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==Controversies with Nina Gerlach, GWUP, Psiram (''EsoWatch'') and others==
==Controversies with Nina Gerlach, GWUP, Psiram (''EsoWatch'') and others==
[[image:GWUP-Freimaurer.jpg|Logo of GWUP-Blog, alleged proof of [[freemasonry]] and [[esotericism]] in skeptics' organisation GWUP according to Claus Fritzsche. Citation Fritzsche: ''Note the icon reminiscent of a freemason symbol in the top left corner of GWUP-blog. This symbolism and the lurid style of the blog and its commentators is hardly different from the stuff some „esoteric“ world conspiracy and doomsday groups come up with. You can almost see the foam at their mouths.''|300px|left|thumb]]
[[image:GWUP-Freimaurer.jpg|Logo of GWUP-Blog, alleged proof of [[freemasonry]] and [[esotericism]] in skeptics' organisation GWUP according to Claus Fritzsche. Citation Fritzsche: ''"Note the icon reminiscent of a freemason symbol in the top left corner of GWUP-blog. This symbolism and the lurid style of the blog and its commentators is hardly different from the stuff some „esoteric“ world conspiracy and doomsday groups come up with. You can almost see the foam at their mouths."''|300px|left|thumb]]
[[image:Fritzsche Rumsfeld2.jpg|Comments by Claus Fritzsche regarding edits of articles in German Wikipedia using the pseudonym "Rumsfeld2". According to Fritzsche, these edits were private "edit experiments". Wikipedia did not recognize them as regular writer activity and permanently banned Fritzsche for "vandalism"|thumb]]
[[image:Fritzsche Rumsfeld2.jpg|Comments by Claus Fritzsche regarding edits of articles in German Wikipedia using the pseudonym "Rumsfeld2". According to Fritzsche, these edits were private "edit experiments". Wikipedia did not recognize them as regular writer activity and permanently banned Fritzsche for "vandalism"|thumb]]
Using the pseudonym of ''rumsfeld2'', Fritzsche tried to integrate his personal views on homeopathy into Wikipedia articles, without giving valid sources as required by Wikipedia regulations. Additionally, he repeatedly attempted to place links to his website psychophysik.com into articles. When this failed, he resorted to denigrating Wikipedia entirely, and started to publish respective [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] in his blog. Fritzsche's Wikipedia activities ended with his permanent ban for vandalism.<ref>http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Rumsfeld-2</ref><ref>Posted: 16:46, Aug 21, 2007 Achim Raschka (Diskussion | Beiträge) sperrte „Rumsfeld-2 (Diskussion | Beiträge)“ für den Zeitraum: Unbeschränkt (Erstellung von Benutzerkonten gesperrt) (Verstoß gegen keine persönlichen Angriffe: Meinungsmache gegen einzelne Mitarbeiter und Verbreitung schwachsinniger Verschwörungstheorien, siehe http://openpr.de/news/153137/Wikipedia-im-Privateigentum-von-Nin)</ref> Fritzsche blamed his ban on a conspiracy of Nina Gerlach who was a board member of Wikimedia Germany e.V. at that point in time. In retaliation, he took up internet stalking Mrs Gerlach since then, publishing her alleged misconduct in his H. Blog and in OpenPR, an open access public relations portal.<ref>http://www.openpr.de/pdf/153137/Wikipedia-im-Privateigentum-von-Nina-Gerlach.pdf</ref> Fritzsche later claimed his edits in German Wikipedia under the pseudonym Rumsfeld2 had just been private "edit experiments". Such experiments as well as linking to non-reputable sources (or blogs) do not comply with Wikipedia regulations.
