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Evidence presented by Offliner

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Here I present some evidence which I hope will be helpful to ArbCom when investigating the emails. I will concentrate on editors who according to ArbCom are members of the list. There is a huge amount of evidence of all kinds of dirty tricks and tactics by the list members, including coordinated edit warring, provocations against the list's opponents, coordinated block shopping and defending each other all over Wikipedia.

When did members join the list?

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  • 2009-03-21. Miacek joins. (20090321-1644-[WPM] Miacek is now in our little list.eml)
  • 2009-04-14. Biophys joins. (20090414-1421-[WPM] Biophys subscribed.eml)
  • 2009-05-27. Radeksz joins. (20090517-1235-[WPM] Radek should be subscribed now..eml)
  • 2009-06-03. Sander Säde rejoins. (20090603-1317-[WPM] Sander resubscribed.eml)
  • 2009-06-05. Tymek joins. (20090605-1944-[WPM] Tymek subscribed.eml)
  • 2009-06-08. Jacurek joins. (20090608-2054-[WPM] Jacurek joining.eml)
  • 2009-06-11. Ostap R joins. (20090611-2032-[WPM] Ostap subscribed.eml)
  • 2009-06-15. Poeticbent joins. (20090615-0819-[WPM] Poeticbent.eml)

Others seem to have been members from the beginning.

Members of the secret email list coordinate their edit warring

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Here are some example incidents about coordinated edit warring by the list members.

September edit warring

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  • I went on a wikibreak on 7 September: [1]. Around the same time, PasswordUsername went on a break due to hardware problems.
  • On 9 September, Piotrus points out to the team that this is an excellent time to edit war on articles where the list's "enemies" have an upper hand. (On 20090909-1718-[WPM] Russavia got Bannned !.eml)
Alexander Litvinenko
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  • On 9 September, after having made no edits on the article for a long time, Biophys suddenly appeared to edit war: [2] He performed a massive revert to an old version. To see why this is a massive revert, observe how Biophys blindly restores a typo ("persecuition"), that had been fixed many times by other editors (as noted on the talk page by Russavia.)
  • On 9 September, Offliner reverts Biophys: [3].
  • On 9 September, Biophys mentions Offliner's revert on the list and calls for help in the edit war. (20090909-2347-[WPM] Russavia got Bannned !.eml)
  • On 15 September, while Biophys was blocked, Radeksz arrived to edit war on Biophys' behalf: [4]
Russian apartment bombings
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  • After having made no edits on the article for a long time, Biophys arrived on 11 September to edit war: [5]
  • Radeksz arrived on 13 September to edit war in support of Biophys: [6][7]. Before this, Radeksz had showed no interest in the article's subject. He had only made 1 edit, which also was a revert in support of Biophys: [8] (for this edit, Radeksz was briefly blocked: [9])
  • Biophys was blocked for edit warring on another article for 31h on 15 September (although he also made 3 reverts in 24h on Russian apartment bombings, and more later) [10]
  • Radeksz continued to edit war in support of Biophys while Biophys was blocked: [11]
  • Piotrus arrived on 16 September to edit war in support of Biophys (Piotrus never edited the article before): [12]

Early June edit warring

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In early June, there was edit warring in several articles with several members of the list participating.

There were several calls to arms on the secret list.

