User:Duae Quartunciae/workbook

This is where I keep notes for my own wikipedia records.

User 84.158.* tracking
These are all dynamic IPs used by a German Astronomy club. The dynamic IP problem is not malicious and the editor is quite open about their identity. They have acknowledged the problem, and some time ago they offered to use stable IP addresses at three club computers. I have reported the following 110 IP addresses, and look forward to a more stable contribution from these editors. In one comment (at archived FURG notices ) the following names allegedly associated with the club are given by at 12:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC):

I think all or nearly all edits are actually by wfckehler. This user has signed a number of posts with his own email address; and so is quite open about his identity. See, for example this comment on 12:14, 12 May 2007 at Talk:Non-standard_cosmology. He is Waldemar Kehler in Germany. Welcome, Waldemar, if you read this.

Issues
Quite apart from the problems of keeping track of consensus and dialog with a dynamic IP, these edits are of particular concern as wfckehler is advocating a strong WP:POV for a non-standard cosmology. He has spent a lot of time complaining about censorship and whatnot by other editors who keep reverting his content.

The problem is exacerbated because of his difficulties following or understanding the basic principles of collaboration on Wikipedia (WP:PILLARS). He also has poor English, and he rarely discusses his changes &mdash; even major ones &mdash; on the article discussion pages, at least until someone notices and reverts. He has also made strong accusations of bad faith and incompetence or unfairness from various other editors, which makes it all quite frustrating.

Cosmological views
According to a comment on archive 3 of user talk for ^demon, members of this club held to conventional views until visited by prominent amateur astronomer  John Dobson in 2006. Dobson's views are described in the linked page.

Complaints by wfckehler

 * archive 14 of Wikiquette alerts on May 29, 2007