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October 17

Wikipedia users banned by Jimbo Wales?

Besides User:Publicgirluk, who are the other Wikipedia users banned by User:Jimbo Wales and what were the reasons behind those bans? StellarHalo (talk) 09:04, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not all bans are logged, and much of the early history of Wikipedia is possibly lost, it should be noted that Jimbo has not taken an active role in en.wikipedia governance for a very long time. It's been at LEAST a decade since Jimbo used any of the functionary tools his role as founder has given him privilege to; and he has voluntarily said he has no plans to use them any time in the future. --Jayron 32 12:25, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Users who have had the honour of being banned by Jimbo Wales personally, for a wide variety of reasons, include The Recycling Troll, Hamidifar, MutterErde, JackSarfatti, Marsden, Peace Inside, Robertjkoenig, Zorro redux, HelpRing, MichaelJCummings, WorkingHard, Catsagdn, Steroid Expert, Kylerhymes, CrazedYankee, Drlsachs, Dlefnies yada, Jim Larry, Fourdee, Miltopia and Barstaw. --Lambiam 17:16, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How did you know about it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:02, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For example by appropriate search...?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22banned%C2%A0from+editing+the+English+Wikipedia+by%C2%A0Jimbo+Wales%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns2=1

--CiaPan (talk) 19:22, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What would compel a user to go looking for stuff like that? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:38, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because someone in this very reference desk thread asked? Hmm1994 (talk) 21:59, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the OP. What drew the OP to the user Publicgirluk? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:57, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, damn, I see what you mean now. That is peculiar. Hmm1994 (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There was a pretty big fracas surrounding those pictures. Publicgirluk is mentioned in WP:HWPP#Other stories, for example, and the mess got a write-up in the Signpost. It wouldn't be hard to stumble across for anyone reading up on the history of enWP. Shells-shells (talk) 02:34, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedia Dramatica, where else? StellarHalo (talk) 05:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've never read much about the history of Wikipedia. Maybe that's why I never heard of this stuff, despite being on the site for at least a dozen years longer than the OP's account has existed. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]