October 1, 2019, a rash of trollsocks appeared on RatWiki, some may be considered impersonations. The targets: Smith targets. It’s clear to me that Karlin has been impersonated. I suspected it when I saw the account names, these were classic Smith trolling. However, what nailed it for me: the copying and spamming of text from Karlin’s blog, The RationalWiki Hit Piece on Anatoly Karlin.
This is exactly what the Smiths did to RatWiki with text from my blog with tacked in personal attacks on various RatWiki users, and legal threats, both with me and with him.
(Karlin is in error about some aspects of the situation; for example, his confusion of EK with Arthur Kerensa is naive, and he cites an EK satirical essay, apparently not realizing it was satire)
- SS [could be Mikemikev but any of many others, possibly but not necessarily Nazi]
- RationalWiki_Bullies
- Nathan_Cofnas_Fan
- Nathan_Cofnas_is_a_hero
- Nathan_Cofnas_SuperJew
- ThrowawayA Oliver Smith, claiming the trolls are not Cofnas but Mikemikev. Maybe. Or it could be his brother. Cites likely Smith reddit post.
- Snorlax_Hunter this could be Mikemikev who often starts out reasonably. Or it could be someone reasonable (apparently on the race reality side, which is not necessarily Nazi).
- Nathan_Cofnas_is_a_hero
- Nathan_Cofnas_SuperJew
- AKarlin1488 (renamed) Impersonation, intended to show Karlin is a Nazi.
- Ethanbas blocked as Karlin. Unlikely. Likely Ethan Bashansky
- RationalWiki SJW Losers (renamed) (signed as AKarlin1488) This trollsock copied text by AKarlin1488, which was copied from Karlin’s blog.
- King_Karlin
- Karlin SJW slayer (renamed)
- Karlin_owns_Cogito (renamed)
- Based_Karlin
- Karlin (renamed) legal threat.
- EmperorKarlin (renamed) (posts a claimed bio in Russian. If this is real, it would explain Karlin’s excellent English. This is likely a piece of bio that Smith found somewhere.)
- Cogito the communist (renamed)
- KarlinAgain (renamed)
- TheAkarlin (no edits)
- Ethanbas_is_back I very much doubt this is Ethanbas (see above).
- TsarKarlin (renamed)
- DrMackal blocked as Oliver. I agree.
And more
- Living could be Oliver D. Smith. Cites post by his brother, Debunking spiritualism, as proof that the socking (above) was by Mikemikev.)
- NathanCofnas (impersonator)
- Realgreenrd (impersonator)
- Abd_is_watching_you_all (no contribs)
- Abd_watching_this_website (no contribs)
- TheAnatolyKarlin (impersonator)
- Big_Chimping (could be Mikemikev)
- BigChimping (could be Mikemikev)
- Burton (from deleted edit, this could be Oliver D. Smith, accusing Mikemikev (as Big Chimping) of impersonating Karlin. Oliver has often claimed not to know what his brother is doing.)
- Abd_online_all_day (no contribs)
- Abd_the_stalker (no contribs)>
- Abd_is_a_bad_racist (no contribs)
- Abd_defends_AKarlin (no contribs)
- AKarlin_is_racist (no contribs)
- Ethan_Bashkansky Impersonation for sure.
