Gone Too Far

This weekend something a bit unexpected occurred. It appears that on Saturday October 20th Wenche received eight emails from yahoo and hotmail accounts of a disturbing nature. I will comment on those letters in a different blog as it does involve me. All eight messages came from eight different email addresses and at eight different times. Each message had different content on it and had a different style of writing to them. One of two things has occurred here. Either one person using eight email accounts is sending eight different messages for the fun of it or this was a result of a coordinated effort. It's improbable that Wenche would receive eight messages from eight different people randomly. Now, Wenche has received messages in the past and that's understandable but this was a little too obvious.

The content of the messages were all negative about me. Basically the messages in not so settle ways tried to create a wedge between me and Wenche and initiate a break up between us. How much were lies, distortions, ignorance, or half truths cannot be none yet, but the purpose was clear. Some of the messages had to deal with Solidarity, I blame the Davis Wiki because I told those fools to take it down and they haven't. No wonder we both get messages about Solidarity, and especially true that we get messages from people who assume we stand for things that are out of date. But these messages were a little more than political.

Now normally I would be amused by such a coordinated effort to cause me grief and damage. Knowing that many people within the liberal establishment hate me so much that they would try this kind of personal attack makes me proud to be who I am. But this is a little different because it not only affects me but Wenche as well. The messages were disturbing, upsetting, and downright depressing. I have three theories about how this attack came about:

Theory 1: One person using eight email accounts sent eight different nasty letters to Wenche about eight different subjects to make it appear as if eight people were attacking her. This tactic of using sock puppet email accounts to make you more numerous than you actually are is something I do all the time, however I have never used such accounts in such a manner. For instance I have twelve empirestv accounts, pretty obvious all of the accounts belong to me. If this theory is true than the person sending the messages has no life and is creepy as hell, beyond my level of shadiness which is quite high.

Theory 2: A group of people got together and sent out the messages in a coordinated fashion in order to cause a romantic break up between Wenche and I and hoped to shatter Solidarity. This seems more likely but who was the leader? Was this done in a meeting or something that was discussed around on the phone or AIM. Was it a slate, eight messages is a similar size to a slate? Was it one person who got a bunch of buddies and sent out the messages. Either way, a coordinated effort to cause emotional distress and pain is a new low for any organization or group.

Theory 3: Completely random happenings. So unlikely that I do not consider it a reality.

Now you might disagree with me for various reasons, maybe you even hate me personally and I understand that. But to send messages to my girlfriend in order to cause a break up is a low that I would never stoop to. I am not only annoyed by this but qutie angered by this as well. All of the accounts were made from non-UC Davis accounts making it difficult to track who these people are. Better hope to hell your email address don't find their way on a search engine where I can track a name. It was smart to be anonymous but it was also quite cowardly. Smart because I will have difficulty retaliating against you.

What is imporant about all of this is that it ultimately failed. Solidarity is the same as it was: dormant, and our relationship still exists. Even if we did break up over whatever reason it would never be because of you guys and your silly emails. I am going to make a copy of all of these messages, I am going to try and find out who sent them, and then I am going to see what I can do about it. This isn't the first time either. Wenche has received text messages from anonymous sources that have personally attacked her. You might think that this is normal in student government politics and what not. No, it's not. It really isn't okay to send a coordinated armada of emails to someone in order to damage a relationship. It's not okay to send out creepy text messages to someone's phone. What next, will we get visits to the apartment from ASUCD ninjas?

But you know what cheers us up during bad times? There is the pleasure in knowing that someday we will be able to strike back at you guys and it won't be through emails, it will be so much worse. Keep the emails coming, it will help me find out who you are.

ASUCD On Hold

This week was for the most part uneventful. Wenche came over on Thursday but wanted to stay inside most of the the day due to the fact she was still a little sick and we didn't have a car. We had some plans to go to "Davis is Burning" but that was called off when she went back home today. Wenche wants me to go to more of these "events," which is fine. My knowledge of LGBT and gender issues is comparable to Wenche, it's not too hard to learn everything there is to know on the subject. I have no problem going to Generation Sex Week events or Davis is Burning, I was kind of looking forward to it. Sometimes when I go to one of these events or a GASC meeting the mood suddenly becomes cold and depressed; my presence alone causes people to watch what they say and do. I hope to change that perception or wait for the institutional memory to fade out.

