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"John Foxe," pseudonymn for "an evangelical Christian professor of history at Bob Jones University."<ref>{{Interpreter:Nicholson:Mormonism And Wikipedia The Church History That Anyone:2012|pages=160}}</ref> | "John Foxe," pseudonymn for "an evangelical Christian professor of history at Bob Jones University."<ref>{{Interpreter:Nicholson:Mormonism And Wikipedia The Church History That Anyone:2012|pages=160}}</ref> | ||
| − | Foxe used techniques forbidden by wikipedia to strengthen his ability to edit LDS articles in a provocative and anti-Mormon fashion: | + | Foxe used techniques forbidden by wikipedia to strengthen his ability to edit LDS articles in a provocative and anti-Mormon fashion, for which he was [https://web.archive.org/web/20171112173328/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:John_Foxe/Archive_5#Hi540 banned for a time]: |
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| − | This was a classic case of “good cop/bad cop” sock puppetry, with the two accounts representing different personalities. Hi540 continued to express disgust for LDS-related subjects and support his alter-ego Foxe until the Hi540 account abruptly ceased editing LDS articles in late October 2009 after being reminded that he “ought not to pretend to act like a chicken thief . . . every time you converse with a believer.”66 The account remained active on other, noncontroversial articles and behaved in a respectable manner until Foxe’s sock puppetry was confirmed by Wikipedia administrators in August 2011, almost two years later.<Ref>{{Interpreter:Nicholson:Mormonism And Wikipedia The Church History That Anyone:2012:Short|pages=187}}</ref> | + | This was a classic case of “good cop/bad cop” sock puppetry, with the two accounts representing different personalities. Hi540 continued to express disgust for LDS-related subjects and support his alter-ego Foxe until the Hi540 account abruptly ceased editing LDS articles in late October 2009 after being reminded that he “ought not to pretend to act like a chicken thief . . . every time you converse with a believer.”66 The account remained active on other, noncontroversial articles and behaved in a respectable manner until Foxe’s sock puppetry was confirmed by Wikipedia administrators in August 2011, almost two years later.<Ref>{{Interpreter:Nicholson:Mormonism And Wikipedia The Church History That Anyone:2012:Short|pages=187}}</ref></blockquote> |
See further discussion in: Michael DeGroote, “Wiki Wars: In battle to define beliefs, Mormons and foes wage battle on Wikipedia,” ''Deseret News'', 30 January 2011 {{link|url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/1/30/20170574/wiki-wars-in-battle-to-define-beliefs-mormons-and-foes-wage-battle-on-wikipedia/}}. | See further discussion in: Michael DeGroote, “Wiki Wars: In battle to define beliefs, Mormons and foes wage battle on Wikipedia,” ''Deseret News'', 30 January 2011 {{link|url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/1/30/20170574/wiki-wars-in-battle-to-define-beliefs-mormons-and-foes-wage-battle-on-wikipedia/}}. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:50, 17 May 2024
"John Foxe," pseudonymn for "an evangelical Christian professor of history at Bob Jones University."[1]
Foxe used techniques forbidden by wikipedia to strengthen his ability to edit LDS articles in a provocative and anti-Mormon fashion, for which he was banned for a time:
This was a classic case of “good cop/bad cop” sock puppetry, with the two accounts representing different personalities. Hi540 continued to express disgust for LDS-related subjects and support his alter-ego Foxe until the Hi540 account abruptly ceased editing LDS articles in late October 2009 after being reminded that he “ought not to pretend to act like a chicken thief . . . every time you converse with a believer.”66 The account remained active on other, noncontroversial articles and behaved in a respectable manner until Foxe’s sock puppetry was confirmed by Wikipedia administrators in August 2011, almost two years later.[2]
See further discussion in: Michael DeGroote, “Wiki Wars: In battle to define beliefs, Mormons and foes wage battle on Wikipedia,” Deseret News, 30 January 2011 off-site.
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