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- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:36 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: Wikipedia co-founder reveals new 'trustworthy' social media platform Trust Cafe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2519
Re: Wikipedia co-founder reveals new 'trustworthy' social media platform Trust Cafe
I would tend to distrust a site called "Trust Cafe" since it sounds like the usual Orwellian names that shady operations tend to pick. What exactly is the point of pushing the idea of "trust" for a social media platform? They started out as the SandpaperSodomy Cafe, but that was unsuccessful, as we...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2729
Re: Server issues
I enjoy gibson’s early work more than his later work.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:35 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Universal CoC
- Replies: 290
- Views: 23394
Re: Universal CoC
I can't even spite vote in that shit, I don't know these people I was going to vote against everyone but Barkeep is on the list. And he really would try to make it work, bad idea as it may be. So then I went to the candidates' page and ... pretty much what you said. Why are we electing these people...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
Re: Was Maher fired?
She's, at most, spook-curious.
She's obviously an opportunistic vapid buzzword pusher and nothing more.
She's obviously an opportunistic vapid buzzword pusher and nothing more.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Framming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 671
Re: Framming
Credit where credit is due
"Framming"
I'm not sure how Fram felt about it given that they chose to reply to TheAnonme rather than you, but I felt "framming" to be a disrespectful verb. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Framming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 671
Re: Framming
I saw their early contributions where they were trying to determine someone’s identity.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Framming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 671
Re: Framming
Is it just me or is The Anome a smug prick?
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
- Replies: 18
- Views: 578
Re: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
As you explain, there's an edge case there.
The VAST majority of 'concerned opinions' held about this are simply garden variety bigotry.
The VAST majority of 'concerned opinions' held about this are simply garden variety bigotry.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Coolest Wikipedia user names
- Replies: 23
- Views: 828
Re: Coolest Wikipedia user names
What do you run?
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:37 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Some of us live on the other side of the globe, and slept during most of the buffoonery. The claims of "non-trivial" amounts of stock were absurd, since I never said I owned non-trivial amounts. I was intentionally vague because it isn't anyone's business. The concept of an absurd de minimis exampl...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
This was probably predictable: 1220383136 I am just the messenger and intend to convey neither approval nor disapproval This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. WP:CIR would like a word. oh it's not going anywhere. It was a matter of time before someone made this point however It's a dumb point ma...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
This was probably predictable: 1220383136 I am just the messenger and intend to convey neither approval nor disapproval This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. WP:CIR would like a word. Just take all the bits from all the fucking mouthbreathers who started and supported that thread. This. This ri...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Like a meth addict scrabbling around on the slippery linoleum for a 'rock' he dropped behind the toilet in the last men's room stall.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:28 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:26 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Email from Jimbo Wales (and a book?)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 455
Re: email from jimbo wales (and a book?)
They'll cherry pick the 'data' and come up with whatever narrative they wanted to come up with.
Reminds me of their A/B testing for the VisualEdsel.
Reminds me of their A/B testing for the VisualEdsel.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:25 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
"Vote for sanity for a change."
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
And my axe!!!rnu wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:08 pmAnd my shrug.Yngvadottir wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:07 pmMine too. Along with Fram. And Beeblebrox, again.
Wait... what are we doing?
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:59 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
- Replies: 18
- Views: 578
Re: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Answer these three questions about a random Wikipedia article and win a car
- Replies: 203
- Views: 2057
Re: Answer these three questions about a random Wikipedia article and win a car
I'm just disappointed the thread title wasn't "Must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see "
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
- Replies: 18
- Views: 578
Re: Spectator Australia: JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
Come on, en.wp, try giving Rowling the Brandt treatment.
I dare you.
I dare you.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:21 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
Looks like nobody attempted to answer this question: P.S. Hmmmm, GW has buttons. She was not an involved party... Why didn't she do a quick, quiet block on her own? Why go to AN/I at all??? Hopefully she'll drop by and answer this one herself, but if I really had to guess, I'd say it's probably bec...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Well, we done voted for this new thing. How in the hell are we actually going to do it?! Nice work ARBCOM... Also, what are the new rules, asks nearly everyone. :popcorn: We don't want Arbcom making new policy, that is not their job. Their job is to arbitrate protracted problems that the community ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:16 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
- Replies: 26
- Views: 840
Re: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
Sounds like a lolcow
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:14 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: Wikipedia co-founder reveals new 'trustworthy' social media platform Trust Cafe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2519
Re: Wikipedia co-founder reveals new 'trustworthy' social media platform Trust Cafe
He and Jimbo should team up for the next venture.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:09 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
*So here I am, outing someone again. Sure, someone practically asked me to do it, but I could have sent them a PM with the answer to their question, but I know that you want to know, too. Don't deny it. YOU....MONSTER! When will the pearl-clutching tear-dispenser crowd be along to pillory you for t...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:08 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
*So here I am, outing someone again. Sure, someone practically asked me to do it, but I could have sent them a PM with the answer to their question, but I know that you want to know, too. Don't deny it. YOU....MONSTER! When will the pearl-clutching tear-dispenser crowd be along to pillory you for t...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
I could be wrong, but I don't recall having any specific interactions or conflicts with this Troutman fellow before. A brief review of just a few comments highlighted in the recent discussion shows someone who has no problem making openly contemptuous comments about women and trans women. That he i...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
And the women In the room share a look. So do the guys. LOL probably. I will go first. It isn't "heavy-handed dominance behaviour" to say that a man should be doing your job sweetie? This is the same Molly White whose hesitant speech patterns we were making fun of the other day? Uptalking is always...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3207
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
Re: Was Maher fired?
excellent overview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkL4ME-8dQ I think Molly White did a great job of putting the Maher quotes in their proper context, but her audience is not people who get their news from Twitter. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the next couple of days. The ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
Re: Was Maher fired?
