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spoaceman7777yesterday at 8:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

Wow, they're on a roll over there. Just two days ago they permanently banned the cofounder of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger.

Per his tweet: "Well, that’s that—I’ve been blocked by Wikipedia “indefinitely” for unstated reasons, by the “consensus” of a mob. There was no due process, no prosecutor, no dispassionate judge, no jury, no interpretation of law. All my judges were self-selected and hated me."

Link to his June 22nd tweet on the matter: https://x.com/lsanger/status/2069061483422425287


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john_strinlaiyesterday at 8:43 PM

>for unstated reasons

the reasons were clearly stated, which he knows because he replied to them in the discussion.

whether you agree with the reasons is one thing, but this tweet is just a lie, and only serves to discredit him.

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_djo_yesterday at 8:40 PM

While the merits of Sanger's banning are worth debating, Sanger is dishonestly representing the process here. The reasons, rather than being 'unstated', were stated repeatedly and were not unreasonable. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_no...

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