Wikipediocracy

Jim

Well, I was informed on my talkpage that voting is open. So, in the rush of ensuing excitement, I voted for 3. That's almost all the info I'm sharing, except that Tamzin was one of the 3, because I do love a good trainwreck, and all the auditions for that outcome have been passed with flying colours...

Jim

redbaron wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:41 pm
I have to say the new banner proposals at Wikipedia:Fundraising/2022 banners (T-H-L) are a vast improvement.

They are certainly improvements.
They could probably still be improved.

Should it have been so hard to reach this point?

Jim

Can't we just add our own banner to the front page of Wikipedia letting readers know that their donations are not necessary and that the WMF is acting in bad faith? Who's "we"? If you mean "wikipediocracy" then I don't think we have any established way to try to do that as an entity. If you mean "o...

Jim

There are plenty of people whose personalities are obnoxious and rude but still perform excellently and professionally as arbs, like Beeblebrox, who I will vote for in the next election despite him being a total jerk on here. *spews tea* I'm assuming that entire post was sarcasm given your endorsem...

Jim

I mean, if we've voting based on funniest username, then you gotta give points to WikiBUTTia, the FART encyclopedia ... I gotta? Really? I mean, I love "funny", but I'm probably missing something here - it has "BUTT" and "FART" in it, so my wife and daughter would giggle cos "poop, fart..." - but d...

Jim

From the replies:

Do you have any friends at all?

Jim

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1591028828956086272?s=46&t=KI209NJxME8gIFg5_kdeZg Do we have this here already. Sorry if we have. Video courtroom clip. Thanks for that. It also leads to this article: Nicholas Rossi: Man arrested on COVID ward in Scotland is American rape suspect who faked his ow...

Jim

el84 wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:06 pm
Yes. There's a post on the election people's pages asking them to copy it across when nominations are open as Guerillero isn't going to be about to do it.

Cool - thanks...

Jim

I'm not sure if people just *hate* Aaron Mate. Whoops. Ah, ok, thanks... Makes as much sense to me now as the rest of your odd little "rant" - but don't worry about that - I'm not an expert on matters like this and have little interest in them - I'm sure someone will care enough to look for some re...

Jim

Beefsoup wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:43 pm
I'm not sure if people just Aaron Mate more

Well, it's not an easy thing to be sure about, to be fair to you...

Jim

Here is my statement for this year if you would like to get your rotten fruit throwing in early https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2022/Candidates/Guerillero/Statement How come that doesn't currently appear on Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections D...

Jim

He will now face an extradition hearing in March, when the Scottish courts will decide whether to send him back to the US to stand trial on the allegations against him.

Jim

I mean, I agree that Tamzin's actions were inadequate and need further review. But I have yet to see a comment by OID at a noticeboard that does not serve to further inflame whatever issue is being discussed. Oh, ok. I've seen lots that don't do that, but maybe I was just paying more (or less) atte...

Jim

It's too bad, I was curious to see if, after a weak apology failed, Tamzin would resort to the somewhat rarer "The ban was made by one of the less diplomatic stock Commedia dell'Wiki characters that make up one of the multiple personalities in my self-diagnosed disassociative identity disorder and ...

Jim

CoffeeCrumbs wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:51 pm
Tamzin appears to be getting away with the "I didn't do anything wrong, but I apologize that you felt I did" apology, one of the lowest in the apology tier list.

So far, yes. But there are positive aspects. They have got a big scare here and might feel a tad less invulnerable moving forwards...

Jim

redbaron wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:42 pm
OID should request a rename to Only in Dramah.

That's so edgy. I bet you had nicknames for your teachers too...

Jim

CoffeeCrumbs wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:25 pm
Quite a canny trap placed against you 11 years in advance.

Indeed.

In any case, you were going to be banned sooner or later; you don't get the whole "consensus" "somebody not understanding that you are right, just right [stamps foot...], goddamit" thing.

