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The purpose of this leaderboard is to inform and warn users of potential hostility they might encounter in the respective communities.

People deserve to know in advance what to expect in an online community, and how they might be treated there, in order to spare those people from some headaches.

This special place is reserved for the worst of the worst.

  • Those who treated innocent users without mercy.
  • Those whose blood is intoxicated by hostility.
  • Those who harm their own community.
  • Those who fail to acknowledge their own mistakes.
  • Those who respond to legitimate criticism with suppression, rage and/or verbal abuse.

Every human makes mistakes, but those who refuse to communicate, adapt and learn are those who do hinder progress and innovation.

These are the moderators and administrators who behaviourally solicited being listed here.

If you believe a name is listed here by mistake, or a rank should be changed, please explain it in the comments.

Rank list:

Sorted by descending hostility level (from top to bottom).
This means: The highest rank on the leaderboard, Rank 1 , is the most hostile.

Tip: If you are viewing this table on a mobile phone, we recommend you to turn your phone horizontally . The additional screen width provides a better viewing experience of the table. Consider using the desktop page viewing mode on larger devices.

( Suggest adding a name to the list.• FAQ• Choosing a post title)

🏆 Abuse Rank Name, user page and website Occupation Misconduct Notes Date of addition to list
1. 🥇 Bbb23(en.wikipedia.org) • en.wikipedia.org [ GONE!] Long-term abusive Wikipedia administrator, CheckUser and deletionist. Long-term tool abuse(en.wikipedia.org); extreme administrative tyranny; false accusations of trolling and more; stigmatisation of users; bigotry; hostility, toxicity and poor communication; irrational acting; strong discouragement of prolific editors; selection bias; extreme pessimism; always assuming bad faith without any prior indication; acting against logic; disrespectful; occasional vandalism (collateral damage); mass-deletion of legitimate articles, drafts, redirects and templates; zero criticism tolerance; prejudice; lack of patience;(quora.com) punishing users for failing to follow his unclear and ambiguous instructions such as “say something useful”; usage of thought-terminating clichées; unreasonable, spontaneous and abusive revokings of talk page accesses;; immediate revocation of talk page access after criticism by user Aron Manning ; brigading fellow administrators against users; hypocrisy; double-standard in user boxes. Countless violations of the fourth pillar(en.wikipedia.org), among other policies such as WP:CIVIL, WP:Assume good faith, WP:Don't bite newcomers and WP:ADMINACCT . Community hashtag: #BbbGate(twitter.com) . • It's fair to nickname him an “account sadist” (metaphorically). • Possible sociopath. 2019-11
2. 🥈 Jason Scott Sadofsky(archiveteam.org) • ArchiveTeam.org ArchiveTeam founder and owner Coarse verbal abuse; blind hatred; gaslighting practices; flaming and scolding of innocent users; prejudice; poor communication; abuse of authority bias; excessive insincerity; thanklessness; hostility and devaluation of prolific editors; stigmatization; selection bias and excessive pessimism; abrupt banning of innocent users without recourse; neglectance of user inquiries; abandonment of same conversation he requested minutes earlier; unable to handle legitimate criticism; poor patience; zero acknowledgement of own misconduct;, screaming false accusation against user (_ “MONTHS you've been doing this”(archive.ph)_), despite the user's account was created only 3 weeks prior(archive.ph). IRC user name: “SketchCow” . • Also known for UPPERCASE TEXT OVERUSE. 2019-11
3. 🥉 Ani625(reddit.com) • Reddit.com Redditor since 2006 (≥4.1M karma points), moderator of ≥192 subreddits (a so-called “powermod” ). Random unreasonable and unexplained actions: Mass-deletion of legitimate and successful posts in /r/AppleSucks and manual shadowbanning of poster (through AutoModerator); deleting Louis Rossman video from /r/AppleSucks posted by someone else than him and then re-posting that same video. Neglectance of user inquiries; site-ban lobbyist. Apparently the most popular Indian Redditor. 2019-11
4. Westwall(de.metapedia.org) • de.metapedia.org German Metapedia administrator . (Not part of the site staff.) Hostility; tyranny; blind hatred; deletionism; enforcement of unwritten policies; thanklessness to prolific editors; scapegoating critics; punishment of constructive curiousity; dictator rhetoric; gaslighting practices; bans users for asking legitimate questions; suspending user for simple legitimate question about unexplained removal of an item in the article suggestion list; false accusations of edit warring; hypocrisy (falsely accuses user of “anti-social behaviour” while being like that himself); neglecting user inquiries; poor communication;; moderative fishing; responding to legitimate question with “Because I said so”(logic-terminating hammer phrase); too lazy to explain how to spell the name of the city of “Teheran” (with the additional “e” in German); making false accusation (accused user of ignoring all administrators, despite not true); hostile treatment of inquisitive good-faith users; ambiguous accusations against users; threatens to block user because of article suggestion list in his own user name space ; blame shifting; accuses user of having made a reference error but threatens to block user for asking where exactly the ambiguous error was (that turned out to be no error). Possible sociopath. Could be nicknamed “Bbb23 Lite” . • Metapedia does not have a ban appeal method for users. 2020-02-29
5. DrinkMoreCodeMore(reddit.com) • Reddit.com/r/Onions Redditor with over 220K Karma points; /r/Onions moderator Censorship of politically incorrect onion sites, censorship against the subreddit's purpose, mass-banning on political or irrelevant grounds, double standards, entryism and hypocrisy, blackmailing users for personal data while claiming to be a proponent of privacy. (Report) 2020-03-30
6. relentlessflame(forums.animesuki.com) • forums.animesuki.com AnimeSuki forum administrator Infracting and suspending users for disagreement and criticism; making long-term members leave due to his hostility. (Report) 2020-04-04
7. MetaCritic moderators No criticism tolerance; review manipulation. (Report) 2020-04-10
8. Adrian Isén • ( Twitter @AdrianIsen(twitter.com); Instagram @adrianisenofficial(instagram.com)) Technology review YouTuber(youtube.com) Unreasonable and aggressive mass-blockings of innocent users on social media (some of which have only posted one harmless comment). Not recorded.
9. NinjaRobotPirate(en.wikipedia.org) • en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia administrator and CheckUser. Suppression of all criticism against Bbb23; prejudicial, hostile attitude. 2019-12
10. RobertJ(forums.MozillaZine.org) • Forums.MozillaZine.org MozillaZine user since 2003 and forum moderator; Proud iSheepsince ~1982. Hostility against innocent, especially new users; unreasonable and prejudicial closures of legitimate threads; devaluation of legitimate criticism. 2020-01
+ [ (+) Submit name ] If eligible, a new name will be sorted into the appropriate rank in the table.

