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''''SlimVirgin'''' was a highly active [[Wikipedia]] editor who started in November [[2004]];<ref>https://millosh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/women-and-wikimedian-projects-slimvirgin/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20210224012559/https://millosh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/women-and-wikimedian-projects-slimvirgin/ Archive.org]</ref> known for her work on biographies of living people and politics. She was involved in various disputes and discussions related to article content and editorial policies sometimes leading to heated debates. | ''''SlimVirgin'''' was a highly active [[Wikipedia]] editor who started in November [[2004]];<ref>https://millosh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/women-and-wikimedian-projects-slimvirgin/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20210224012559/https://millosh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/women-and-wikimedian-projects-slimvirgin/ Archive.org]</ref> known for her work on biographies of living people and politics. She was involved in various disputes and discussions related to article content and editorial policies sometimes leading to heated debates. | ||
| − | She was criticized for her conduct:<ref>http://www.geocities.ws/berletwatch/virgin.htm saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20150317065958/http://www.geocities.ws/berletwatch/virgin.htm Archive.org]</ref> | + | [[Ludwig De Braeckeleer]] (with the help of research conducted by [[Daniel Brandt]]) wrote in [[2007]] that her real name is Sarah Linda McEwan aka Linda Mack and that she infiltrated the [[ABC News]] investigation of the [[Lockerbie bombing]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071015084708/http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=374006&rel_no=1&back_url=</ref><ref>https://inteltoday.org/2021/07/27/on-this-day-what-a-hornets-nest-i-had-stirred-wikipedia-edited-by-the-cia-july-26-27-2007-update-wikipedia-editor-slimvirgin-has-died-what-was-the-shadowy-figure-up-to/</ref> Others pointed to her real identity being [[Morag_Kerr#SlimVirgin|Morag Kerr]]. |
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| + | On her Wikipedia talk page <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SlimVirgin</ref> users link to an obituary for one Sarah Linda Elizabeth Gibb.<ref>https://saskatoonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3449/Sarah-Gibb/obituary.html saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20230209054351/https://saskatoonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3449/Sarah-Gibb/obituary.html Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.ph/6gtgj Archive.is]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Criticism== | ||
| + | She was criticized for her conduct early on:<ref>http://www.geocities.ws/berletwatch/virgin.htm saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20150317065958/http://www.geocities.ws/berletwatch/virgin.htm Archive.org]</ref> | ||
{{QB|SlimVirgin quickly learned that the way to win debates at Wikipedia is not by presenting a reasoned argument, but by "gaming the system": one must familiarize oneself with the rules, loudly accuse one's opponent of violating them, and then get the opponent banned -- problem solved. SlimVirgin was so successful at playing this game that she quickly became an administrator or "admin," giving her the power to ban political opponents herself.[...] | {{QB|SlimVirgin quickly learned that the way to win debates at Wikipedia is not by presenting a reasoned argument, but by "gaming the system": one must familiarize oneself with the rules, loudly accuse one's opponent of violating them, and then get the opponent banned -- problem solved. SlimVirgin was so successful at playing this game that she quickly became an administrator or "admin," giving her the power to ban political opponents herself.[...] | ||
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One person whom SlimVirgin had managed to seriously offend was Daniel Brandt, pioneering cyber-sleuth and founder of Wikipedia-Watch.org. Brandt, working from the tiniest of clues (for SlimVirgin knew her way around the internet, and covered her tracks with care,) developed the theory that SlimVirgin was actually Sarah McEwan of Alberta, Canada. | One person whom SlimVirgin had managed to seriously offend was Daniel Brandt, pioneering cyber-sleuth and founder of Wikipedia-Watch.org. Brandt, working from the tiniest of clues (for SlimVirgin knew her way around the internet, and covered her tracks with care,) developed the theory that SlimVirgin was actually Sarah McEwan of Alberta, Canada. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 3 September 2023
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| Died | 2021 |
| Interests | • Pan Am Flight 103 • Wikipedia • LaRouche movement |
Highly active and manipulative Wikipedia editor of many years. | |
'SlimVirgin' was a highly active Wikipedia editor who started in November 2004;[1] known for her work on biographies of living people and politics. She was involved in various disputes and discussions related to article content and editorial policies sometimes leading to heated debates.
Ludwig De Braeckeleer (with the help of research conducted by Daniel Brandt) wrote in 2007 that her real name is Sarah Linda McEwan aka Linda Mack and that she infiltrated the ABC News investigation of the Lockerbie bombing.[2][3] Others pointed to her real identity being Morag Kerr.
On her Wikipedia talk page [4] users link to an obituary for one Sarah Linda Elizabeth Gibb.[5]
Criticism
She was criticized for her conduct early on:[6]
SlimVirgin quickly learned that the way to win debates at Wikipedia is not by presenting a reasoned argument, but by "gaming the system": one must familiarize oneself with the rules, loudly accuse one's opponent of violating them, and then get the opponent banned -- problem solved. SlimVirgin was so successful at playing this game that she quickly became an administrator or "admin," giving her the power to ban political opponents herself.[...]
Her identity was a mystery, and as she ascended in the Wikipedia hierarchy, she made many enemies in her ruthless quest for power. The website of Wikipedia critics, the Wikipedia Review, voted her the Most Abusive Admin of 2006. So many editors were banned on various pretexts, merely for arguing with her at Wikipedia, that the quest for her real-life identity began.
One person whom SlimVirgin had managed to seriously offend was Daniel Brandt, pioneering cyber-sleuth and founder of Wikipedia-Watch.org. Brandt, working from the tiniest of clues (for SlimVirgin knew her way around the internet, and covered her tracks with care,) developed the theory that SlimVirgin was actually Sarah McEwan of Alberta, Canada.
References
- ↑ https://millosh.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/women-and-wikimedian-projects-slimvirgin/ saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071015084708/http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=374006&rel_no=1&back_url=
- ↑ https://inteltoday.org/2021/07/27/on-this-day-what-a-hornets-nest-i-had-stirred-wikipedia-edited-by-the-cia-july-26-27-2007-update-wikipedia-editor-slimvirgin-has-died-what-was-the-shadowy-figure-up-to/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SlimVirgin
- ↑ https://saskatoonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/3449/Sarah-Gibb/obituary.html saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/berletwatch/virgin.htm saved at Archive.org
