User:Orderinchaos/GG

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[edit] Summary

GaryGazza (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) believes the Nicola Roxon article is biased, because it does not assert or asserts inadequately to his view that she has Jewish heritage on her father/paternal grandfather's side, and has fought to change it ever since his arrival on the scene on 12 February 2008 (and before that under a few IP addresses dating back to 24 November 2007). While he has made some good points at different times, his standard of behaviour is well below that expected by Wikipedia policies and guidelines, particularly WP:NPA, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, WP:CON and WP:NPOV/WP:RS. He has battled to the point where two articles are now fully protected, and he has two blocks totalling over six days on his record. He has been incredibly single-minded in his pursuit, as this link to wannabekate shows.

[edit] Attacks on others

Gary's style is to raise questions, make strong statements in an attempt to back his point of view, and then make ad hominem attacks against anyone who disagrees (which is almost everyone on the Talk:Nicola Roxon page). He insists that anyone who disagrees with him is a member of the Australian Labor Party ([1] [2] [3] [4] [5]); a Nazi ([6]), anti-Jewish/anti-Semitic/racist ([7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]) or biased/conflicted ([13] [14] [[15] [16]) - often in a blatantly or obviously false manner with the intention of discrediting the target (which has mostly been User:Timeshift9, but seems to have since moved onto myself as well). He also at times reveals his own biases, which tend anti-Labor and strongly pro-Jewish ([17]). He persistently personally attacks anyone who disagrees with him in a manner which precludes any reasonable assumption of good faith ([18] (deleted edit), [19] etc).

[edit] Refusal to engage

Another one I've seen more recently, but you'd have to follow the talk page to see it, is his repeated refusal to engage with other editors on anything but his own terms. When other users do compromise in some way to try and accommodate him, he simply makes more demands. One particular style is to repeat the same demand or assertion up to 10 or 20 times, ignoring any comment which is about anything else or even suggests that the other user raising questions is not discussing the article.

[edit] Blocks and protections

He has been blocked on two occasions since his arrival as a named user on 12 February - for 48 hours for disruption on 14 February, and for 100 hours for disruption, personal attacks, civility and WP:POINT on 19 February. Following this he returned on 25 February, and made a rather unusual set of edits to a related article he had not previously edited - removing a paragraph, advertising the removal, then reinstating it plus the previously non-present word "Jewish" in the lead with the edit summary "sourced now", then edit warring over it ([20] [21] [22] [23]) to the point where the article required full-protection. See [24] from uninvolved protecting admin. (Nicola Roxon, his primary location for disruption, was full-protected some time previously.) We have reason to suspect, based on editing style and the specific edits being made, that previous IP edits to both the talk page ([25]) and article ([26]) were by the same user - interestingly the involvement started about two hours after the Australian federal election produced a landslide for Roxon's party - although he has tried to claim these as separate editors in an effort to suggest his edits have support ([27]). Incidentally the IP also has been involved in significant BLP violation issues at Philip Brady (broadcaster), often interleaving with the Roxon edits.

[edit] Gaming the system

He persistently games to try and get his way - sometimes invoking the names of other editors to try and claim authority for his edits ([28] [29] [30] [31] - see this response by one user), trying to dictate the terms for discussion, demanding busy editors read a book to verify his questionable claims about the subject ([32] for example), and insist that any changes need his specific approval ([33] [34] [35]), deliberately mischaracterising efforts by others to correct for his behaviour or mischaracterising the views of others ([36] [37] [38] [39] [40]) (note that stalking implies following someone, but GaryGazza does not actually move beyond the two pages other than to canvass or to ask for help), non-transparently changing discussed wording after it has been discussed to reflect his POV ([41]), etc. There has also been a number of instances of his messing with the structure of the talk page, either editing or removing comments by others, moving them to obscure locations, etc which breaks up the flow of discussion or suggests that something has been written in reply to something he has written.

He also sometimes goes on canvassing bouts trying to get outside users to back him up (12 Feb: [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]; 1 Mar [47]), although it should be noted that he is spectacularly unsuccessful in this regard, as not one of these users have joined the debate at any time.

[edit] Conclusion

I am of the opinion that GaryGazza (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is not going to be able to become a useful editor and his behaviour already demonstrated suggests that he is determined to waste as much collective project time as possible to get his way. So far, action has not been possible as it has been limited to one small corner of the encyclopaedia and most admins in that area are now involved editors. I have therefore prepared this brief with a view to convincing the community that he should be indefinitely blocked. Orderinchaos 10:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Update

Following a checkuser investigation, it was determined that GaryGazza was a sockpuppet of User:Bruce99999 and User:Homoman12, as well as numerous accounts editing the Iain Lee article. Evidence before the checkuser involved a pattern of edits to Philip Brady (broadcaster) and Iain Lee as well as the above observations about Nicola Roxon. Orderinchaos 12:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)