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by FlatSnout
Thu Jan 02, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: How to Figure Out Which Bored is Best for Me?
Replies: 8
Views: 6367

Re: How to Figure Out Which Bored is Best for Me?

L00sr wrote:
Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:58 am
FlatSnout wrote:
Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:05 pm
Why not attend both?
Thought they hate eachother?
I think using the word "they", is probably doing a generalisation too far, but: Does it really matter? - It's no like anyone is going to kill you for attending both, and there is no allegiance to be pledged.
by FlatSnout
Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:05 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: How to Figure Out Which Bored is Best for Me?
Replies: 8
Views: 6367

Re: How to Figure Out Which Bored is Best for Me?

(I assume you mean board, not bored) Why not attend both? The primary differences between the two, as I see it, is that WPO is much more active, and that some Wikipedian Admins also visits WPO. The downside of WPO is that the moderation is more whiney (including that posts may be deleted, even when...
by FlatSnout
Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:35 am
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: No one noticed this squabble before?
Replies: 2
Views: 2794

Re: No one noticed this squabble before?

And it's only been AfD'ed twice (2'nd one here), while the presidential-beard-fetish-list has been AfD'ed 4 times (4'th one here).
by FlatSnout
Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Jimmy wales launching a twitter and facebook rival
Replies: 18
Views: 9592

Re: Jimmy wales launching a twitter and facebook rival

The FT article is behind a paywall, so ... https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox Off-topic: Interesting that the "Bypass Paywalls" extension "works best alongside uBlock Origin", because I've been using uBlock ...
by FlatSnout
Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:46 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia
Replies: 15
Views: 9870

Re: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia

@CrowsNest: Regarding the Winston Churchill DoB example , then: I think we can agree that you didn't really do it faster (had you done it more than ~10 seconds faster, you'd have broken causality), and that saving seconds or milliseconds isn't where Wikipedia truly fails to compete. It's quality of ...
by FlatSnout
Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:10 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: Why was my account declined?
Replies: 16
Views: 9354

Re: Why was my account declined?

CMAwatch wrote:On Wikipediocracy, every account needs to be administrator-approved, but my account was declined.

What have I done wrong?

WPO recently crashed & burned, and then got up and running again. Maybe some kind of technical regression bug has been introduced in the resurrection of WPO.
by FlatSnout
Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Jimmy wales launching a twitter and facebook rival
Replies: 18
Views: 9592

Re: Jimmy wales launching a twitter and facebook rival

The FT article is behind a paywall, so ... :(
But, by Jimmy Wales (11.Oct.2019): WikiTribune is moving!
Well, there are echo chambers, there's dating yourself, and then there's Jimbo, who married himself.
by FlatSnout
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: EvergreenFir at RfA
Replies: 15
Views: 8662

Re: EvergreenFir at RfA

(from this Kumioko posting) ... a lot of them undoubtedly keep their own notes on their personal hardrives as well. EvergreenFir keep notes on-wiki, in own userspace at User:EvergreenFir/socks ( cached ). Is the keeping of such notes allowed by Wikipedia policies, guides, community conventions, etc...
by FlatSnout
Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:41 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia
Replies: 15
Views: 9870

Re: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia

... There are a lot of valuable and reliable articles (mostly in non-contentious areas, such as mathematics). Minor side-note: Mathematics is an area, which, on Wikipedia, is far more troubled than one would suspect on first thought Article troubles, within that area, seem to have two major differe...
by FlatSnout
Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:44 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia
Replies: 15
Views: 9870

Re: Socked Into the Puppet-Hole on Wikipedia

it is usefully (with appropriate caution) for quickly looking up basic core facts The appropriate caution required for Wikipedia is such that you are always better off simply not even looking at Wikipedia. Well, that calls for just one single example to disprove: Is there a faster and significantly...