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by ericbarbour
Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:28 am
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: Re: Scientology Thread
Replies: 22
Views: 18683

Re: Scientology Thread

Forgot to post this a week ago, but Mike Rinder, ex-Scientologist and former Office of Special Affairs* goon of David Miscavige (head of the "church") has passed away from undisclosed causes, but in 2023 it was announced that Mike had esophageal cancer. The guy is dead, and they're still attacking ...
by ericbarbour
Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:10 am
Forum: Misc
Topic: California fires
Replies: 2
Views: 62

Re: California fires

it just keeps getting worse I dunno....there's an old joke that LA is "Chicago with palm trees", same kinds of governmental corruption/incompetence, same sort of "policing", and the same sort of racial bigotry and so forth. I'd EXPECT the "great leaders of that great city" to do batshit things. Onl...
by ericbarbour
Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:03 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 533
Views: 332871

Re: Crap or questionable articles

And if Wikipedia is NOTNEWS, and they claim WP is not a "celebrity gossip tabloid", then why does the fire's article contain a very long quote by actor Steve Guttenberg? Lots of entertainment people are losing their homes in this fire--because they tend to cluster around West LA, Beverly Hills, Pac...
by ericbarbour
Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
Replies: 4
Views: 723

Re: Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

Most of it has little to do with Israel, antisemitism, anti-Zionism and other topics the Heritage Foundation wants to play white knight over. Scientology was a bigger topic when the Barbour- Peter Damien private Wiki was first compiled, but that said, Israel-Palastine was part of the general patter...
by ericbarbour
Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Elon Musk re-offers Wikimedia 1 Billion USD to rename Wikipedia to "Dickipedia" for a year
Replies: 9
Views: 5760

Re: Elon Musk re-offers Wikimedia 1 Billion USD to rename Wikipedia to "Dickipedia" for a year

Twitter is where right-wing assholes hang out thanks to Musk, and some of them are involved with the forthcoming Trump omnishambles "administration", so of course journos are hanging around. Yes, I get that. Problem is when they foolishly take what they see in there as "factual". Musk is doing all ...
by ericbarbour
Thu Jan 09, 2025 1:15 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 533
Views: 332871

Re: Crap or questionable articles

Can we all agree one thing: that WP:NOTNEWS is a stinking lie ? Because the Palisades fire is still burning as I write this, and will probably burn for a couple more days. And it is practically guaranteed that more deaths will be recorded, since whole neighborhoods were evacuated and blocked off. It...
by ericbarbour
Wed Jan 08, 2025 8:11 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Molly White is running a blog bitching about NFTs and crypto
Replies: 87
Views: 48358

Re: Molly White is running a blog bitching about NFTs and crypto

Side note: Molly's getting a bit lazy, not as many updates to her blog as in the past--not like the "golden years" of 2021-22. Crypto news sites that Molly uses as sources, like Coindesk, Cryptoslate and theblock.co, are usually full of "negative news" about crypto. Arrests and prosecutions are rout...
by ericbarbour
Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:51 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 533
Views: 332871

Re: Crap or questionable articles

Never you mind, just another small unnoticed dose of "Wiki-Slobber". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Rock_Lighthouse The Bull Rock Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located 4 km off Dursey Island, Ireland. Although requested, Calf Rock was chosen and an iron structure was erected and lit...
by ericbarbour
Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:32 pm
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: The "San Francisco Sux" thread
Replies: 5
Views: 3435

Re: The "San Francisco Sux" thread

Never been to California, but as I understand it's the only state worse than New York. California is a HUGE place and most of it is sedate rural country and quiet small towns. The crazy is concentrated into two major areas, the bay area and LA metro. With lesser levels of crazy in Sacramento, San D...