Wikipediocracy

MrErnie

Maybe the goal should have been truth, not verification.

MrErnie

I think it was a good move.

MrErnie

Tamzin just blanked Vami IV’s rfa. That was a bad one, and a sign of why Wikipedia would be losing credibility.

MrErnie

I’ve spent the last 2-3 years switching out my old socks for thin smartwool / icebreaker products. Elite footwear. I can’t deign to feel cotton on my feet anymore. I’m currently long haul internationally traveling and my feet feel like I’ve been walking on clouds. It’s a game changer.

MrErnie

Should fake, AI generated images be included in articles? Valjean thinks so! Seriously, where are the admins? This is laughably ridiculous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:New_York_criminal_investigation_of_The_Trump_Organization#AI_image_of_Trump_running_from_the_police Valjean thinks?! Valjean...

MrErnie

Should fake, AI generated images be included in articles? Valjean thinks so! Seriously, where are the admins? This is laughably ridiculous. link

MrErnie

I had a long write up in mind about why the signing of Maher to head the NPR is close to the death-knell of the mainstream media and subsequently finally the hasten the day type hurrah a lot of critics have been waiting for, but I really just don’t care anymore. But it is. Wikipedia is now written f...

MrErnie

If I'm reading the admin stats correctly, this is only the 33rd block Wbm1058 has levied.

MrErnie

Bbb23 should have been forced through another rfa after his blatant and longstanding abuse of the checkuser tool.

MrErnie

I like Drmies quite well. The question wasn’t which admins we do or don’t like, but who could pass an rfa.

MrErnie

Floquenbeam, Ritchie, Sandstein, BBb23, Drmies, for starters. Probably Bishonen by this point but that’s closer. Black Kite, El C, David Gerard, Michael Hardy, Ymblanter.

MrErnie

The Arbitration Committee asks the Wikimedia Foundation for assistance creating technical measures to prevent the ongoing abuse. Arbcom is asking the WMF to strip away editor privacy protections so they can, do what exactly? Prevent people from sending emails to each other? Block editors who receiv...

MrErnie

I’m sorry but I just still don’t see the problem in that. Andres could have socked and made the edits himself, then when they were reverted for whatever reason the editors in good standing could have inserted them back themselves and taken ownership. If the goal is quality edits, and they are / were...

MrErnie

When you receive an email you get a notification which I also assume is logged somewhere and can be checked.

MrErnie

I believe that checkusers can check if an account has sent an email using the internal Wikipedia email system, but I don’t know if it shows the recipient and it doesn’t show the contents. I don’t know if a checkuser can check an account to see if they have received an email or if it will show the se...

MrErnie

Ok, this is getting really weird. 1193445012 So, is this what you would call a “golden shower”? Not technically. A golden shower is when people pee on each other for sexual pleasure. Trump watching women pee on a bed to spite the president, but not peeing or getting peed on himself, isn’t a golden s...

MrErnie

The second video I saw when I woke up on Oct 7 was the girl with the bloody sweatpants being loaded into the jeep. The 3rd was the naked girl with the broken legs in the bed of the pickup being spat on in Gaza. How can you claim there is no photo or video evidence when they’ve been displayed since t...

MrErnie

Andre do you have any idea how dishonest it is to use a quote from before that story? You were making shit up. Jake, I never got to reply to the white man who pretended to be black so he could call people, including me, the n word hard r then claim it was ok because he was black. But id appreciate ...

MrErnie

MrErnie

Elinruby wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:21 am

MrErnie wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:36 am
Andre, dude. Stop.
Stop making me agree with you lol. I am not over the wtf about the nails

I can’t get over that either. That was an eye opener. I am thoroughly triggered by that.

MrErnie

Andre, dude. Stop.

MrErnie

The real key here, to cinch up my Wikipedia pants, is good faith. I like Nableezy too, because they’re clearly operating in good faith. Others clearly aren’t, and they should get the permanent t-bans. This should be the key differentiator in the sanctions. Good faith editors get a pause and the bad ...

MrErnie

I had a funny feeling Black Kite was going to weigh in and support Nableezy. His shift from Corbett enabler, to whatever you want to call him now, has been beautiful to watch. Two completely different editors.

MrErnie

I hate seeing people I like and respect, like VM and Nableezy, saying things I disagree with. This conflict is disastrous.

MrErnie

Part of being on a team is that you support your teammates.

MrErnie

I’m just waiting for SPECIFICO to react.

MrErnie

Popcorn is not pvp. It’s a forum icon.

MrErnie

The one near my place in Munich was run by Afghanis. I spoke English to the proprietors kids so they could practice with a native speaker and he gave my kid free Capri Suns. Great people, and incredible food. Give it to me scharf with all of the Soßen.

