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by ylevental
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.
by ylevental
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 :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... l_Halsband
by ylevental
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...
by ylevental
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
by ylevental
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...
by ylevental
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.
by ylevental
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'...
by ylevental
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 ...
by ylevental
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...