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Perhaps the most controversial member of [[RationalWiki]].
 
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==History at CP==
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'''TK''' is the most controversial member of [[RationalWiki]]. Because of his history (see below), he was always given a cold reception at RationalWiki. Also because of his history, the more established members of RationalWiki were prone to grossly overreacting to his (admittedly thoughtless and abrasive) comments. Indeed, there was no [[Headless Chicken Mode]] without TK; it was not until he was banned that RationalWiki underwent its first Headless Chicken Mode in which TK was not somehow the root cause.
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Prior to the creation of RationalWiki, TK had been responsible for blocking many (probably most) of the users of RW from [[conservapedia]]. He was also one of the CP sysops who had a sock on RW1 prior to its demise - though he was probably not personally responsible for identifying its existence, which apparently had been revealed on the [[Special Discussion Group]].  
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==Entry in RW2==
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== Pre-wiki ==
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Before the winding up of RW1 the mysterious "[[Colin]]" - who may or may not be in [[Guantanamo]] - had apparently told all existing RW1 members that they could be sysops in RW2.
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Before joining [[Conservapedia]] or [[RationalWiki]], TK was a moderator at the site "Hot or Not". There, he devastated the moderator community by playing moderators against each other, destroying any goodwill between them, and obliterating users' trust in the moderators. All of these are tactics he would later use on Conservapedia and try to do on RationalWiki.<sup>[[TK#Notes and references|[2]]]</sup>
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As a result of this, following the creation of RW2, TK insisted that this allegedly off-the-cuff remark gave him the right to sysop status because he had had an inactive sock on the previous site - and which he had been partly responsible for bringing down. Not surprisingly his sysop request led to some acrimonious debates both because of his activity as a sysop on CP and because of the nature of his involvement on RW1.
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However, to further his case he had the [[FBI]] waterboard the elusive “Colin” and got him to create the infamous “[[Clean Slate]]” directive; which was, incidentally, his last official act on RW. This directive stated that actions prior to the creation of RW2 could not be held against a user.
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== Conservapedia ==
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On Conservapedia, TK was, for a time, a member of [[ASchlafly]]'s inner circle, and he was in effect his second only to Schlafly. He was also a member of the [[Special Discussion Group]]. TK was notorious as the most tyrannical of the sysops on [[Conservapedia]]. Even the other sysops feared him. He casually blocked many thousands of IP addresses and hundreds of CP users, including most of the users who would later establish RationalWiki.  
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Notwithstanding all TK’s demands, accusations, complaints and machinations he was unable to get sysop at that time and eventually he took away his ball and went back to CP.
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TK's tyranny would eventually grow to the point where he would subtly challenge [[ASchlafly]]'s authority, reverting Schlafly's edits and ceasing to defer to him as the final word on CP policy. Many RationalWikians were predicting a showdown between TK and ASchlafly (it was often hard to tell who they were rooting for). ASchlafly finally had enough of TK and stripped him of sysop powers.
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==Return to RW2==
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== RationalWiki 1.0 ==  
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He made some subsequent sock forays into RW, and in one instance seems to have obtained access to the [[cabal]], making him, at the time, the only person to have membership of that organization and “The Special Discussion Group” simultaneously.  More recently he visited RW again under the now-outed sock [[Night Train]] where he once more attempted to gain allies for a hypothetical attack on CP.  However the sock’s activities, attitudes and obsessions soon caused people to guess the puppet master’s identity.
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TK maintained a sockpuppet on [[RationalWiki 1.0]], although its identity was discovered upon the opening of the [[Special Discussion Group]].
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==Revenge==
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== RationalWiki 2.0 ==
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Foiled yet again in his attempt to gain some power in RationalWiki, he used data obtained from his time in the cabal (or possibly [[Cabal 2]]) to create the website [[Rationalwiki.info]] both as revenge and as an attempt to coerce some members in RW to cut him some slack.  In this he was unsuccessful and the website was greeted with disinterest and derision.
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Before shutting down RationalWiki 1.0, [[ColinR]] presumably mentioned that that all members of RationalWiki 1.0 would be up for sysopship on [[RationalWiki 2.0]]. Following the creation of RationalWiki 2.0, TK insisted that ColinR's off-the-cuff remark gave him the right to sysopship because he had had an inactive sock on the previous site -- and which he had been partly responsible for bringing down. Not surprisingly his sysop request led to some acrimonious debates, both because of his activity as a sysop on CP and because of the nature of his involvement on RationalWiki 1.0.
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Following all this, and for apparently other reasons, he was desysoped from CP.  In revenge for this he temporarily opened up their Special Discussion Group for general viewing, although this only lasted a short time before alleged legal threats from [[Andrew Schlafly]] and his FBI agents forced him to lock it down again.
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Just before he left RationalWiki, ColinR created the infamous "[[Clean Slate]]" directive (incidentally, this was his last official act on RW). The Clean Slate policy stated that actions committed prior to the creation of RationalWiki 2.0 could not be held against a user. The bizarre timing of this initiative mostly benefited TK, because the other RationalWikian were already non-judgmental of each others' past offenses in the first place.
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==Return again to RW2 and sysop bid==
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Although this gave TK a free pass by preventing RationalWiki from being done with it and banning him on the spot, he was still unable to attain sysopship there. When it was suggested that sysops be elected democratically, TK fought the proposal, opining that elections would become a "beauty contest", perhaps knowing he could never garner enough votes to be elected.  
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Having nowhere else to go, he returned to RW where he continued his campaign to be made a sysop, this time by attempting to re-write the rules so that they would eventually be more favourable to his sysop bid.
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During this time he continued his battle with the old guard ([[Human]], [[SusanG]], [[Kels]] and [[AmesG]] while trying to seduce younger and prettier members on the site.
