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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 spent a lot time of my time in a forum callled "request moves" where I promoted the used of conventional English in titles, and opposed unnecessary reliance on foriegn languages. 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. Very little of my editing related to France, but it was enough to attract the attention of senior editors. Perhaps my sin was to lead a successful 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.

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 spent a lot time of my time in a forum callled "request moves" where I promoted the used of conventional English in titles, and opposed unnecessary reliance on foriegn languages. 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 few coherent arguments and no diffs 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. Very little of my editing related to France, but it was enough to attract negative attention from senior editors. Perhaps my sin was to lead a successful effort to move an African country from it's French name (''Côte d'Ivoire'') to it's English name (Ivory Coast). Oddly enough, Ivory Coast is still at Ivory Coast all this time later. They can accept my arguments and my article writing, but they can't put up with me.  

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* Read my [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | parody of Wikipedia's gender categories affair]]

* Read my [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | parody of Wikipedia's gender categories affair]]