[Wikimediaindia-l] Legolas2186

2013-03-02 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi all, I don't think this has been discussed yet. An editor from India with the handle Legolas2186 has been indef'd from the English Wikipedia due to years of fabrication of sources on articles related to Madonna, Lady Gaga and other artistes. Here are a few relevant links:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Legolas2186

2013-03-02 Thread νєηкαтєѕн
It's been over a year now. He was considered highly reputed before he was questioned. Once the investigation started he disappeared from the project. On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't think this has been discussed yet. An editor from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Legolas2186

2013-03-02 Thread Vickram Crishna
This has happened even with contract-linked editing of information sources, such as the old encyclopedias. As a philosophy, managing information the wikipedia way has many things to offer, but omniscience isn't one of them. Actually, perfection can only be a goal, not a promise. The good thing