- AKarlin_tiny_dick (no contribs)
- AKarlin_Abd (no contribs)
- WatchMaker
- )
A new avalanche appeared October 31, 2019:
- 18:16, 31 October 2019: BenSteigmann (contribs) triggered filter 47, performing the action “edit” on Carnivore dieters to sue John66. Actions taken: Tag; Filter description: Stub article
- 19:47, 31 October 2019 [redacted] (contribs) was created
- 19:52, 31 October 2019 Coldfusion (contribs) was created
- 16:57, 31 October 2019 [redacted] (contribs) was created
- 19:53, 31 October 2019: Coldfusion (contribs) triggered filter 47, performing the action “edit” on John66 also posts as Bongolian and Benn. Actions taken: Tag; Filter description: Stub article
- 19:53, 31 October 2019: Coldfusion (contribs) triggered an edit filter, performing the action “edit” on John66 also posts as Bongolian and Benn. Actions taken: Warn; Filter description: Blackhat SEO Spammer
- 19:54, 31 October 2019: Coldfusion (contribs) triggered filter 47, performing the action “edit” on John66 also posts as Bongolian and Benn. Actions taken: Tag; Filter description: Stub article
- 19:54, 31 October 2019: Coldfusion (contribs) triggered an edit filter, performing the action “edit” on John66 also posts as Bongolian and Benn. Actions taken: Block; Filter description: Blackhat SEO Spammer
- 19:55, 31 October 2019 Dba (contribs) was created (page deleted)
- 19:55, 31 October 2019: John666) triggered an edit filter, performing the action “createaccount” on Special:UserLogin. Actions taken: Warn; Filter description: Invalid Username
- 19:56, 31 October 2019 66John (contribs) was created
- 20:02, 31 October 2019 John67 (contribs) was created
- 20:03, 31 October 2019 John68 (contribs) was created
- 20:04, 31 October 2019 John69 ( contribs) was created
- 20:08, 31 October 2019 TokyoMikemikev (| contribs) was created [renamed]
- 20:10, 31 October 2019: John66 is Benn (talk | block) triggered an edit filter, performing the action “createaccount” on Special:UserLogin. Actions taken: Warn; Filter description: Invalid Username
- 20:11, 31 October 2019: John666 (talk | block) triggered an edit filter, performing the action “createaccount” on Special:UserLogin. Actions taken: Disallow; Filter description: Invalid Username
- 20:12, 31 October 2019 Johnbiasedskeptic (| contribs) was created [renamed]
- 20:16, 31 October 2019 ABD SUE YOU ALL (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 20:17, 31 October 2019 [redacted] 1488 ([contribs]) was created
- 20:20, 31 October 2019 User account 68john (contribs) was created
- 20:23, 31 October 2019 You unblock abd (contribs) was created
- 22:44, 31 October 2019 User account Ernie (contribs) was created (page deleted)
- 14:19, 1 November 2019 User account Rosie Franklin (contribs) was created
- 14:57, 1 November 2019 User account Abd anti vegan (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 14:57, 1 November 2019 User account Abd low carb (talk | contribs) was created
- 14:58, 1 November 2019 User account Abd big meat eater (contribs) was created
- 14:58, 1 November 2019 User account Abd carnivore tribe (talk | contribs) was created [renamed]
- 14:59, 1 November 2019 User account Low carb (contribs) was created
- 15:00, 1 November 2019 User account Abd sue Wikipedia (contribs) was created
- 15:01, 1 November 2019 User account Abd carnivore (contribs) was created
- 15:04, 1 November 2019 User account Abd tribe (contribs) was created
- 15:04, 1 November 2019 User account Abd sue this website (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 15:05, 1 November 2019 User account Carnivore abd (contribs) was created
- 15:06, 1 November 2019 User account Abdmeateater (contribs) was created
- 15:07, 1 November 2019 User account Abd meat tribe (contribs) was created
- 15:08, 1 November 2019 User account Abd low carb tribe (contribs) was created
- 15:09, 1 November 2019 User account Abd sue Cosmikdebris (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 15:09, 1 November 2019 User account Abd sue RW (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 15:37, 1 November 2019 User account Birker (talk | contribs) was created
- 15:39, 1 November 2019
- 15:40, 1 November 2019
- 16:13, 1 November 2019
- 16:13, 1 November 2019
- 16:14, 1 November 2019
- 16:17, 1 November 2019 User account RosieFranklin (contribs) was created [likely Smith imitation socking].
