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DarkMatterMan4500 (Global Patroller)

Hi, I am DarkMatterMan4500 from Miraheze, and I want to apply for the Global Patrollers permission here on WikiOasis, based on my experiences from Miraheze, since I have been working hard on clearing away vandalism all across the wikifarm for the counter-vandalism team from said wikifarm. Now, I understand that some of you may have questions and concerns for me, and I'll do my best to answer them in the best way I can, so feel free to give your honest opinions without sugarcoating anything. I am fully aware that Global Patrollers can block users all across the WikiOasis wikis (regardless of where the disruption is taking place), delete pages, revisions, and use the basic tools, but with limited options, something that I'm willing to take as a fellow editor. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 15:57, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Globe (Revocation)

Hello all.

I have been ruminating on this for a while, and while I understand my own role in this conflict, it has been brewing for many months behind closed doors. I understand Globe has held this role (or equivalent) since almost day 1 of WO, however right now, I don't believe that Globe has either the intention or the ability to continue to act in the best interest of WO. This latest incident which has cemented my opinion on the matter is relating to attempts to micromanage the opinions of volunteers. I will detail this further along in this fairly long topic.

This is not meant to be a spiteful attempt to remove him from a position of trust within the community, but I myself feel the trust that I have placed in Globe is no longer honoured. This stems from a pattern of behaviour that I have noticed that appears to me to be anti-community, and some are downright ridiculous:

  • Globe has a very strong opposition to 2FA (two-factor authentication), which is currently mandated for all foundation managed Google accounts. Globe does not have 2FA enabled currently on his on wiki account as of writing, and at the time when I changed 2FA to become a requirement for foundation Google accounts, I recall Globe saying (through channels that have since been made private to me), that he was considering motioning the board to remove requirements for 2FA. I need not explain the security risks this poses, but the attitude of "I have a strong enough password not to get hacked" really isn't sufficient, and runs a risk of compromise to users safety.
  • I continually have the belief that Globe wants to keep control of the site, such as election of stewards, global sysops and other RfC topics under the control of the board, one of his concerns being people from less reputable communities supporting their preferred candidates who may cause problems. While I appreciate the community governance mechanisms haven't been around for long, these concerns are yet to be realised, and I've seen evidence above on this page that these concerns have actively not happened.
  • The latest incident is surrounding volunteer opinions, their ability to speak freely, and Globe actively trying to micromanage them. If you read User:Globe/Volunteer Conduct Policy (which is largely LLM generated), it effectively removes any ability for volunteers to speak critically on any matter. This is backed up by internal messages, where Fearless said to Globe 'You're just trying to drag it out for some ideal behaviour that you want to be enforced on WikiOasis Volunteers', where he then responded 'Correct. You've got it'. The belief that volunteers represent the foundation is entirely unfounded, has not been approved by the board to my knowledge, and these roles are entirely community managed and shouldn't be micromanaged by the foundation, this goes entirely against the point of the roles being appointed.

I don't want to turn this into a big spat, because it's not worth the time, but right now the constant internal arguments provide an environment I cannot work in, to the point that I am planning to distance myself from the project entirely (or at least to tech only until someone can takeover those responsiblities) when these weekly arguments are happening, it contributes to me becoming ever more burnt out, and generally makes me not enjoy working on the project in the way that I did. I am ending up pulled away from tech to defend my peers when their conduct is continually being pointed out by Globe as unacceptable for various reasons which to me and others seem unacceptable.

I appreciate this is very much the nuclear option, but right now I don't see Globe's involvement in the steward team to be contributing positively to the overall success of this project, and instead focuses on micromanaging his peers as though he has superiority over them, and continually picking flaws with how they speak in public channels. The approach of those in the private channels must only ever speak positively of WO and the wikis that are hosted on it is not the right one in my belief, and Globe is pushing this so hard that it comes at the expense of the overall wellbeing of the project, to the point that it is actively harming it. --zippybonzo (c • ca) 07:14, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

