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==Chip Berlet==

==Chip Berlet==

Wikipedia reached a milestone in its history on October 10, 2007, when Wikipedia "controversial and knowledgeable expert" [[Chip Berlet]] recieved his first block for incivility.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Cberlet]  Berlet, who had written for [[extremist]] publications throughout his career, had achieved a special "controversial expert" exemption from virtually all Wikipedia's written policies.  This exemption from policy extended to citing self, violating self promotion, incivility and personal attacks, and other policies.

Wikipedia reached a milestone in its history on October 10, 2007, when Wikipedia "controversial and knowledgeable expert" [[Chip Berlet]] recieved his first block for incivility.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Cberlet]  Berlet, who had written for [[extremist]] publications<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Expertly+using+%22experts%22:+leftist+media+organs+selectively+use...-a097822451 Expertly using "experts": leftist media organs selectively use so-called experts to propagandize the masses on behalf of a statist agenda. (Expert Opinion)].</ref><ref>John George and Laird Wilcox, [http://www.questia.com/library/book/nazis-communists-klansmen-and-others-on-the-fringe-political-extremism-in-america-by-john-george-laird-wilcox.jsp''Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America''], Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1992, (ISBN 0-87975-680-2), pgs. 125-131.</ref> throughout his career, had achieved a special "controversial expert" exemption from virtually all Wikipedia's written policies.  This exemption from policy extended to citing self, violating self promotion, incivility and personal attacks, and other policies.

Several official written Wikipedia policies had been rewritten<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Workshop#Request_of_finding_for_ex_post_facto_policy_changes Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin/Workshop/Request of finding for ex post facto policy changes]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ANo_original_research&diff=31675236&oldid=31668491 Wikipedia:No original research], Revision as of 00:21, 17 December 2005; SlimVirgin removes the language, "Wikipedia welcomes experts and academics. However, such experts do not occupy a privileged position within Wikipedia."</ref>and modified at various times to exempt Berlet from provisions and applications.  On most occasssions, enforcement of exisitng policies has been simply ignored. [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=13204&pid=54218&mode=threaded&show=&st=0&#entry54218]

Several official written Wikipedia policies had been rewritten<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Rangerdude/Workshop#Request_of_finding_for_ex_post_facto_policy_changes Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin/Workshop/Request of finding for ex post facto policy changes]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ANo_original_research&diff=31675236&oldid=31668491 Wikipedia:No original research], Revision as of 00:21, 17 December 2005; SlimVirgin removes the language, "Wikipedia welcomes experts and academics. However, such experts do not occupy a privileged position within Wikipedia."</ref>and modified at various times to exempt Berlet from provisions and applications.  On most occasssions, enforcement of exisitng policies has been simply ignored. [http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=13204&pid=54218&mode=threaded&show=&st=0&#entry54218]