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- Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:07 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: 94% of the 1127 Wikipedia administrators joined Wikipedia before 2010! (+ joins per each year 2001-2020)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2502
94% of the 1127 Wikipedia administrators joined Wikipedia before 2010! (+ joins per each year 2001-2020)
List of the 1127 Administrators (as of 2020-08-14) Do CTRL+F and type in “201” (none of them has “201” in their user name). Yes, only 75 matches. Administrator join dates per year: (Not the date they became administrator, but the date they created their Wikipedia account.) 2001: 12 2002: 56 2003: 1...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: another Sarah Stierch ass-lick on front page of Slashdot
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5263
Original resolution
Header photo in original resolution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... _L)_25.JPG
Side note: Near the upper left corner of the picture, Doc James is clearly visible.
Side note: Near the upper left corner of the picture, Doc James is clearly visible.
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16180
Re: WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
now they just need to start banning the ones that are the actual problems. Some examples include: anyone who's been on arbcom, anyone who works in the WMF T&S section, beyond my ken, binksternet, beeblebrox, floquenbeam, etc. Beeblebrox sounds much like BeeBleBrox23 → Bbb23 . :roll: And Floquenbum ...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16180
New WMF ban
+ Meganesia / Ashurpedia / Assyriandude / Cirflow, since 4 August 2020
Pretty much one WMF ban per week at this point.
Pretty much one WMF ban per week at this point.
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia are just like any other news source: change my mind
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2573
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:22 am
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: Jason Scott: Criticizing Wikipedia, but has a dark side too.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14690
Argumentum ad hominem
We already know that Jason Scott Sadofsky evidently is PISS-POOR at coping with criticism. But here is yet another proof: When one of the users Jason Scott banned responded with reasonable criticism and questions, Jason Scott reacted with: Well, they're treating every line you wrote like a line in t...
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16180
WMF bans more frequently than ever before.
List of global bans placed by the Wikimedia Foundation 2012: 1 (but that page only exists since 2015 ) 2013: 0 2014: 2 on the same day, December 3rd 2015: 8 (gaining traction) 2016: 6 (steady) 2017: 7 (steady) 2018: 9 (it's climbing) 2019: 16 (that shot up quickly!) 2020 12 (until July 27th – that ...
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:04 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: ArbCom has the power to topic-ban Doc James?!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1964
ArbCom has the power to topic-ban Doc James?!
See here: Doc James is prohibited from making any edits relating to pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing in the article namespace. But wait, isn't Doc James a member of the board of trustees? The second-highest authoirity in the WMF below that country boy from Alabama? How can ArbCom have the powe...
- Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: Moron gets blocked after threat with lawsuit from “Sun Group” and “Wikimedia Associations”.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5011
Moron gets blocked after threat with lawsuit from “Sun Group” and “Wikimedia Associations”.
This is not criticism of Wikipedia, but an overview of an editor who acted in an idiotic way. I am posting this here in case anyone has thoughts to share. ———————————————— I decided to take a dive into WP:SPI and found this … Wanna know what the dumb editor The3Kittens got blocked for? First, the re...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:30 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: The immortal MickMacNee
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4787
Re: The immortal MickMacNee
How can we even contact him?