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by ericbarbour
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Former steward Mardetanha (of Farsi Wikipedia) globally banned by WMF
Replies: 1
Views: 71

Re: Former steward Mardetanha (of Farsi Wikipedia) globally banned by WMF

In the past Mardetanha was mentioned on the Signpost , repeatedly, but only in passing as a "trusted steward". Never as the subject of a scandal or other "bad news". Similar results on noticeboards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Go&fulltext=Search&prefix=WP%3A&search=mardetan...
by ericbarbour
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Misc
Topic: Other Wikis That Have Bad Mods
Replies: 1
Views: 56

Re: Other Wikis That Have Bad Mods

Fandom.com (formerly Wikia) is a complete sewer, and has been a sewer since it was started by Jimbo Wales and Anglea Beesley in 2004. Oh, the things I could tell you about them. (And there are a million things I CAN'T tell you, because they run in a completely opaque manner. There is no noticeboard ...
by ericbarbour
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Other Bad Wikipedia Admins
Replies: 1
Views: 71

Re: Other Bad Wikipedia Admins

It's extremely dated but should not be overlooked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators_willing_to_make_difficult_blocks Also horribly dated and useless, but often a place where the biggest "evil patrollers" show up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrator_hope...
by ericbarbour
Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Molly White is running a blog bitching about NFTs and crypto
Replies: 67
Views: 14599

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

Nevermind my mom texted me the bankman story unprompted so its like the only crypto story she knows now. News was bombarded with stories after his sentencing trying to make this out like an Enron. I don't even know anyone who used the exchange. Mostly because it was little mentioned, except in busi...
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 484
Views: 191295

Re: Crap or questionable articles

Which reminds me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Jones

Saw this and posted it on my blog, because it's funny. "Resume packing works!"

The bulk of Jones's article was written by Dhavalpatel698 in 2019. Student or staff? Or paid 3rd party editing?
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 484
Views: 191295

Re: Crap or questionable articles

Did anyone mention Didier Raoult yet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Raoult 45k bytes of mostly-raging about a now-retired academic figure who did some very sloppy research. He's not the first and won't be the last--this kind of thing happens routinely thanks to general arrogance, plus the sav...
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Wikipedia trannies beauty show
Replies: 24
Views: 2519

Re: Wikipedia trannies beauty show

Here beeth an list-o'-kooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Brooke_Vibber_Day&action=history Why did you change away from the version we had consensus for, that Brooke said she liked, and that Jimbo retroactively endorsed? t Dammit, and now I have to lol again......they really...
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:13 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 229
Views: 26112

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

boredbird wrote:
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:24 am
Pretty funny advice coming from a burglar.
I loled, shame on me
by ericbarbour
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:30 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Gerbic rants again
Replies: 4
Views: 151

Re: Gerbic rants again

They can easily avoid Wikipedia, a site that now looks to outsiders like a very weird little club, like the Magic Castle in Los Angeles (the stage magicians' club/guild) or some crew of retired engineers who build and race replica Lotus 7 sportscars. Can confirm, have seen Lotus fanboys in action. ...