Wikipediocracy

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Rules don't apply to banned users?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

This looks like it's veering offtopic.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Looks like Amazon is going after review and rating manipulation on their website. Wikipedia could sure use some of that, although I think it would be impossible to get users in court.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Not entirely related, but years ago I tried to improve an article on Wikipedia and I had no idea how it worked at the time. I added some things and then found, to my horror , that I actually changed the article without an expert coming along! I thought Wikipedia was ran by subject specialists who a...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actually, in Wikiproject Catholicism, there is a very large amount of female editors. Really? Make sure you don't fall into something like this trap . Well, any percentage I could give would have to be an estimate. But in general, it's a lot more friendly and welcoming than say US Roads, military h...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

so they may have a reflexive, politically-motivated desire, that they're not even aware of because it's ingrained in their male privilege, of maintaining their patriarchal dominance in that topic area. Or any topic area, really. Wikipedia is a male-privilege haven. Actually, in Wikiproject Catholic...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The responses from Timtrent (AKA FiddleFaddle) responses are very telling. @Nancy Sudheer:Why is a CEO inherently notable? What is there about him apart form his job that sets him apart form other men? We do not inherit notability form our work. Why are there sources "I am not aware of"? WP:BURDEN m...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Sifting through AN/I regular BS, I happened to stumble upon this piece of work: [link]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User_is_following_me_and_reverting_for_no_reason[/link] Apparently, Winkelvi flew off the handle because Zoey Homes (a user they suspe...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Good to see that the workshop coordinator who will be paid for the talk (right?) is spamming Wikipedians to boost attendance. I saw in the Ally Skills presentation that one thing conference coordinators should do to make women feel safe is not to schedule conferences in neighborhoods known to be un...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Nary a comment, here nor there. What does this mean? You want some comments? Post it in r/wikiinaction and r/kotakuinaction Not sure about kotakuinaction, but we're banned from wikiinaction Really? https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiInAction/comments/3cawq0/big_news_victoria_taylor_used_to_edit_wikipedia...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Vigilant wrote:
thekohser wrote:Nary a comment, here nor there. What does this mean?
You want some comments?

Post it in r/wikiinaction and r/kotakuinaction

Not sure about kotakuinaction, but we're banned from wikiinaction

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Today, Reddit acted against a number of subreddits that it deemed were used for harassment ([link]http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/39bpam/removing_harassing_subreddits/[/link]). Promising to crack down in harassment on the site, they stated: It is not easy to balance these values, espe...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Poetlister wrote:I've heard it said that maths articles are generally very good on Wikipedia because only experts would touch them. This is of course bunkum.

The same could be said for history articles.

Edit: Caps lock woes

Obi-Wan Kenobi

First edit was this: (link https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... d=79286185[/link]). If I had to make an early guess, I would say that they are probably just obsessed.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Yep. Just as in the Manning episode, they're coming out of the woodwork in droves. Take a look at this particular block of crazy: Oppose - this is transphobic as heck. I note the arguments in its favor are often, if I may quote above, "gender (an immutable biological component)", which is purely fal...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Looks like he went off on a tizzy after he got publicly called out on AN/I ([link]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Unblock_of_JackTheVicar[/link]) Edit: Add link Oh my, there's Ironholds strutting around and dispensing of his wisdom. I'd like those five...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Looks like he went off on a tizzy after he got publicly called out on AN/I (link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... ckTheVicar[/link])

Edit: Add link

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Well look who it is! Our dear friend http://russavia-x.deviantart.com,Russavia ! Saw that. It's probably someone's hoax account. Look at the "Favorites" -- try as I might, I just can't picture him wanting to be magically transformed into a bosomy chick. Ewwww. Wow. 33 pages, ugh. :sick: It also see...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Well look who it is! Our dear friend Russavia!

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Not a major story but amusing nonetheless: "The Fetish for Video Game Characters Trapped in Quicksand" Of course, this isn’t the only fetish artists are throwing women from video games into. Gamer-artists also fetishize about returning to the womb—a fetish called “unbirth." Princess Peach’s womb ...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

(e-c)"influential"..."net positive"... Wow... That's sad that someone believes that. I'm sure that's what school teachers and administrators say about the bullies at their schools, too. And then BANG! a kid shoots up the school or takes their own life. Sad, it's only a matter of time before someone...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

And Coretheapple resurfaces once again to make a grand fool of himself:

Since this discussion was obviously started for the purpose of publicizing that website, I am sure a good laugh was had by all. Coretheapple (talk) 13:12, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Bielle wrote:Pssst: Hillary