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After his frantic attempts at wikilawyering himself into sysopship ended in failure, TK took his ball and went back to CP.
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==Final (?) ban==
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== Return to RationalWiki 2.0 ==
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See full article: [[The Great TK banning Incident]]
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TK made a few subsequent forays into RationalWiki using sockpuppets.
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Following a high profile and somewhat chaotic voting process he was eventually banned from the site.  His ban length was then changed various times either following sekrit appeals, or for esoteric numerical reasons allegedly associated with the [[Fibonacci sequence]].  He maintains several partially active socks on the site, but has only posted a few poisonous messages. Like his alter ego [[User:RationalCitizen|RationalCitizen]] he continues to give the game away by making the same idiotic spellin mistakes.
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At some point, TK was being assured by [[AmesG]] and a few others that they were willing to grant him entry into the secret [[RationalWiki Forums]]. Cracker, in a moment of either whimsy or insanity, gave TK access to the forum, purportedly to expose to him that behind his back, no, they still ''really'' didn't like him. Thus was TK the only person to hold simultaneous membership in both the RationalWiki Forums and the Special Discussion Group.  
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His main account was unblocked on time on 10th March by [[AKjeldsen]] and this was immediately followed by a welcome back message from [[Bohdan]]'s sock "TmtamesP".  AmesG, suffering from his usual inability to restrain himself where TK is concerned, chimed in with "maybe he did leave for good (except his socks)?", but subsequently relented and burnt the evidence by deleting the talk page comment.  (Naughty Ames.) Later that day [[Genghis Khant]] reprotected the article - which might have been a little hasty.  
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Later, he visited RW again under the now-outed sock [[Night Train]], where he attempted to foment a mass assault on Conservapedia. Sadly, the sock's attitude and behavior easily led people to deduce the sock's puppet master.
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Perhaps he's gone.  
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== Wrath of TK ==
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His ambitions foiled yet again, TK used information he obtained from his time on the RationalWiki Forums (or possibly decoy forums set up specifically to handle TK, [[Cabal 2]]), he created the website [[Rationalwiki.info]]. The site was both revenge and an attempt at blackmailing RationalWikians into cutting him some slack. The site failed fantastically at this and was treated with much mockery and general disinterest.
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==See also==
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Meanwhile,  was desysoped from CP. In revenge for this he temporarily opened up their Special Discussion Group for general viewing, although this only lasted a short time before alleged legal threats from Andrew Schlafly and his FBI agents forced him to lock it down again.
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[[Rationalwiki.info]]
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== Final movement on RationalWiki 2.0 ==
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Having nowhere else to go, TK returned to RW where he continued his campaign to be made a sysop, this time by attempting to re-write the rules so that they would eventually be more favourable to his sysop bid.
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[[Category:Significant RationalWikians]]
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TK continued his battles with the old guard ([[Human]], [[SusanG]], [[Kels]] and [[AmesG]]), but also behaved amiably towards the newer editors who had no previous negative experiences with him. When the call to ban him was sounded, many of those who defended TK were these younger editors he had befriended.
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[[Category:High Drama]]
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[[Category:Ex CP Sysops]]
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== Banishment ==
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<blockquote>''See full article: [[The Great TK banning Incident]]''</blockquote>
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Following a very high profile, half-assed, and very chaotic voting process, in which the full glory that is a mobocracy was revealed, TK was banned from the site. His ban length was then altered several times because of either appeals for leniency or to keep the ban consistent with the [[Fibonacci sequence]]. He maintains several barely active socks on the site, but only to post a few poisonous messages. He continues to give himself away by making the same idiotic spellin mistakes.
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Some time after his banishment from RationalWiki, TK was banned from Conservapedia, allegedly for trying to pull rank and bully other users (in spite of the removal of his sysop powers). Thus, TK was silenced across all venues, and he dropped off the radar after this.
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== Not quite the Comeback Kid ==
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TK's account on RationalWiki was unblocked on schedule on 10th March by [[AKjeldsen]]. This was immediately followed by a welcome back message from [[TmtamesP]]. AmesG, suffering from his usual inability to restrain himself where TK is concerned, chimed in with "maybe he did leave for good (except his socks)?", but swiftly relented and burnt the evidence by deleting the comment (''bad boy'', AmesG!). Later, [[Genghis Khant]] re-protected TK's talk page.
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Despite much hopefulness and anxiousness on the part of [[Bohdan]], TK has not yet returned.
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== Modus Operandi ==
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TK utilized a number of techniques for tearing down a community. The employment of these methods suggests a bright but bored (with real life) person, who is either an unappreciated genius or an old hand at this game. Additionally, his desperate grabs for sysopship on RationalWiki and his attempts at pulling rank on Conservapedia even after he was de-sysopped suggest a psychological need for power.
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<blockquote>''I leave this for you to fill out, Human. You have more experience with TK than I. I hope AKjeldsen will also chip in.'' --{{User:Hans Johnson/sigsubst}} 01:13, 13 March 2008 (EST)</blockquote>
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== See also ==
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*[[Rationalwiki.info]]
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== Notes and references ==
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#RationalWiki's [http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Conservapedia:L.A._Times commentary] on a relevant ''Los Angeles Times'' article.
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#[http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Radioactive_afikomen&diff=109761&oldid=109637 Revealing commentary] discussing TK.
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Revision as of 06:17, 13 March 2008