Using the pseudonym of ''rumsfeld2'', Fritzsche tried to integrate his personal views on homeopathy into Wikipedia articles, without giving valid sources as required by Wikipedia regulations. Additionally, he repeatedly attempted to place links to his website psychophysik.com into articles. When this failed, he resorted to denigrating Wikipedia entirely, and started to publish respective [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] in his blog. Fritzsche's Wikipedia activities ended with his permanent ban for vandalism.<ref>http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Rumsfeld-2</ref><ref>Posted: 16:46, Aug 21, 2007 Achim Raschka (Diskussion | Beiträge) sperrte „Rumsfeld-2 (Diskussion | Beiträge)“ für den Zeitraum: Unbeschränkt (Erstellung von Benutzerkonten gesperrt) (Verstoß gegen keine persönlichen Angriffe: Meinungsmache gegen einzelne Mitarbeiter und Verbreitung schwachsinniger Verschwörungstheorien, siehe http://openpr.de/news/153137/Wikipedia-im-Privateigentum-von-Nin)</ref> Fritzsche blamed his ban on a conspiracy led by Nina Gerlach who was a board member of Wikimedia Germany e.V. at that point in time. In retaliation, he took up internet stalking Mrs Gerlach since then, publishing her alleged misconduct in his H. Blog and in OpenPR, an open access public relations platform.<ref>http://www.openpr.de/pdf/153137/Wikipedia-im-Privateigentum-von-Nina-Gerlach.pdf</ref> Fritzsche later claimed his edits in German Wikipedia under the pseudonym Rumsfeld2 had just been private "edit experiments". Such experiments as well as linking to non-reputable sources (or blogs) do not comply with Wikipedia regulations.
Fritzsche is a pronounced opponent of the German skeptics' organisation [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWUP Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP)] (Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Sciences) based in Roßdorf near Darmstadt. GWUP is well known in Germany and e.g. organised the [http://www.worldskeptics.org/ 6th World Skeptics Congress 2012]. Fritzsche accused GWUP, in his view a "group of atheist fundamentalists", of proceeding „esoterically“, „pseudoscientifically“, and „naively“. Fritzsche saw proof of this "esoteric" nature of the organisation in the GWUP logo which reminded him of a [[Masonry|„Freemason symbol“]]. Fritzsche believed GWUP to be part of a conspiracy in collaboration with German Scienceblogs and Psiram (''EsoWatch'').<ref>http://www.psychophysik.com/h-blog/?p=7326</ref> Cooperating with [[Rolf Finkbeiner]] (a climate skeptic, antivaccinationist, proponent of [[Germanic New Medicine]], etc.) and [[Hans Weidenbusch]] (inventor of a [[Perpetual Motion|perpetual motion]] device), Fritzsche was the initiator of an anti-Esowatch campaign started in early 2009. In March 2009, he transfered activities against GWUP and Nina Gerlach from his H.Blog to a new site called GWUP.WATCH<ref>http://anonym.to/?http://gwup-skeptiker.blogspot.com</ref>, attended by anonymous "press releases".<ref>http://pressemitteilung.ws/user/22028/track</ref> Various writers at scienceblogs.de, most notably Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Berger and [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Freistetter Florian Freistetter], were being "watched" by Claus Fritzsche.
Fritzsche was a pronounced opponent of the German skeptics' organisation [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWUP Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP)] (Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Sciences) based in Roßdorf near Darmstadt. GWUP is well known in Germany and e.g. organised the [http://www.worldskeptics.org/ 6th World Skeptics Congress 2012]. Fritzsche accused GWUP, in his view a "group of atheist fundamentalists", of proceeding „esoterically“, „pseudoscientifically“, and „naively“. Fritzsche saw proof of this "esoteric" nature of the organisation in the GWUP logo which reminded him of a [[Masonry|„Freemason symbol“]]. Fritzsche believed GWUP to be part of a conspiracy in collaboration with German Scienceblogs and Psiram (''EsoWatch'').<ref>http://www.psychophysik.com/h-blog/?p=7326</ref> Cooperating with [[Rolf Finkbeiner]] (a climate skeptic, antivaccinationist, proponent of [[Germanic New Medicine]], etc.) and [[Hans Weidenbusch]] (inventor of a [[Perpetual Motion|perpetual motion]] device), Fritzsche was the initiator of an anti-Esowatch campaign started in early 2009. In March 2009, he transfered activities against GWUP and Nina Gerlach from his H.Blog to a new site called GWUP.WATCH<ref>http://anonym.to/?http://gwup-skeptiker.blogspot.com</ref>, attended by anonymous "press releases".<ref>http://pressemitteilung.ws/user/22028/track</ref> Various writers at scienceblogs.de, most notably Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Berger and [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Freistetter Florian Freistetter], were being "watched" by Claus Fritzsche.
