User:Alvestrand/Sami Yusuf notes

My notes on the conflicts around Sami Yusuf

Disputed claims

 * Nationality. He claims to be ethnically Azeri; he wrote to OTRS to get claims removed from his page that he's Iranian. Some people keep putting that back.
 * Religion. Someone wants to make him a Shia Muslim; no citations given.
 * Website. Some want only samiyusuf.com there (Awakening Records controlled); others want only samiyusufofficial.com (probably himself); others want both.
 * Third album (released by Awakening). Some want it in, some want it out.
 * Fourth album. No documentation that it even exists.
 * Attendance at Istanbul concert. 200-250K is documented; some people lop off a zero.
 * Sales of albums.

Dramatis personae
Lots of IPs:
 * - Link Egypt, active April 14 2009, pro-Shia, father info, pro-Awakening, no Royal Academy
 * - Link Egypt, active April 6, father info, no Royal Academy
 * - AT&T Irvine, CA, just 1 SY edit (April 7), Iranian -> Azeri
 * - Verizon - New York?, active April 14, -4th album, -Iranian, -Shia
 * - Verizon - New York? active April 14, adds references, removes samiyusuf.com
 * - Intouch DSL, Egypt, just 1 edit April 6 +Shia -Azeri
 * - Intouch DSL, Egypt, April 14, 250->50K Istanbul, father info, no Royal Academy
 * - Intouch DSL, Egypt, April 5, pro-Awakening, +Iran, father info, no Royal Academy
 * - British Telecom - Kingston?, April 4, +Shia, father info
 * - Vodafone UK - London, multiuser, SY April 13, father info, no Royal Academy

Logins:
 * - single-topic, wants "Iranian" and "Shia" removed. So far, unconfirmed.
 * - levelheaded admin
 * - normal user
 * - single-topic, wants "Shia" inserted. Blocked once.

Dramatic actions

 * March 1, 2007: Steel fully protects the page, unprotected on May 9
 * March 10, 2008: Kingturtle semi-protects the page until March 31
 * April 5, 2009: Rd232 blocks Whistleblower1977 for 31 hours
 * April 14, 2009: Alvestrand semi-protects the page for a week - until April 21