As for Solidarity, I repeatedly asked that it be taken off the Davis Wiki. When the very people that had provided all of the information later recant everything you would expect for it to be deleted. Somehow Jabber and the other editors would rather have it kept up out there as a mini forum for people to trash it. For those of you bold enough to make comments, we are not listening. But anyway, just one of many things that will not occur on the Redding Wiki. I am quite pleased with how the Redding Wiki is working. I get to work on it with relative peace, virtually every Davis Wiki editor has been banned by now, I would be surprised if any pop up. I hope to contact the Redding Record Searchlite on Monday and see if I can get a press release out there. People from Redding who may still know me from back when will be surprised to see that. Once I have donations or an income building I will get a domain name for the Redding Wiki which will stop the conspiracies on the Wiki Spot of killing the Redding Wiki.

From the very beginning I assumed the Davis Wiki forces would try to kill the Redding Wiki so I decided to save all of the Redding Wiki pages, all 192 of them on Microsft Word documents. So, in the event it is deleted it will be really irritating but I can get it back to before within a day. Also, there are quite a few administrators on the Redding Wiki including some back up accounts to be used if my primary user name is somehow deleted or banned from Wiki Spot. The more time that goes by the more I get the impression that either the Davis Wiki forces can't or are unwilling to delete the Redding Wiki. With that in mind I feel quite content right now. As for the Redding Wiki failing to meet expectations, it is now the 5th highest California Wiki city and will soon be the 4th highest within a week. Many city wikis at first are constructed by only a few individuals. As for Karl Mogel complaint that the Redding Wiki is somehow being denied by his inability to participate that would be quite an exaggeration; I have all of the photos I will ever need of Lassen Volcanic National Park and anything else I need.

As for ASUCD I am going to try to work with any Independents that managed to get their signatures in. Right now I have a lot of issues to deal with like buying a car, a new apartment, dealing with the city over the non-profit status of Solidarity, my two banks, KDVS, and job searching. So ASUCD is not on the top of my list right now. Once I have all of my issues figured out I will be able to deal with ASUCD; I can wait, I am not going anywhere for some time.

But there are a few things that annoy me. My first annoyance is Max Mikalonis who went to Becky's house and trash talked about ASUCD until she decided to drop out of the Senate race. Not only is that a bit messed up that you would go through her to attack me but you are a poor excuse for an ASUCD official. That is the exact opposite of outreach and I know you hate ASUCD but misery loves company right. The second is Andrew Bianchi who also talked Michelle Fisher out of running and then told her she could get a position within ASUCD that is not even open. Yeah, you lost, but thanks for putting someone else down. And worst of all is GO. Natalia and Eric both sent messages to all of the candidates telling them to drop out and trash talked me and Wenche. I get called a bastard and a creep all the time but this is a little different because I don't have anything to lose, the candidates do when you discourage them and tell them lies about the system. I got all sorts of stories. One is the campaigning is a 15 hour a week commitment, maybe for your slate, but not for us. Then, another one was that they should get some commission experience before running. That's helpful except GO has no representation in the commissions, never will, never has. You guys have no experience at all, and you know the establishment only promotes their pals and allies to the commissions. In sort, you guys deserve to lose and I hope GO takes a dive. I know so much on you guys, it makes me sick that you can get away with what you guys do in your personal and political lives. Wenche and I will outlast your stay at UC Davis and then we'll reverse your non-existent agenda.

On November 5th I will chill with the Yolo County Republicans and see what is going on for the election and what not. I haven't been tracking city news much but I get the impression that there are only four people running and three of them are incumbents. I see the incumbents easily winning if it stays as it is, which is fine I suppose, I don't really agree with Sue Greenwald on most issues. Davis is so different than Redding and the more I work on the Redding Wiki, it becomes more and more clear.

Banned Davis Wiki Editors

There are many of you that I have already banned. Some of you managed to get by me only to get yourself legitimately banned a few days later. You guys do not represent all Davis Wiki editors and I have not banned every Davis Wiki editor from the Redding Wiki.

However, our past history and especially in the last few weeks has been so strained that I fear allowing an invasion of overly hostile editors onto the Redding Wiki. I cannot be constantly tried and attacked for decisions made on the Redding Wiki at this crucial point. Redding Wiki must be unified, at peace, calm, and absent of drama.

The bans have been talked about as being permanent. This is not entirely accurate although I have certainly given that indication. The bans are merely suspensions and eventually a majority of those banned will be unbanned. A few things must happen first before this happens. There must be communication between you and me on what your intentions are. I don't have to agree with your views but I need this contact. I also want to have the Redding community to outnumber in absolute and relative power to Davis Wiki editors so as to preserve culture and to give this over to the Redding people. There are also a few other things that will greatly speed this process and bring about greater trust but I don't care to bring it up.

Some of you I will never allow under any circumstances to be on the Redding Wiki and you know who you are. But for the most part this is a temporary situation. This will probably not satisfy you guys, but that is where I am at right now.

