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by ericbarbour
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR
Replies: 20
Views: 15334

Re: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR

The giant turd just keeps on rolling............okay, does this make her "notable"? https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-04-17/journalist-who-charged-npr-for-liberal-bias-resigns https://www.axios.com/2024/04/17/npr-editor-resigns-bias-essay https://www.washingtonpost.com/s...
by ericbarbour
Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR
Replies: 20
Views: 15334

Re: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR

And now......IT'S BLOWING UP IN KATHERINE'S FACE........OOPSIEDAISY https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/business/media/uri-berliner-npr-resigns.html https://www.wsj.com/business/media/npr-editor-suspension-uri-berliner-d5dda39c https://www.cbsnews.com/news/npr-uri-berliner-editor-liberal-bias-resign...
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Section 230 is in trouble -- at last !
Replies: 75
Views: 21193

Re: Section 230 is in trouble -- at last !

Techdirt gives WMF "VP of Global Advocacy" Rebecca MacKinnon a podcast entry to spew the usual nuance-free Wikipedia propaganda and deplore Section 230 repeal attempts. Sometimes this smells like a religious war; neither side shows any "nuance" about the dispute. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/16/...
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 343
Views: 185608

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

I would tell you about the "prominent jazz guitarist" who wrote his own BLP and was totally ignored.

But it's just too cringe. Plus he's a customer of my products, who does NOT know what he's doing.
by ericbarbour
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR
Replies: 20
Views: 15334

Re: Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR

Maher has had an interesting start at NPR. A week ago, one of her senior editors published an essay criticizing his employer for engaging in shamelessly biased reporting: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust Maher responded by blocking him for five days: https://www.washin...
by ericbarbour
Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Former steward Mardetanha (of Farsi Wikipedia) globally banned by WMF
Replies: 1
Views: 82

Re: Former steward Mardetanha (of Farsi Wikipedia) globally banned by WMF

In the past Mardetanha was mentioned on the Signpost , repeatedly, but only in passing as a "trusted steward". Never as the subject of a scandal or other "bad news". Similar results on noticeboards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Go&fulltext=Search&prefix=WP%3A&search=mardetan...
by ericbarbour
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Misc
Topic: Other Wikis That Have Bad Mods
Replies: 1
Views: 141

Re: Other Wikis That Have Bad Mods

Fandom.com (formerly Wikia) is a complete sewer, and has been a sewer since it was started by Jimbo Wales and Anglea Beesley in 2004. Oh, the things I could tell you about them. (And there are a million things I CAN'T tell you, because they run in a completely opaque manner. There is no noticeboard ...
by ericbarbour
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Other Bad Wikipedia Admins
Replies: 4
Views: 119

Re: Other Bad Wikipedia Admins

It's extremely dated but should not be overlooked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators_willing_to_make_difficult_blocks Also horribly dated and useless, but often a place where the biggest "evil patrollers" show up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrator_hope...
by ericbarbour
Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Molly White is running a blog bitching about NFTs and crypto
Replies: 67
Views: 14840

Re: Molly White is running a blog bitching about NFTs and crypto

Nevermind my mom texted me the bankman story unprompted so its like the only crypto story she knows now. News was bombarded with stories after his sentencing trying to make this out like an Enron. I don't even know anyone who used the exchange. Mostly because it was little mentioned, except in busi...