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- Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: Misc
- Topic: Twitter's decline
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3270
Twitter's decline
Let's talk about their decline. Twitter lost all value a long time ago.
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:46 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: I am a bored bird
- Replies: 107
- Views: 78716
Re: I am a bored bird
Praxidicae nominates the page of a famous photographer for deletion. Fortunately, the page will be kept, but this is too funny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... l_Halsband
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... l_Halsband
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:19 pm
- Forum: Content Issues
- Topic: Examples of bias on Wikipedia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 628
Examples of bias on Wikipedia
I will start: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Attwood&action=history From September 3-10, 2020, the wife and son of the article's subject were removing content that criticized his viewpoints. Tony Attwood is an autism supremacist because that is his career and way to make money. Nobo...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:13 am
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: John Pack Lambert
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2525
Re: John Pack Lambert
He may soon be site banned. At this rate, Wikipedia will have no users left.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... acklambert
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... acklambert
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: Content Issues
- Topic: Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 536
Re: Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.
and that's hardly the only baked-in bias: Chart17.png Interesting! I think part of the reason is that Christianity is based on Judaism, and Islam is based on both Christianity and Judaism. But Jews (myself included) really like to promote our religion :lol: Point is though, the quality of discussio...
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: Content Issues
- Topic: Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 536
Wikipedia isn't badly biased. More like Wikipedia is boring.
https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikiped ... ly-biased/
This used to be true, but now all the controversial users are blocked or left, including the far-left users. Only content moderators and account blockers are left.
This used to be true, but now all the controversial users are blocked or left, including the far-left users. Only content moderators and account blockers are left.
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:15 pm
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: I am a bored bird
- Replies: 107
- Views: 78716
Re: I am a bored bird
That's a different woman , the real Praxidicae is named Chrissy Mad Anderson. One of the first Wiki pages she edited was for Fells Point in Baltimore (see Talk page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fell%27s_Point,_Baltimore ) and the Reddit frequently mentions Fells Point and Baltimore. It'...
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: [Satire] How to be a "good" Wikipedia editor
- Replies: 0
- Views: 526
[Satire] How to be a "good" Wikipedia editor
Adapted from https://old.reddit.com/r/exjew/comments/hpxwoi/these_are_the_rules_for_a_religious_story_contest/ Editing article content is strongly discouraged. Most effort should be on reporting and blocking IP addresses. Political views which are not far-left are prohibited. Additionally, far-left ...
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:51 am
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: In new interview, Jimmy Wales actually claims Wikipedia is decentralized
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
Re: In new interview, Jimmy Wales actually claims Wikipedia is decentralized
I see, but the post focuses more on the legal issues
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
- Topic: In new interview, Jimmy Wales actually claims Wikipedia is decentralized
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
In new interview, Jimmy Wales actually claims Wikipedia is decentralized
https://reason.com/2022/09/18/what-wikipedia-can-teach-the-rest-of-the-internet/ "A key ingredient to Wikipedia's success, says Wales, is its high degree of decentralization." - Wikipedia is actually very centralized; their headquarters are in one location in California, and there are only 500 admin...