User talk:Steve espinola/Archive

I have restored much of the old version of this page to give people an idea of what this user is all about. I removed his extensive pasting of "Genesis" from the top. By the way, calling him "S---- Espinola" is not terribly accurate, and plays into his harassment of me. Please call him something else when possible. As I state elsewhere, it is merely a sockpuppet name that he picked to needle me regarding the Biff Rose article. "S---- Espinola" is not-so-coincidentally _my_ birth name, which he knew when he registered that username. I like User:HopeSeekr of xMule's strategy of calling him "Bob." - Sojambi Pinola 06:47, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User page has been under attack and will be protected until the vandals have stoppedSteve espinola

• Wow!! Fucking double speak, [wo]man. Lol! If your page was vandalised, what about the stuff you did to mine? :-) No, I think we got a little double think going on now, which I find double plus plus bad but simultaneously double plus plus super double plus funny.

Help support and spread newspeak today! For you have already significantly adopted the other tenets of Big Brother gov'ment.

All I can say:

• War is peace
• Slavery is freedom
• Vandalism is fine editorial skill

— HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 12:25, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Mexican Estaban 'Steve' Espinola," I feel that your claims of wrongs perpetrated on you deserve documentation. Given all your talk of vandalism to your page, I think it makes sense that all the drama around your presence on Wikipedia be returned to your talk page, where it belongs. Signed, the Brooklyn Steve Espinola, user name: Sojambi Pinola 01:20, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

[This was left on User:HopeSeekr of xMule's discussion page at 03:48, 15 August 2005 (UTC). Basicially, he cut everything from his own page, items 1 through 20 below, and pasted it onto HopeSeekr's.][reply]

I've added my whole talk page to your talk page, as you've been creatively editing yours, I choose to creatively edit my own. Steve espinola 03:48, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• LOL!~!!!!! ROFLMFAO!!!! OK, pay attention "Steve": Notice above how many people thank me for my edits? Now look below...see how many people gripe at you for yours? Hmm...I still have trouble figuring out why a single person would become your advocate but I guess every one needs an attorney no matter what the crime. Thanks for making this page even more vibrant. — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 12:20, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

good luck!!! I think your version is great Mmmmmmbo

[this was left, unsigned, by User:Steve espinola at 18:15, 6 August 2005 (UTC) which pretty much solidifies that this user is also User:Mmmmmmbo.[reply]

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Can you please explain your edits to Biff Rose? They appear to express a negative POV towards the person. -Willmcw 06:55, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

I think its high time you stopped trying to rearrange my words. The information contained on the biff rose site colelcts the pertinent info. It is not a billboard for his achievements, but an overview of his career. I think records that were pressed and sold are of worth. Ones that were not around in copies more than fifty or a hundred are not. I've interviewed Rose, I know which ones sold and which ones didn't. You can beef up a discog with murky details, but it won't help the whole wiki crowd. Stop being bullheaded, and agressive, because though you've been given power through edits, you have also become that which you supposedly fight against. You are not allowing the newer versions of this piece to come to life, but instead are so closely guarding the information disseminated from within that you have become like a fascist. Terrible!!!

[left unsigned by user:Steve espinola at 18:21, 6 August 2005 (UTC)][reply]

Why do you delete the number of "Carson" appearances? Why are you deleting the name of his biggest song? What does it matter to you if the records sold 10 or 10,000 copies? Do you have some personal animus towards Rose? Please note that your personal feelings, and your personally-obtained interviews, should not be used to influence the article. It's a biography, and should present a comprehensive picture of his life. It's not a place to gain revenge on someone you don't like. -Willmcw 20:21, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

I've copied this discussion to the talk:Biff Rose page. -Willmcw 23:29, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Any info deleted was moved from prominence to more esoteric reading of it, to make the article read better, and have a decent flow. That Rose was in Time magazine once in 1965 is not of note. That he wrote a song that was covered by both Tiny Tim and David Bowie is. That that song was co written Oscar winning musician Paul Williams is important. Also of note, it should be mentioned that Rose has disavowed the Williams connection in several interviews, until in late 2004 on his own website's message board he admitted he was falsefying William's own involvement in the song. But a small 200 word blurb in time 50 years ago is not of worth. As for Rose's appearnaces on Carson, there has been no reall connection with the amount of times Rose officially appeared on the show, and how many times he taped performances. He alleges, himself, that he appeared on the show 12 times. Producerss from the Tonight show remember him being on with much less regularity. Therefore, a distinction, to leave out embrassment, would be something like, "Rose appeared with some level of regularity on the tonight show in the end of the decade." Of note> Rose was banned from any more performances on the Tonight Show because he refused to cut to a commercial break during his last performance, reciting a poem he often claimed as his own, which in fact was a poem by Paul Newman's uncle, Joseph Newman. This was chalked up to Rose's irrascible nature. I think it is important to notice to, the anger that first rears its head here, and then seems to pop up, on the record he did in 73, and beyond, to his later self released recordings where Rose is heard calling african americans niggers, and making fun of the jewish religion, citing Hit5ler as a genius, who clearly had a vision. Willmcw is trying to keep the previous words someone else wrote about Rose being a child molester, which were clearly vandalism. I did not write that, and the anti semitic sentiments attributed to Rose are very easily found in his records and his websites. Willmcw is a vandal and works against my own edits in a nasty and un wiki fashion.Steve espinola 00:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings and welcome to wikipedia. Please excuse the rude treatment you've received from the administrator who has engaged most of your attention thus far. He has a bad habit of disregarding Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers, especially where a newcomer has made edits to an article or subject he deems to be his territory. You should not let a hostile reception deter you from participating here and I hope you will stay. While editing I encourage you to review Wikipedia's policies and guidelines located here. Please make a good faith attempt at abiding by each, and if you believe that another user you have encountered is not doing so a proper recourse is to inform him/her of it. Thanks and welcome once again. Rangerdude 23:54, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that this is a new user. -Willmcw 01:45, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

