User talk:MediaMangler/Tony Sidaway

A Thoughful Request

Dear Tony,

Thank you for removing the stalkers from WP. It's been relaxing to work on Cherokee and Native American articles without the harassment. However, four of the users are still here and their conduct is not going to stop. If they come near my talk page or engage in any more harrassment, I would appreciate them being warned and if this fails, handled appropriately. One of the users still has a banner on their user page they are here for stalking and harassment and this is MediaMangler (talk · contribs · logs).

The users are:

• MediaMangler (talk · contribs · logs)
• Vigilant (talk · contribs · logs)
• Jerryg (talk · contribs · logs)
• Friendly Neighbour (talk · contribs · logs)

I know who all these people are and their identities, and I can tell you three of them work for competitors of my business interests and one of them appears to simply tag along with the others.

I would like these users to be banned from my talk page since all they do is post flame bait and harassment.

All of these accounts are SCOX members who came to the site originally for the sole purpose of stalking and libeling me. They are simply not going to stop until someone stops them. I have discussed the postings of these users with Danny and he has requested I send me a complete listing in writing of the materials I feel are inappropriate. My response was to have Fred Bauder review the article in question and make edits perhaps with assistance from other ARBCOM folks. I am going to stay away from my bio and after doing a lot of soul searching about myself, I can clearly see why WP:AUTO exists. It's just not possible to be neutral about your own autobiography. I did communicate to Danny if there were items in the article I objected to, I would use the same approach Jimbo uses which is to post clarification to the talk page. However, I consider myself under a self imposed ban on any edits to the article in question. I noted Nicholas Turnbull is walking away. I have mixed feelings about it, and I also am not neutral on this topic, so I have no comment to make that would be helpful there. Thank you for your help in making WP a better place for everyone to contribute. Sincerely, Sint Holo 22:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Merkey's original account Gadugi was "indefinitely" blocked October 15, 2005. My first edit did not occur until October 27, 2005. While I now understand that Wikipedia policies are enforced in such an arbitrary and capricious manner as to be essentially meaningless, at the time I wrote the text to which Merkey refers, I had no expectation that he would ever be allowed to edit on Wiki again. I certainly had no idea that he would be able to purchase such a right. It is therefore nonsensical to claim that my user page in any way indicates that I am here only to stalk and harass him. At this point, however, I'm not at all sure I wish to remain. — MediaMangler 01:48, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Jeff Merkey is banned. [[1]] Vigilant 06:02, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

User Sint Holo has been indefinitely blocked by Jimbo Wales himself as a sockpuppet of the banned user Gadugi. I do hope this means that admins may again use the Wikipedia rules about his sockpuppets. He still has two known unblocked ones. They are 71.199.40.199 (talk · contribs) the IP number Sint Holo used when not logged and TempusFugit (talk · contribs) used to stalk the people who remember his previous sockpuppets' antics. Should I post this on the Admins Noticeboard or is this comment enough to block those sockpuppets? This is a good time as Merkey usually gets a meltdown (personal attack & legal threats) after losing an account. He's already hinted some action against User:Jerryg on his Talk page. I also do hope that asking you and other admins to block sockpuppets of a banned user won't get me blocked. Otherwise what would the Wikipedia rules be for if asking to uphold them would be a blockable activity? You might also re-consider some blocks you've put on users for trying to get the admins attention to a blocked sockpuppet chutzpah. Or at least make their block time limited (the blocked users were guilty of some 3RR disruption but this is not a Wikipedia capital offense, is it?). Best regards. Friendly Neighbour 07:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

It seems the meltdown I predicted above did happen. Luckily not on Wikipedia but on Jeff Merkey's personal page [2]. The material posted there seems to ask for a libel suit from Wikipedia or Jimbo Wales. That it happened off-Wikipedia does not change my opinion that his remaining known sockpuppet accounts should be blocked while people who tried to warn you should be unblocked. Thanks in advance. Friendly Neighbour 14:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Revert states that the 3RR rule does not apply to reverts of banned or blocked users, so I really have no idea what offense was committed to warrant the blocks. Just how does one go about "stalking and harassing" a user on a site from which they have been banned? Did Jimbo Wales just stalk and harass Merkey by blocking his account? — MediaMangler 13:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)