  • 2 June. Digwuren asks the list members to help him edit war in several articles. (20090603-1647-[WPM] Discrimination.eml)
  • 5 June. Digwuren suggests that they team members should try to overwhelm the opponents' revert count. (20090605-2009-[WPM] tactics re Offliner and PasswordUsername.eml)
  • 6 June. Piotrus suggests that the team should coordinate their reverts, so that none of the team members get too many reverts and their opponents (such as Offliner) gets more. This way the team should be able to report Offliner at ANI/3RR eventually without getting reported themselves. (20090606-0618-[WPM] tactics re Offliner and PasswordUsername.eml)
Ethnocracy
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  • 3 June. PasswordUsername edits: [13]
  • 3 June. Digwuren reverts: [14]
  • 3 June. Shotlandiya reverts: [15]
  • 3 June. Radeksz arrives (he never edited this article before): [16]
  • 4 June. Edit war continues: [17][18][19][20]
  • 5 June. Martintg arrives: [21]
  • 9 June. Sander Säde arrives: [22]
  • 11 June. Radesz continues to edit war: [23]
Discrimination against ethnic minorities in Estonia[24]
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  • 1 June. Article created by me.
  • 1 June. Martintg nominates for deletion: [25].
  • 5 June. Article is merged to Human rights in Estonia.
  • 6 June. Radeksz arrives to edit war: [26][27]
  • 6 June. Vecrumba arrives to edit war: [28]
Kaitsepolitsei
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  • 5 June. Criticism by Amnesty International inserted.
  • 5 June. Radeksz removes: [29]
  • 6 June. Sander Säde arrives to do the same: [30]
  • 6 June. Radeksz continues to edit war: [31]
  • 7 June. Martintg arrives: [32]
  • 7 June. Digwuren arrives: [33]
Digwuren personal attack
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Digwuren calls other editors Neo-Nazis (in violation of WP:DIGWUREN): [34] As a result, Digwuren is blocked by Thatcher: [35]

Team members use coordinated action to keep copyvio images

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  • On 11 August, admin User:J Milburn (who is very experienced with image copyrights) nominates several copyvio images for deletion. Example: [36]
  • At 01:01 on 12 August, Piotrus arrives to accuse J Milburn of disruption: [37]
  • At 01:42 on 12 August, Jacurec arrives to protest against the nomination: [38]
  • At 02:09 on 12 August, Poeticbent arrives to do the same: [39]
  • J Milburn is convinced that the images are copyvio: [40]
  • See J Milburn's replies here: [41]. Sorry I didn't say this just now, just wanted to add that my head is reeling. I really, really, really can't see why you've turned a simple image cleanup into some kind of war between encyclopedists and deletionists. What are you doing?! Whatever, that image can be decided at FfD now. Seems like an awful waste of time, but it's what you wanted...
  • It seems very likely that on 11 August, there was a call to arms on the secret list to use team pressure to keep the copyvio images. Especially in light of the extremely fast response time of the team.

File:German Soviet.jpg

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This is a remarkable episode, in which the team members through stealth canvassing and abuse of admin tools almost managed to keep a clear copyvio image.

  • At 21:37 on 11 July. File:German Soviet.jpg nominated for deletion by J Milburn. [42]
  • Tymek informs the group of the nomination. (20090712-0554-[WPM] To your attention.eml)
  • At 22:56 on 11 July. Dc76 arrives to argue for keep: [43]
  • At 05:52 on 12 July. Jacurek arrives to vote keep: [44]
  • At 06:49 on 12 July. Piotrus arrives to vote keep: [45]
  • At 11:28 on 12 July. Martintg arrives to vote keep: [46]
  • At 13:25 on 12 July. Biophys arrives to vote keep: [47]
  • At 15:53 on 12 July. Vecrumba arrives to vote keep: [48]
  • Only three non-cabal members voted in the discussion: User:J Milburn (delete), User:Mosedshurte (keep), User:Calliopejen1 (delete) and User:Jennavecia (delete). [49]
  • The clear conclusion of this is that the swamping of the discussion by cabal members was effective and almost resulted in the copyvio image being kept.
  • At 17:05 on 12 July. Admin User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry closes the discussion as speedy delete: "...per NFCC8, or as a blatant infringement of fair use laws." [50]
  • At 21:48 on 12 July. Piotrus uses his admin tools to restore the image. [51]
  • At 22:13 on 12 July. Piotrus explicitly exploits the pseudo-consensus that resulted from list members swamping the discussion: [52]
  • On 12 July. Piotrus announces his action on the secret list. (20090712-2106-[WPM] To your attention.eml)
  • At 14:48 on 13 July. J Milburn deletes the image again: [53]

Team members are engaged in coordinated attempts to provoke their opponents

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Coordinated provocations against Deacon of Dnapetzim

