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by CMAwatch
Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Google synchronises with Wikipedia near-instantly.
Replies: 0
Views: 1571

Google synchronises with Wikipedia near-instantly.

A few months ago, on public transport, I have seen someone added a section to an article (can't remember which article). A few minutes later, just out of curiosity, I searched that article on Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Qwant. Unlike all the others, Google listed that new section as a shortc...
by CMAwatch
Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: G5'ing: How to get someone else's Wikipedia account blocked and all his articles deleted without direct account access!
Replies: 8
Views: 11449

CheckUser disclosure bait!

Another vulnerability of their CheckUser system: When one gets caught by a CheckUser (whether actual sock or false positive), they usually ask one to disclose all accounts (e.g. see here ). One may be able to jeopardize an uninvolved user's acconut by claiming to be them, but having been editing fr...
by CMAwatch
Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:39 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Jason Scott: Criticizing Wikipedia, but has a dark side too.
Replies: 18
Views: 13845

Kyan lives.

After all the drama in 2016, and years of inactivity, Kyan has actually been editing in 2020 and is not blocked:

http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title= ... tions/Kyan

Maybe Jason Scott can't remember that 2016 scolding.
by CMAwatch
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Embarassing user names: Destroying a Wikipedian's reputation and humiliating him.
Replies: 0
Views: 1515

Embarassing user names: Destroying a Wikipedian's reputation and humiliating him.

Long-term Wikipedians have a lot to lose, thanks to Wikipedia's paranoid CheckUser system. Even if the block later turns out to be a mistake, or just very short, it will leave traces on that user's perception of Wikipedia. See Prahlad Balaji for an example of the latter. On how to bait CheckUsers: s...
by CMAwatch
Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: Thoughts on Reddit?
Replies: 71
Views: 42946

Re: Article: Criticism of Reddit – What's missing?

Here is a new article about criticism of Reddit, hosted on an inclusionist wiki (EverybodyWiki), which appears to be run by sane people. →→→ https://en.everybodywiki.com/Criticism_of_Reddit ←←← If there is anything missing from the article, post it here or let me know. There is a metric fuckton of ...
by CMAwatch
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Users retiring from Wikipedia
Replies: 19
Views: 29992

Prahlad Balaji's DOUBLE rage quit retirement

On September 9, administrator Sro23 (name suspiciously simular to you know who , but at least he uses the thank feature at all) imposed a 48-Hour partial block on a 2016-joined editor, ◊PRAHLAD balaji . This block smashed his ego so much that he retired less than 3 days later. Then he unretired afte...
by CMAwatch
Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: slobbering for money AGAIN
Replies: 8
Views: 5557

Re: slobbering for money AGAIN

It's getting to the point where they are running these stupid things on a quarterly basis. And no way to predict when the begging starts/stops. Screenshot_2020-09-10 Pan Am Flight 1104 - Wikipedia.png I won't even think about donating 1 £/€/¥/$, as long as Wikipedia is a WP:G5 and WP:G13 deletionis...
by CMAwatch
Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Full list of WMF Wiki URLs by Guy Macon
Replies: 4
Views: 3363

Full list of WMF Wiki URLs by Guy Macon

Guy (not JzG, but that WP:YWAB guy) has created yet another sub page of interest:

Wiki URLs

Just posting it here in case anyone is interested
by CMAwatch
Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:03 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Users retiring from Wikipedia
Replies: 19
Views: 29992

Users retiring from Wikipedia

I found something I would like to share: This user retired due to deletionism. That's it. Remember that some users have user boxes showing off they're deletionists! Fine. Make a deletionist platform. But then, stop misleading advertising like The sum of all knowledge Utter bullshit, as long as they ...
by CMAwatch
Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Jason Scott: Criticizing Wikipedia, but has a dark side too.
Replies: 18
Views: 13845

Jason Scott blocked Sfan00 in 2014

SketchCoward who can not handle criticism sits in front of the same computer he created his Twitter account with, with a Muriel premium cigar in his mouth. He find out that a new user named Sfan00 has added a page to ArchiveTeam's wiki: https://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Usenet&oldid=18333 It a...