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: The rise and fall of a Wikipedia General
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1845
Re: The rise and fall of a Wikipedia General
I genuinely look forward to Barkeep's holding us accountable both during and after his term (in his words, "when he rails against this as a non-arb"), because I think it makes ArbCom function better when it is subject to external scrutiny when possible. I agree with Sdrqaz's observations, both abou...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494950
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
I think it's more like, "No honor among thieves."The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:41 pmIf he is truly broke he may have to go with a public defender.
Miranda was probably wrung dry and left in heavy debt.
Her shenanigans smelled like grifter to me.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
Re: Was Maher fired?
Someone from inside NPR should interview a bunch of en.wp, WMF and WPO types and ask them if Maher was truthful in her enumeration of her accomplishments during her tenure.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494950
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
What?!
Miranda isn't sending over flipping great wadges of cash to support her hubby?!
Unpossible!!
Miranda isn't sending over flipping great wadges of cash to support her hubby?!
Unpossible!!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
Re: Was Maher fired?
Katherine Maher says that she abandoned a "free and open" internet as the mission of Wikipedia, because those principles recapitulated a "white male Westernized construct" and "did not end up living into the intentionality of what openness can be." https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/178092926...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Naive ideas to improve en-wp
- Replies: 160
- Views: 17621
Re: Naive ideas to improve en-wp
Here's an idea en.wp types...
Don't shit on people who you think can't fight back.
Hold your most 'powerful' people to a higher standard than the hoi polloi.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Don't shit on people who you think can't fight back.
Hold your most 'powerful' people to a higher standard than the hoi polloi.
Don't shoot the messenger.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Well, we done voted for this new thing. How in the hell are we actually going to do it?! Nice work ARBCOM... Also, what are the new rules, asks nearly everyone. :popcorn: New procedure: Flail. ARBCOM rendering their next decision via interpretive dance. https://i.imgur.com/1p1uFGQ.gif
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Well, we done voted for this new thing. How in the hell are we actually going to do it?!
Nice work ARBCOM...
Also, what are the new rules, asks nearly everyone.
Nice work ARBCOM...
Also, what are the new rules, asks nearly everyone.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: The rise and fall of a Wikipedia General
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1845
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Naive ideas to improve en-wp
- Replies: 160
- Views: 17621
Re: Naive ideas to improve en-wp
Here's a naive idea: ban stubs. There was a time and place for stubs -- but that time is long past. If you can't write 250 referenced words or more about a subject, it isn't an encyclopedia article. 2,500 To any British kid, 500 words is a homework essay. That actually explains a LOT Sure. And that...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 3985
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Come on.
The bits are all ranks.
Losing them is the kiss of death on en.wp.
The bits are all ranks.
Losing them is the kiss of death on en.wp.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:31 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
Asking someone to meatpuppet his utterings to WP:ANI is asking someone to fall on their sword for him.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:30 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Let's talk about LDS editors
- Replies: 257
- Views: 12604
Re: Let's talk about LDS editors
On that penultimate piece of advice, don't past accounts HAVE to be declared on new accounts except for super-specific circumstances? If she successfully appeals her TBAN, she may create a WP:CLEANSTART account. However, it's generally recommended not to return to the topic that caused controversy ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
"Please," squacked the baby Crow, "Who will sacrifice themselves for me?"
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Let's talk about LDS editors
- Replies: 257
- Views: 12604
Re: Let's talk about LDS editors
On that penultimate piece of advice, don't past accounts HAVE to be declared on new accounts except for super-specific circumstances? If she successfully appeals her TBAN, she may create a WP:CLEANSTART account. However, it's generally recommended not to return to the topic that caused controversy ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Let's talk about LDS editors
- Replies: 257
- Views: 12604
Re: Let's talk about LDS editors
Do you have any more advice for me? Sure. Don't edit in areas where you have a clear conflict of interest using an account that can be easily traced back to you. Should I try to appeal the ban, or simply abandon the thought of editing in Mormon topics? Item B. Some people in the ANI discussion sugg...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
@Hey man im josh: I disagree. I'm being refused a permission that's generally easy to receive based on a decision made based on alleged evidence ArbCom refuses to disclose to me . I can't imagine what there is to get upset about. </sarc> Regardless, go ahead and cancel this request. I have better t...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30993
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
He's done.
Someone just needs to drop a Scarlet A on his user page.
Someone just needs to drop a Scarlet A on his user page.