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If you want an open text encyclopedia, have an open text encyclopedia. If you want to ban people because they weren't nice to people you prefer, than call it an oligarchical encyclopedia.

Or an Orwellian one. During my time here I've seen Jacques Delson and NightCrawler banned for offending other people considered by the sysops to be better users, the bans being justifed by their supposed identity with the demonic DW. The identification is based, it is claimed, on stylistic similarities, but these similarities cannot be described for security reasons, much like the security reasons which prevented the release of the "real" evidence of WMDs in Iraq. Woo-OO-oo.

In fact, Jacques D. and NightC. used different styles. Oh, but then they used the same ISP. Well, that's persuasive, eh? I use the same ISP as the Toronto Police Association, but that doesn't make me a policeman. Although I'm sure some of the Wikinoids here will now conclude that my knowledge of the TPA's ISP proves that I am one.

So you could call Wikipedia a paranoid text encyclopedia. Call it what you want, eh? I'm not coming back, so I won't be complaining about it.

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+If you want an open text encyclopedia, have an open text encyclopedia. If you want to ban people because they weren't nice to people you prefer, than call it an oligarchical encyclopedia.
-My name is John FitzGerald and I live in [[Toronto]]. I like listening to [[Jackie McLean]], [[Oscar Peterson]], and [[Etta James]], and drinking [[coffee]].
+Or an Orwellian one. During my time here I've seen Jacques Delson and NightCrawler banned for offending other people considered by the sysops to be better users, the bans being justifed by their supposed identity with the demonic DW. The identification is based, it is claimed, on stylistic similarities, but these similarities cannot be described for security reasons, much like the security reasons which prevented the release of the "real" evidence of WMDs in Iraq. Woo-OO-oo.
-More information about me can be found at [http://www.coolth.com Coolth.com] and [http://www.newimprovedhead.com New Improved Head].
+In fact, Jacques D. and NightC. used different styles. Oh, but then they used the same ISP. Well, that's persuasive, eh? I use the same ISP as the Toronto Police Association, but that doesn't make me a policeman. Although I'm sure some of the [[Wikinoia|Wikinoids]] here will now conclude that my knowledge of the TPA's ISP ''proves'' that I am one.
-Please leave messages at [[User_talk:Jfitzg]] rather than here. That way I'm informed of them.
+So you could call Wikipedia a paranoid text encyclopedia. Call it what you want, eh? I'm not coming back, so I won't be complaining about it.
-Or you can leave them at [[User_talk:Trontonian]]. I am also[[User:Trontonian|Trontonian]] for reasons explained on that user page. I'd been keeping that my dirty little secret but I had to blow my own cover to confirm my innocence in ''l'affaire  [[User:DW|DW]]''. I intend to remain non-anonymous for the foreseeable future.