User:Alvestrand/Opis notes

The main problem with Battle of Opis and friends seems to be that User:Ariobarza has very strong opinions, very bad understanding of sourcing, and gets angry when people don't agree with him.

There's also Nepaheshgar (talk · contribs) and Khoikhoi (talk · contribs) picking a fight with ChrisO (talk · contribs), but they were quiet while Ariobarza was on a rampage.

The Ariobarza banning[edit]

Important events:

2008-10-26 03:57: Ariobarza creates Battle of the Tigris, an OR-fork of Battle of Opis
2008-10-27 10:08: Doug Weller creates Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of the Tigris
2008-10-28 20:18: User:ChrisO takes Ariobarza's behaviour to WP:AN/I.
2008-10-30 08:35: I decide that he's made enough threats/incivility, and block him for a week.
2008-10-30 19:42: He starts editing from User:153.18.20.160, whch may be a proxy. no-more-funn.at moensted.dk lists it.
2008-10-30 20:46: His edits to Battle of the Tigris get reverted by User:Folantin
2008-10-30 21:28: ChrisO permblocks the proxy.
03:36, October 31, 2008: Edits Battle of Mylasa from User:99.49.15.253 [1] (also his own and ChrisO's talk pages)
08:48, October 31, 2008: I block the IP.
14:59, October 31, 2008: User:Jehochman lengthens block to indefinite.
20:35, November 6, 2008: User:Jehochman unblocks the account for good faith.
10:52, November 11, 2008: I block the account for 24 hours for incivility.
21:01, December 20, 2008:User:JzG blocks the account indefinitely

Accounts to watch:

Ariobarza (talk · contribs)
99.190.98.184 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) - apparently his logged-out location; Texas?
153.18.20.160 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) - apparently an open proxy at a school in Silicon Valley. Permblocked by ChrisO.
99.49.15.253 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) - also his home computer (AT&T PPPoX pool)
99.49.15.82 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) - turns up on my talk page on Nov 1 and begs forgiveness.
67.180.225.250 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) - in April 2009, Dougweller says that this was him in 2008 (clear from edit history - Aug/Sep). Comcast Sacramento cable address.

Hm. Keep an eye on Magd2400 (talk · contribs). Stub articles in the same area.

Articles under discussion[edit]

Mainstream, related:

Cyrus the Great

Random other stuff:

Sources[edit]

See User:Alvestrand/Ancient Persian sources