A hunch that somebody's a returnee, absent clear proof, is no basis to harass him or her. Unless you have proof and are prepared to make a case of it, please assume good faith. Rangerdude 04:44, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not harassing anyone. I came to his talk page to ask him to not delete material from an article. The fact that he is using a different username today didn't seem like sufficient reason to call out the welcome wagon. But you go right ahead if you like. Cheers, -Willmcw 05:09, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

You are in danger of violating the three revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. -Willmcw 23:46, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Willmcw, I understadn yo uare trying to avoid vandalism, but by manipulating this site into your view you promote FASCISM.

MY edits are good on the subject of Biff Rose.

Look at his website, research his recordings. Time magazine has written numerous articles, are these mentioned in other wiki posts... NO. So why here?

As for Rose's self released recordings, I did a favor to you by listing them. Are Other performers non accesible recordings listed? NO.

Do a better job editing and less of one POlicing because you stink at it.

[left, unsigned, by user:Steve espinola on 00:23, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The article at Biff rose is improperly-titled because it is not capitalized correctly. Please leave it as a redirect to the properly-named article. Thank you. -Willmcw 04:38, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Hey, why are you reverting my edits and removing the photo of Biff Rose? I found a separate article on the same topic (where you seemed to be the main author), incorporated the main points from it in an attempt to mege them. Someone later redirected it. Why are you deleting my additions? Marcuse 18:47, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

However much I abhor racism, anti-semitism, etc. I think that whatever Biff Rose currently espouses seems more like it should be taken with a grain of salt. Not quite the same as David Duke. I have no problem with these things outlined in his bio, but it should really not have the form as something showing a personal point of view. It seems like the way the article was, was fairly balanced, showing both old and new aspects of the artist. And let the quotes and links speak for themselves. Why did you remove all that other stuff which you deem extraneous, by the way? Having the name of some songs and collaborators seems rather harmless. But anyway, I don't really have any particular agenda in the matter, I just don't like random deletions of what I write. Marcuse 19:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man, you have got to get a more broad sided view of the reality. what your writing only proves that you are a sock puppet for the Rose crew, and that you are unable to realize that wikipedia is a group process and that your words will be eidted no matter what, it's the nature of the beast. If you don't like the process move to some other site that protects your version of relaity as the truth. Good luck finding that place, brainiac.Steve espinola 22:26, 9 August 2005 (UTC)Steve[reply]

Someone created a user page for you claiming that you were "a vandal who had a beef with one of the real Steve Espinolas". I've deleted it. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 20:44, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

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It was at User:Steve espinola, with the content "Steve Espinola" is the name of at least four real people. The Wikipedia user calling himself "Steve Espinola," however, is a vandal who has a beef with one of the real Steve Espinola's.

signed,

A real Steve Espinola, Brooklyn, NY."

It was created by an anonymous user. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 21:04, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Can you verify that your name is really "Steve Espinola"? There is a well-known singer by that name. Another user is claiming to be him and claiming that you are impersonating him. This is similar behavior to someone who used the name user:Biffrose though he apparently was not that person. -Willmcw 21:37, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I can verify I am Steve Espinola, can oyu verify that I'm not?Steve espinola 22:16, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Steve Espinola[reply]

There is a famous Steve Espinola. There my also be other Steve Espinolas. Are you claiming to be the singer? If not then would you please make a note that you are not that Steve Espinola so that no one will be confused? Thanks, -Willmcw 22:27, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I'm officially confused. All I did in this was to delete a version of User:Steve espinola which had been vandalized into an attack page against you. As for the content of your disputes with other user(s), I can't comment. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 22:41, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Hello, Steve Espinola. I've protected the Biff Rose page until the dispute can be settled. I don't know who is right/wrong, but remember to keep in mind the non-point of view policy. If he is generally known as an anti-semitic, then that could be mentioned. Also, I've removed the picture because it seems doctored/fake- Hitler obviously wasn't around in 2004. Finally, keep in mind WP:3RR- this rule applies to everyone. Thus, please try and solve out this dispute. Once you do, you can contact me or another [[admin|admin]], and we can unprotect it. One final note- you may also wish to try WP:RfC, where you can garner input from the Wikipedia community. Hope this helps! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 23:32, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. What listing did you see my name on?

