User talk:68.239.79.82/WikiGnome

This was posted on the User Talk page for a previous "outing" ... it's posted here because I'll probably go through this inquisition again for Some Other Editor ... I've made some updates to reflect my latest witch-hunt experience. &mdash; 18:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Anonymous WikiGnome or Sockpuppet?
"I'm here to repair it, not to defend research it."

- Anonymous WikiGnome

OK, time to make the public declaration ... I suffer from Schizoaffective Disorder, which sometimes manifests as borderline Dissociative Identity Disorder ... in English, that means that my Manic-Depression can manifest itself in a Jekyll and Hyde kind of way ... sometimes my Evil Twin gets his hand on my passwords, and I can't always keep him away from the keyboard.

Sometimes, I just want to revert some obvious vandalism, or I'll see something that makes me just go Monkish and I'll start clicking ISBNs and adding  templates to references ... then I'll start looking at other pages, and what started out innocently enough takes a wrong turn, and Father of Orphans (aka, "He Who Takes No Prisoners") becomes the dominant personality.


 * It's like a normal adult and his hyperactive, anal retentive inner child are sharing the same IP account and passwords ... think Dr. Monk and Mr. T ... one "suffer fools gladly", the other "pities the fool!"


 * You know that little voice in your head that tells you to do things you know you shouldn't? Well, sometimes I listen to it ... which would not be so bad if I didn't also let it speak out loud using my keyboard. &mdash; 19:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

At least by not using my registered logon, I can keep my Very Bad half from turning into a Real Flaming WikiTroll when he dons his Cloak of Righteous Indignation (he's anonymous, so the other WikiTrolls ignore him) ... like I said, there's both an "adult" and a "child" using this broadband connection, so my apologies for the disruptions ... I stand by the vast majority of my edit history as a WikiGnome, with no apologies for any of my reverts of what I considered vandalism, POV, or OR.

Which brings me to a recent incident ... my ISP changes my IP address at random intervals, and because I'm anal about signing my posts on Talk pages, I sometimes slip and use the current IP signature while loggged in ... and that's when someone jumps on me for being a sockpuppet. To quote from the official policy,

"Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block."

Since I am not creating another account, and do not engage in any of the forbidden practices (although I may occasionally Comment on a AfD to point out an overlooked issue or related article), I resent the implication that I am acting in Bad Faith.

It's pretty easy for someone to track down the various IP addresses I've used since I "resigned" several months ago (I openly admit to having used and then  several weeks later), and to be quite honest, it's people who have nothing better to do than actually perform such a background search that frighten me ... I'm not running around trying to influence opinions ... my Other Half has engaged in some disruptive behavior, and for using the veil of anonymity to avoid professional embarrassment, I plead guilty as charged ... but none of those issues are ever revisited from a different IP address ... and specifically because anonymous user opinions are discounted in most discussions, I am not tempted to participate in them.


 * Before I discovered the Dark Side of Wikipedia, and lost faith in the Dream, I registered my real first name and created a User page with links to some of my websites ... as it happens, I have an international reputation in a field that most people don't even know exists, and you can get my resume by doing a Google of just my first name, like Cher or Arsenio ... in fact, my Wikipedia page shows up as one of the first ten results returned, with my resume at the top of the list, and usually more than half of the first ten results belonging to me as well (it varies from month to month.)


 * The point is, "If I can't be myself, then I don't want to be somebody else," so having a handle like, with a User page that's never been edited, is really no different from using a public access terminal at my local library ... my Verizon DSL is a "floating" IP, and it changes at random intervals ... I may keep an address for a month, or only for a few days. &mdash; 19:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Wikipedia is a codependent enabler of my dysfunction, but as an anonymous WikiGnome, I am able to make contributions without exposing myself to opportunities for mischief, even if that sounds counter-intuitive.

So, if you have "found" me, then I say, "Congratulations! Now, please, just go away and leave me alone." &mdash; 10:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Recent IP accounts
Looks like the djinn got out of the bottle ... again. 

In the interest of demonstrating my willingness to remain LoJacked, these are the IPs I've used for edits since April 4, 2007 ...


 * - 2007-04-05 to 2007-05-03 ... this one lasted for almost a month, which is a personal record for me with this Verizon Mid-Atlantic DSL connection.


 * - 2007-05-03 to 2007-05-06 ... this one got speedy blocked from editing for a week, but it was lifted within a few hours by the blocking admin when Some Other Editors appealed on my behalf ... they documented my systematic "sour grapes" harassment and persecution by a frustrated, anti-deletionist editor who assumed Bad Faith because I put CSD tags on their stub articles (which were restored only after beau coup messages were exchanged) while at the same time asserting my right to remain "anonymous."


 * - 2007-05-06 to 2007-05-31 ... begun less than an hour after the block, but before it was lifted an hour later ... not that it really mattered ... "Blocking anonymous IPs from editing is like herding cats."


 * - 2007-05-31 to 2007-06-03 ... due to the weather, this one only lasted for 100 hours :-)


 * - 2007-06-03 to date ... my current IP address

&mdash; 09:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


 * While doing the housekeeping for the move to this account, I noticed that had evaporated (but not the edit history) … maybe it happens automagically after six months, or maybe someone tagged it for speedy deletion as an unused account … in any event, I'll have to be sure and migrate some of the sandboxes with each IP change so as not to lose them. &mdash;72.75.70.147 12:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)