Stalk this user! omg, it's a joke...
 Joined: 5-23-07
 Real name: Terry Koeckritz[1]
 Age range: 56[1]
 Gender: male
 Locale: Reno, Nevada, United States[1]
 Stance: intelligent designer/old earth creationist (?)
 Misc.: computer consultant[1]
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TK is the most controversial member of RationalWiki. Because of his history (see below), he was always given a cold reception at RationalWiki. Also because of his history, the more established members of RationalWiki were prone to grossly overreacting to his (admittedly thoughtless and abrasive) comments. Indeed, there was no Headless Chicken Mode without TK; it was not until he was banned that RationalWiki underwent its first Headless Chicken Mode in which TK was not somehow the root cause.

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Pre-wiki

Before joining Conservapedia or RationalWiki, TK was a moderator at the site "Hot or Not". There, he devastated the moderator community by playing moderators against each other, destroying any goodwill between them, and obliterating users' trust in the moderators. All of these are tactics he would later use on Conservapedia and try to do on RationalWiki.[2]

Conservapedia

On Conservapedia, TK was, for a time, a member of ASchlafly's inner circle, and he was in effect his second only to Schlafly. He was also a member of the Special Discussion Group. TK was notorious as the most tyrannical of the sysops on Conservapedia. Even the other sysops feared him. He casually blocked many thousands of IP addresses and hundreds of CP users, including most of the users who would later establish RationalWiki.

TK's tyranny would eventually grow to the point where he would subtly challenge ASchlafly's authority, reverting Schlafly's edits and ceasing to defer to him as the final word on CP policy. Many RationalWikians were predicting a showdown between TK and ASchlafly (it was often hard to tell who they were rooting for). ASchlafly finally had enough of TK and stripped him of sysop powers.

RationalWiki 1.0

TK maintained a sockpuppet on RationalWiki 1.0, although its identity was discovered upon the opening of the Special Discussion Group.

RationalWiki 2.0

Before shutting down RationalWiki 1.0, ColinR presumably mentioned that that all members of RationalWiki 1.0 would be up for sysopship on RationalWiki 2.0. Following the creation of RationalWiki 2.0, TK insisted that ColinR's off-the-cuff remark gave him the right to sysopship because he had had an inactive sock on the previous site -- and which he had been partly responsible for bringing down. Not surprisingly his sysop request led to some acrimonious debates, both because of his activity as a sysop on CP and because of the nature of his involvement on RationalWiki 1.0.