MrErnie

Nableezy here’s a good rule of thumb for editing disputes involving SPECIFICO. When they want content included? They will fight tooth and nail against an RFC. When they want content excluded? They will suggest editors hold an RFC. I find it funny that the AP2 clown car has driven over to the I/P con...

MrErnie

Valjean adds a fake porn video as an inline source to the main space - diff. The next paragraph has cites to Rolling Stone, which is considered an unreliable source. Good luck to any editor who tries to clean it up.

MrErnie

Andre most of your posts here are off topic. Can you open a thread in the members section where we can do the pvp stuff? We can’t do that here, this is the war room.

MrErnie

Valjean now just maintains these bizarre pseudo articles in his archives. Take a look at this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... 1189980799

142k bytes (and counting) about something that has never existed.

MrErnie

Arishok wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:18 am
Spicy has passed. 256/1/2 is an impressive showing for a self-nom on April Fools Day.

Spicy has now gained the CU tool.

MrErnie

Ernie, you need to STFU and learn how Wikipedia works and stop harassing well-meaning and vulnerable users like Valjean or others. I don’t think you are capable of recognizing just how stupid of a point this is, but it’s good to see you here. I hope you stick around and post more. I have some artic...

MrErnie

Looks like it’s settling into an Iban, an admonishment, and a warning. This really didn’t need to be a full case.

I guess I should credit the arbs for backing down from desysopping + topic ban, but I’m not sure I can given that those were even considered and nearly implemented in the first place.

MrErnie

Apparently causing mild annoyance to KoA and making a personal comment during a GMO AFD are cardinal sins, especially when consensus is on your side. Poor showing Arbcom.

MrErnie

It's worth pointing out, because it seems so absurd, that there's a finding of fact that KoA engaged in battleground editing, was on the non-consensus side of the linked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Environmental_Working_Group#RfC:_should_the_article_cover_EWG's_advocacy_for_PFAS_regulation?,R...

MrErnie

KoA, argumentatively nitpicking every single aspect of the case on the PD talk page, is getting away with what you’d be hard pressed to call a wrist slap, and Leyo’s getting desys’d and a topic ban? We know Arb’s goal is not justice or fairness, but this seems ridiculously lopsided. I’d look harder ...

MrErnie

Does Disney advertise on Facebook or Instagram? https://www.nmag.gov/attorney-general-raul-torrez-files-lawsuit-against-meta-platforms-and-mark-zuckerberg-to-protect-children-from-sexual-abuse-and-human-trafficking/,Attorney General Raúl Torrez Files Lawsuit Against Meta Platforms and Mark Zuckerber...

MrErnie

I think the "stabbing incident" caused the riot, but I'm no expert.

MrErnie

PD is up. This is an unexpected remedy proposal: Gtoffoletto is removed as a party and offered apologies by the committee for the stress and anxiety that including them caused. The drafters are reminded that adding parties is an extraordinary step and should only be done with a clear vision in mind.

MrErnie

Let me rephrase it then. If there is no need for a case the arbs should decline it. I see nothing that improves the project in desysoping an admin because a few vexatious litigants complain. Indeed I think that degrades the project.

MrErnie

If the arbs don’t want to do a case they should just decline it.

MrErnie

Now, in article form. Elon Musk to Advertisers Who Left X: “Go F*** Yourself” Linda Yaccarino, X’s CEO (who was hired in part to woo advertisers), sat stone-faced in the front row as Musk commented. :popcorn: Her career is done now. It was a bit vulgar, but the point is a sound one. Imagine Iger or...

MrErnie

Thanks Ritchie. I’m not going to run either.

MrErnie

This case is watery gruel that should have been stopped at AE.

MrErnie

I see now where they extended it, thanks for pointing that out. I think it's a mistake to allow KoA to use the 2015 case as a weapon against Leyo's edits 7-8 years later.

MrErnie

Not surprised to see that KoA and Tryptofish got their evidence in within a couple hours of the case officially opening. These guys are great wikilawyers. The scope is supposed to be Interactions between and actions of Leyo and KoA since 2021 KoA's first 4 evidence sections are diffs from: 1. 2015 2...

MrErnie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/User:Valjean/ :scream: :scream: indeed. Most of those should probably go but this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Valjean/Political_views_of_Tucker_Carlson - is a textbook fake article. Why does the project host this - https://en.wikipedia....

MrErnie

We’ve got another one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Valjean/Dossier_combine_allegations_with_verification. This is not an essay. It is my draft/research/test space. If you don't like it, then just leave. I don't need bad-faith attacks here. Feel free to help and provide constructive criticism.

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