Talk:Gary Weiss
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There's some serious drama over at Cla68's diffs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Mantanmoreland/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_Cla68 particularly in his section "Retaliation and personal attacks". If I ever get time, I will either add it here or make an article on it. GrandCheese 03:32, 17 February 2008 (CST)
[edit] A+++
A fellow Wikipedian has pointed out to me that Josephine Earp, Wyatt’s wife and the focus of User:Lastexit’s first edits after his Tombstone debut, was Jewish. As it happens, there was a significant Jewish population in the Tombstone of the 19th century; indeed the town's very name was given to it by a Jewish pioneer who opened its first general store. [147] In light of the striking nexus of interests here – Jewish history, the Earp vendetta ride, historical/tourist sites in the Southwest, and the legends of Tom(b)stone® – I regarded this as an interesting lead. I understand that what I’ve found and am presenting is 'evidence' of a peculiar sort. Tombstone’s most famous tourist site is the Boothill Graveyard, where many of its legendary gunslingers and historical personalities are interred. Boothill has within it a Jewish section, which went unnoticed for over 100 years; a memorial was added in 1984. [148] [149] The small Jewish burial ground has no remaining headstones, and only one grave – that of a child. [150] He died in 1889, when he was one year and four days old. There is still a small stone marker for the child in the burial ground today, next to the memorial. His name was Sam Harris. I would like to be able to say that User:Samiharris was created one year and four days after Mantanmoreland was created, but that would be a few hours off. He was created – for what it's worth – one year, three days and ~three hours after Mantanmoreland. There is a touch of the poet (as well as the gumshoe) in old Weiss. I am moved, almost to clemency, just reflecting on it.--G-Dett (talk) 01:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Gary Weiss must be laughing his ass off for having got away with this for so long. If he had any sense of drama at all, he'd confess now, making all the people who spent hundreds of hours figuring all this shit out look like jackasses. --lateral |talk| 16:26, 18 February 2008 (CST)
- This should go in the article somehow. I don't know how to make the explanation less TL;DR, though as the first half is just blah blah blah. Ritegroic 00:44, 19 February 2008 (CST)
- I also saw this userbox on his sock Samiharris' user page:
| :( | This user had his life threatened by award-winning investigative journalist Gary R. Weiss. |
No idea what it was about though. --lateral |talk| 20:36, 19 February 2008 (CST)
[edit] Expansion?
This article could be expanded way beyond just the Wikipedia stuff. We should also cover the Overstock.com drama as well. There are plenty of lulz to be had from all sides, as everybody involved is pretty much off their collective rockers. --lateral |talk| 20:05, 26 February 2008 (CST)
- Pretty much there's a lot of potential in it all. Jimbo is involved, too. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_33#To_answer_your_request_for_information that's after he posted somewhere denying any involvement. SlimVirgin probably has the biggest involement. Grand Cheese 21:00, 1 March 2008 (CST)
[edit] Bassettcat: Oh lord the lulz keep coming
Will likely go in the archives around Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive424 or so.
Ritegroic 18:34, 28 May 2008 (CDT)