Wiki Meritocracy

The AUSCD Slate GO has revealed themselves on Facebook today. My pal, Joseph Bleckman, is an administrator of the group. Nice to see that he is moving up in the world. I had speculated that they had a secret group and now I find myself fascinated by the way they wish to pitch themselves. Normally I would put their information on the Davis Wiki but I feel rather lazy at the moment. Hopefully Joe can do it, or else GO will never be updated.

The Redding Wiki is almost at 100 pages but it is a slow development as there are only 8 active editors, and half of them just want to complain against me. I will be making some phone calls to Redding institutions for advice, assistance, and a heads up tomorrow.

I have decided to make some political reforms for the Wiki. It will be an Imperial Meritocracy where those who contribute the most have the most say. Whenever an administrator feels that a vote is needed on an edit or subject the Redding Wiki Council would have a say in how events unfold. In other words every person will become a "party" of sort where somone could have 99% of the vote or 1% of the vote. This is an improvement from the Davis Wiki in that some ten edit punk won't be able to vote to ban me and have it say much. Under this new voting system a 10 edit person would have less than 1% of the vote. Also, the relative power difference of the editor in the real world won't have any affect on the decision making abilities of the Wiki. Also, it allows for ten small editors to attack a strong editor such as myself and the stronger editor could outvote the ten smaller editors. This works under the theory that not all editors are equal and it works under the idea of earned power instead of democracy. This is how a company would work, how a company would vote. I hope to hold elections soon, the 20th of September is my goal.

As to the argument that this will give incentive for Wiki editors to basically spam their way to the top, it's not realisitic. I still have administrative powers even if I only have 1% voting power. Also I decide what is to be voted on or needs to be discussed by the council; basically I control the agenda. The page worth is higher than the edit worth, so someone will advance quicker by making pages. There are still ways to get around the system of course and I have already considered the various ways it could be accomplished. However, someone who tries to advance themselves in such a way could be excluded from the election or outright banned. Even if an editor manages to get high amounts of power in edit counts they would still have the equivalent power of the Russian Parliament. This could very well change as the highest editors become established. A spammer like Laabs will never outnumber a true editor, under both systems I had come up with he would have had less than 5%.


I had my first clash on NPOV on a restaurant. It was an interesting discussion, I hope to avoid the chaotic situation currenly found on Dos Cayotes. I am not sure exactly how I will be able to protect businesses but also give real people the freedom to say what they want. However, I side with Amy Lee in the discussion, but I suppose the solution is to make sure all commentors use their real name. There have been other management problems such as Carlos' affinity for putting Bob Dylan quotes everywhere. I don't think he's taking this project seriously, or he may be testing my resolve. I will revert a page regardless of the person.

Two Davis Wiki editors I had banned are now allowed to make edits once more. There were a lot of reasons as to why I changed my mind but a lot has to do with the fact that they bothered to contact me. Since I have un-banned them I have banned two more to take their place so I am not bowing to any type of pressure. Normally I would have put Brent Laabs' second account manifestation ban to a vote, but elections have not been held.

I will be going to Chico soon to talk with some Redding residents who I went to high school with. They may have some interest in editing the Redding Wiki. It seems like it takes a special person to actually work on a Wiki.

Redding Wiki

Today I decided to make more edits on the Sacramento Wiki to fill the missing gap that is the Davis Wiki. Although I was successful in getting my Fraternity recognized it was only through an indirect process. Although I can freely go about my editing business on the Sacramento Wiki I do not know a whole lot about the city. As such I have become more enthused about visiting Sacramento and making more productive edits as considered by the administrators. During my time at the Sacramento Wiki I haven't had to deal with any reverts and all personal attacks to my Wiki user page have been deleted by the administrators.

But I wanted to take it a next step further and create a Wiki for my hometown of Redding. There are several advantages to this plan. Only I, Steven Ostrowski, have lived in Redding for 16 years and only I can properly edit it so as to bring out Redding glory and pride. Shortly I will have people from Redding involved in this process so as to create more perspective. However, in the meantime the Redding Wiki will be NPOV as it should be for all wikis. This will prevent the very small amount of current editors from creating heavy bias on the pages. It is also quite ideal for everyone involved, their businesses, and reputations.

As a security pre-caution I have banned several users, about a dozen now, from the Redding Wiki. These individuals are either political enemies or trouble makers on the Davis Wiki and I will not allow their drama, insults, and idiocy to harm my own hometown's Wiki. One tried to get around me but within a short time he has found himself completely banned. His actions just before he was snuffed out is exactly what I mean when I need editors who are going to join not for the purpose of challenging me. Jason Aller is doing an excellent job and will probably surpass me in edits in the short run. He has done a great deal and I am pleased that he is taking part in this mission.

