Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Who is Carcharoth?

Most of the current Arbitration Committee has self-identified on Wikipedia, either currently on the official page, or previously on a talk page or another WP official page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee

One notable exception: Carcharoth. He was a popular choice for admin and was elected to Arbcomm, although some of the more destructive and hostile elements of admin ranks opposed his Arbcomm election for irrational reasons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Carcharoth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2008/Vote/Carcharoth

Reading Wikichecker and his contributions reveals that he is likely to be in the UK, and has a consuming obsession with two things: Tolkein (not surprising, as his name "Carcharoth" is that of a monster in a Tolkein book), and chess.

A very nerdy fellow. Since he has probably participated in discussions on Tolkein forums and Usenet groups, a search of Usenet activity for combinations of "Wikipedia", "Carcharoth", "Tolkein" and "chess" keeps leading to a single name: Christopher Kreutzer.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.tolkien/browse_thread/thread/563a7be5e8c6e21/20728993fde98554?q=chess++tolkein+carcharoth#20728993fde98554
http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=_g-axRkAAABwB4HlNHhIdD83P2GVa-8fQew15lnDCygdGNfT0wc1ZA

He is an officer of the Tolkein Society in London.
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/2005/committee.php?cm=ChristopherKreuzer

And captain of the London Deaf Chess Club.
http://deaf-chess.de/downloads/20080930_RE-Bericht_GL-WM.pdf
http://www.londondeafchessclub.com/playerprofile.asp?pid=9

1 comment:

  1. Nice work. Hope they permaban you.

    PS: it's "Tolkien".

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