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  • Piotrus asks members to comment on the discussion and try to provoke Deacon into losing his temper. If this happens Deacon can then be reported to AE/ANI according to Piotrus' plan. (20090404-0611-[WPM] Deacon versus Piotrus.eml)
  • At 09:53, Radeksz arrives to support Piotrus: [55]
  • At 09:56, Digwuren arrives to support Piotrus: [56]
  • At 15:56, Deacon of Pndapetzim arrives to oppose: [57]
  • Jacurec, Poeticbent and Loosmark also supported Piotrus.
  • Deacon's participation on the move discussion is used against him in an WP:AE report (filed by Radeksz on 8 June): [58]. List members Piotrus, Jacurek, Tymek and Poeticbent make comments on the thread.

Coordinated provocations against PasswordUsername

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On 10 June. PasswordUsername edits Jewish Bolshevism. [59]

On 11 June. Vecrumba makes a post at PU's talkpage: [60]

On 11 June. Vecrumba discusses his post on the secret list. He predicts that either PasswordUsername will back of, or he will take the bait, lose his temper and make incivil remarks. If this happens, Vecrumba will try to get PasswordUsername banned. (20090611-0230-[WPM] PasswordUsername_ opportunity.eml.)

Coordinated provocations and attempts to out me

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Members of the secret email list protect each other at admin noticeboards

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  • On 15 September, Biophys was blocked by User:Rjanag: [62] Martintg arrives to defend Biophys: [63] Marting tries to defend Biophys on Rjanag's talk page as well -- Rjanag thinks Martintg's actions are inapproriate: [64]. Rjanag responds to Martintg: "The only reason you think it's unjustified is because in the past I didn't block one of your "enemies" who, in your perception, edit warred just as much": [65]. Piotrus arrives to defend Biophys, saying "I didn't see the unblock request, otherwise I'd have unblocked you": [66]. Caspian blue says: "You'd better not because you're an involved person in regards to Biophys (not in the edit warring). Favoritism should be avoided". [67]. Piotrus claims he is not involved: [68]

Team members used coordinated action to convince an admin to unblock Martintg

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  • 2 April, Martintg was blocked for edit warring: [69].
  • Martintg called for help on the secret list. He asked team members to point out his previously clean block log (20090403-0013-[WPM] WMConnolly blocked Martin.eml.)
  • Piotrus arrived -- as usual -- to Martintg's defence: [70]. Biruitorul also defended Martintg: [71]. Dc76 also appeared defensive: [72].
  • Both Piotrus and Biruitorul used the same argument (Martintg's previously clean block log) as requested by Martintg on the secret list.
  • Afterwards Martintg posted an email on the secret list, thanking Piotrus, Biruitorul and Dc76 for defending him, saying that their comments evidently convinced William M. Connolley to lift the block. (20090403-1015-[WPM] WMConnolly blocked Martin.eml)

Members of the secret email list appear to be involved in stealth canvassing of votes

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Most of the members always vote the same way in AfDs. Often editors who never showed any interest in the article's subject will suddenly appear to vote in favour of other members of the group. Especially interesting is the behaviour of Radeksz and Piotrus in the following Russia-related subjects: normally they only edit Poland or WWII related articles, but often they appear out of nowhere to support their friends on Russian articles.

Piotrus has made unfounded personal attacks

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When I filed a report about Digwuren, Piotrus responded by attacking me: I agree with Radek; and I am fed up with the continuing harassment of Digwuren by Offliner. He has started baseless threads here, at user talk pages, at other Wikipedia pages... and has been throwing mud on Digwuren by the bucket, hoping something will stick.[73]

I asked Piotrus: Could please provide evidence that I have done such things? When have I harassed Digwuren or started baseless threads about him? I do not recall starting a single threat about him, except this one.[74]

Piotrus refused to provide evidence for his claims, although I requested this repeatedly: [75][76]

When I filed an AE report of Digwuren, Piotrus responded by attacking me: [77]

He also said that my evidence was "extremely poor." However, based on this evidence, Digwuren was blocked and placed on 1RR.