FTFY

Jim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HtACLaRDk0

Jim

Arishok wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:27 pm
Barkeep had chastised Tamzin for the IP remark; Tamzin responded by doubling down.

Again, I'm astonished that nothing seems to have been learned from how this approach just went down...

It's almost like they want it to go the same way...

Jim

Oh, and joy of joys, we're off to arbcom! From which we get this little gem: @Only in death: No, I'd really like a yes/no answer to that. Are you 31.118.18.187? -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 13:35, 7 November 2022 (UTC) That comment could, and probably deserves to, go wrong in several wa...

Jim

The same "technically I didn't violate INVOLVED" line that TNT attempted can be seen; I would advise Tamzin not to repeat that line anywhere where an Arbcom member might see it, or a similar ending may result. Yeah, I found it astonishing that nothing seemed to have been learnt from that. The "I do...

Jim

This strikes me a bit like a lèse-majesté type block Yep. That's exactly how it appears. (respect mah authoritah...) I will be relatively patient and give you an hour to reverse your egregious block. Then its a case before ARBCOM for general conduct unbecoming. Blocking an editor on a flimsy ration...

Jim

Why should Wikipedia label anyone a criminal, a terrorist, or a conspiracy theorist? What purpose do such labels serve other than to satisfy those who agree that the shoe fits and infuriate those who think it does not? I was trying to introduce a relevant infobox after I noticed its absence on rele...

Jim

Your fixation on this kind of thing is really quite weird...

Jim

iii wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:58 pm
And why can't we have both?

Jim

The question I have is what maven figured out the meetings were "disinfo"? Well, according to the link on "The Intercept"'s homepage, that would be "the feds"... Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds d...

Jim

If that's all you read you missed the entertaining part. I'll survive. :winky: Adding: I just glanced at it again, and I'm sorry, I can't read all that without my vision glazing over and my brain submitting an urgent request for divorce from my eyes. I tried, but I guess I just don't care enough ab...

Jim

Jclemens has always been officious to a fault. I put him in the same league as Sandstein who an astute observer on WR back in the day said would be the police officer handing out tickets for jaywalking to people fleeing a burning building. I see the comparison. My personal take is that Sandstein wo...

Jim

Read the AFD discussion and see. It is odd but Bearcat seems to argue as if his writings have the power of holy writ so someone using his own writing against him is amusing. I glanced, since you insist. The closing statement says "I have not previously seen anyone use the MOS to argue for notabilit...

Jim

I dunno, it's pretty hilarious how an MOS that Bearcat wrote was used to defeat his own AFD over his protestations that the MOS didn't say what it said. Why would (or how could) "an MOS" be used to "defeat an AfD"? MOS is about how things are written stylistically, isn't it, and an AfD is about whe...

Jim

As for admonishments and warnings, it appears that the language is working as it always does. Some RBs prefer one word, others another, and so nothing much gets done. It would be so much simpler if ArbCom would just replace both terms with the straightforward "demerit", which has no overtones of sc...

Jim

It's all meaningless Yes because when one's response to a recall inquiry (from a fellow admin, no less, so it's not like this is some random troll) is to promptly delete the comment, make spurious accusation of ableism, and ban the requester from one's talkpage, it reveals that the process isn't th...

Jim

You're too cruel. TNT has a defined recall process : If you want to recall them it has to involve 7 people, 3 of whom they choose themself. If they lose that vote 4:3 or worse they'll do another RFA and if they get less than 75% in that they'll resign. There's some other stuff but it's basically "si...

Jim

Looks like Callipedia is down. I'm getting a 404 on the main page. What's up? Hard to say. The message you're replying to is over 2 years old. (although, to be fair, Nemo was still discussing it here a mere 18 months ago...) Perhaps it didn't all turn out as hoped? According to this , Callipedia is...

Jim

Does this mean Lethal Weapon 4 is now cancelled? I'm not sure, but LW5 is, seemingly, coming right up , according to Mel... In September of 2022, Gibson expressed "confidence" that the film would begin shooting in the early months of 2023, and may see a release date by 2024. So we have that to look...