Please stop deleting material about an ongoing dispute over your editing behavior from this talk page. Selectively deleting warnings and questions is a sign of bad faith, and is against guidelines on proper user talk page behavior. Wikipedia:User page#What can I have on my user talk page?. -Willmcw 23:57, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

I think you are making trouble willmcw, and have reported you. You keep harrassing me and accusing me of doing things I have not done. PLease examine your behavior, in regards to me, and adjust it. Steve espinola 00:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

to willmcw- YOU ARE HARRASSING ME> I've alerted other wikipedia officers so you should leave me alone. Rememeber, w3rr, willmcw. Leave me alone.Steve espinola 00:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note, Steve. This is the first I've heard of this dispute, so I have no idea of the details. I can tell you that Will is a good editor and responsible admin, so if he has a concern, it's best to be as cooperative as you can. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:15, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Hello again, Steve. I'm sorry you feel discouraged. Please understand that we have to deal with a large number of vandals, trolls, and troublemakers of various kinds, and so when a doubt arises about someone's intentions, we have to act on it. The best way to deal with this, from your end, is to assume good faith of Will, and offer him whatever cooperation he needs from you to help him sort it out. I can assure you of his goodwill and integrity. Perhaps you could drop him a note and offer to help him get to the bottom of it? That's likely to meet with a positive response. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:52, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Steve - Thanks for the note regarding the problem you are having. I encountered much of the same as what you describe with Willmcw when I first started editing Wikipedia, and he still tries to agitate against me from time to time. As far as dealing with it there are a couple of things you can do and strategies you can try. The first suggestions are things I would try right now, then if the situation becomes unbearable you can proceed to the later ones.

1. If you see him violating a specific Wikipedia policy from the link I sent you earlier (e.g. if he's personally attacking you) go to that policy's page, quote the passage that he's violating, and post it to the article talk page with a polite reminder. Knowing Willmcw, this probably won't stop him any and he'll either proceed right ahead or switch to some other harassment technique. It will however establish that you've attempted to work out your problems by approaching him directly, and if he doesn't respond it will establish that the uncooperative behavior is on his part. Knowing the rules and having them on your side is a big plus even when he's not acknowledging them.

2. When you make edits to articles that he is challenging you over document your sources ad nauseum. This is very easy to do - you simply put the link to the source in between two brackets at the end of the sentence you've added. He may still delete your work, but deleting valid sourced material is frowned upon much more than if it were unsourced. Also, use the "edit summary" section to link to applicable wikipedia policies if he's violating them.

3. If he makes hostile, inflamatory, or abusive user page comments toward you don't worry. Let them stay up as evidence for the whole world to see! It's unfortunate that this is sometimes necessary and can make a mess of your user page, but often times that sort of stuff hurts him more than it'll hurt you. Plus you can always clean up the mess he's made at a later date once the conflict is resolved.

4. Now, if he start's stalking you there are a couple of actions you can take. I haven't had a chance to review your recent interaction with him, but my own experience is that one of Willmcw's favorite harassment tactics is stalking. He will never acknowledge it if you point it out to him, but there is ample precedent that stalking other editors on wikipedia is an inherently disruptive practice and a bannable offense (see here). In fact, shortly after I joined Wikipedia Willmcw began stalking me at length. I eventually documented him doing so at over 40 different articles. One way to counter this is to start making a log of all the different articles he's stalked you to and post it in a sandbox page off of your own user page. Link to the diffs of each stalker edit he makes by placing them in brackets on a list and describe them. If experience is anything, it probably won't deter him much but it will keep a log of all the evidence of his behavior together in a place where he and any other wikipedia editor can use it.

5. If things get really bad with him, Wikipedia:Dispute resolution may become necessary. Take this step only if absolutely needed, and when doing so make sure you've built a solid list of evidence including (1) links to the edit changes where he's violated policy, (2) links to the policies he's violated, and (3) links to posts you've made to him attempting to inform him of this or curtail his harassing behavior. When you've got these three things it is also normally a good idea to find an experienced wikipedian out there who can back you and certify your complaint - e.g. another editor who has been active in the discussions on an article you're experiencing problems with and who agrees with your position opposite of Willmcw. When you've got a second person to do this you can file a "Request for Comment" against him citing the policy violations (See WP:RfC for instructions). This is a tricky and involved step to take, but sometimes it becomes necessary.

6. If you file an RfC there are a couple of things you need to be aware of. First, per explicit policy, Wikipedia does NOT operate as a democracy...but some people including the editor you're reporting problems with act as if they think it does. One feature of the RfC is that it permits other editors to review the case, make recommendations, and endorse the side of one participant or the other (if you file an RfC he also gets to respond to it). This feature has both upsides and downsides. The good part is that often times you will attract the attention of a genuinely concerned editor, who will then go to the article where the problem exists and actively assist you in working it out. The downside is that the RfC board is often a hostile place. There are trolls who hang out around it all day and more or less flame anybody who files an RfC with personal attacks on you for simply filing it (even though they're not supposed to do that). These editors have no genuine interest in solving problems and simply lurk there to stir up trouble and exacerbate the situation. If you encounter one about the only thing you can do is ignore them or respond. Also, since your dispute involves a well known administrator with many friends on wikipedia, it is very likely that several of his friends will come to his assistance and cast what they perceive to be "votes" endorsing his position regardless of the facts or merits of your case. To give you an example, I've filed an RfC against Willmcw before providing clear evidence that he was intentionally disrupting article content by slipping in quotes by David Duke - as in the KKK guy, who is entirely inappropriate for Wikipedia for obvious reasons - and several of his buddies refused to acknowledge it because of who he was and because of their friendships with him. The typical response was something not unlike what you seem to have received from one such friend of his, as in "I know Willmcw and he's a good editor, so he couldn't possibly break the rules like you say he has!" That's where the issue of Wikipedia NOT being a democracy comes into play though, because no matter how many friends and cronies he can round up to cast what they think are "votes" in his favor, those people almost never contribute to resolving the dispute itself. They'll either show up, cast their "vote" and leave, or cast their "vote" and linger making intentionally incendiary remarks about you for "insulting" their friend by calling out his policy violations. The real value of the RfC is gained from the editors with a genuine interest in honestly evaluating the case and resolving it, and those are the people you should pay attention to and actively work with. Even if he can round up 50 of his friends to claim that he's a great guy who never breaks any rules, all you need are two or three supportive or even neutral editors who extend a hand in good faith to help you with the problem. After all that's what a request for comment is about - it's not a "request for a vote" but a request for other editors who will come comment on your case in a way that helps you find a resolution.