When I filed an AE report of Biophys, Piotrus again responded by attacking me: [78]

Piotrus has abused his admin status

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  • Piotrus often uses his admin status to defend his team mates.
  • For example, on 15 September, when Biophys was blocked, Piotrus said: "I didn't see the unblock request, otherwise I'd have unblocked you."[79]
  • At WP:AE, Piotrus has repeatedly tried to present himself as an "uninvolved adminstrator" on EE threads concerning his team mates or his enemies. As a result, he has been warned by Jehochman, who threatened to ban him from WP:AE: [80].
  • In an WP:AE thread about fellow cabal member Biophys, Piotrus says: How am I aligned to any sides here? When editor A agrees with editor B, it doesn't mean that they are part of some evil cabal :) Please stop such accusations [81]
  • I another thread about Radeksz, Piotrus again claims he is not involved, and suggests he should be made a mentor for Radeksz: [82]
  • Piotrus' actions are in direct violation of a previous ArbCom remedy, which cautions Piotrus "to avoid using his administrator powers or status in situations in which his involvement in an editing dispute is apparent."[83]

Piotrus has abused his admin tools to help team members in edit war

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  • 17:19 on 14 September. Hillock65 edit wars at Battle of Konotop: [84]
  • 05:38 on 15 September. Radeksz arrives to help Hillock65: [85]
  • 10:48 on 15 September. Radeksz is reverted by anonymous IP: [86]
  • On 15 September, Hillock65 informs secret list members of the edit war. (20090915-0524-[WPM] Advice is sought on situation.eml)
  • 18:00 on 15 September, Piotrus arrives to protect the article: [87]
  • 05:53 on 16 September, Martintg -- having never edited the article before -- reverts the IPs edits to last version by Radeksz: [88]

Other abuse of admin tools by Piotrus

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Piotrus has abused his admin tools to restore an image that was speedily deleted by another admin as a clear copyvio violation: [89]. After the nomination was reported on the secret list, team members arrived to swamp the discussion and vote keep. (See the corresponding section above)

Team members protect a known sockpuppet of HanzoHattori

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  • On 24 June, Biophys informs the group that User:Ostateczny_Krach_Systemu_Korporacji is a sockpuppet of banned user User:HanzoHattori. Biophys says the team should not contact the account so that it won't be detected. On 1 July, the account was blocked as a sockpuppet of HanzoHattori, thus confirming that Biophys was trying to prevent a sockpuppet from being detected. (20090624-0003-[WPM] To Dig_ Bio and all who are considering leav.eml)

Team members tried to organize a comeback for banned User:HanzoHattori

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  • Biophys and Piotrus have a long history of protecting User:HanzoHattori and have on several occasions tried to organize a comeback for him.
  • In February 2008, when User:HanzoHattori was indefinitely blocked,[90] Biophys immediately tried to get the block lifted. All uninvolved editors disagreed. [91]
  • In August 2008, Biophys and Piotrus again tried to get the block lifted. Almost all uninvolved users (including arbitrator Rlevse) strongly disagreed. [92]
  • On 1 July, 2009 Biophys informs the mailing list group that a sock of HanzoHattori has been indefinitely blocked. (20090701-0203-[WPM] Women and Wiklp.eml)
  • On 1 July, Piotrus proposes at WP:AN a review of HanzoHattori's community ban. Piotrus says: "Long story short, it appears to me upon a cursory review that his socks have been performing constructive, not disruptive edits" [93]
  • Uninvolved User:Collectonian says: "No offense but are we looking at the same sock? OKSK has edit warred, been ridiculously uncivil (including after his block), and has not shown a single solitary sign that he has learned from his past mistakes." [94]
  • Piotrus asks list members in good standing to make comments in HanzoHattori's defence, such as "his socks were productive, I support giving him a second chance" and so on. (20090701-0427-[WPM] Hanzo (was Women and Wiklp).eml)
  • In addition to Piotrus, Miacek and Biophys commented on the thread in support of HanzoHattori. [95]

