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This is a partial list of editors of Wikipedia who have gained prominence by helping to ensure that Wikipedia articles are written from the skeptical point of view (as opposed to Wikipedia's policy of Neutral Point of View).
The extent to which the active skeptical editors vote and speak as a group is extraordinary. The true flavor is hard to get without reading a number of Wikipedia discussions, votes, and edit histories. In general, they function as a loosely organized voting/editing block to bias articles and to attack, harass and drive away editors who disagree with them. Testimony to this effect is easy to come by, but the most vehement statements are mostly in private email. The group also drives away moderate skeptics (also confirmed by email). One example is DGG, a moderate skeptic who has stated his opposition on Wikipedia.[1]
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Adam Cuerden (Shoemaker's Holiday)
Askolnick (currently inactive)
Crohnie (CrohnieGal)
Fyslee (Paul Lee) (BullRangifer) ("Brangifer")
JzG (Guy Chapman) (Guy)
KillerChihuahua (Tracy E. Walker?)
Raymond Arritt AKA Short Brigade Harvester Boris
RDOlivaw (Jerome Vitner)
Shell Kinney (also User:Jareth)
Shoemaker's Holiday (Adam Cuerden)
Short Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt)
Tmtoulouse - Well known hard-core materialist, founder of Rationalwiki.
References
- ↑ Not all skeptics listed here function in an unethical way; but with rare exception(s?) such as DGG they function as described
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Civility&diff=203422773&oldid=203417717
- ↑ [1] I think blocking the IP for the term of SA's block, or for 3 months (doing a "reset") would be a better approach. Unless we are ready to write SA off completely. Which I am not. Yet. ++Lar: t/c 22:48, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raymond_arritt/Expert_withdrawal#Only_partially_in_jest
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ASceptre
- ↑ Toss away the OED: (mis)spell by consensus, I
- ↑ Toss away the OED: (mis)spell by consensus, II
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raymond_arritt/Expert_withdrawal
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Will_Beback&oldid=292472392#May_2009