7. If an RfC doesn't stop it the next steps are mediation and arbitration as described on the dispute resolutions link. I won't go into the details here of each process beyond noting one thing you should be aware of: mediation and arbitration both have conflict of interest provisions. That means if the mediator or the arbitrators involved in your case have a personal allegiance to Willmcw (which very well could be the case since he's an administrator and has several administrator friends) you can ask for their recusal there.

I hope this helps some and if you have any further questions or would like an opinion on a specific case where he's giving you trouble don't hesitate to ask. Good luck - Rangerdude 02:50, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing - if you encounter an administrator or other editor with strong personal allegiances to Willmcw and he/she insists how great an editor etc. he is, take it with a grain of salt. As an editor with a long history of disputes with this particular user, I will readily concede that he is skilled at contributing to wikipedia and has done some good things here. But he is also a troublemaker from time to time, and can be a very malicious one at that. Harassing newcomers and stalking are the most notable examples of this. His worst qualities appear in anything involving politics. He has strong personal political beliefs and is hostile to those different to them and especially anything opposite (and he and I are more or less political opposites, hence our difficulties). He also reacts the same way on some non-political topics that he's staked out as his territory or personal interest. So while he's done some good for wikipedia and while some other editors genuinely consider him an asset, you should be aware that personal loyalties and internal politics within wikipedia are also at play here. If he treats you in fairness and with civility it's perfectly fine to respond in a friendly and civil manner and I'll even encourage you to do so. But he is capable of less than friendly behavior as you have probably figured out, and the best thing to do there is to point out the applicable wikipedia policies, all the while remaining civil about it yourself. Rangerdude 03:00, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits at Jacobin Club, inserting frivolous headings, are at least perilously close to vandalism. You are wasting people's time when you do things like this: I don't like being left to clean up after you. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:33, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

The above statement is ridicuouls. The offending section read-Ch-ch-ch-changes, and was a heading over tpop a paragraph describing change in the Jacobins. I reverted to appease this angry non sense maker. But I have nowhere been near vandalism and to accuse blindly as such is defamation. I've reverted and will revert to the copy edit I made, with noted change, becasue it is a strong edit.Steve espinola 05:40, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I had no idea the amount of anomosity I would face on Wikipedia. This is obviously because of the improper allegations of Willmcw.Steve espinola 05:40, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Willmcw has now been found on a completely different edit of mine, changing it- Master of Landscaping Architecture. article

[<--left unsigned by user:Steve Espinola at 05:37, 10 August 2005 (UTC)][reply]

LOL!!! You were in edit wars with something like 10 different people in your first week...get a clue, man!!! You just can't systemmically do frivolous — and sometimes vandalous — edits to HUNDREDS of documents and not expect animousity ... esp. when you cause others hours of cleanup work, as you did me and a few others. I think you need to be a little meek and if that means non-involvement for awhile, that will only mean less work for others imho (most positive I could be).

Personally, i think this is all some sick psychoperv thing where you act all hostile and then go, o i'm so innocent; either that or you have been complicitly set up by a real perv who is trying to use your lack of sobriety and meager sense of cleanliness to make it look like you caused by the vandalism.

While the second scenario would — indeed — be more tragically funny, nonetheless I will stick with Okham's Razor.

— HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 15:52, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Espinola?[edit]

It seems obvious I've stumbled into something, and I'm not sure what's going on. All I removed was an entry at User:Steve espinola, which contained a personal attack and little else. Even if User:Steve espinola is a POV-pusher himself (and I'm not saying he is--I know nothing of this case), his userspace is still his own, and if he chooses to have it red, he shouldn't have it defaced by attacks on him. Best wishes, Meelar (talk) 21:52, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Normally I'd agree, but if it's a case of impersonating a (minor) celebrity, then I'd say that it is appropriate to somehow distinguish that the user is not the celebrity. I've left a second note on your page regarding a proposed solution for establishing who is who. Your help, as a disinterested party, would be appreciated. -Willmcw 21:59, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

My identity[edit]

Yes I can prove that I am indeed Esteban "Steve" Espinola. I was born in Ciudad juarez in Mexico, in 1974. I received my green card at age 11 with my parents emigrating to the United States.

But you know what, why do I have to prove anything to you? You mess with my user page, and I don't like it. Leave me out of your petty indignation, look at my history, Biff Rose, is but a fly on what I'm trying to do with Wikipedia.

Please leave me alone. You are a troll, and I've alerted more people about you. If you erase this, then please leave my own user site alone!!!!Steve espinola 22:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Espinola here[edit]

YOu want me to say I am not a musicianm but I live and record in L.A.

I think the 'famous' singer Steve Espinola maybe pranking you on my background.

