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The '''Wikipedia Red Faction''' was disbanded by its creator, [ | The '''Wikipedia Red Faction''' was disbanded by its creator, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Plato English Wikipedia User Plato], and deleted, after [[Abe Sokolov]]'s attempt to destroy it via a vote for deletion had failed. Upon its disband, Plato was complimented by the fundamentalist Christian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jwrosenszweig English Wikipedia User Jrosenszweig] who was evidently pleased that Plato had voluntarily chosen to end the faction - while factions such as his own (whose membership remains unknown, un-self-identified, and possibly nonexistent) remained welcome to attempt to push their POV constantly. | ||
[[Abe Sokolov]] listed it on votes for deletion, which is not supposed to apply to user pages, but no matter - consensus during the VfD vote was to leave the page alone. However this made it clear to Plato that [[sysop power structure]] was inalterably opposed to [[m:factionalism]] or [[representative democracy]] of any kind - despite the fact that a large majority of those who took interest in the page, including half a dozen or so sysops, were ''against'' deleting it. ''For more on this, see [[w:User:Richardchilton|an account by English Wikipedia User Richardchilton]], detailing [[EPOV]], [[Fox News point of view]], [[infrastructure owners trust]], [[systemic bias]], [[heroic trolling]] and [[technological escalation]] issues, among others.'' | [[Abe Sokolov]] listed it on votes for deletion, which is not supposed to apply to user pages, but no matter - consensus during the VfD vote was to leave the page alone. However this made it clear to Plato that [[sysop power structure]] was inalterably opposed to [[m:factionalism]] or [[representative democracy]] of any kind - despite the fact that a large majority of those who took interest in the page, including half a dozen or so sysops, were ''against'' deleting it. ''For more on this, see [[w:User:Richardchilton|an account by English Wikipedia User Richardchilton]], detailing [[EPOV]], [[Fox News point of view]], [[infrastructure owners trust]], [[systemic bias]], [[heroic trolling]] and [[technological escalation]] issues, among others.'' | ||
The faction's page was formerly at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Plato/red_faction] and listed various current and honorary members. [ | The faction's page was formerly at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Plato/red_faction] and listed various current and honorary members. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lir English Wikipedia User Lir] openly maintains the Red Faction, often asking trolls to join; what this revised anti-cabal does amongst its membership remains unknown. As a banned user, Lir continues to push the limits of his ban, seeing himself as the leader of the Resistance against the cabal which has as its greatest goal to punish him. | ||
See also: [ | See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Plato English Wikipedia User Plato] | ||