Oh, crap. I can't believe I didn't catch that. Thanks to Zoloft for fixing it.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

In the comments, Commons user Nemo bis = Federico Leva. What the hell is it about Italian Wikipedia? It produces far more than its share of completely egotistical, pathetic madmen. It was WMF Italia who was responsible for next year's Wikimania being held in beautiful Ensino Lario, was it not? Edit...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Update: It seems that the 3RR reports have both been closed by EdJohnston (T-C-L), but now it's been taken to ANI.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Talk:Hillary Rodham Clinton/April 2015 move request Today I had the misfortune to be involved in an idiotic edit war, all stemming from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AHillary_Rodham_Clinton%2FApril_2015_move_request&type=revision&diff=659948769&oldid=659943907,this comment by DD2...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Randy from Boise wrote:My dead pool pick: Oliver Keyes.

RfB

Keyes is going to be walking on eggshells from now on, if he doesn't want his head on the chopping block. Is the idiot Kaldari still on the payroll as well? He seems like the perfect candidate to get the boot.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

even if they have been caught spreading, eh, shall we say, less than truthful stories lots of times, they are still WP:RS on Wikipedia. So is The Guardian . WP:RS is certainly a can of worms. Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't such eyesores like The Sun and the Daily Mail still considered RS?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

I agree. He really doesn't have any real use at all...

Honestly, I think that the WMF should have taken his special statuses away a long time ago.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

And now at RFAR... Sigh https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests&oldid=647673226#Requests_for_arbitration Good lord! The idiocy! I think I have to go wash my eyes out now. Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Banning_Policy_II It looks like most of the Arbs have made...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Now blocked by Courcelles (T-C-L). And diffs being tossed down the memory hole as we speak.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Ha ha ha! Hilarious! Hopefully it serves as a sobering wake-up call to those dummies. They still haven't cleaned up from the infamous and disgusting "Fappening" incident (creepy subreddits like this still exist).

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Thanks to Zoloft for correcting my error (posted from my phone, sorry).

Obi-Wan Kenobi

I was browsing Reddit when I came across this comment on Wikipedia: http://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/2zwexl/do_you_knnow_why_is_wiki_obsessed_with_ckii_stuff/cpmyvor,Do you knnow why is wiki obsessed with CKII stuff? Front page DYK again. Specifically, the second comment struck me as s...

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Ah, this reminds me of a favorite pastime. Here are the steps:

1) Go to Commons

2) Press "random file" and pray you don't hit porn

3) Look up a possible corresponding article on Wikipedia

4) Insert file into article

5) Repeat until satisfied

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Well, I think Shalom has proven that they did make some constructive edits. However... that doesn't justify the pure trolling that has happened since, and they're certainly not on topics that make you irreplaceable . That's not to say articles I've written are generally less obscure, but then, I'm ...

Wikipediocracy

Search found 37 matches

Re: US House of Reps joins the edit war about Garfield's gen

Re: Doxing, Outing or Harassment

Re: Extraterrestrial Abduction Day

Re: Amazon sues over 'fake reviews'

Re: SOFIXIT horror stories

Re: ANI slugfest over "advocacy ducks" essay

Re: ANI slugfest over "advocacy ducks" essay

Re: Villiage Pump Debate About Donating to WMF For New Artic

Fanatic: Commas must not be corrected by banned users

Re: The Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania 2015

Re: Victoria Taylor, Wikipedian

Re: Victoria Taylor, Wikipedian

Reddit removes harassing subreddits

Re: Bad for professional mathematicians and amateurs alike

Re: McDoobAU93 and theme park edits

Re: Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner

Re: Compromised admin account?

Re: Compromised admin account?

Re: DeviantArt and sexual fetishes

Re: DeviantArt and sexual fetishes

Re: DeviantArt and sexual fetishes

Re: Wikipediocracy says "Jump!"; Wikipedia asks "How high?"

Re: Wikipediocracy says "Jump!"; Wikipedia asks "How high?"

Re: Hilary Clinton/Hilary Rodham Clinton

Re: Call them "weasels"

Re: Hilary Clinton/Hilary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Clinton/Hillary Rodham Clinton

Re: Erik Moeller resigns the wmf

Re: Unpaid agendas in plain sight...

Re: What is it that Jimbo can actually do?

Re: Creative Vandalism

Re: Creative Vandalism

Re: Oopsie, Reddit got a subpoena!

Re: A little insight from Reddit: obsessive editing

A little insight from Reddit: obsessive editing

Re: Crap images

Re: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit