7.202: Please leave me out of your blatant lies. The Arbcom have said that the case was serously mishandled, and withdrew it completely, yet this doesn't even mention that, instead presenting disproven alle

A large number of advocates for and against homeopathy have been blocked, desysoped or banned. This page is a record of the fates of these editors.

==Ed Poor==
*14:59, 1 March 2005 Ed Poor (talk | contribs | block) changed rights for User:Ed Poor (=sysop, steward, developer)
*12:42, 10 January 2008 NoSeptember (talk | contribs | block) changed rights for User:Ed Poor to (none) ‎
"I became less active a couple of years ago, a group of tag team editors discovered they could pin a false accusation of POV pushing and "undue weight" on me and got me banned from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_design&oldid=259782 Intelligent Design article]. Ironically, the result is that the article condemns ID instead of being neutral. Note: I don't want the article to endorse ID - to be neutral on a controversial topic, a Wikipedia article should neither endorse nor condemn any viewpoint." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ed_Poor&oldid=291017396 see]) Edits to the homeopathy article between 2002-03-25 13:46 and 2002-03-25 13:47.

==Jim62sch==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-06-16 and 2008-02-04

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Jim62sch#Jim62sch_2 Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jim62sch] - warned not to harass people

Hobby: working with people like FeloniousMonk, Orangemarlin, Filll and "Odd nature" ("[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive447#Jim62sch ID cabal]") to make on-Wikipedia lists such as "individuals associated with Dominionism" and academics associated with creationism.

==Jossi==
Edits to the Wikipedia homeopathy article from 2008-01-22 to 2008-05-19. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AJossi Now blocked] for "Abusive sockpupeteer in violation of arbcom sanctions". [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Scientology/Evidence&oldid=290020986#Evidence_presented_by_Jossi see]

*Jan. 23, 2008. Notes: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_25 undue weight to the critical viewpoints" in the introduction to the article]", "This is an article about Homeopathy, not about the critical view of homeopathy."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_27 struggle over pseudoscience category], responds to "So quit whining" comment from Filll.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_28 calls for one revert only editing]

==Orangemarlin==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-06-16 and 2009-03-06

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-06-30/ArbCom_and_Orangemarlin Investigated by ArbCom] and submitted to mentoring.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AOrangemarlin Block log]

==PouponOnToast==
1 July 2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User:PouponOnToast Abusing multiple accounts: Apparent bad-hand sockpuppet] Edits to the homeopathy article between 2008-01-23 and 2008-02-11 21:39.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DepartedUser User:DepartedUser]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hipocrite User:Hipocrite]

==ScienceApologist==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-10-10 and 2008-07-20

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AScienceApologist block log]

Banned for 3 months (12 March 2009) by ArbCom for "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Fringe_science Fringe Science]" editing

===Filll===
Many edits to the homeopathy article 2007-07-12 to 2008-03-17

"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Filll&diff=prev&oldid=145536601 Succusion? That is a nonstandard term that does not appear in a dictionary and is ill-defined in all the homeopathic literature, most of which we cannot cite because it is not peer-reviewed or in mainstream venues]"

Compare to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Homeopathy&oldid=296365120 discussion of succussion here].

Interactions with "Dragons flight" led to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AFilll a reprimand]. "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AFeatured_article_candidates%2FCretaceous%E2%80%93Tertiary_extinction_event&diff=149589141&oldid=149585909 you will have your head handed to you]"

*explaining the popularity of homeopathy: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1831487&tool=pmcentrez Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting]. This study [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_18#New_Study_on_Homeopathy_in_2007 was previously discussed] at the talk page for the Wikipedia article, which provoked Filll to comment:
*"This sort of worthless nonsense spewed on the talk pages ad infinitum discourages real productive editors and destroys Wikipedia as a project"
*"you do not know science, you do not know scientific protocol or medicine or really anything except how to troll and make other more reasoned and reasonable editors disgusted with your antics"
*"Do not embarasss yourself Whig further with this kind of nonsense"
*"Whig's comments should be summarily removed from the talk page on sight because of trolling concerns"
*"I am sorry that your POV has blinded you to reality"
*"Since you are unqualified, you clearly have no business being here at this article"

===Peter morrell===
This kind of comment: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Homeopathy&diff=prev&oldid=145862131 you hate homeopathy and have been on a crusade to destroy these artciles, haven't you?]" earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3APeter_morrell block 20 July 2007]

"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&diff=prev&oldid=52662476 I am a major published historian of this subject]" - [http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/index.htm his collection articles on Homeopathy]

Many edits to the homoopathy article from 2006-05-08 to 2008-05-13

*Talk page comment by Peter morrell: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_18#Excess_crit This article STILL contains vast baggages of criticism and this needs to be trimmed back to a bare minimum IMO]" which provoked Filll to reply: "the overwhelming majority of the article should be written this way. From the POV of science and conventional medicine".

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Homeopathy edit war/Where are they now

2009-07-07T16:30:14Z

86.132.7.202: /* Vanished user */ Remove blatant lies.

A large number of advocates for and against homeopathy have been blocked, desysoped or banned. This page is a record of the fates of these editors.

