{"id":1422,"date":"2023-03-16T17:46:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2023\/03\/16\/free-solo-confidential-an-update\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:01:49","slug":"free-solo-confidential-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/free-solo-confidential-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Solo Confidential: An Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When WOWSA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterpedia.com\/wiki\/Special:Log?type=block&amp;user=Dev&amp;page=&amp;wpdate=2023-01-30&amp;tagfilter=&amp;subtype=\">blocked Steven Munatones\u2019s<\/a> Openwaterpedia account on January 30 for <em>\u201cInserting nonsense\/gibberish into pages,\u201d<\/em> he must have felt that his own organization had betrayed him. When the WOWSA board unblocked him on February 22, I assumed Steven was back in WOWSA\u2019s good graces, and they wouldn\u2019t take my accusations seriously.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to say I was wrong.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWOWSA takes these allegations seriously,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterswimming.com\/an-update-about-openwaterpedia\/\">they wrote on March 4<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>and has initiated an investigation to determine the veracity of these claims. To the extent any of these allegations are found to be true, appropriate action will be taken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That development didn\u2019t please Steven. As a WOWSA co-owner and the most prolific contributor to its blog, he must have felt this as a second betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Steven laid low throughout February, even after having his Openwaterpedia privileges restored. He only edited a handful of entries between then and early March. That was odd behavior for Steven, given that he\u2019d made over 1300 edits in January and over 1500 in December. The number of his revisions over the years dwarfs those of any of the few people permitted to edit the site.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, he stopped posting to WOWSA\u2019s blog. He published his last post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterswimming.com\/winter-swimming-clubs-around-the-world-compete-internationally\/\">\u201cWinter Swimming Clubs Around the World Compete Internationally,\u201d<\/a> on January 30 \u2014 the day he lost his Openwaterpedia editing privileges \u2014 and never posted again. All articles since have carried a WOWSA byline.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Steven\u2019s Openwaterpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterpedia.com\/wiki\/User:Admin\">User page<\/a> has identified him as Simon Holliday, \u201ca Hong Kong based open water swimmer.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/longswims.com\/p\/simon-holliday\/\">Simon Holliday<\/a> is, in fact, a marathon swimmer based in Hong Kong.) On March 6, a WOWSA administrator added a notation to Steven\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterpedia.com\/wiki\/User_talk:Admin\">User discussion page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This profile is not Simon Holliday. It is an Admin account used by Steven Munatones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Recall that the vandal (i.e., Steven) hid behind swimmer-related usernames like Jolyn12 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/jolyn.com\/\">Jolyn swimwear <\/a>of Huntington Beach, Steven\u2019s hometown); and KCassidy, MarcyMacD, and AlexArevalo (see <a href=\"https:\/\/longswims.com\/p\/kevin-cassidy\/\">Kevin Cassidy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/longswims.com\/p\/marcy-macdonald\/\">Marcy MacDonald<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterpedia.com\/wiki\/Alex_Ar%C3%A9valo\">Alex Ar\u00e9valo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Steven\u2019s Pique Performance<\/h3>\n<p>Steven\u2019s lack of activity made me suspicious. He had to be furious, so what was he doing with his anger?<\/p>\n<p>On March 7, we found out.<\/p>\n<p>Indignant at what he perceived as mistreatment by WOWSA, Steven had created his own blog, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/openwaternews.blogspot.com\/\">Open Water Swimming News &amp; Views<\/a><\/em>. He began quietly publishing there on February 20.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 840px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12828\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openwaternews.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/the-contemporary-waterworld-with.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12828 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase-5.jpg 1464w\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"280\" data-attachment-id=\"12828\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase.jpg?fit=1464%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1464,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase.jpg?fit=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.02.20.steven-blog-chase.jpg?fit=840%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Above:<\/strong> Detail from <a href=\"https:\/\/openwaternews.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/the-contemporary-waterworld-with.html\">\u201cThe Contemporary Waterworld with Bruckner Chase,\u201d<\/a> the first post Steven published on Open Water Swimming News &amp; Views.