- 16:18, 1 November 2019
- 16:22, 1 November 2019 User account BA (contribs) was created [hidden contrib impersonating Abd]
- 16:24, 1 November 2019
- 16:28, 1 November 2019 User account Burka (contribs) was created
- 16:29, 1 November 2019
- 18:34, 1 November 2019 User account Oliver Smith in Radlett (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 18:35, 1 November 2019 User account Oliver Smith sued by Abd (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 22:01, 1 November 2019 User account Birku (contribs) was created
- 22:04, 1 November 2019
- 22:03, 1 November 2019
- 22:08, 1 November 2019 User account WatchingYou (contribs) was created
- 22:10, 1 November 2019
- 15:38, 2 November 2019 User account Birkus (contribs) was created
- 15:39, 2 November 2019
- 15:41, 2 November 2019 User account Some Random (contribs) was created
- 15:42, 2 November 2019
- 15:44, 2 November 2019 User account Neutralenergy (contribs) was created
- 15:45, 2 November 2019
- 15:49, 2 November 2019 User account Listen up (contribs) was created [see deleted]
- 15:50, 2 November 2019
- 15:58, 2 November 2019 User account Physics (contribs) was created [see deleted]
- 16:01, 2 November 2019
- 16:02, 2 November 2019
- 16:04, 2 November 2019 User account People (contribs) was created [see deleted]
- 16:06, 2 November 2019
- 16:07, 2 November 2019
- 16:25, 2 November 2019 User account Correct (contribs) was created ???
- 14:29, 3 November 2019 User account Appletiser ( contribs was created [Oliver?]
- 16:22, 3 November 2019 User account Bonner (talk | contribs | block) was created
- 18:34, 3 November 2019 User account Conrad Rock (contribs) was created
- 20:48, 3 November 2019 User account TheNateSpidgewood (contribs) was created
- 01:59, 4 November 2019 User account Marvins (contribs) was created
- 21:18, 3 November 2019 User account John65 ( contribs) was created
- 21:32, 3 November 2019 User account Conrad Rockenhaus (contribs) was created
- 23:46, 3 November 2019 User account Booner (contribs) was created
- 01:59, 4 November 2019 User account Marvins (contribs) was created
- 23:20, 5 November 2019 User account Abds friend (contribs) was created
- 23:20, 5 November 2019 User account Abd close this website (contribs) was created
- 23:21, 5 November 2019 User account Abd Lomax 75 (contribs) was created
- 23:22, 5 November 2019 User account Abd watching you all (contribs) was created
- 23:22, 5 November 2019 User account Unblock the abd (contribs) was created
- 23:22, 5 November 2019 User account Abd watching (contribs) was created
- 23:24, 5 November 2019 User account Abd the pimp (talk | contribs) was created
- 23:24, 5 November 2019 User account Abd cold fusion (contribs) was created
- 02:34, 6 November 2019 User account MR ROME VIHARO (contribs) was created
- 02:36, 6 November 2019 User account ABD WATCHING YOUUU (contribs) was created
- 02:37, 6 November 2019 User account VIHARO AND ABD ROCK (contribs) was created
- 13:36, 6 November 2019 User account Bakku (talk | contribs) was created (abd impers.)
- 13:38, 6 November 2019 User account Phoebs (talk | contribs) was created [may be legit]
- 13:38, 6 November 2019 User account Abdwatchingyouall (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 18:48, 6 November 2019 User account Coldfusioner (contribs) was created
- 20:24, 10 November 2019 User account Abd coldfusioncommunity (| contribs) was created
- 20:24, 10 November 2019 User account Coldfusioncommunity (contribs) was created [renamed]
- 01:06, 11 November 2019 User account COLDFUSIONCOMMUNITY.NET (contribs) was created
- 01:21, 11 November 2019 User account TheColdFusionCommunity (contribs) was created
- 18:04, 11 November 2019 User account LENR forum user (contribs) was created
- 19:53, 11 November 2019 User account COLD ONE (contribs) was created
- 20:00, 11 November 2019 User account COLD FUSION S (contribs) was created
- 11:50, 13 November 2019 User account Diddy Kong (talk | contribs) was created ?
- 18:30, 13 November 2019 User account Dittoaway (talk | contribs) was created
- 20:17, 13 November 2019 User account Keystone (talk | contribs) was created
- 10:09, 14 November 2019 User account Doozy (talk | contribs) was created ?
