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==My time at Wikipedia==

==My time at Wikipedia==

Back in 2012, I was a senior editor on Wikipedia and could boast tens of thousands of edits as well as a clean eight-year track record. I was banned in 2013 following  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner a discussion that was obviously rigged]. It was full of people I'd never heard of up to that point. Although no compelling arguments were presented, everyone voted to ban me. If some reporter digs into this, I suspect they will find that the French embassy has paid off various Wikipedia admins to promote the use of the French language on English-language Wikipedia. Perhaps my sin was to lead an effort to move an African country from it's French name (''Côte d'Ivoire'') to it's English name (Ivory Coast).  

Back in 2012, I was a senior editor on Wikipedia and could boast tens of thousands of edits as well as a clean eight-year track record. I was banned in 2013 following  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive252#Ban_proposal:_Kauffner a discussion that was obviously rigged]. It was full of people I'd never heard of up to that point. Although no compelling arguments were presented, everyone voted to ban me. If some reporter digs into this, I suspect he will find that the French embassy has paid off various Wikipedia admins to promote French interests on English-language Wikipedia. Perhaps my sin was to lead an effort to move an African country from it's French name (''Côte d'Ivoire'') to it's English name (Ivory Coast). I also offended the Francophiles while I tried to lowercase "champagne" (the beverage), as every English-language dictionary says to do.  

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