Just before he left RationalWiki, ColinR created the infamous "Clean Slate" directive (incidentally, this was his last official act on RW). The Clean Slate policy stated that actions committed prior to the creation of RationalWiki 2.0 could not be held against a user. The bizarre timing of this initiative mostly benefited TK, because the other RationalWikian were already non-judgmental of each others' past offenses in the first place.

Although this gave TK a free pass by preventing RationalWiki from being done with it and banning him on the spot, he was still unable to attain sysopship there. When it was suggested that sysops be elected democratically, TK fought the proposal, opining that elections would become a "beauty contest", perhaps knowing he could never garner enough votes to be elected.

After his frantic attempts at wikilawyering himself into sysopship ended in failure, TK took his ball and went back to CP.

Return to RationalWiki 2.0

TK made a few subsequent forays into RationalWiki using sockpuppets.

At some point, TK was being assured by AmesG and a few others that they were willing to grant him entry into the secret RationalWiki Forums. Cracker, in a moment of either whimsy or insanity, gave TK access to the forum, purportedly to expose to him that behind his back, no, they still really didn't like him. Thus was TK the only person to hold simultaneous membership in both the RationalWiki Forums and the Special Discussion Group.

Later, he visited RW again under the now-outed sock Night Train, where he attempted to foment a mass assault on Conservapedia. Sadly, the sock's attitude and behavior easily led people to deduce the sock's puppet master.

Wrath of TK

His ambitions foiled yet again, TK used information he obtained from his time on the RationalWiki Forums (or possibly decoy forums set up specifically to handle TK, Cabal 2), he created the website Rationalwiki.info. The site was both revenge and an attempt at blackmailing RationalWikians into cutting him some slack. The site failed fantastically at this and was treated with much mockery and general disinterest.

Meanwhile, was desysoped from CP. In revenge for this he temporarily opened up their Special Discussion Group for general viewing, although this only lasted a short time before alleged legal threats from Andrew Schlafly and his FBI agents forced him to lock it down again.

Final movement on RationalWiki 2.0

Having nowhere else to go, TK returned to RW where he continued his campaign to be made a sysop, this time by attempting to re-write the rules so that they would eventually be more favourable to his sysop bid.

TK continued his battles with the old guard (Human, SusanG, Kels and AmesG), but also behaved amiably towards the newer editors who had no previous negative experiences with him. When the call to ban him was sounded, many of those who defended TK were these younger editors he had befriended.

Banishment

See full article: The Great TK banning Incident

Following a very high profile, half-assed, and very chaotic voting process, in which the full glory that is a mobocracy was revealed, TK was banned from the site. His ban length was then altered several times because of either appeals for leniency or to keep the ban consistent with the Fibonacci sequence. He maintains several barely active socks on the site, but only to post a few poisonous messages. He continues to give himself away by making the same idiotic spellin mistakes.

Some time after his banishment from RationalWiki, TK was banned from Conservapedia, allegedly for trying to pull rank and bully other users (in spite of the removal of his sysop powers). Thus, TK was silenced across all venues, and he dropped off the radar after this.

Not quite the Comeback Kid

TK's account on RationalWiki was unblocked on schedule on 10th March by AKjeldsen. This was immediately followed by a welcome back message from TmtamesP. AmesG, suffering from his usual inability to restrain himself where TK is concerned, chimed in with "maybe he did leave for good (except his socks)?", but swiftly relented and burnt the evidence by deleting the comment (bad boy, AmesG!). Later, Genghis Khant re-protected TK's talk page.

Despite much hopefulness and anxiousness on the part of Bohdan, TK has not yet returned.

Modus Operandi

TK utilized a number of techniques for tearing down a community. The employment of these methods suggests a bright but bored (with real life) person, who is either an unappreciated genius or an old hand at this game. Additionally, his desperate grabs for sysopship on RationalWiki and his attempts at pulling rank on Conservapedia even after he was de-sysopped suggest a psychological need for power.


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I leave this for you to fill out, Human. You have more experience with TK than I. I hope AKjeldsen will also chip in. --Hans Johnson I'll get my hans on it 01:13, 13 March 2008 (EST)

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Notes and references

  1. RationalWiki's commentary on a relevant Los Angeles Times article.
  2. Revealing commentary discussing TK.
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