Why I dont edit often anymore  Back in the day I used to edit wikipedia on a fairly regular basis One of the pages I edited was the eXile One detractor of the eXile Peter Ekman was so pathologically obsessed with discrediting the periodical that he would devote weeks at a time to blanking and otherwise vandalizing the eXile article while launching reckless accusations at everyone who defended the eXile Although many editors did our best to contain Mr Ekman eventually he wore me down It just wasnt worth it spending my free time containing the vendetta of some aggrieved middleaged jerk  As a parting bow in my toolong Ekman drama I wanted to post here a summary about Mr Ekmans character and the original wiki text that prompted Mr Ekmans crusade  About Peter Ekman  Peter Ekman is the aforementioned hack journalist who crusaded against the eXile But once upon a time Ekman actually had an impressive sounding job working as an editor for the Moscow Times and dispensing rightwing platitudes in the heart of the former communist empire Moscow in the s was a place where failures didnt fail And for a long time Ekman didnt fail despite his total lack of social graces and limited intelligence Eventually his columns attracted the ire of the fellow Moscow publication the eXile  Originally the eXile was planning only on criticizing Ekmans written work but Ekmans response was righteous menacing and hinted at violence So the eXiles added a personal detail they included the account of a female employee who had been subjected to unwelcome sexual advances by Mr Ekman Mr Ekman had groped the employee while inviting her to a weekend getaway while his Russian Bride was out of town Ekman responded with the same witless apeshit animosity that I have since personally witnessed many times on wikipedia Ekman attempted to get the eXile banned from Johnsons Reading List by declaring the eXile was a fascist neonazi periodical Ekmans evidence for such nazi sympathies was a spoof fashion piece entitled The eXiles Third Reich Uniform of the Week in which a fictional gay fashion designer breathlessly reviewed the  version of the Nazi Field Bishop uniform  Eventually Ekman lost his position at the Moscow Times Since then hes occasionally surfaced as a professor of finance at various rd rate universities and of course here on Wikipedia  The following is an excerpt from the Wikipedia Article on the eXile that prompted Mr Ekmans crusade  Peter Ekman Johnsons Russia List and an Unsubtantiated Groping Allegation In November  in Issue  of The eXile Matt Taibbi published a press review entitled Peter Ekman Groped Me  The article ridiculed Ekman then newly appointed editor of The Moscow Times for his approach to the economic and political development of Russia  Taibbi characterized this approach as highhanded condescending and arrogant and went on to mock Ekman personally as a pompous hypocrite Ekman has only one idea Russia has a lot to learn from America which he tries endlessly to sell and resell as a varied package of ribald wit and insight  The article also ridiculed Ekman for describing himself as a financial educator and described him as having a head seemingly worn bald from improper use  As a finishing touch Taibbi recounted an asyet unverified account of sexual advances made by Ekman to an eXile employee made at late at night at the Garazh nightclub in Moscow during a visit from Ekmans motherinlaw  Ekman responded by writing in to Johnsons Russia List to claim that the eXile is fascist and racist  that every eXile issue contains unverifiable stories that smear someones reputation that The eXile is associated with the fascist party of Eduard Limonov The accusations of fascism were discounted by many in part because of the eXiles Jewish roots  Ames along with the eXiles publisher deputy editor and several contributors are all Jews  and because of the papers satirical editorial bent It remains unclear as to whether Ekman did in fact make advances toward an eXile employee or who that employee may have been   Old Stuff