Breaking news: John H. Gohde is banned from Wikipedia for the FOURTH time
As the man himself would put it: “Ha, … Hah, Ha!”
But is he likely to learn from it ? Let’s see:
Ban #1, 11 Feb 2004 - 12 Mar 2004:
[John Gohde] has behaved inappropriately on a consistent and excessive basis…has made personal attacks in violation of Wikipedia’s policy…has misused edit summaries in an effort to intimidate other editors…[has made] numerous personal attacks to members of the wikicommunity… refuses to work with people…has admitted to trolling…he writes derogatory comments in page summaries…therefore, [Gohde’s] privilege to edit Wikipedia [will] be revoked for a period of 30 days“
Time taken to make an abusive or hostile edit, once he returned after the ban: 17 minutes
Ban #2, 20 Aug 2004 - 20 Nov 2004:
“The findings of fact expressed at [ban #1] have not changed. This user still behaves inappropriately on a consistent and excessive basis, makes personal attacks in violation of Wikipedia’s policy, and uses edit summaries in an effort to intimidate other editors…Since it is evident that the previous 30 day ban of Mr Natural Health did not attain the intended result, we rule that this user shall be banned from editing for a period of three months.”
Time taken to make an abusive or hostile edit, once he returned after the ban: 2 hours 32 minutes
Ban #3, 30 April 2005 - 30 April 2006:
“John Gohde has engaged in personal attacks during the course of this dispute…has made very few edits that have added new content…has revert warred…does not show a clear understanding of how to work with others on this project…lack of consideration and respect for other contributors…an inability to work effectively with others…John Gohde is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year…[Gohde is further] placed on personal attack parole for a period of one year”
Time taken to make an abusive or hostile edit, once he returned after the ban: 27 minutes
Ban 4, 12 Jan 2008 - 12 Jan 2009:
“[Gohde] has returned to the behavior which got him in trouble twice before…he is particularly fond of personal attacks, revert wars, disrupting Wikipedia to prove a point, incivility, and using Wikipedia as a vehicle to promote his own website…[He] continues to escalate disputes in a foolish way…his response to the block was uncivil and shows a strong and highly inappropriate martyr complex…John Gohde was previously sanctioned in three Arbitration cases for inappropriate behavior. Since then, he has continued to engage in a variety of such behavior, including incivility, personal attacks, and assumptions of bad faith, grossly inappropriate commentary, attacks in external forums, soapboxing, and gaming the system…John Gohde is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year. “
Time he’ll take to make an abusive or hostile edit, once he returns after the ban: From the above, we’re guessing it’ll be less than a couple of hours. We’ll run a book nearer the time…
So see you in twelve months, John. (Think how much “your” articles will have changed by then ! ) Until then, enjoy writing more bitter diatribes on your websites about how Wikipedia is suppressing free speech, how the world is conspiring against you, and how everyone but you is to blame for your ban. But remember: your criticism of Wikipedia just indicates that you have a bad attitude. Now who wrote that, I wonder ?