Since November 2009, Fritzsche was also supported by [[Jocelyne Lopez]] (a layperson regarding physics criticising the theory of relativity) who quotes his publications against Psiram (''EsoWatch'') on GWUP.WATCH in her blog.<ref>The first reference to GWUP.WATCH in the blog of Jocelyne Lopez: [http://web.archive.org/web/20100131135534/http://www.jocelyne-lopez.de/blog/2009/11/ideologie-und-agitation-bei-scienceblogs-gwup-esowatch-und-alpha-centauri/ Ideologie und Agitation bei ScienceBlogs, GWUP, ESOWATCH und Alpha Centauri], November 2, 2009</ref> It was presumably just by coincidence that the begin of a cooperation between Fritzsche and Lopez was marked by the exposure of a forum user "webfox" who had criticised Lopez fiercely for her undifferentiated views on antisemitism and for holocaust denial and then became a target of Fritzsche.<ref>Jocelyne Lopez on accusations of holocaust denial: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090610052200/http://www.jocelyne-lopez.de/blog/2009/06/vorwurf-der-holocaustleugnung-im-mahag-forum-und-im-blog-von-thilo-kuessner/ Vorwurf der Holocaustleugnung im MAHAG-Forum und im Blog von Thilo Kuessner]. webfox was therefore "bullying" Lopez</ref>Fritzsche "unmasked" webfox on his GWUP.WATCH blog. Without restraint and without the slightest evidence, real persons were associated with the account ''webfox'', and IP addresses were published which he presumably received from Lopez. Fritzsche thus acted as a stooge of Jocelyne Lopez and perhaps also of [[Helmut Hille]] (a philosopher, physics layman and critic of the relativity theory).
Since November 2009, Fritzsche was also supported by [[Jocelyne Lopez]] (a layperson regarding physics criticising the theory of relativity) who quotes his publications against Psiram (''EsoWatch'') on GWUP.WATCH in her blog.<ref>The first reference to GWUP.WATCH in the blog of Jocelyne Lopez: [http://web.archive.org/web/20100131135534/http://www.jocelyne-lopez.de/blog/2009/11/ideologie-und-agitation-bei-scienceblogs-gwup-esowatch-und-alpha-centauri/ Ideologie und Agitation bei ScienceBlogs, GWUP, ESOWATCH und Alpha Centauri], November 2, 2009</ref> It was presumably just by coincidence that the begin of a cooperation between Fritzsche and Lopez was marked by the exposure of a forum user "webfox" who had criticised Lopez fiercely for her undifferentiated views on antisemitism and for holocaust denial and then became a target of Fritzsche.<ref>Jocelyne Lopez on accusations of holocaust denial: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090610052200/http://www.jocelyne-lopez.de/blog/2009/06/vorwurf-der-holocaustleugnung-im-mahag-forum-und-im-blog-von-thilo-kuessner/ Vorwurf der Holocaustleugnung im MAHAG-Forum und im Blog von Thilo Kuessner]. webfox was therefore "bullying" Lopez</ref>Fritzsche "unmasked" webfox on his GWUP.WATCH blog. Without restraint and without the slightest evidence, real persons were associated with the account ''webfox'', and IP addresses were published which he presumably received from Lopez. Fritzsche thus acted as a stooge of Jocelyne Lopez and perhaps also of [[Helmut Hille]] (a philosopher, physics layman and critic of the relativity theory).