Steve espinola 22:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The relevance is that the singer Steve Espinola is an associate of Biff Rose. By impersonating him you appear to be a friend making denigrating edits about Rose. The coincidence of names is rather far-fetched. If you clarify who you are then this won't be a problem. Thanks, -Willmcw 22:36, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

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This is giving me a headache. I'm Biff Rose's friend Steve Espinola, a piano playing songwriter. I'm the guy who has been posting as "Sojambi Pinola," and made revisions to the Biff Rose page under that name. I don't usually email from SteveEspinola.com, as it forwards to my regular aol email. But if you send an email from my webpage I can respond from my aol, and prove it's the same guy. hmmm... I have some ideas.

Someone with an email address similar to your name has written to a guy named Joe/P.Dickle, who is also a friend of Biff's, and Biff has forwarded these emails to me. I suspect that those emails are legit, but this vandal guy could have been impersonating you, so I dunno. ughhhhh.

-Sojambi Pinola 00:07, 10 August 2005

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Yes, I did send some emails to him, originally to ascertain if the websites were real (they are pretty wild). So then you are also user:216.57.63.47? It seems plausible, as that is a NYC IP and the singer Espinola is supposed to live there. For me that is sufficient to establish identity. We are still trying to establish the identity of user:Steve espinola (small "e"), who now claims to be a Los Angeles musician from Mexico. Sorry for the hassles, but considering the situation it seems important to make clear that the editor who has been adding an apparently anti-Rose POV to the article is not the Espinola who is an associate of Rose. Whew. -Willmcw 00:19, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

I think both of you are making trouble. I'm exactly who I say I am, and have an earthlink account that I've used for years. But since this has developed, I'm worried about internet harrassment. Look at my other edits, and judge for yourself if I'm some vandal out to wreck this site, which I was invited to work on by a friend, and have done some strong edits for. I am Esteban 'Steve' Espinola, and I livei n Los Angeles. I play Norteno and Banda variants of the Ranchera style music. I do it professionally. Becasue of downtime I thought htis would eb a good way to help others, and create inroads into this excellent idea. I'm new to this place, but from what Ican tell, your behavior, in lauding me as some vandal, has in itself been libelous and vandal prone.Steve espinola 01:39, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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I haven't called you a vandal, I told user talk:Jonah Ayers that deleting material can be vandalism. I have called you a sock puppet, and I think you have picked this particular username to confuse other people, just as you used user:Biffrose previously. I think that you are also user:Dearth vader, who made grossly fraudulent edits in order to disparage Rose,[1][2] and another edit attacking user:Sojambi Pinola.[3] I think you are also:

• user:216.175.116.151, user:216.175.121.239, user:216.175.116.198, user:Biffrose, user:Jonah Ayers, user:Varg Virkennes, user:Bad apple, user:Mmmmmmbo, user:Efrim walzer, user:Steve espinola, user:Peace through superior edits.

Most recently, I think you are user:Peter Pie who added a photo to Biff Rose just 3 minutes after you uploaded it with this username.[4][5] I think you have some particular vendetta against Biff Rose, and have been deleting his achievements while adding unsupported and libellous accusations about him to this encyclopedia, and while attacking anyone who attempts to defend Rose. -Willmcw 05:57, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

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(revised answer) Indeed, I posted as 216.57.63.47. I was lazy. Sorry. (Is all time-stamping manual, by the way?)

We are unlikely to "resolve" this "dispute" in a civil manner; It's not really a dispute, but a guy making trouble. Why is he doing it? Why do people commit crimes? All evidence suggests that the guy is a sociopath, or at least a guy bent on revenge. Unless I am missing something, his claims about posting as SE on Wikipedia are easily proven to be false. I don't think the other "Steve Espinola" posted on Wikipedia until this week, though he claims otherwise on his user page. That is to say, he did not post under that name, though he's obviously posted as some ten to twenty different people. By the way, I find it charming and kind that you referred to me as "famous." I have a humble following, though I've played with some better-known people.-Sojambi Pinola 03:30, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You can easily sign and date your talk page comments by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. I'm sorry if I've mislabelled you - not everyone wants to be famous, or is (beyond their Warhol-mandated fifteen minutes, of course). And I don't know if you're a friend or fan or what of Roses - I happened to see you conducted a taped interview with him so I assume you are some kind of associate. None of this would normally matter, but if you are a known associate of Rose's, and if another user comes along and uses the same name, then it it makes that choice of name appear intentionally misleading. -Willmcw 05:58, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Precisely the reason why Wikipedia may change the structure of its nature, is because of the editors like willmcw who, rangerdude above so deftly points out, has made himself a respected editor on the haunches of abusing others, someitmes bashing them into submission. The baseless claims that I'm a sockpuppet are nothing but attempts to make me seem unworthy to the site. If willmcw succeeds, we have let another fascistic vandal infiltrate the freedom of speech that this site so excellently represents. It saddens me to no end that this editor has such a short scope that he can only try and push his point of view, and then abuse a new member of the site. That willmcw is such a micromanager of his personal edits, it would seem that he would garner more citations of abuse, but he has apparently kissed up to the right people, and now found himself in a position of power, which he then abuses, by labelling members with sentiments they are then hard fought to get out from underneath. By labeling me as a sock puppet he makes his own star shine two fold, first by 'indentifying' an un wiki like type, and secindly by establishing his own version of events as the more factual. This is a shameless tactic, that is used in political campaigns and the like, wherre one party will make up a story and then slather it over the image of the competing party. unscrupulous and unsavory behavior such as this, sadly gets results because people tend to believe what they read. So her I am presenting the facts. I am not a sock puppet, I have written factual edits based in the lyrics and messaqges on Biff Rose's website. Beyond that particular entry, my edits are based in cleanup, as I like to make things flow better. Certianly, some of the articles I cleaned up were only mildly so, because they needed very little attention, mostly just formatting help. But willmcw makes it appear as the copy editting and rewrites I've done matter not. This type of recrimination is harmful in a few ways. First my edits are then thought to be suspect so the work I've done to better the site is for naught, secondly, I spend more time writing these long explanations of where I'm coming from rather than working with the community on new edits, and thirdly by making it difficult for new people to use the site properly. Hopefully this will alert some people, and I have alerted advocates, though I've been hesitant todo so, because as rangerdude points out so elouently, in the above posting, many of the advocates are friendly wiht willmcw and will blindly take his side of the disagreement wihtout even going over the facts and notes. If that is allowed to happen then this site has failed its mission and no longer is a Wiki orgnaization but merely an edited encyclopedia and should advertise itself as such, isntead of a wiki experiment. The very idea of wiki is whaqt attracted me to the site in the first place. I find the subterfuge that willmcw has enacted to be a side effect of much of the technological advances we have seen in our very recent past. The internet troll is something that often causes more danger than an actual stalker, because many of these so called trolls also possess stalking and hacking skills, and use thse against one, vandalizing and creating mayhem along the path others travel. These sorts of things can be combatted, but much like internet worms and trojan horses, and of course the actual viruses, one hundred more pop up when one is killed. The tenacity of willmcw says nothing of his own honesty, and instead speaks to his character. He is unwilling to be challenged and therefore causes trouble for anyone who disagrees with him, having manipulated the system into giving him a postion of power, which as I have stated, he then abuses. I hope whoevrer reads this understands I have done my best to write honest edits, and work within the wiki rules as stated, and hope that willmcw is at the very least chastised for his behavior, and issued a warning against doing so again.

