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by ericbarbour
Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:14 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 364
Views: 374691

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Araw VERY obscure experimental musician. Major contributor: Roosterjack , who has edited almost nothing else on en-wiki. And all last year. The only other major contributor, Michig , has a contribution history that makes me wonder if he used to be an Oracle employee...
by ericbarbour
Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Proposal for Closing Wikinews
Replies: 1
Views: 41

Re: Proposal for Closing Wikinews

I should point out: this was almost entirely the work of longtime WP editing addict Koavf. basically all of the criticisms are accurate, although I might add the Russian Wikinews is said to be controlled by Russian propaganda people. "It looks like they just use the RSS feeds automatically generated...
by ericbarbour
Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What I am doing to save this site.
Replies: 18
Views: 410

Re: What I am doing to save this site.

We cannot let Wikipedia bury things over and over, like they tried with the Patrick Bet-David BLP (which is still standing....for now.) Agreed. That was the THIRD AFD for Bet-David's article. Obviously the insiders dislike him and want to "vanish" him, and obviously (made inescapable when the Bushr...
by ericbarbour
Mon Jul 07, 2025 6:00 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: "Article protection" is a joke
Replies: 3
Views: 99

Re: "Article protection" is a joke

What do you get when you let random clowns edit a "reference work"? You get this chart. It shows which citizen of that country has the most articles in various OTHER language Wikipedias. 0gxmnrdetdld1.jpg And why David Woodard? As it turns out, a list of socks that look amazingly like David Woodard ...
by ericbarbour
Mon Jul 07, 2025 5:34 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: "Article protection" is a joke
Replies: 3
Views: 99

Re: "Article protection" is a joke

The difference between "anyone" and "anyone with an account and 10 edits" isn't major. Not the point. These charts show what they WANT to ignore, for political/social reasons. And what attracts stupid editwarring/vandalism. Why Ohio's article needs more protection is a bit on the comical side; it i...
by ericbarbour
Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:36 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: "Article protection" is a joke
Replies: 3
Views: 99

"Article protection" is a joke

These charts were found on Reddit's r/mapporn and appear to be accurate

It also shows how little of a shit Wikipoodians give about Africa........
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by ericbarbour
Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What I am doing to save this site.
Replies: 18
Views: 410

Re: What I am doing to save this site.

Why isn't the foundation doing anything about this? They are mainly PR now. I spent the last 15+ years telling people, IN PUBLIC, that the WMF is rotten and the WP insiders are even more rotten. You are delusional if you think anything will "change" suddenly. Or ever. I still expect the WMF will cr...
by ericbarbour
Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Decline of Wikipedia
Replies: 2
Views: 86

Re: The Decline of Wikipedia

It doesn't help that no author is listed, and academized.com is an "essay writing service", not a "media" site. This article looks like someone's AI assemblage, frankly. Appears to have scraped material from old Wikipediocracy threads, and possibly from threads on this forum. It's badly dated too: t...
by ericbarbour
Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:53 pm
Forum: Kumioko's Korner
Topic: Are other Wikis such as JustPedia, ConservePedia & InfoGalaxy connected to Wikimedia?
Replies: 16
Views: 13548

Re: Are other Wikis such as JustPedia, ConservePedia & InfoGalaxy connected to Wikimedia?

Hey, if this idiot can put up a MediaWiki site, so can you. Getting people to USE it? Loads more difficult.

https://wikipe-chan.org/index.php/Main_Page

(Only ran across it because the creator posted it to the Dramatica forum. Which is not a good place to post anything "serious".)
by ericbarbour
Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What I am doing to save this site.
Replies: 18
Views: 410

Re: What I am doing to save this site.

Good luck getting any attention from the deranged MMO players. They will fight you tooth and nail. Oh look, you got a comment. Someone accusing you of being an AI. If for anything else, I'd like to hear your further answers to topics of AI neutrality and implementation. One last question, was this p...