These are the most hostile and/or irresponsible moderators and administrators known so far.

Honourable mentions:

Feel free to ask questions, share your thoughts and suggest improvements and updates to the table in the comments.
Expose additional hostile moderators and administrators through a new post.

Information:

See also: Main disclaimerand the frequently asked questions.

  • Distinction: If a moderator/administrator is listed here, it obviously does not necessarily imply that we disagree with the mission of their community, but that members should expect being treated unfairly and with hostility by their respective moderators and/or administrators.
  • If you believe that someone is wrongly listed here, or that the table contains any mistakes, please write it in a comment below.
  • This list is not intended as a personal attack against its subjects, but rather as an educative warning to other Internet users who deserve to know critical insights of an online community in advance.
  • Misbehaving moderators and administrators listed on this leaderboard might be lowered or de-listed, if they publicly apologize to their victims infront of their community, undo their damage and don't repeat their misconduct.
    • Dispute: If a moderator or administrator listed here believes that they acted appropriately , they are kindly invitedto logically justify and clarify their actions, or clear up possible misunderstandings in an explanatory comment.
    • We might ask you to authenticate yourself through a confirmation posted by your original account, if you claim to be a user from another site than Poal.co (e.g. a user listed on the leaderboard above), in order to prevent someone from pretending to be someone they are not.
    • Be thankful for having the option to explain yourself here. Most hostile mods/admins give their users zero recourse, no possibility to explain themselves, and/or neglected their appeals entirely .
  • In contrary, moderators and administrators who persist inflicting damage and whose already abusive behaviour deteriorates, might have their rank increased.
  • As the owner of a community (e.g. Jason Scott), you obviously are by no means obligated (except morally obligated) to behave nice, fair and respectfully. But if you misbehave like the mods/admins listed above, then you should expect being thought of as hostile and being disrecommended by former users or witnesses, which deters new and existing users from joining or staying in your community, which hinders its flourishment. It is _your_ responsibility.
  • Don't blame us for being listed here. Every time you choose to behave hostile and counter-productively, you gamble with the trust of your users and you actively solicit being judged over it and publicly criticized for it. If you don't want that, please treat your community better. Choose civility over hostility.
    • This leaderboard is not defamatory , because it presents subjects as they are. Expect being judged based on how you present yourself.
    • Propose any changes by commenting.