the below is an example of vicious and libelous name calling. I have made worthy edits, that have made Willmcw has disagreed with and is now making libelous denoiucnements against me. He lacks proof and is using techniques that are illegal on WikipediaSteve espinola 06:10, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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[ Steve espinola then reprints the following from Willmcw's talk page, as seen above. ]

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I haven't called you a vandal, I told user talk:Jonah Ayers that deleting material can be vandalism. I have called you a sock puppet, and I think you have picked this particular username to confuse other people, just as you used user:Biffrose previously. I think that you are also user:Dearth vader, who made grossly fraudulent edits in order to disparage Rose,[6][7] and another edit attacking user:Sojambi Pinola.[8] I think you are also:

• user:216.175.116.151, user:216.175.121.239, user:216.175.116.198, user:Biffrose, user:Jonah Ayers, user:Varg Virkennes, user:Bad apple, user:Mmmmmmbo, user:Efrim walzer, user:Steve espinola, user:Peace through superior edits.

Most recently, I think you are user:Peter Pie who added a photo to Biff Rose just 3 minutes after you uploaded it with this username.[9][10] I think you have some particular vendetta against Biff Rose, and have been deleting his achievements while adding unsupported and libellous accusations about him to this encyclopedia, and while attacking anyone who attempts to defend Rose. -Willmcw 05:58, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

SLANDERSteve espinola 07:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS: In addition, you apparently are running down the category or list of Wikipedia:Cleanup articles and either just removing the tag or making unhelpful contributions. My admittedly-bad faith assumption is that you are trying to rack up edits in order to appear more involved in the project than you are. -Willmcw 06:19, August 10, 2005 (UTC)-- This is SLANDER07:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)Steve espinola[reply]

Total BS, I've added and extracted info, copy edited the articles, man, you have launched a vicious smear campaign and it's terrible.Steve espinola 06:22, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It seems as though I am in a revert struggle with you :-/ I spent *hours* migrating articles needing to be cleaned since September 2004 to the new system and yet 4 articles thus far have you deleting the cleanup tags unnecessarily and more. If it weren't for willmcw, I'd have to revert a lot more. — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 16:17, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not so, I've actually worked on those aticles. fuck you.

[<--left, unsigned, by user:Steve espinola 07:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)][reply]

After verifying all the changes you made to the cleanup articles, I think it's simply that you have far less standards for what is clean than other people. On every page that has had a edit besides the three of us (will, myself, you) the cleanup tags have gone back up, some times initiating edit wars between yourself and the other (see Jacobin Club). You also add POV when copyediting (see Madonna revision). Then there are a few articles that really seem to be vandalized:

• SUMO
• Natural disaster
• Epistemic theories of truth

When I was migrating the cleanup system I followed several rules of thumb, the primary one being, If a page has not been edited substantially since a cleanup tag was added, do not mark it clean. Along with a supplement: If an article is marked for cleanup, looks clean, and hasn't been edited substantially since the tag was added, put a note about it in the Talk page; leaving the cleanup tag alone. You, unfortunately, do not use any such discretion. Generally, most of the articles in old cleanup archives are those which require substantial and complicated cleanup. To just arbitrarily add headings (or less) and then remove the cleanup tags does a *great* number of such articles injustice; and because it is harder to track users who do this repeatedly (such as yourself), it risks disrupting the entire process.

What good is an archive system if users such as yourself decide by fiat that all articles are clean? Especially since you're so new *and* involved in edit wars.

— HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 17:15, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Chad", "Dearth Vader", "SE", "Jonah", "Varg", whatever-who-cares, get a job. Help the homeless. Do something useful. Stop messing up people's good work. It is incredibly unlikely that TWO people with my name are connected with Biff Rose. You have taken on this fake name to attempt to needle me, en route to messing with Biff. You're a transparent vandal, using a simple pattern of reversals (accusing other people of each thing you are doing). The more you write, point fingers, and mess up people's edits, the more obvious you are. We can't all take the place of your neglectful parents. Get help. Signed, a guy who has been called Steve Espinola in day-to-day life much longer than you, pen name: Sojambi Pinola 21:31, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

yes. and one other thing, don't mess about at my website.Sojambi Pinola

Posted by user:Sojambi Pinela, not User:Sojambi Pinola - -Willmcw 05:51, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

<---the "website" statement is a fradulent posting. The posting above it was by me, and my signature was removed later. Sojambi Pinola 16:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings Mr. Steve espinola. I have seen your request for an advocate in my talk page and I solemnly promise that I will do anything in my power to bring to a halt the destructive actions of those certain users whose only goal in Wikipedia seems to be that of wreaking havoc within it. I shall show that my client (for the record, that's you) is innocent of all those accusations that have been written and I believe that in the end the truth shall shine. Anyway, you need not worry about my language; I usually don't speak that way! So... let's talk. I have studied the matter and I know more or less what all is about but I'd like to hear it all from you. I propose we send each other e-mails, so that out discussion will stay private. --Bill the Greek 09:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize if this is boring. I know I am bored by it but I want to set the record straight.

For added educational value, I include, below, a recent posting by Jonah Ayers on my board. Notice that he, too, is working with advocate User:Bill the Greek. Note, too, that his writing style, interests, and sentiments are almost identical with those of the "Mexican Steve". Note, too, that he claims I erased an earlier posting of this message. A quick check of my "history" will show this to be false, though an accusation that I was a "sockpuppet" was removed by another user. Checking through "Steve's" claims on various pages (sometimes hidden in the "history" section of that page) show him condtradicting himself. Sometimes he claims he's been contributing to Wikipedia since September 2004, and sometimes it's been a week (which _is_ the case under that username).

There is also a backstory here that precedes the Wikipedia entries. This person had been sending emails to me, and to Biff Rose, and to other friends and associates of Biff over this past year. He used a bunch of different email addresses and acted under a bunch of different names. He created Friendster and Myspace profiles of Biff and at least one of Biff's friends, all with inaccurate or seriously libellous content. At some point I noticed that all these different names were coming from the same IP address: 216.175.116.151. This is the IP address that was used to create the original Biff Rose pages that accused Biff of felony behavior. This page was preceded by an email, in late May or early June, that threatened exactly the actions that were carried out, going into detail on how he intended to defame Biff's name. I can't find the text of that email at the moment, but I will add it later.

The following was sent on June 12, 2005 under the email name "rachelhearmeroar," when the writer suddenly claimed that he was actually named "Chad Meyer":

"I had a friend from New Orleans send me a record of his a few years back, and it was well, you all know it was prime Biff. So I took the liberties to pose as someone , two people I didn't know, and played my cards close to the vest so to speak, hoping I wouldn't get caught. It was fun, and dangerous...."

Later, in July 5, 2005, in reference to Biff's recent heart attack, he wrote: "I want you to burst another aortic valve. That would be so fun. Oh yes.. oh yes, I'm laughing at you in your general direction. And in steve's too. You both are so inconsequential. ... Ha ha ha ha ha. Not to end. Never ending. Not til you go back under, and push up the daisies."

So, this is the sort of person we are dealing with here.

Just as he left his deception exposed with the IP addresses before, he has made certain patterned errors in posting under all these names that make it clearly the work of the same guy. I do not yet want to point these errors out to him, as they seem to be clear to everyone else, and he would then be more careful. As he wrote once or twice, elsewhere, "That would take all the fun out of it."

By the way, in addition to the usernames cited above by user:Willmcw, I believe this user is also user:Marcuse. This one is a little confusing because he appears, initially, to put forth views that differ from those of the other sockpuppets. But, in fact, I believe he was trying to create a little drama by warring with himself. user:Marcuse pasted user:Willmcw's homepage onto his page at one point, and put forth a philosophy in line with his other identities at the bottom of his discussion page.

I hate to admit this, because it may give joy to this character, but I'm getting tired of spending my time combatting him. It is time consuming, and--like babysitting several disturbed children at once--psychically draining. I have a job and positive creative projects that I'd prefer to persue, rather than continuing to take the time to write this stuff out. I feel I have said my piece, and it is on the record. If this fake "Steve Espinola" erases this, well, it is still in the history of this page and can be cited on another page. I don't mind checking back once in a while and making these claims public again.

Again, the note from "Jonah Ayers," left on my user page, follows. It was left a few minutes before the "Listen Chump" message below.

