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- Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Wikipedia will not perform UK Online Safety Bill age checks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2917
Re: Wikipedia will not perform UK Online Safety Bill age checks
As much as Wikipedia is debatably hosting pornographic material, I think it is worth bearing in mind that, the at the time unofficial, British internet regulators previously blocked a single Wikipedia page for containing child pornography and actually backed down after the backlash this caused. If b...
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:52 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: IP "privacy enhancement" - CHI's newest snake oil
- Replies: 125
- Views: 5783
Re: IP "privacy enhancement" - CHI's newest snake oil
I just saw this on-wiki and can’t be bothered to read this whole thread. Will this actually provide some kind of benefit and if so, to whom? Please answer in 500 words or less. The short version is; somebody in the WMF want's IP addresses hidden, as they are concerned about legal ramifications. Cer...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:47 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: CheckUser and different browsers
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2429
Re: CheckUser and different browsers
Well we do know that CheckUser data is only held for 91 days at most, although prior to 2019 logs were often held for up to 98 days . This is roughly in line with the relevant WMF/Meta policy . Checkuser includes IP and user-agent data for far more than edits, everything from unsuccessful login atte...
- Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:48 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: CheckUser and different browsers
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2429
Re: CheckUser and different browsers
I've seen sleeper accounts that have never edited blocked much longer than 90 days after they were created. Does CU indicate what IP an account was created with regardless of how much time had elapsed? That is an excellent question. IP data is stored every time you login, it can be found via checki...
- Thu Nov 25, 2021 12:14 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: WMUK at it again
- Replies: 126
- Views: 8140
Re: WMUK at it again
What useful purpose does the WMUK serve? A good question, let us examine what they have to say for themselves on the Charity Commission website... They have 10 paid employees, one of whom is paid over £90,000 a year (declared). They have 10 trustees, whom are declared as unpaid, and 507 volunteers ...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:53 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: WMUK at it again
- Replies: 126
- Views: 8140
Re: WMUK at it again
WMUK is much like any Wikimedia organisation, a 'good idea' which regularly fucks up due to the incompetence of its unpaid management. No 'real' business works on the basis of picking its leaders with popularity contests between random unqualified volunteers. The reoccurrence of fucking inane shite ...
- Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:33 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Lomax v. WikiMedia Foundation, Inc. et al
- Replies: 432
- Views: 197625
Re: Lomax v. WikiMedia Foundation, Inc. et al
(Some Southern states allow child marriage to reduce the incentives for abortion.) Just to add more fuel to the burning dumpster fire this thread is, I note that according to Child marriage in the United States , only 6 US states actually ban child marriage, it's legal in all the other states to va...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42606
Re: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
[...] So in your view this may just be due to the abnormally long arm of the WMF, which permits it to know about and punish off-wiki shenanigans? Did you slip a laxative in the KoolAid at a MoveCom social or something? [...] The WMF has short puny arms... I would say. I spent time directly annoying...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42606
Re: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
Well, now that you and the swivel eyed loon are both SanFranBanned, when are we to expect the announcement of your impending marriage? I married someone else already (ironically just before Covid :D ), guess he's right out of luck. Actually kind of interesting to see the email they send when a ban ...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:40 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: What, really, is a truly "reliable source"?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13735
Re: What, really, is a truly "reliable source"?
Trump is now so unpopular among the non-brainwashed, it's possible that he could be beaten by just about anyone Even John McAfee ? The whale fucking, drugged out, tech millionaire and crypto king, who is currently wanted by the IRS for tax fraud, but escaped on a yacht before they could get him... ...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:38 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
- Replies: 64
- Views: 42606
Re: Wikipedia's "SanFranBan" list of globally banned users
Dear Arthur Kerensa, This communication is to notify you that the Wikimedia Foundation (Foundation) has globally banned you from Foundation websites and platforms (including but not limited to any site listed at www.wikimedia.org, mailing lists hosted by the Foundation, Wikimedia Cloud Services, an...
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:23 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Bbb23 chastised by Arbcom, quits Wikipedia (on April Fool's Day)
- Replies: 306
- Views: 26452
Re: Bbb23 chastised by Arbcom, quits Wikipedia (on April Fool's Day)
I for one always enjoy his posts.
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Wikidata's wb_items_per_site table dropped
- Replies: 6
- Views: 833
Re: Wikidata's wb_items_per_site table dropped
One day a misconfiguration will accidentally delete the entire database, and everyone will panic for a day as they restore from a backup.
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:50 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: One Year of Wikipediocracy
- Replies: 83
- Views: 4387
Re: One Year of Wikipediocracy
This is still one of my favourite forums.
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Servers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1133
Re: Servers
There have been a number of technical issues with the edge servers, Essams and so forth. It does not seem to me that it is a major concern at present.
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:49 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: "Outing" of Editors: Which site...?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 800
Re: Outing of Editors which site ?
I wonder if this Israeli group will return.
