"Article protection" is a joke

[ericbarbour]

These charts were found on Reddit's r/mapporn and appear to be accurate

It also shows how little of a shit Wikipoodians give about Africa........

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[DexterPointy]

The difference between "anyone" and "anyone with an account and 10 edits" isn't major.

[ericbarbour]

The difference between "anyone" and "anyone with an account and 10 edits" isn't major.

Not the point. These charts show what they WANT to ignore, for political/social reasons. And what attracts stupid editwarring/vandalism.

Why Ohio's article needs more protection is a bit on the comical side; it is frequently vandalized (big deal), but there are a couple of WO:OWNers hanging around. All extremely pointless and cringey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:636Buster

[ericbarbour]

What do you get when you let random clowns edit a "reference work"? You get this chart. It shows which citizen of that country has the most articles in various OTHER language Wikipedias.

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And why David Woodard? As it turns out, a list of socks that look amazingly like David Woodard were grinding various language Wikipedias totally unnoticed. To glorify himself back in 2014-2017. Otherwise he's a nobody.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... &limit=500

Obvious example, long tagged as "self-promotional":
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Woodard
created by
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial: ... /FlenBotoz