References

Please mention further references in the comments. They will be added here.

Bbb23

Westwall

Ani625

  • Presumably receives preferential treatment by Reddit administrators due to long-term acquaintanceship.

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Old, archived revisions of this leaderboard.

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^(This page is usually updated frequently. Please refer to the time of last edit in the side bar.) ---- # ▪ **Leaderboard** The purpose of this leaderboard is to inform and warn users of potential hostility they might encounter in the respective communities. People deserve to know in advance what to expect in an online community, and how they might be treated there, in order to spare those people from some headaches. ### **This special place is reserved for the worst of the worst.** * Those who treated innocent users without mercy. * Those whose blood is intoxicated by hostility. * Those who harm their own community. * Those who fail to acknowledge their own mistakes. * Those who respond to legitimate criticism with suppression, rage and/or verbal abuse. Every human makes mistakes, but **those who refuse to communicate, adapt and learn** are those who **do hinder progress and innovation.** These are the moderators and administrators who behaviourally solicited being listed here. ^(If you believe a name is listed here by mistake, or a rank should be changed, please explain it in the comments.) ---- ## **Rank list:** Sorted by descending hostility level (from top to bottom). This means: The highest rank on the leaderboard, *Rank 1*, is the most hostile. ^(Tip: If you are viewing this table on a mobile phone, we recommend you to turn your phone **horizontally**. The additional screen width provides a better viewing experience of the table. Consider using the desktop page viewing mode on larger devices.) **([Suggest adding a name to the list.](/submit/text/ModAbuse)** • [FAQ](https://poal.co/p/155899) • [Choosing a post title](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/136694)) | **🏆 Abuse Rank** | Name, user page and website | Occupation | Misconduct | Notes | Date of addition to list |---|---------|---|---|---|---| | 1. 🥇 | ~~[Bbb23](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bbb23) • en.wikipedia.org~~ [[GONE!](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/159913)] | Long-term abusive Wikipedia administrator, *CheckUser* and deletionist. | Long-term [tool abuse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TOOLMISUSE); extreme administrative tyranny; [false accusations of trolling and more; stigmatisation of users; bigotry; hostility, toxicity and poor communication; irrational acting; strong discouragement of prolific editors; selection bias; extreme pessimism; always assuming bad faith without any prior indication; acting against logic; disrespectful; occasional vandalism (collateral damage); mass-deletion of legitimate articles, drafts, redirects and templates; zero criticism tolerance; prejudice; lack of patience;](https://www.quora.com/How-come-the-Wikipedia-administrator-BBB23-has-never-been-sanctioned-after-violating-WP-5P4-countless-times-for-years/answers/184895343) [punishing users for failing to follow his unclear and ambiguous instructions such as *“say something useful”*; usage of thought-terminating clichées; unreasonable, spontaneous and abusive revokings of talk page accesses;](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/138053); **immediate** revocation of talk page access after criticism by user *Aron Manning*; brigading fellow administrators against users; hypocrisy; double-standard in user boxes. Countless violations of [the fourth pillar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:5P4), among other policies such as *WP:CIVIL, WP:Assume good faith, WP:Don't bite newcomers* and *WP:ADMINACCT*. | Community hashtag: ***[#BbbGate](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?hashtags=BbbGate,Bbb23gate)***. • It's fair to nickname him an *“account sadist”* (metaphorically). • Possible sociopath. | 2019-11 | | 2. 🥈 | [Jason Scott Sadofsky](https://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=User:Jscott) • ArchiveTeam.org | ArchiveTeam founder and owner | [Coarse verbal abuse; blind hatred; gaslighting practices; flaming and scolding of innocent users; prejudice; poor communication; abuse of authority bias; excessive insincerity; thanklessness; hostility and devaluation of prolific editors; stigmatization; selection bias and excessive pessimism; abrupt banning of innocent users without recourse; neglectance of user inquiries; abandonment of same conversation he requested minutes earlier; unable to handle legitimate criticism; poor patience; zero acknowledgement of own misconduct;](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/120094), screaming false accusation against user (_[“**MONTHS** you've been doing this”](http://archive.ph/wip/DAjlz)_), despite the user's account was created [only 3 weeks prior](https://archive.ph/awgPM). | IRC user name: *“SketchCow”*. • Also known for UPPERCASE TEXT OVERUSE. | 2019-11 | | 3. 