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: BrownHairedGirl
- Replies: 711
- Views: 148259
Re: BrownHairedGirl loses her tools , Haworth follows and Kudpung may join
BHG will be a loss, R. Haworth could probably be replaced with a bot with no loss, and Kudpung is just a grumpy idiot.
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Crypto
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2056
Re: Do "no-coiners" gate-keep Crypto Wikipedia?
Yeah sounds about right.
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:52 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Crypto
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2056
Re: Do "no-coiners" gate-keep Crypto Wikipedia?
I believe that currently extant policy suggests that all large companies publicly listed on major stock exchanges are inherently notable.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:42 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: The Portal Carbuncle bursts again (now at Arbcom)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3652
Re: The Portal Carbuncle bursts again (now at Arbcom)
The portal namespace should have been deleted the first time around. But nah, people gotta argue.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Crypto
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2056
Re: Do "no-coiners" gate-keep Crypto Wikipedia?
It's a common misunderstanding that the financial value of a company has anything to do with whether it merits a Wikipedia page. Regarding Crypto, it's almost universally scams or short lived over-hyped projects. Few Crypto related topics will have lasting significance.
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Lomax v. WikiMedia Foundation, Inc. et al
- Replies: 432
- Views: 197625
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:42 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Ritchie333
- Replies: 325
- Views: 27819
Re: Ritchie333
Perhaps a clever coder can write a script that says "An editor you are banned from interacting with made the most recent edit to this article. Are you sure you want to save your changes?" Would that be enough? Suppose the other editor made major changes, then there were a few other, maybe minor, ch...
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Persian Wikipedia
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1897
Re: Persian Wikipedia: tool of the Iranian state?
It appears to me that all the claims are accurate so clearly Wikimedia is trying to ignore it again. There are at least three other small Wikipedia projects under effective government control, two more under control of the far-right, others spreading mis-information, and that's even before looking a...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:52 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: RFA - Greenman
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2655
Re: RFA - Greenman
This RfA is an absurd example of witch-hunting.
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:16 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Russia vs Wikipedia
- Replies: 198
- Views: 4808
Re: Russia may get ‘autonomous Wikipedia’
I swear we already have a thread about this or it was discussed before at the very least.
Moderator's note: Threads merged. Thanks!
Moderator's note: Threads merged. Thanks!
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 4:41 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: New Westminster cops blocked
- Replies: 4
- Views: 268
Re: New Westminster cops blocked
Ha, the police don't like that clearly.... removing the “Controversy” section in its entirety.
Removing the controversy section is a definite no-no so name regardless they were going to have issues there.
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:56 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Fram's RFA
- Replies: 317
- Views: 8329
Re: Fram Request for Administration 2 — Now with more words!
Regardless of the WMF ban drama there is absolutely no way Fram should be an admin, but it looks like the RfA going to fail anyway so that's all fine I guess.
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:00 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Fæ on global warming
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1446
Re: Fæ on global warming
Of course the WMF could use Skype like everyone else does.
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:57 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
- Replies: 735
- Views: 32158
Re: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election T
Blocking: Blocking policy applies normally, but a candidate shouldn't be disqualified for being blocked (except for sockpuppetry) after nominating him/herself. Interesting how they are covering this in advance this time. :evilgrin: Stated reason: happened in 2012 . Of course this is only a question...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
- Replies: 735
- Views: 32158
Re: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election T
Interesting how they are covering this in advance this time.Blocking: Blocking policy applies normally, but a candidate shouldn't be disqualified for being blocked (except for sockpuppetry) after nominating him/herself.
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Basque wiki user group takes more money
- Replies: 4
- Views: 950
Re: Basque wiki user group takes more money
Ironically the Basque Wikipedia is one of the better small wiki projects around, and their Txikipedia program is a particular favorite idea of mine.
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:47 pm
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: Jimmy now a British citizen
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1549
Re: Jimmy now a British citizen
Plenty of people hold both US and UK citizenship. Boris Johnson did until quite recently. Indeed, he only renounced his US citizenship after he found that he was liable for some US taxes. You'd think he'd renounce his British citizenship after he found out how much easier the American tax code was ...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:45 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikimedia Phabricator
- Replies: 4
- Views: 327
Re: Wikimedia Phabricator
Phabricator is a bug tracking system used by the devs, so by default of having been posted there it's guaranteed not to happen, because there is no process on Phabricator for anyone to decide to do it.
So basically it's a non-starter because it's in the wrong venue.
So basically it's a non-starter because it's in the wrong venue.
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Are the checkuser tools part of the Wikipedia repository?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1025
Re: Are the checkuser tools part of the Wikipedia repository
I’ve no idea how the Wiki software is organized. It's open source, go check out mediawiki.org . I’m assuming it’s in a github repo that you can download and create your own wiki site. Is that correct? Yes it's on github. If so, do the checkuser tools come with it, or is that in its own private repo...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:20 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Wikipedia down in Europe
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2085
Re: Wikipedia down in Europe
When this DDoS attack happened on Friday, I was kind of hoping the hackers would replace the main page on en:wp with some banner like "Bring Laura Hale to justice". That would be great global exposure. The "hackers" just overloaded a network switch, there was no chance of anything high effort happe...