Sojambi Pinola 01:20, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jonah Ayers, from User:Sojambi Pinola's talk page[edit]

-I'm going to repeat something I posted here that was erased, which is against wikipedia rules, no matter what others may have told you. Your writing appears to be in favor of Rose, good. But you have no right to rewrite dissenting views. Because people don't agree doesn't mean you can simply silence them by launching smear campaigns. I know that this will be erased so I have alerted the same person who locked the Biff Rose page as well as someone named Bill the Greek, an advocate who has entered teh fray. Call me what you will. I've actually done postings not related to Rose. You have not.[ [User:Jonah Ayers|Jonah Ayers] ] 17:29, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

"Jonah," by my count you have contributed to 6 articles under that user name. Most of those changes involved changing a single word. "But" to "though" for example. Wow. I guess I could have done the same, but why bother? Sojambi Pinola 22:10, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

[The following message was left for User:HopeSeekr of xMule, 10 minutes after the above message from [User:Jonah Ayers|Jonah Ayers]]:

Subject: Listen chump, fromUser:HopeSeekr of xMule's talk page[edit]

not only have you [HopeSeekr] acted in collusion with Willmcw but you have behaved badly. I would use stronger language but I don't think that it is appropriate here. I will say this, it is obvious to me and to my advocate that though you assume what Willmcw says to be true, the edits I made were in fact worthy, and not only will your reply be redirected to my advocate but also to a host of otehr administrators. This has become such a trying time that I've been granted the ability to switch to a new identity and leave your vicious attacks behind. You have proven to be a slimy loose moralled child who spends too much time at wikipedia tryong to bully others out of the edits you have only taken up since this July. Whihc translates to the fac that your 'job' at 23 leaves you such an amount of free time that you can sling insults and barbs online rather than actually do positive work at Wikipedia. Whereas my edits may not have been as substantial as your own, my sockpuppetry related to willmcw, or at least buddying upo wiht him, has not been as pervasive as your own. I'm leaving. I'm fed up with the typical acne faced loser who can't get a date with a woman or a man, and so spends his time in front of his computer screen making alliances with other awkward socially malnourished dweebs who can think of nothing better than to try an interact only thorugh the computer. You do a disservice to all computer geeks everywhere by trying to be more intelligent than others, because the lack of your vision seeps through the anger you display for all to see. Any true hacker knows that the way you have taking stands here has opened you up for retribution, as I am nnot a hacker, I won't work on such matters, in negative aspects. But you should be mindful that you've made a strong mess here, and no matter what your own opinon is, oyu should learn manners, and go out andd get a date rather than having your total amount of human interaction fed to you through wikipedia and your own websites. LoserSteve espinola 17:39, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever is being said here on my page needs to stop. I aam sick of being abused like this. My own words are now ebing attributed to other people who have no connection to me. My semantics are called into question. My speech is made fun of. Sojambi Pinola claims I have claimed to be on the site since september 2004. HE is clearly mistaking me for someone else he battles with on line. I have3 been here for August. that's it. no more no less. And since I've been here I've had to do battle with Pinola and Willmcw and Mule head hope seeker x loser guy. I'm not minding my words anylonger. These fuckheads are all about accusing, they use tactics that are against the very nature of wikipedia. They erase things on my board, and manipulate messages to read how they like them too, and when I try and go back and fix things, they claim I am abusing the standards and practices here at wikipedia when it has been them in fact changing words and sentence fragments, bending them to their desired intentions. This is terribly misleading. It's about time for this to end. The Biff Rose site needs someoen who is not connected to Rose and who will read the words Rose has written with an objective eye. That's clearly not Willmcw or Sojambi Pinola, who claims to be me. I don't know why its so unbelievable that I am Steve Espinola. Esteban is my birth name. If Sojambi has actual physical evidence that the wallet in my back pocket does not contain a california drivers license with the name esteban espinola on it, I would like to see this. It's about time for this mindless waste of time spent attacking me end. I am not the myriad of names you people keep calling me. I am me. Jonah Ayers has been on here longer than me, some of the other names have been on less time than me. But I am not those fuckheads I am me. And it's so trying to get on here and make edits which are then al lcalled into question because two people decided they didn't want to hear a dissenting viewpoint on Biff Rose and so went about discrediting mhy edits and my name, which of course steamrooled, because on wikipedia once you are branded a vandal everyone else takes that as the gospel. This Pinola nut even called me user Marucse, who is obviously someone that Wilmcw has made enemies with. It seems if you make an enemy on here, rather than mediate the situation, as I tried to do by going to the advocate Bill the greek, it is more logical just to drag your enemies name through the mud, like in modern day politics. And this is a terrible state of affairs for a website based on the free exchange of ideas. Is Biff Rose a racist? I don't know, what I do know is that he wrote some very racist things on his website, and made fun of the black children whose faces he painted, calling them niggers- I realize that is just a word, but it is a word that evokes much hatred and racial division. On his website he writes very negatively about Jewish people. With a vim and vigor that would lead one to beleive he does not like people of the jewish faith. His poem Jimi Hendrix was a field hand has some very strong language that is derrogatory to Jimi Hendrix and other Africna Americans. I can't make this up. You can freely check out ros'es sites which are lsited on the frozen Biff Rose Entry here.

Steve espinola 18:59, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sojambi's rebuttal:

"Sojambi Pinola claims I have claimed to be on the site since september 2004. "

It's right on his user page. Left by him.

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He had to return twice to spell "September" correctly:

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"I....skip around in the months" is a good fingerprint of his writing style. So is the word "terrible." See if Jonah ever uses THAT again, or removes it from his other pages.  :)

He reworded several entries by others, on August 16, and then claimed that others were doing this to him. See examples at this link:

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I believe this account has now been frozen. Thank goodness. Watch out for Jonah....

Signed, the Brooklyn Steve Espinola, Sojambi Pinola 01:17, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked for 48 hours for making a personal attack against User:HopeSeekr of xMule. --Sn0wflake 02:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]