- 21:14, 18 November 2019 User account Chtonic (talk | contribs) was created [Oliver]
- 17:30, 19 November 2019 User account Waller joel (talk | contribs) was created [a name that Darryl uses, impersonates Abd]
- 23:12, 19 November 2019 User account Mbutu Collins (talk | contribs | block) was created [sole cont deleted]
One of the redacted names (repeated in various forms) is that of one of my daughters, a minor. The other is the man who was impersonated by Darryl Smith on Wikipedia, creating massive disruption, and that is how I became a target of the Smith brothers, by exposing that.
These trolls are vicious. There is no threat to sue Rats, other than Darryl and Oliver Smith. (Oliver is already sued by Kirkegaard, and my lawsuit is awaiting a judge’s decision before I go ahead and amend the complaint properly, adding new defendants and serving them.) And I have never threatened to sue on that wiki, all those threats and claims that Bongolian was John66, all that, were from Darryl Smith. It’s an old behavior.
If I wanted to be unblocked on RatWiki, I know how to request it. And it certainly would not be this way!!! It appears that the Rats think this was me. I expect more intelligence from Rats. Some of them actually do know what’s been happening, but it does not get talked about because the Smith name must be protected!!! Or else!!!
None of these accounts are mine. Lomax is doing what he always does – list dozens of accounts and falsely claim I own them with zero evidence – it’s his main method of harassment. Note a RationalWiki sysop only blocked two of the above users as me (DrMackal and Cthonic), but they made a mistake. They’ve admitted this error in private communication, after I questioned them about it a month back.
Far from trying to disrupt Anatoly Karlin, I did the complete opposite and out of good faith pointed out he was wrongly accused of socking and asked for his main account to be unblocked:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Oak
“ProVegan isn’t Karlin, and I’m not Inthecavee. They blocked a bunch of accounts wrongly thinking they’re other people. I personally think the ProVegan edits were on mission and corrected some inaccuracies e.g. Karlin has now one peer-reviewed article (when the article was written a year or more back he didn’t). The ProVegan edits weren’t also promotional, they merely added some anti-vegan comments Karlin had written.[[User:Oak|Oak]] ([[User talk:Oak|talk]]) 19:15, 16 September 2019 (UTC)”
Time and time again we see the same issue, lack of check-user/IP tool on RationalWiki. Sysops and mods make mistakes all the time blocking accounts. Both myself and Anatoly Karlin was wrongly blocked on accounts we don’t own.
Oliver, you are incredibly self-centered. Yes, accounts have been blocked incorrectly. But, ah, what about me? What about all those socks impersonating me on RatWiki? What about the claim of Debunking Spiritualism that his account had been hacked, and the claim it was me? There may have been hundreds of accounts impersonating me on RatWiki, I’ve never counted them. But DS put up a long list of accounts, and only Abd was me.
There are 134 accounts listed. I claim that one is you, ThrowawayA (and then speculate that it could also be your brother).
I also speculate that Living is you, and the same for
Burton. Chtonic looks like you, so I see why EK blocked. If EK claimed that was an error, that would not be proof it was, but you could also ask EK to inform me. I trust EK. (“error” could just mean “it wasn’t clear.”) (And the same about DrMackal)
I did not claim it in the page, but I think WatchMaker was also you.
Oliver, there is no doubt that you have socked extensively on RatWiki. However, the massive trollsocking I would not identify with you, unless you are not lying about “no brother,” because it was massive trollsocking that got me involved in this situation, and that was your brother. If there is no brother, it’s all you. Some have believed that. I don’t. I believe these comments here are you, and there is a coherent personality — as well as technical evidence. ZaFrumi was you and was almost certainly technically distinct from all that WMF trollsocking.
But, Oliver, you just made a false statement. I’m not calling it a lie because it could simply be careless. I did not claim that you own “them”, i.e., dozens of accounts. I claim that the pattern of trollsocking is a “Smith” pattern, which does not necessarily mean you. It means you or your brother. I got quite a few comments today from TOR nodes, and there have been many more in the past. I believe that those were not you. You commented on Reddit extensively, and I’ve identify most of those accounts as you, distinguishing them from the trollsocks, which would likely be your brother.