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- Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: Political
- Topic: Saudi Arabia infiltrated and interfered Wikipedia
- Replies: 7
- Views: 932
Re: Saudi Arabia infiltrated and interfered Wikipedia
You should find a way to release these materials to the media, just saying. This is perhaps a one in a lifetime opportunity to destroy the mass delusion that Wikipedia is sacrosanct and infallible. Imagine if we did that with all of the evidence we had, the Internet would hate Wikipedia overnight.
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia Revolution
- Replies: 0
- Views: 346
Wikipedia Revolution
As Eric Barbour said before, a wikipedia alternative wouldn't work and would at best be merged into the larger site. But what about a wikipedia revolution? I think Wikipedia in its current form is completely broken, but I don't think the idea of a community-run encyclopedia is inherently flawed. Let...
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:01 am
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: Drmies
- Replies: 324
- Views: 132498
Re: Drmies
Here's Drmies appearing to make a personal attack against….himself?? Lol.
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:58 am
- Forum: Wikipedians
- Topic: Drmies
- Replies: 324
- Views: 132498
Re: Drmies
You'd obviously have better luck finding him there than me. The cached version of his now deleted Wikipedia biography begins like this.... Michel Aaij is a Dutch-born American scholar of Old English language and literature, who specializes in the study of medieval poetry. He is an associate profess...
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What system of governance does Wikipedia actually have?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1192
Re: What system of governance does Wikipedia actually have?
It’s the worst of both worlds: Without hierarchy you have the disadvantage of lack of leadership, but with the advantage of open and democratic collaboration without strict rules. With more hierarchy you gain of having the best users at the top of leadership, but less collaboration and collectivizat...
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:50 am
- Forum: Bbb23
- Topic: Bbb23 abbreviation game.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11404
Re: Bbb23 abbreviation game.
The "B" stands for his two favorite activities, blocking and bullying. And the "23" represents how many hours a day he does them.
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Worst admin ranking
- Replies: 0
- Views: 353
Worst admin ranking
If you had to rank them, what do you think the five worst Wikipedia admins would be? Obviously bbb23 is #1, but what about the others? There are some good contenders like Drmies, Yamla, Materialscientist, etc. But who exactly would you rank for the top five?
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Should Wikipedians with severe autism be barred from admin positions?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2448
Re: Should Wikipedians with severe autism be barred from admin positions?
I think that any user who can’t behave civilly towards other users should barred from editing in general.
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Under-discussed jerk admin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 488
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Under-discussed jerk admin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 488
Re: Under-discussed jerk admin
You can see just how abusive he is here