  •  Support. I, too, have been pondering on this for a while, and Globe's involvement in the project is very much hurting, rather than helping. Constant spats with Zippy, constant dictatorial actions. I'm done with Globe, and I think it's his time to move on from the project. Justarandomamerican (talk) 20:18, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - FNFGamer718 (talk) 20:23, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support - No offense, but he has to go and move on. A lot of times Globe and Zippy are usually arguing at each other for something that is just nonsensical. Additionally, the ideal he wants to be enforced is just dictatorial and delusional, everyone has human rights, and one of our rights is the right to have our own opinion. Fearless (talk) 20:28, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Well, I haven't been aware of Globe's recent conduct, but upon seeing this, I can actually understand why, and am actually quite troubled by the fact that Globe apparently wants to motion in removing the requirements for 2FA, when that's the most basic part about security. I mean, who in their right minds would want to get their accounts hacked regularly? ----DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:32, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I plan on making a larger statement later, but the part about me motioning away requirements for 2FA on Google accounts did not happen. I have 2FA enabled on my Discord account and, if a requirement for volunteers to have 2FA on their on-wiki account passes, I would enable it here as well. I have already done so to comply with such a requirement on testwiki.wiki. I don't have it currently enabled because my authenticator is only on my phone, so I would be unable to access WO when I don't have my phone on me and am instead using my laptop. For the record, I do believe in account security and strong/unique passwords. Globe (talk) 20:38, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Globe: I am just so genuinely confused right now. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 20:45, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    How so? I’m happy to explain anything further. Globe (talk) 20:49, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Globe: About everything that Zippy was just talking about. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 11:28, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    In my reply to Fearless below, I attempted to debunk some of what Zippy said as well. I welcome additional questions that you still have. Globe (talk) 14:17, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I never said you motioned it, I simply said you considered motioning it, might have been slightly unclear in my description but the general sentiment was that you were going to take further action from a board role about it --zippybonzo (c • ca) 20:48, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Any way you want to say it is untrue. Google themselves requires 2FA for superadmins, it is not a board matter. Globe (talk) 20:50, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Again, I do not have access to the channel but someone such as tali who retains access could check, you were saying you wanted to motion the board to remove the 2FA requirements that I had personally set on Google, as well as that which was set on Discord --zippybonzo (c • ca) 20:54, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Globe's CheckUser Usage Discussion

Hello everyone, I would like to bring light to how apparently Globe uses CheckUser permissions to check other user's information without any actual evidence, just doing CU whenever he feels "suspicious" about someone.

Zippy has told Globe in an internal volunteer channel that: "I don't like that you randomly run checkusers on people who show no behavioral evidence of needing a check with no reason attached." For volunteers who has access - go here regarding about the message I am referencing.

This is extremely concerning as PII should be handled securely and can't be done for any reason unless there is probable reason that Cross-Wiki abuse is happening via the usage of multiple user accounts.

I would like Zippy/other uninvolved Stewards to explain more if there is additional details regarding Globe's CU usage and Globe to explain themselves.

I genuinely believe Globe wants all the power to themselves and does not want the best for WikiOasis, as evidenced by him becoming a dictator and attempting to control volunteer's right to hold their opinions, keep the board's ability to appoint roles, and finally apparently doing CU unilaterally on seeming innocent users who has done nothing. Until Globe is completely removed from all volunteer positions, including being a Director of the WikiOasis Foundation Board, I may consider withholding information in respective volunteer channels as I cannot trust Globe since they have started arguments countless times for the dumbest reasons, alongside taking all the power to themselves and apparently doing CU on users with zero evidence and need to use it. --Fearless (talk) 11:48, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This statement is concerning on many levels.

Apparently Globe uses CheckUser permissions to check other user's information without any actual evidence.

Is simply not true. I frankly don’t use the CheckUser tool that often, and I’ve made exactly one check in the month of May. Most (90% or more) of my checks originate from the extension SuggestedInvestigations. It flags when multiple users originate from the same IP or user agent, along with a few other things like disposable emails. I don’t really look at user agents or disposable emails as warranting a check, but if I see 5 accounts with similar usernames, editing patterns, and they’re showing up in suggested investigations, yeah, I’m going to make that check. I have forgotten to place a reason in some of my checks (but they can usually be assumed to be “triggered by suggested investigations”), and for that I do apologize, but I am always willing to explain my checks to the steward team as the privacy policy allows.

Further,

becoming a dictator and attempting to control volunteer's right to hold their opinions

is also untrue. For context, Fearless is upset about me calling multiple statements of his in our public server (or those of Mira/our communities) unacceptable. Some examples:
“I already told the stewards that I don't want the IBW to be here from the very start... IBW is just a massive mess and jank that I dislike having to deal with
Asking an established wiki community of ours if they had been banned from Mira and why they chose WikiOasis over Miraheze
“oasis is basically like a not so great training academy [for mira volunteers] but it works."
“I do know so I can make the comment. But WO is in no position to host such a wiki (Italian brainrot wiki]. We have zero manpower."
His constant demeaning of the Italian Brainrot Wiki and honestly WO as a whole in both public spaces (and private ones, which I won’t share for his privacy) is concerning. I have no issue with him (or anyone) holding an opinion, but being constantly degrading to people who are working hard on their wiki in public spaces is not the conduct I expect from a volunteer.

keep the board's ability to appoint roles

More lies, unfortunately. I was the first to support the motion to allow the community to directly elect stewards, global sysops, and global patrollers. I was definitely initially skeptical, but ever since the first round of votes, I’ve been in support of it because of the great turnout. Globe (talk) 14:13, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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