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By March 5, Steven had added 19 titles.<\/p>\n<p>The March 6 addition to Steven\u2019s User discussion page was probably the last straw. On the 7th, he began furiously spamming Openwaterpedia entries with links to his new blog. He wanted to siphon traffic away from WOWSA-owned sites. Between 3:08 am and 4:18 am, he visited 127 Openwaterpedia pages, spamming most of them with multiple links to <em>Open Water Swimming News &amp; Views<\/em> posts.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, he spam-linked nine pages in one minute. That has to be some sort of record:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openwaterpedia.com\/index.php?limit=1000&amp;title=Special%3AContributions&amp;contribs=user&amp;target=Admin&amp;namespace=&amp;tagfilter=&amp;start=2023-03-07&amp;end=2023-03-07\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12785 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4-17-5.jpg 1355w\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"242\" data-attachment-id=\"12785\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-17.jpg?fit=1355%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1355,391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4-17\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-17.jpg?fit=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-17.jpg?fit=840%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Though Openwaterpedia calls itself \u201cthe Wikipedia for the open water swimming world,\u201d it is not that for many reasons, including allowing link spamming. Openwaterpedia has no policy regarding link spamming \u2014 what Wikipedia defines in its <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Spam#External_link_spamming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">anti-spam guidelines<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0as \u201cAdding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product.\u201d In 2010, Steven almost lost his Wikipedia editing privileges after repeated warnings about inserting spam links:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 840px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12768\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_talk:Munatones\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12768 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spam-links.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spam-links-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spam-links-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spam-links-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spam-links-4.jpg 1059w\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"207\" data-attachment-id=\"12768\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spam-links.jpg?fit=1059%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1059,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spam-links\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spam-links.jpg?fit=300%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spam-links.jpg?fit=840%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An entry from Steven\u2019s Wikipedia <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_talk:Munatones\">User talk page<\/a>. Steven learned the hard way that Wikipedia would not allow him to run rampant on their site the way he does on Openwaterpedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Steven has always done this. For instance, all but five of the 126 \u201cExternal links\u201d on Openwaterpedia\u2019s Cook Strait entry are not external. Instead, they circle back to WOWSA-owned sites: Openwaterpedia and the WOWSA blog. Those links serve less as support for the article and more as ads for WOWSA entities. Wikipedia would consider them spam.<\/p>\n<p>Of the five external links, the newest two link to Steven\u2019s revenge blog. Since March 5, Steven has added such spam links to over 200 Openwaterpedia pages to draw as much traffic as possible away from WOWSA sites and onto <em>Open Water Swimming News &amp; Views.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This can\u2019t have pleased WOWSA. However, since they announced their investigation on March 4, they\u2019ve remained silent on the vandalism, not to mention Steven\u2019s subsequent activities. Here\u2019s hoping they\u2019ve been just as busy as Steven was during <em>his<\/em> dormancy.<\/p>\n<h3>Why does any of this matter?<\/h3>\n<p>For one thing, because the truth matters and Steven has spent years lying about the Openwaterpedia sabotage to me, his readers, his fellow swimmers, and WOWSA.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Diana Nyad. She surrounds herself with reputable people, as many con artists do, flogging their credentials and parasitizing their good names. Steven has functioned as Nyad\u2019s marathon swimming \u201cexpert\u201d for years, buttressing her reputation with his presumed credibility.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike her other experts, he will lie for her. He sabotaged Openwaterpedia to make her look like one of the best marathon swimmers of the 1970s. I\u2019d be extremely surprised if the makers of Nyad\u2019s upcoming biopic didn\u2019t use Steven, her compromised fixer, as a consultant. That means he has lied to them, too. The sooner WOWSA reveals the truth about Steven Munatones, the better.<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" 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