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Usenet Psychic Wars With Wikipedia

rlandmann writes "John Patrick Ennis, whose nutty predictions as Sollog (Son of Light, Light of God) are familiar to many usenetters, may have bitten off more than he could chew when he picked Wikipedia as his latest vehicle for spamvertising." Click through for the rest of rlandmann's story.

Early last week an anonymous editor with a posting style remarkably like the one widely believed to be that of Sollog himself contributed this article to the encyclopedia, boasting of Sollog's prophesizing prowess and mathematical genius. Less than twenty-four hours later, the article was looking a little more balanced and encyclopedic. Along with Sollog's claims, it now carried the revelation that not everyone is as convinced of the accuracy of Sollog's power of prediction as he himself is, along with links to some rather unflattering appraisals of his work.

A week of spectacular net.kookery has since transpired, replete with vandalism of the article, bizarre legal threats, long semi-coherent rants with LOTS OF CAPITAL LETTERS, a rich bounty of links to Ennis-run sites, and a legion of anonymous posters with exactly the same writing style as one another all strenuously affirming that they are individual and distinct "fans" of Sollog and not the man himself. Unable to accept that Wikipedia's policy of presenting a Neutral Point of View means that an article on Sollog would have to include both pro- and anti-Sollog material, and unable to force other Wikipedia editors to accept his version of reality, Ennis has taken instead to making hostile phone calls to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at his home, and setting up his very own Wikipedia and Wales hate site.

Whether or not Sollog really did predict Princess Diana's death, the Oklahoma bombing, 9/11, the crash of TWA flight 800, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, and most of the natural disasters in the US over the last few years, he doesn't seem to have foreseen his inability to control the picture that Wikipedia presents of him to the world.

See here for the current revision of the article, which may or may not be currently in a vandalized state.

13 of 605 comments (clear)

  1. I AM THE ALLMIGHTY SOLLOG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I predict that wikipediasucks.com is about to be slashdotted.

  2. Re:Say "Goodbye, Sollog" by slavemowgli · · Score: 1, Troll

    Maybe we could make and distribute a "make love not sollog" screensaver that DDOSes that site. ^_~

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  3. Re:Say "Goodbye, Sollog" by cornjones · · Score: 0, Troll

    He has a lower UID than you, I would guess that he didn't "just make that account"

  4. Re:Say "Goodbye, Sollog" by Ilgaz · · Score: 1, Troll

    looks like guy an his followers dos'ed their own brains long before.

  5. SOLLOG DID HIT 911 by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    Believe it or not Sollog hit 911 Look at time stamped usenet warning about 911, three years before it hit. 13K pages in Google 70K pages in Usenet Here's some of his famous hits Sollog on 911 3 years before it hit http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com Sollog on March 11th Madrid Massacre two years before it hit http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com So there you have two hits

  6. Re:Sollogsucks.com by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    GOD got them GOD is watching He took FUCKSOLLOG.COM today too

  7. Re:SOLLOG Predicts (He's for REAL) by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    Note on the wiki sucks site Sollog hsa /. RULES Note the time stamps proving he hit 911 and March 11th Madrid Massacre 911 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com March 11th Madrid Massacre http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com Note how he has the balls to post articles skeptical of him http://www.sollog.com/skeptics/ Why is Sollog pissed? Look at the biased article Wales did Look at all the pro sollog shit in history that has been deleted Wiki is suppose to be a NPOV THAT IS BULLSHIT FUCK WIKI anyone got that yet? hehe

  8. Re:I love netkooks by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    wiki sucks site says SOLLOG says /. Rules dude hit 911 and madrid massacres look at time stamps on his warnings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com Dude said shit on 911 in DC and it hit Dude said TERRORISM on March 11th and it hit /. should love Sollog He tells people to FUCK OFF

  9. Re:Sollog? PROOF he hit 911 and 311 by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's 70k or so usenet posts and 13K pages in google because he did hit 911 and 311 (madrid) Look at the dates http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com So he is well known Lycos 50 did an article saying he was one of most searched for terms after 911

  10. Re:He's can predict the future?!?! by LORDGODALMIGHTY · · Score: -1, Troll

    Remember the media said they got a warning When the truth comes out Sollog gave the date and name of building to 60 major media execs you can hunt down the media who ignored it Proof he hit 911 and 311 look at dates they're real Look at the dates http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com

  11. This is the WIlly on Wheels by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sollog the baby raper banned me from his so called forum! HE claims that WIkipedia censors yet all page details are kept in the history. Sollog on the other hand can't take criticsm thats why he banned me from his forum and why he advocates harressment. Since wikipedia is under the GFDL you can copy it. Help copy it to as many sites as possible.

