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Barr

Hi Tronicum. I'm not sure if you've seen the Barr article, but it was a hack-job, literally an attack piece. If you had something to do with it then you understand already. Needless to say, we have different standards here that don't permit furthering of personal vendettas no matter who the person is or how much they deserve it. Please don't waste your time on this one, since it will only waste other editors' time, and no matter how you slice it, Wikipedia editors are on the side of putting out information so that others can benefit from it (when it's sourced, of course). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ocaasi (talk) 02:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for not turning your joke into anything more than a joke. Also, now that you have an account, you can't do stuff like that or you'll get banned almost immediately (not by me, I'm not an admin, but by someone). If you want to keep cleaning up the article to bring it in line with other biographies--including a robust criticism section--that is cool. If not, maybe an article where you have less of a personal interest/deep-seated hatred might be a good idea. Have you seen WikiLeaks? Not entirely surprisingly the Anonymous (group) article is in smashingly thorough shape. I'm sure there are others in the hactivism category that need working out.

Incidentally, and off-topic, what's the beef with Domscheit-Berg. I was a big supporter of WikiLeaks, but I don't take the criticisms against Assange as mere bluff; some of them seem like serious organizational challenges. If DB is going to start a competitor with a less 'leader-centric' model, then maybe that's a good thing for the wiki-leak, open-leak movement. Thoughts? Ocaasi (talk) 11:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

to quote a overrated community: its complicated. there is a fight between Wikileaks and Openleaks, they even "stole" data from wikileaks. as Wikileaks is a community project it is also hard to say who owns anything. assange wanted to use his legal support to stop DB from using wikileaks material. if you think twice this is a joke. you cant sue sb. for stolen documents if those documents have been obtained non legally itself. there will be a couple of leaks site within the next months. and competition is always good. --Tronicum (talk) 16:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately, any organization which depends on secrecy (governments or anti-government groups) seem to inevitably wind up acting like the groups they are typically against. Governments promoting democracy through secrecy end up spying and torturing. Anti-government groups that promote transparency but use secrecy end up battling those who challenge them with lawsuits and smears and copyright. I think that although DB may not have been completely honest about his role or about Assange's problems (and either way isn't giving Assange enough credit for what he created), a set-up like OpenLeaks is the inevitable way forward. Any organization which depends on a single individual, whether a monarchy or a non-profit, is always more vulnerable to disruption. Hopefully Assange will parlay his celebrity into continued success somewhere; or maybe he'll just get a break from the craziness, though I doubt it. Ocaasi (talk) 18:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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