Martintg has continued to be disruptive after his 1RR sanction was lifted

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  • Based on this investigation, Martintg was placed on 1RR on 23 June, 2009.[96]
  • Later, after intense protesting by several editors, the sanction was later lifted by Thatcher for bureaucratical reasons, because no prior warning was given. As a sidenote, it may interesting to ArbCom to investigate the emails of the secret list from this time period.
  • After his sanctions were lifted, Martintg has continued to be disruptive.
  • I edited Kuril Islands dispute for the first time on 9 July, 2009: [97]
  • The next day, Martintg arrived (he never edited this article before): [98]
  • Martintg started to edit war with me and to insert anti-Russian POV in the article.
  • Martintg unilaterally moved the article two times without discussing first. As a result, he was warned by an admin: [99]
  • He then launched a personal attack against me, and attempted the reveal private information about my background: [100][101]
  • He was then blocked for outing: [102]
  • Piotrus -- as usual -- arrived to support Martintg's unblock: [103]
  • I believe this episode was an attempt to provoke me into edit warring or to making incivil remarks. Like I said, Martintg never edited the article before this. The only reason he arrived was because he saw that I had just edited the article the day before.
  • Martintg has been disruptive in other articles as well. On 10-11 August he broke 3RR at Communist genocide: [104][105][106][107]
  • Confirmation by William M. Connolley that Martintg broke 3RR: [108]. See this discussion: [109]
  • Martintg has edit warred at Soviet Story. As a result, he was warned by an admin: [110].

Disruption, baiting, harassment and gaming of the system by Radeksz

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Vote canvassing by Radeksz

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  • On 6 August, Radeksz asks team members to vote in his support in a merge discussion. (20090806-1901-[WPM] Jacurek_ Tymek - merge on Prussian estates.eml)
  • At 19:54, Jacurek arrives to support Radeksz. [111]
  • At 21:12, Tymek arrives to support Radeksz. [112]

Baiting and harassment of Deacon of Pdnapetzim

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  • On 3 June, Piotrus suggests that list a list member other than himself should try to bait Deacon of Pndapetzim into making incivil comments about Polish editors. Piotrus says that it would be best if Radeksz did this. (20090603-0726-[WPM] Taking on Deacon.eml)
  • Radeksz then attempts to do precisely that. [113]
  • Radeksz discusses his attempt on the secret list. He says: "I tried to be sufficiently patronizing that he should be at least irritated. I also tried to feed him a couple of lines that can easily be taken as uncivil if he says it. I think we should wait just a tad before going to AE since we've been frequent visitors there lately. Basically one or two more comments like that and it should be good (the first one you cite probably isn't strong enough)" (20090603-0813-[WPM] Taking on Deacon.eml)
  • On 4 June, Piotrus joins in to bait Deacon. [114]

Baiting at DYK by Radeksz

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  • On 16 July, Radeksz nominates Conrad Letzkau for DYK. [115]
  • On 17 July, Radeksz says that he used an intentionally provocative hook in order to bait editors such as Herkus and Skäpperöd. (20090716-2346-[WPM] Conrad Letzkau DYK.eml) [116].

Sockpuppetry organized by Radeksz

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  • On 16 July, Radeksz says: "if there's some revert that needs to be made an anonymous Belgian IP might be able to provide it (like finally removing that stupid "anti-facist organizations" from Nashi)." (20090716-2317-[WPM] Molotov Ribbentrop Pact article_Baltic state.eml).
  • On 23 July, a Belgian IP really arrives to edit war at Nashi (youth movement): [117]
  • On 23 July, the same Belgian IP also edit wars at Nuclear Winter, where he edit wars in support of Biophys, doing exactly the same revert as Biophys did earlier that day. [118][119]

Faking uninvolvement at WP:AE by Radeksz

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  • On 27 June, Radeksz says that he is going to play "a neutral party" at a WP:AE thread. He even says that he will mispell Digwuren's name in order to appear uninformed and uninvolved. (20090627-0916-[WPM] Let's give Thatcher some breathing space.eml)
  • On 4 July, Radeksz makes his post at WP:AE, even mispelling Digwuren's name just like he said: [120]