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:31 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Wikipedia contributor changes NUS’ name
- Replies: 1
- Views: 102
Re: Wikipedia contributor changes NUS’ name
A little birdy tells them.Poetlister wrote:You do wonder how reporters spot these short-lived pieces of vandalism.
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:29 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: VideoWiki Challenges Wikipedia’s Traditional Text Focus
- Replies: 6
- Views: 253
Re: VideoWiki Challenges Wikipedia’s Traditional Text Focus
This has been around for months but to be fair always just looked another stale wmflabs project.
As a concept the idea is good, but they don't have a production ready working implementation of said concept.
However, their mockup is pretty decent all things considered.
As a concept the idea is good, but they don't have a production ready working implementation of said concept.
However, their mockup is pretty decent all things considered.
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:20 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Apple uploads high-res iOS 13 icon file
- Replies: 4
- Views: 193
Re: Apple uploads high-res iOS 13 icon file
It's called SEO, Google scores images from Wikimedia sites really well in search results and by uploading high-res images there, Apple can indirectly influence how it's branding appears in Google searches, the knowledge graph, etc. Remember copyright and trademarks are separate things. Apple loses n...
- Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:12 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Wikipedia down in Europe
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2085
Re: Wikipedia down in Europe
Well some random hackers claimed responsibility on Twitter and were promptly reported to the NCSC by angry Wikimedia devs . No doubt they will be regretting it later. Embarrassingly the entirety of Wikimedia's European traffic seems to have been routed through a single network switch meaning that DD...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:44 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Wikipedia down in Europe
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2085
Re: Wikipedia down in Europe
Well Wikimedia Italy has confirmed it was a DDoS attack on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/WikimediaItalia/sta ... 5309696006
Although they have been making it pretty clear it was an attack for some time now on IRC.
https://twitter.com/WikimediaItalia/sta ... 5309696006
Although they have been making it pretty clear it was an attack for some time now on IRC.
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:13 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Wikipedia down in Europe
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2085
Re: Wikipedia down in Europe
Reports suggest someone DDoSed essams, Wikimedias Netherlands based server.
Obviously this is an example that if Wikipedia's European edge server is turned off, then Wikipedia can't be reached in Europe.
Obviously this is an example that if Wikipedia's European edge server is turned off, then Wikipedia can't be reached in Europe.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
- Replies: 735
- Views: 32158
Re: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election T
I'm personally wondering if TonyBallioni will pick this year to finally run. It does seem like he's been preening himself for such a run for two years at least... RfB Please someone, please, persuade him. Just in case the Fram case doesn't cause enough fun and games, we need a fallback. I'm not cer...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
- Replies: 735
- Views: 32158
Re: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election T
I'm personally wondering if TonyBallioni (T-C-L) will pick this year to finally run.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:59 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
- Replies: 735
- Views: 32158
WP Sado-Masochism Festival — It's 2019 Arbcom Election Time!
So the preliminary arguments of the 2019 Arbcom election season have begun.
Current debate at:
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019 (T-H-L)
Link to last years thread here.
Current debate at:
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019 (T-H-L)
Link to last years thread here.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:43 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Arbitration
- Replies: 549
- Views: 22703
Re: Arbitration
I never read up on the Fred Bauder stuff but people always say Wikipedia is run by the 'cabal' and the 'insiders' so how could a true insider have this happen to him? Insiders are supposed to be protected, just like if you become the WMF chair. Maria could do anything she likes without repercussion...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:35 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Watch for GamerGate to get hot again
- Replies: 110
- Views: 23400
Re: Watch for GamerGate to get hot again
General hotbed of Gamergate bollocks RationalWiki is also expecting it to show up, but as yet no significant new Gamergate wars have occurred there.
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:54 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Brave Browser Makes Wikipedia a Verified Publisher
- Replies: 10
- Views: 321
Re: Brave Browser Makes Wikipedia a Verified Publisher
Is this real news? Is Wikipedia really endorsing the alt-rights favorite internet browser, backed by a dodgy unregulated cryptocurrency, and a platform already criticized for ripping off it's clients, and making false representations on multiple occasions? Because that would be weird.
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Arbitration
- Replies: 549
- Views: 22703
Re: Arbitration
I think it's safe to say that whatever decision the Arbcom comes to, and whatever penalty they choose to give to Fram, people here will condemn it. It will be called a whitewash, or a craven submission to the will of T&S, or a proof of the incompetence of Arbcom. Would anyone care to say now, befor...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:52 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Jonathon/Jessica Yaniv
- Replies: 85
- Views: 4311
Re: Jonathon/Jessica Yaniv
Having written articles on Wikipedia, most of us are used to discussing other editors with kid gloves. Like adults, Kiwi Farms and Y-Combinator discuss Wikipedia editors forthrightly. This isn't Wikipedia. We're not bound by Wikipedia rules, so feel free to take off your gloves. :D Yeah but Kiwifar...