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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kirill_Lokshin Kirill Lokshin] is the coordinator of Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbcom#Coordination] Under his watch, the Committee has endured scandal after scandal, from the pseudonymous FT2's zoophilia edits to David Boothroyd's exposure and resignation.[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/zoophilia_wikiscandal/][http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/26/wikipedia_westminster_councillor/][http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wikipedia-sentinel-quits-after-using-alias-to-alter-entries-1698762.html][http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191474/Labour-councillor-David-Boothroyd-caught-altering-David-Camerons-Wikipedia-entry.html]
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| − | Kirill was 22 years old in December 2006, when he was appointed to Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2006/Candidate_statements/Questions_for_Kirill_Lokshin]
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| − | In 2005, Mr. Lokshin stated that he was "shamelessly stealing [a] userbox idea from Essjay," a fraud who was dismissed from all positions of authority after having been caught claiming false credentials to both the Wikipedia editing community and the New Yorker.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kirill_Lokshin&diff=25519852&oldid=prev][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Essjay/RFC][http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact] Nine hours later, he added that he was "an engineer living in the state of Maryland."[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kirill_Lokshin&diff=25556744&oldid=25539585] Mr. Lokshin was only 21-22 years old at this time.
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| − | In December 2006's Arbitration Committee elections, Kirill said, "I'm an electrical/computer engineer by profession."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2006/Candidate_statements/Questions_for_Kirill_Lokshin] Sixteen months later, he made a minor change to his userpage statement: "Professionally, I'm an engineer…"
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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kirill_Lokshin&diff=111697210&oldid=110966406] On August 10, 2008, the Washington Post’s Tom Dunkel described him as a "24-year-old software engineer from Rockville" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/07/ST2008080701685.html?sid=ST2008080701685&s_pos=list][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080502169_2.html?sid=ST2008080701685&s_pos=]
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| − | As recently as October 2008, he gave his address as that of his parents.<ref>Society of Military History, membership directory, October 2008, http://www.smh-hq.org/directory/Directory.pdf</ref>
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| − | …[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dcv3jwr5_61f7d44dgj&hl=en]
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| − | ==Response to allegations of sexual harassment==
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| − | ==Infiltration by political operatives==
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| − | …[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/26/wikipedia_westminster_councillor/][http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wikipedia-sentinel-quits-after-using-alias-to-alter-entries-1698762.html][http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191474/Labour-councillor-David-Boothroyd-caught-altering-David-Camerons-Wikipedia-entry.html]
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| − | ==Zoophilia scandals==
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| − | …[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/zoophilia_wikiscandal/]
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| − | The association between Kirill Lokshin's Arbitration Committee and advocacy for bestiality became controversial again in May, when his colleague "Coren," Marc-André Pelletier of Montreal, was challenged on Wikipedia Review for hosting and administering a website which hosts stories appearing to advocate this practice, as well as incest betwen fathers and underaged sons, alongside hardcore gay pornography.[http://gai-eros.org/][http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=24588] Pelletier remains an active arbitrator in good standing.
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