Search found 10 matches
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:26 am
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: Croatian Wikipedia and the Ustasha
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4119
Re: Croatian Wikipedia and the Ustasha
New article: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatian-wikipedia-removed-claims-on-polish-genocide-over-germans-03-29-2018 This one concerns Hitler apologia rather than the Ustashe, but it still fits the theme of this thread. The Croatian Wikipedia claimed that Poland were committing genocide...
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:29 am
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8166
Re: Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right edito
Strelnikov wrote:This board is rigged to turn the common term for a National Socialist (NSDAP) and turn it into the word "munchkin."
Is there a special reason or an interesting story (in-joke?) behind this? Or is it a random thing? I'm not pushing for a change or anything; I'm merely curious.
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: News users soon to be permabarred from creating new articles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5914
Re: News users soon to be permabarred from creating new arti
CrowsNest wrote:I already made a thread about this issue here......
https://www.wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=502
Oops, sorry.
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:49 am
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: Croatian Wikipedia and the Ustasha
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4119
Re: Croatian Wikipedia and the Ustasha
If you want to have a look at the Wikimedia community's attempt to "solve" the problem in 2013, look at the following: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/2013_issues_on_Croatian_Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/2013_issues_on_Croatian_Wikiped...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:27 am
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: Croatian Wikipedia and the Ustasha
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4119
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: News users soon to be permabarred from creating new articles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5914
News users soon to be permabarred from creating new articles
(Sorry, I had to make up a word due to the thread title character cap)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed_article_creation_trial/Request_for_comment_on_permanent_implementation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed_article_creation_trial/Request_for_comment_on_permanent_implementation
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:44 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: School shooter William Atchison ("Eldigato")
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3151
School shooter William Atchison ("Eldigato")
New Mexico shooter William Atchison was "Eldigato" on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Eldigato
You can tell by the pseudonym and the interest in Blockland and guns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Eldigato
You can tell by the pseudonym and the interest in Blockland and guns.
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:04 am
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: ArbCom refuses to unban The Devil's Advocate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6155
Re: ArbCom refuses to unban The Devil's Advocate
How many times has Breitbart covered TDA's cause? At least four times so far: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/04/wikipedia-can-now-ban-you-for-what-you-do-on-other-websites/ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/14/banned-wikipedia-admin-exclusive/ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/28/ban...
- Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:41 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: ArbCom refuses to unban The Devil's Advocate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6155
ArbCom refuses to unban The Devil's Advocate
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/24/wikipedia-change-reasons-banning-editor/ Basically, in January 2016, the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) banned "The Devil's Advocate" for uncovering the conflict of interests (COI) activities of a Wikipedia sysop. The Devil's Advocate did...
- Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:57 pm
- Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
- Topic: Metapedia (the Nazi wiki) is down as of 3-25-17
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4396
Re: Metapedia (the Nazi wiki) is down as of 3-25-17
It's also funny to see how RationalWikian (is that a term?) JorisEnter says this about the Wikipedia Sucks name: '' Wikipedia Sucks is a forum/blog that focuses on cybel I don't think we want any more Rome Viharo drama around here...." I guess "cybel" is his goofy term for "cybe...