Blocking and baiting of team opponents organized by Radeksz

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  • On 2 June, Radeksz announces that a block for team opponent User:Smith2006 "can be arranged". He says that hopefully this will also provide enough rope for User:Matthead (another team opponent) to hang himself with. (20090601-2147-[WPM] How to help Molobo.eml)
  • On 2 June, Radeksz posts a WP:AE report about Smith2006. [121]
  • On 3 June, Radeksz continues to push for harder sanctions at Sandstein's talk page: [122]
  • On 3 June, the fishing expedition is successful, and Smith2006 has been blocked for 5 months. [123]

Tag teaming and dishonesty by Radeksz

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  • On 4 June, Skäpperöd edits at Kołobrzeg. [124][125]
  • At 13:16 on 6 June, Molobo informs the group of Skäpperöd's recent edits. He says it would be good for the team to react soon. (20090606-1316-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • At 15:23 on 6 June, Tymek (having never edited the article before) arrives to revert Skäpperöd. [126]
  • At 15:29 on 6 June, Piotrus says: "Keep sending us the diffs here, and we will keep reverting him :)" (20090606-1529-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • At 16:20 on 6 June, Radeksz (having never edited the article before) arrives to edit war. [127][128][129]
  • On 8 June, Molobo says that Skäpperöd has now engaged in reverting "as expected" (20090607-2231-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • On 8 June, Radeksz says that he has already used up his reverts. (20090607-2319-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • On 8 June, Tymek edits[130] and Skäpperöd seemingly reverts.[131]
  • On 8 June, Radeksz says that Skäpperöd now probably has 4 reverts in 24h. (20090608-0616-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • On 8 June, Piotrus compiles a list of 4 reverts by Skäpperöd. He says he doesn't have time to file a report right now. (20090608-1017-[WPM] Skapperod on the roll.eml)
  • At 15:39 on 8 June, Radeksz files a 3RR report about Skäpperöd. [132]
  • Skäpperöd argues that Radeksz & Co. are part of a tag team with a vendetta against himself. [133]
  • Radeksz, lying through his teeth, denies any tag teaming: "despite your charges of "tag teaming" (asterisk) you are the only one on that page who is reverting everybody else, hence edit warring". [134]
  • According to Radeksz: "This accusation comes up everytime that more than one Polish editor has the "nerve" to edit the same Poland related topic. It is spurious. It is insulting. It is a violation of the assumption of good faith. It is disruptive." [135]
  • Radeksz is clearly using WP:AGF here as a weapon.
  • At 22:16 on 8 June, Radeksz claims that he "has not edit warred at all." [136]
  • Sciurinae says: "would you mind explaining how it happened that all of a sudden, on such an isolated article, Poeticbent, Tymek and you all appeared without ever having edited this article or it's talk page, in just one hour's time?"
  • Jacurek says: "Sciurinæ, there is nothing unusual about it." [137]
  • The 3RR thread is closed by William M. Connolley with no action, since it was not apparent that there was a 3RR violation.[138]

Interesting emails by Jacurek

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  • 20090610-2359 (Jacurek suggests that fake disputes between the members should happen for use as fabricated evidence to deny there was a cabal)
  • 20090628-1358 (Jacurek volunteers himself as free proxy for the edits of blocked user Molobo)
  • 20090708-0528 (Jacurek thanks Tymek for volunteering as sockpuppet but recommends it only be used in emergencies)
  • 20090711-2122 (Jacurek volunteers as proxy for Molobo and pretend to have been formerly friendly towards their victim to fake a honest nature of their planned complaints)
  • 20090712-0554 (Jacurek canvasses a deletion vote despite "blatant infringement of fair use laws")
  • 20090729-1911 (Jacurek thanks Tymek again for offering himself as a sockpuppet)
  • 20090819-2300 (Jacurek expresses his joy at baiting)

Jacurek has manipulated other people's comments during this case

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  • During this case, Jacurek has manipulated User:BirgitteSB's comments by adding indentation, making it appear like Birgitte was agreeing with Jacurek instead of with the IP. [139]
  • This is not the first time Jacurek done such things[140] (Jacurek never admitted or apogolized this), which makes me believe the manipulation during this case was intentional.
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