==Ed Poor==
*14:59, 1 March 2005 Ed Poor (talk | contribs | block) changed rights for User:Ed Poor (=sysop, steward, developer)
*12:42, 10 January 2008 NoSeptember (talk | contribs | block) changed rights for User:Ed Poor to (none) ‎
"I became less active a couple of years ago, a group of tag team editors discovered they could pin a false accusation of POV pushing and "undue weight" on me and got me banned from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligent_design&oldid=259782 Intelligent Design article]. Ironically, the result is that the article condemns ID instead of being neutral. Note: I don't want the article to endorse ID - to be neutral on a controversial topic, a Wikipedia article should neither endorse nor condemn any viewpoint." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ed_Poor&oldid=291017396 see]) Edits to the homeopathy article between 2002-03-25 13:46 and 2002-03-25 13:47.

==Jim62sch==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-06-16 and 2008-02-04

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Jim62sch#Jim62sch_2 Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Jim62sch] - warned not to harass people

Hobby: working with people like FeloniousMonk, Orangemarlin, Filll and "Odd nature" ("[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive447#Jim62sch ID cabal]") to make on-Wikipedia lists such as "individuals associated with Dominionism" and academics associated with creationism.

==Jossi==
Edits to the Wikipedia homeopathy article from 2008-01-22 to 2008-05-19. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AJossi Now blocked] for "Abusive sockpupeteer in violation of arbcom sanctions". [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Scientology/Evidence&oldid=290020986#Evidence_presented_by_Jossi see]

*Jan. 23, 2008. Notes: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_25 undue weight to the critical viewpoints" in the introduction to the article]", "This is an article about Homeopathy, not about the critical view of homeopathy."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_27 struggle over pseudoscience category], responds to "So quit whining" comment from Filll.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_28 calls for one revert only editing]

==Orangemarlin==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-06-16 and 2009-03-06

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-06-30/ArbCom_and_Orangemarlin Investigated by ArbCom] and submitted to mentoring.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AOrangemarlin Block log]

==PouponOnToast==
1 July 2008 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User:PouponOnToast Abusing multiple accounts: Apparent bad-hand sockpuppet] Edits to the homeopathy article between 2008-01-23 and 2008-02-11 21:39.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DepartedUser User:DepartedUser]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hipocrite User:Hipocrite]

==ScienceApologist==
Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-10-10 and 2008-07-20

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AScienceApologist block log]

Banned for 3 months (12 March 2009) by ArbCom for "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Fringe_science Fringe Science]" editing

==Vanished user==
*Possibly the most [http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/Contributors.php?wikifam=.wikipedia.org&wikilang=en&order=-edit_count&page=Homeopathy&grouped=on&ofs=0&max=1000 prolific Wikipedia skeptic of homeopathy].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&target=Vanished+user First known edit in early 2006]. Edits to the homeopathy article between 2007-02-18 and 2008-02-08.
*He was an administrator from March 2007 until February 2008 when brought up before ArbCom for biting newcomers with unpopular views, which resulted in him resigning as an administrator.
*He was briefly a candidate for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arb_Com Wikipedia ArbCom] in December 2007: "I've not shunned controversy - I've done a lot of work on [[Homeopathy]]" then he later said, "I withdraw. I do not think I could work with the Arbcom."
*While editing as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Shoemaker%27s_Holiday Shoemaker's Holiday] he has had edits to the homeopathy article between 2008-04-15 and 2009-05-14. He tried to regain his adminship, but his past caught up with him.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Shoemaker%27s_Holiday&diff=295221294&oldid=295220430 Claimed to be quitting Wikipedia] in June 2009.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=297061430#Statement_regarding_the_Matthew_Hoffman_case ArbCom Statement]

===Filll===
Many edits to the homeopathy article 2007-07-12 to 2008-03-17

"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Filll&diff=prev&oldid=145536601 Succusion? That is a nonstandard term that does not appear in a dictionary and is ill-defined in all the homeopathic literature, most of which we cannot cite because it is not peer-reviewed or in mainstream venues]"

Compare to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Homeopathy&oldid=296365120 discussion of succussion here].

Interactions with "Dragons flight" led to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3AFilll a reprimand]. "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AFeatured_article_candidates%2FCretaceous%E2%80%93Tertiary_extinction_event&diff=149589141&oldid=149585909 you will have your head handed to you]"

*explaining the popularity of homeopathy: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1831487&tool=pmcentrez Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting]. This study [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_18#New_Study_on_Homeopathy_in_2007 was previously discussed] at the talk page for the Wikipedia article, which provoked Filll to comment:
*"This sort of worthless nonsense spewed on the talk pages ad infinitum discourages real productive editors and destroys Wikipedia as a project"
*"you do not know science, you do not know scientific protocol or medicine or really anything except how to troll and make other more reasoned and reasonable editors disgusted with your antics"
*"Do not embarasss yourself Whig further with this kind of nonsense"
*"Whig's comments should be summarily removed from the talk page on sight because of trolling concerns"
*"I am sorry that your POV has blinded you to reality"
*"Since you are unqualified, you clearly have no business being here at this article"

===Peter morrell===
This kind of comment: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Homeopathy&diff=prev&oldid=145862131 you hate homeopathy and have been on a crusade to destroy these artciles, haven't you?]" earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3APeter_morrell block 20 July 2007]

"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&diff=prev&oldid=52662476 I am a major published historian of this subject]" - [http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/index.htm his collection articles on Homeopathy]

Many edits to the homoopathy article from 2006-05-08 to 2008-05-13

*Talk page comment by Peter morrell: "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Homeopathy/Archive_18#Excess_crit This article STILL contains vast baggages of criticism and this needs to be trimmed back to a bare minimum IMO]" which provoked Filll to reply: "the overwhelming majority of the article should be written this way. From the POV of science and conventional medicine".

[[Category:Wikipedia]]