🥉 | [Ani625](https://reddit.com/u/Ani625) • Reddit.com | Redditor since 2006 (≥4.1M karma points), moderator of ≥192 subreddits (a so-called *“powermod”*). | [Random unreasonable and unexplained actions: Mass-deletion of legitimate and successful posts in */r/AppleSucks* and manual shadowbanning of poster (through *AutoModerator*); deleting Louis Rossman video from */r/AppleSucks* posted by someone else than him and then re-posting that same video. Neglectance of user inquiries; site-ban lobbyist.](https://poal.co/s/MeanwhileOnReddit/115459) | Apparently the most popular Indian Redditor. | 2019-11 | | 4. | [Westwall](https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Westwall) • de.metapedia.org | German Metapedia *administrator*. (Not part of the site staff.) | [Hostility; tyranny; blind hatred; deletionism; enforcement of unwritten policies; thanklessness to prolific editors; scapegoating critics; punishment of constructive curiousity; dictator rhetoric; gaslighting practices; bans users for asking legitimate questions; suspending user for simple legitimate question about unexplained removal of an item in the article suggestion list; false accusations of *edit warring*; hypocrisy (falsely accuses user of *“anti-social behaviour”* while being like that himself); neglecting user inquiries; poor communication;](/s/ModAbuse/150552); [moderative fishing](/s/ModAbuse/175052); responding to legitimate question with *[“Because I said so”](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/160239)* (logic-terminating hammer phrase); too lazy to explain how to spell the name of the city of *“Teheran”* (with the additional “e” in German); making false accusation (accused user of ignoring all administrators, despite not true); hostile treatment of inquisitive good-faith users; ambiguous accusations against users; threatens to block user because of article suggestion list **in his own user name space**; [blame shifting](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/164782); accuses user of having made a *reference error* but threatens to block user for asking where exactly the ambiguous error was (that turned out to be no error). | Possible sociopath. Could be nicknamed *“Bbb23 Lite”*. • Metapedia does not have a ban appeal method for users. | 2020-02-29 | | 5. | [DrinkMoreCodeMore](https://reddit.com/u/DrinkMoreCodeMore) • Reddit.com/r/Onions | Redditor with over 220K *Karma* points; /r/Onions moderator | Censorship of politically incorrect onion sites, censorship against the subreddit's purpose, mass-banning on political or irrelevant grounds, double standards, entryism and hypocrisy, blackmailing users for personal data while claiming to be a proponent of privacy. [(Report)](/p/158793) | | 2020-03-30 | | 6. | [relentlessflame](https://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?s=24c23b2f5f1ec8ca26039daca2f4a5ad&find=lastposter&f=170) • forums.animesuki.com | *AnimeSuki* forum administrator | Infracting and suspending users for disagreement and criticism; making long-term members leave due to his hostility. [(Report)](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/160480) | | 2020-04-04 | | 7. | *MetaCritic* moderators | | No criticism tolerance; review manipulation. [(Report)](/p/162005) | | 2020-04-10 | | 8. | Adrian Isén • ([Twitter @AdrianIsen](https://twitter.com/Adrianisen); [Instagram @adrianisenofficial](https://instagram.com/adrianisenofficial)) | Technology review [YouTuber](https://youtube.com/user/adrianisen) | Unreasonable and aggressive mass-blockings of innocent users on social media (some of which have only posted one harmless comment). | | Not recorded. | | 9. | [NinjaRobotPirate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NinjaRobotPirate) • en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia administrator and CheckUser. | Suppression of all criticism against Bbb23; prejudicial, hostile attitude. | | 2019-12 | | 10. | [RobertJ](http://forums.MozillaZine.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=16555) • Forums.MozillaZine.org | MozillaZine user since 2003 and forum moderator; Proud [iSheep](/s/crApple) since ~1982. | Hostility against innocent, especially new users; unreasonable and prejudicial closures of legitimate threads; devaluation of legitimate criticism. | | 2020-01 | | + | [[ (+) Submit name \]](https://poal.co/submit/text/ModAbuse/) | | | If eligible, a new name will be sorted **into the appropriate rank** in the table. | These are the most hostile and/or irresponsible moderators and administrators known so far. ---- ## **Honourable mentions:** * [Absence and disengagememt of the **Voat.co administrators**](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/154317) creates loophole for spearvoters (exploiters of the voting system) like infamously hostile user *Mumbleberry*. ---- Feel free to **ask questions, share your thoughts** and **suggest improvements and updates** to the table [in the comments](#scmnts). Expose additional hostile moderators and administrators through [a new post](https://poal.co/submit/text/ModAbuse). # Information: See also: [Main disclaimer](https://poal.co/c/2af11269-fc2f-474a-8ea6-c753aaf2e0fd#2af11269-fc2f-474a-8ea6-c753aaf2e0fd) and [the frequently asked questions](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/155899). * **Distinction:** If