Jim

iii wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:43 am
but sometimes the gimmicky stuff gets shoved aside if the company matures.

Indeed. Time will tell.

That example seems to show they have some potential to be something more than the latest ponzipedia at least
(and perhaps may even want to be, enough to put in the effort).

Jim

In other news: Windscale is Sellafield Philip Morris is Altria Blackwater is Xe Facebook is Meta... Oh, wait... ValuJet is AirTran WorldCom is MCI Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose TxbIU0X-lCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbIU0X-lCI The needle returns to the start of the song and we all s...

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are all trams light rail? Some of the old Blackpool ones looked pretty heavy to me, as I recall - but I understand from afar that the heathens have mostly replaced them with "modern" light tramcars now, and you can only get the old ones on some sort of "heritage" service at weekends and bank holida...

Jim

This has irk ed me before. Was that deliberate? :unsure: However, by the start of the 20th century the Irk Valley between Crumpsall and Blackley had been left a neglected river, "not only the blackest but the most sluggish of all rivers" - no obvious, specific link for the quote, of course - though...

Jim

el84 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:50 pm
It is a lot of the more regional US news sites.

I can't remember any specific ones off the top of my head though.

Ah, ok, thanks. That makes sense. I'd be unlikely to have noticed that.

Jim

Hemiauchenia wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 03, 2022 11:53 am
Many American news websites deny access to European users because they consider the GDPR data storage policies to be too onerous.

Which sites do this for this stated reason?

I'm not in America or Europe, so maybe I wouldn't have noticed but I don't recall seeing that as a "thing".

Jim

I am back on Wikipedia whether people like it or not. Or, I suppose, notice, or care... :dubious: Tell us more about how you were "responsible for Autoconfirmed accounts/Semi-protection", your focus on protesting against deletionism, and the "exploits in Mediawiki" you found. That sounds fascinatin...

Jim

Black Kite wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:51 am
This has irked me before. I've changed it to "Crumpsall tram stop is a light rail station..." which seems logical, because it is.

That's certainly much better.

Perhaps no rail nerd will change it back "for consistency" with the other 98 Metrolink stations/stops...

Jim

* Strictly speaking, the patron saint of helicopter pilots . Are helicopters even Catholic? I'm not sure. Do Saints do Sainting ecumenically? If I'm a cheese packager, and St Rupert is the patron saint of cheese packagers does he look after me regardless of my religious affiliations/sect/paid-up su...

Jim

Beat their wives. Only semi joking. Not even semi-laughing, cos you're probably not wrong. Anyway, Dosas: At restaurants this type of dosa can reach impressive physical proportions, the batter spread thin, then coaxed into rolls that span the width of a table. Those shattering paper-thin dosas are ...

Jim

Any of the English Wikipedia types here want to ask if the WMF applied any of the criteria they're talking about to Fae and Wikimedia LGBT? What's one of those "types"? Is there something that stops you asking that yourself? I could easily ask a reasonable question for you if you provide the questi...

Jim

bagofworms wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:58 am
Just to clear up some misconceptions...

Thanks for that. I've often wondered.

Jim

Let's face it - sandwiches are more interesting than Arbcom. We should just give up and transition to a foodie forum. Or Arbcom should just give up and open an underperforming Subway outlet... The transition could be painless with our support. Anyway, JohnPackLambert huh? Time they just mercy banne...

Jim

Sandwiches... Way back when I lived in the Uk (somewhere near Croydon in this instance) there was a South Indian restaurant that used to sell something like this: https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-make-homestyle-dosas-article They were truly exquisite, usually we had them just with a p...

Jim

greyed.out.fields wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 10, 2022 1:22 am
(Does that need italics, or is banh mi English by now?)

Anroth wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:23 am
It's a fucking baguette....

I think it's close to just being phonetic in this case...

But while I'm here, have this low quality, probably

video: you're welcome...

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