    His Haressment teqniques are worser than animal rights protesters. His so called news sources are pathetic. NPOV will PREVAIL, SOLLOG will just make himself look like an idiot.

    SOLLOG HAS NOW BANNED PEOPLE FROM POSTING IN HIS FORUM! THAT MEANS ALL THE SO CALLED POSTS ARE FROM SOLLOG!

    In the spirt of opensource I now paste this article into slashdot, where it can't be edited by sollog the baby raper!

    Sollog or SOLLOG is a pseudonym of John Patrick Ennis (born July 14, 1960), a numerologist, mystic and psychic, as well as a self-published author, artist, musician, poet, and filmmaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His full religious name is Sollog Immanuel Adonai-Adoni. "Sollog" is widely assumed to stand for "son of light, light of God", but Sollog supporters deny this, pointing to his own explanation of the name being comprised of "Sol" and "Log" ([1] (http://www.sollog.com/sollog/)).
    Contents [showhide]
    1 Activities
    2 Predictions
    3 Playing the odds
    4 Disputed following
    5 The Xinoehpoel connection
    6 Personal attacks
    7 Accusations of kookery
    Activities

    Sollog is the founder of TOH (Temple Of 'Hayah), and the belief of TOH is that "all life is part of God and therefore GOD". He operates a business known as Adoni Publishing, which sells his writing in ebook form, as well as CDs of music composed by him, and video material about him. His ebooks explore a number of familiar paranormal themes, including the Bible codes, UFOs, Nostradamus, creationism, religion and numerology. Adoni Publishing also runs websites that sell pornography, pictures of dead bodies and execution videos [2] (http://www.theeunderground.com/). Since the mid 1990s, Sollog has been very prolific, publishing his beliefs and predictions on the web and Usenet.

    Predictions

    He has claimed to have predicted a large number of major events during that time, including the crash of TWA flight 800, the Oklahoma bombing, the death of Princess Diana, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, as well as a wide range of natural disasters in the US.

    Following a major disaster, Sollog's supporters frequently claim to have found something in Sollog's writings predicting it, even if specifics such as the date or exact type of disaster do not seem to match the event at all. Sollog's critics usually claim that his predictions are either so general or so obscure that they cannot be truly said to predict the events that they purport to. Major newsmedia have generally paid little attention and dismissed Sollog's predictions, though several individual reporters have portrayed him as a notable crank.

    Playing the odds

    In addition to occasional specific predictions, Sollog uses numerology to claim hits, using numbers such as 113, 116, 911, 103, 169 etc. ([3] (http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=AnMy8.199082 %24YJ3.4167142%40news.webusenet.com&output=gplain) ) to match events. For example, he might claim a hit for any disaster for which 113 (or 131, or 311, or 13, etc.) can be found in the date or statistics, even if finding the number requires some mathematical manipulation. Sollog has claimed hits for events that were off by 1 day or digit, relying on preliminary casuality figures or invoking the international dateline, or the EST time as a reason for inclusion.

    He also draws lines joining various cities. His "Line of Death" sometimes passes through Seattle and Miami ([4] (http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=371D33FA.290 1%40hotmail.com&oe=UTF8&output=gplain)) and other times connects Springfield, Oregon, Aspen, Oklahoma Cit

    1. Re:This is the WIlly on Wheels by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You're a dumb fuck like the rest here

      All you need to know about Sollog is he hit 911 and 311

      END OF SUBJECT you fucking morons

      Sollog 911 warning look at the date you faggot

      http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF -8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=6tb7rp%24gvr%241%40winter.news.erol s.com

      Sollog March 11th Warning (madrid)

      http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF -8 &oe=UTF-8&selm=9dca61bc.0203072305.28bb8518%40post ing.google.com

  12. Re:Don't trust his site?... by raju1kabir · · Score: 0, Troll
    Here's one of his sites [babes.bomis.com]. You decide whether or not to call it "pornography".

    That's a little disingenuous. Bomis (which goes way back, wow, I haven't thought about it in years) is a web-ring operator. They provide the infrastructure for similar-themed sites to find each other and provide links that help with mutual traffic generation. Click around bomis.com and you'll see rings for various types of aircraft, turkey recipes, stuffed animals, tips for pregnant mothers, woodworking, and everything else under the sun. One of the many subject categories is fan sites for nude models (and, I'm sure, the "fan" sites are largely dominated by pay porn operators). I could give you a link in google or yahoo that would do the same thing. Is Yahoo a pornographer?

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