a moderator/administrator is listed here, it obviously **does not necessarily imply** that we disagree with **the mission** of their community, but that members should expect being treated unfairly and with hostility by their respective moderators and/or administrators. * If you believe that someone is wrongly listed here, or that the table contains any mistakes, please write it in a comment below. * This list is **not** intended as a personal attack against its subjects, but rather as **an educative warning to other Internet users** who deserve to know critical insights of an online community in advance. * Misbehaving moderators and administrators listed on this leaderboard might be lowered or de-listed, if they publicly apologize to their victims infront of their community, undo their damage and don't repeat their misconduct. * **Dispute:** If a moderator or administrator listed here believes that they **acted appropriately**, they are kindly [invited](https://poal.co/login?next=%2Fp%2F150864%23rcomm-0) to logically justify and clarify their actions, or clear up possible misunderstandings in an explanatory comment. * We might ask you to **authenticate yourself** through a confirmation posted by your original account, if you claim to be a user from another site than Poal.co (e.g. a user listed on the leaderboard above), in order to prevent someone from pretending to be someone they are not. * **Be thankful** for having the option to explain yourself here. Most hostile mods/admins give their users zero recourse, no possibility to explain themselves, and/or neglected their appeals **entirely**. * In contrary, moderators and administrators who persist inflicting damage and whose already abusive behaviour deteriorates, **might have their rank increased.** * As the owner of a community (e.g. Jason Scott), you obviously are by **no means obligated** ^((except ***morally*** obligated\)) to behave nice, fair and respectfully. But if you misbehave like the mods/admins listed above, then you should **expect being thought of as hostile** and being disrecommended by former users or witnesses, which deters new and existing users from joining or staying in your community, which hinders its flourishment. It is **_your_ responsibility.** * Don't blame ***us*** for being listed here. Every time you choose to behave hostile and counter-productively, **you** gamble with the trust of your users and **you actively solicit** being judged over it and publicly criticized for it. If you don't want that, **please treat your community better.** Choose civility over hostility. * This leaderboard is **not** *defamatory*, because it presents subjects **as they are.** Expect being judged based on how you present yourself. * Propose any changes by commenting. ---- # **References** Please mention further references in the comments. They will be added here. ## Bbb23 * [*“I got banned from editing every article because of Bbb23's tyranny.”*](https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/153051/a6b8c120-3bda-4ce6-ae66-6026e0a9c01d#cmnts) * [The *IAR* trap](https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/153051/2c51edcf-6f12-4548-b3c5-d6356761e8ae#cmnts) * [Another informative article deleted by Bbb23 + further grievances.](https://poal.co/s/LostFeatures/155341) * [His response to legitimate criticism by user *Aron Manning*: “Talk page access has been revoked.”](http://archive.today/2019.12.21-103329/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Aron_Manning) * [Dedicated criticism thread on external forum.](https://www.wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1198&start=99999) * Bbb23 appears to be french, yet he has made [**zero contributions** on FR.Wikipedia.org](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Bbb23). ## Westwall * *“[Westwall strikes back: Admin threatens to ban me from German Metapedia again. For simple question. ](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/155866)”* * [Westwall threatens to suspend user for article suggestion list in his own user name space.](https://de.metapedia.org/m/index.php?title=Metapedia:Schlichtungsstelle&diff=1234357&oldid=1234356) * Criticism of Metapedia: [*“Warning: Apparently, Metapedia ain't much better than Wikipedia in terms of admin culture.”*](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/164203) * [If he had logical arguments, he would not have shut down the user.](https://poal.co/s/ModAbuse/164245) * The *reference error*, `<span id=whatever />`, turned out to be no error but syntax unknown to MediaWiki. `<span id=whatever></span>` is correct. Had Westwall mentioned the exact position of that error, the problem would have been solved much faster. ## Ani625 * Presumably receives preferential treatment by Reddit administrators due to long-term acquaintanceship. ---- Because posts on Poal.co get *archived* (i.e. locked and read-only) automatically after three months, an updated version of this leaderboard will be linked in the side bar, in the *“Hall of shame”* section, after this post expires. ## Previous versions Old, archived revisions of this leaderboard. * [2020-01 – /p/132568](/p/132568)

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You always be my most abusive mod