There are two administrators for the Redding Wiki and I hope to keep it that way so as to not overly complicate things. Last thing I want are administrators fighting amongst each other. I will make a great wiki either through administration or page building. I am going to greatly enjoy building this Wiki and I hope that the people of Redding will appreciate my style, committment, effort, and judgment.

Sacramento Wiki Expansion

I have created a new Facebook group for the sole purpose of editing the Sacramento Wiki which I have determined is in great need of work. I am also aware of the flood of active Davis Wiki editors who have landed themselves into Sac Wiki. As such it is important to bring more editors to the Sacramento Wiki in order to create greater activity and neutrality. I have added six hundred people to the group and hopefully it will amount to a large group, other administrators may add hundreds more. If the group expands to a large degree I will be able to coordinate lecture hall classes on how to edit the Sacramento Wiki which in turn will assist in teaching how the Davis Wiki works as well.

The Wiki is simple to use but it is sometimes intimidating to many people and it has become necessary to add more people to both the Davis and Sacramento Wiki systems. The reason being is that less than 1% of the population define what Davis and Sacramento are. This creates bias and a lack of perspective and information to the system.

As such I am going to bring it upon myself to teach wheoever is willing as to how the system works because I know a great deal about it, probably not as good as the administrators but good enough. This is consistent and a small part of the overall plan to change Davis.

There are a few observations to be made. First of all, no ASUCD official from any slate will be allowed in the group. If you join I will ban you. This is also the case with any non-friendly Davis Wiki editors. You are poison for discussion, teaching, and good will.

I am hopeful that this will give me greater editorial control, better networking abilities, and will flood both Wiki systems with new blood.

The Beginning

On September 10, 2007, a date I will remember for a long time I was banned from the Davis Wiki. So, it would seem the master of the dark side has been slain. The Davis Wiki will lack a great deal of perspective with me gone. In a very short time a lot of activity will become noticeable in UC Davis, especially ASUCD, and in the City of Davis. How this will be portrayed is really unknown now that this has happened.

In the near future I will be training “apprentices” in how the Davis Wiki works. I will teach them code and how to make edits on how to deal with idiots like William Lewis. I will assist them in how to use talk pages and revert edits to protect their accounts and their friend’s accounts from lies and defamations of the enemy.

In order to show more evidence that I am a great Wiki Editor, as in the greatest of all time in this community I will be working on the Sac Wiki and in a very short time I will be the #1 editor on the Sac Wiki and will soon have more edits than both Founders combined. I will show the Sac Wiki editors that I am the reasonable one and that the others are a bunch of growling attack dogs. I will redeem myself to those in Sacramento with positive edits that will bring balance, neutrality, and accurate information. It will become apparently clear that I am one of the best on this.

I want to thank those who have assisted me on the Davis Wiki and defended me on the talk page. Despite the fact that I told you not to in order to protect your reputations and public image you did it anyway. That’s really telling about your editing style and friendship and I will remember it. I especially thank Max for bringing this whole system to my attention.

Now to the Davis Wiki’s reputation: You may think you are the greatest thing on Earth but I know what others think of you outside your bubble. You are a loaded gun, a weapon to be used against people in local Davis politics. For many that is your purpose and you have allowed it to happen. You will continue to allow it to happen. I hope that changes, I really do.

As for an apology, guess what, not happening. I may have been a bit rude but no where near the others. I will not apologize one bit no matter what. My conscious will not allow me too because it will give credibility, honor, and respect to my enemies and I will never give them that satisfaction. Nor will I lie about myself in order to get back on the Davis Wiki. By submitting to the others I will have betrayed my ideals, principles, friends, and allies and the worse thing on Earth is betrayal and disloyalty. I would rather be hated then ask forgiveness from the likes of Schwab, the most manipulative public figure in the history of the Davis Wiki.

To the general community of Davis Wiki, I hope to meet you all in person. I will go to your restaurants, your communities, your clubs, and to you as a person so that I may be able to reach out. I want to know how I can help you in Davis whether it be about the quality of life in Davis or your ideals. We may not agree but I will respect it. Soon, everyone in Davis will know who I am and it will be the most positive thing in my life. I don’t need the likes of William Lewis to tell me who I am.

If you wish to talk to me in person about this, call me, or AIM me you may do so I will happily talk to you about anything about the Davis Wiki. All of this should be very interesting for the journal a friend of mine is writing up. There are some individuals I have no interest talking to and they know who they are, but I am a very pleasant person to have a conversation with. Tis all, may my ghost haunt your little club.