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 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: > > http://www.dailydot.com/society/wikipedia-hoax-vandalism-legolas2186/ > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Legolas2186/Major_contributions > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Legolas2186/Fixing_citation_problems > > This highlights the vulnerability of the encyclopedia to insidious > editing even when published sources were called into question. In > this case, a trusted member of the volunteer community displayed a > pattern of consistent misrepresentations and even fabrication of > sources in some cases. > > thanks, > > Anirudh > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-en mailing list > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en > -- Regards, Venkatesh S
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