User blog comment:OWOPKekistan/Yoctoduodecillion/@comment-27516045-20191013012051/@comment-34876209-20191025225525

@Plain'N'Simple

 * @Username5243


 * Take a look at what our "friend" Edwin left me on another wiki


 * https://xkcd.fandom.com/wiki/User_talk:Plain%27N%27Simple?oldid=3981


 * That's all the evidence you need to realize that Edwin is still being a dick.

Anything beyond the statement "An edit by some user was made on the XKCD wikia on Plain'N'Simple's talk page." is inherently subjective and just your take on it. Put plainly, anyone could be anyone online, and the simple truth is, there is no proper evidence I'm "TelAvivAnnihilator". Anything you or anyone else says that goes beyond "An edit by some user was made on the XKCD wikia on Plain'N'Simple's talk page." is just putting a personal spin on things. Which I think is perfectly fine, but, considering Googology in particular is all about clear definitions and finding conclusive evidence for facts, why assume I'm behind every account or incident you don't like?


 * (normally I'd ignore something as stupid as this, which is also why I'm not bothering to revert his edit. I'm just giving it as evidence, because it is obvious that you're in need of such evidence)

Again, this is not even evidence. I understand the premise you're working off of — he's guilty, but somewhere along the link you've posted and the accusation, we will always have to take a leap of faith to believe you. If others want to believe you because it suits their Edwin v. The Wikia narrative that's perfectly fine by me, just don't call it "evidence". It's simply data, and what you've made is an educated inference on that data. But it's still not actually evidence.


 * Now let me ask you a question:


 * Given this proof that the guy hasn't changed his ways, do you think it is likely that he stopped using his sockpuppets here? Try to put yourself in his shoes. What incentive does he have to stop?


 * None what-so-ever. So it stands to reason that he is still doing his shinanigans here. And once you realize that, other things will begin to click. Quickly you realize that the guy never left here. I'm not going to point fingers towards specific usernames, but the patterns are quite clear. Could it be that you were too quick on the trigger in labling me "paranoid"? Worth considering, I think.

Why are you narrating other people's thoughts as if you were writing a choose your own adventure story? Let people think what they think. Anyways, you've definitely said this before, but if you have data you feel strongly implies a central figurehead behind the identities — show it. And then let people make their own choices to decide what they want to believe. But you can't just keep saying stuff without basis, and then expect action to be taken on that lack of evidence. You can say what you'd like, yes, but ultimately it is only words.

And for the record I'm sorry for any times in the past I called you paranoid, or said something to that effect. Given all that's happened and I admit to, I completely understand the way you feel.

It's just, you have no proper evidence.


 * And please, *please* stop addressing the guy directly. Nothing good will ever come out of it. He is a pathological liar who thrives on psychological manipulation. He will make every effort to confuse you with smoke-screens and contradictory statements. It's just pointless (and worse: it gives the guy an opportunity to manipulate others as well, every time he replies to you).

More statements without proper evidence, disregarding the need for proper evidence and attempting to censor me just so you can bind the wiki in the whirlwind of data with your spin on it. In fact, you put such a spin on the words you weave perhaps Rumpelstiltskin would be a name more apt for you.

In any case, I'm not writing this to defend myself, but to promote Order in the wiki. I'd rather there not be a rift between anyone here. Maybe we started off on the wrong foot. So let's grab the hatchet of kindness and understanding, chop that foot off, then bury the hatchet between us, so to speak, okay?


 * P.S.


 * I'm willing to bet that things got really interesting on the Discord in the past 48 hours or so. No, I haven't gone there lately. I'm simply guessing how Edwin would behave in the current situation. But I am right, ain't I?

No. Actually I check in the Discord every so often and the most that was said about me was this, since 6 PM EST of today:





You may find it helpful to stop guessing how I'd behave, for future reference.


 * P.P.S.


 * People who think that impersonating Edwin is funny should not get "one last chance" either.

If people want to imitate my inquisitive I want to know everything about numbers and bask in the awesomeness of mathematics side, then I don't mind. But yeah, I'm with you about how there shouldn't be trolls on the wikia. We're on the same page. There might be a coffee stain on that page, or maybe some crudely drawn juvenile renderings, but it's still a page on which we both are, and it is this wiki. I care most that everyone is in agreement, because ultimately what I care about is Order, and in the end, when all is said and through, Order is what will prevail.

@Syst3ms

 * What is so hard to understand about "ban this fucker already" ?

I personally feel this situation could be alleviated with the fewest blocks possible (i.e. if you have a user doing obvious vandalism), but, if I am blocked, I'll have to accept it. After running amok with 650+ accounts, I am very thankful for being allowed to return in this capacity, even though I haven't edited to the same capacity that my main, Edwin Shade, once did.

@Username5243

 * @PsiCubed (sorry but that's how I've known you for years now)


 * You're right, I should've never given the guy a chance. Even if "Edwin Shade 2"'s account record is clean, what's to guarantee that the guy isn't using a hundred other accounts as puppets?


 * Today, in fact, I received a direct message from someone that said they thought another user (who I won't bother to name, but he was making a crapload of edits earlier today) might be an Edwinpuppet. Sad account only appears to have recently joined, and also just "happened" to make a comment on one of your blog posts. Coincidence? I'm ont sure, but given what edwin did to you in the past (and presumably still thinks about you)...

If you keep rolling 8's on an eight-sided die, you might rightfully infer the die was weighted somehow. But would you, no doubt aware of basic probabilities, also concede that the fault may not lay in the die, but in our inferences about the die, if it turned out to roll predicted distributions from then on?

You see, people are like dice, subject to chance, and in the case of people, change. Given the 'bad rolls' this wiki has gotten lately, I understand why newer accounts would be viewed with an eye of scrutiny, perhaps eight-fold scrutiny at that! But again, evidence is merely data with a spin on it. And the data I'm perceiving is that the wiki is being edited by industrious and good users, so what's the problem?

And as for what I think of Psi, I think his heart is in the right place but that stepping back from (what I feel is) a non-existent threat would be more favorable than getting worked up. I mean there's TONs (pun intended) of Googology left to do, right?

I'm kind of busy these days so I may not edit as much but I eventually hope to make new notations. Anyways, cheers!~