Wikipediocracy

Kumioko

I wish I had 2 million to just throw into the fire like that. With so many great charities out there doing great work to see somewhat waste this kind of money is enough to make a person cry!

Kumioko

I can't think of an admin on US Roads who isn't worse than Fram. Aviation project ditto. Yeah that's a good example too. They drop so much extra garbage in the articles it's hard to edit them. They are full of useless invisible comments; they turn the see also sections into a sea of useless tangent...

Kumioko

I think part of the problem is that some of these so called unblockables are also either the ones doing the actual content improvement or the admins on the site. So in the case of the content editors if you block them, such as me and Eric or others, then you lose the people who are keeping the site ...

Kumioko

Me either

Kumioko

Just FYI. the Main page is a portal. We can always redefine the concept of portals to exclude the main page. :) Or we can allow just one portal. As I mentioned before I do think portals could be useful if they were used right. A good example IMO is the WikiProjects. If the related Portals were inte...

Kumioko

I appreciate what SilkTork is trying to do on Fram's meta page (but frankly, it should have been done during the evidence phase), but that line of questioning isn't fair. It is entirely appropriate for Fram to bring up who possibly complained about him. If it was Guido or Wikicology or LouisAlain, ...

Kumioko

She's got almost no wikipedia experience. She smiles all the time and uses hipster newspeak at every opportunity. She's starting to feel the heat with FramGate and the fallout into Maria Sefidari Huici's corruption scandal. She's worthless as a CEO and as an ED and these two examples you post are j...

Kumioko

I appreciate what SilkTork is trying to do on Fram's meta page (but frankly, it should have been done during the evidence phase), but that line of questioning isn't fair. It is entirely appropriate for Fram to bring up who possibly complained about him. If it was Guido or Wikicology or LouisAlain, ...

Kumioko

Seriously, why has the WMF been iterating failure for a decade? They've got a really awesome regression suite for failure. The bottom line here is that they aren't choosing projects that improve the site or help the community. They are picking products that look interesting, help pad their resume a...

Kumioko

After the admin’s little outburst, we thought it would be appropriate to have a chat with him to discuss the misconceptions he feels so strongly about. 24-year-old Bonaventura Aditya Perdana, who goes by the name Bona, has been a Wikipedia administrator and contributor for years. While I expected h...

Kumioko

So how is this supposed to work? Arbcom is saying they have enough evidence to de-sysop Fram. They also can't disclose what this evidence is. Then we the community are going to be trusted to decide if he should get the bit back? Fram's RFA can't possibly be a referendum on whether we trust Fram. It...

Kumioko

Years ago someone created a tool offisight that would let you run a checkuser type tool using the database download. It hasn't worked in years, but I believe it was called something like the "Poor man's checkuser tool" or something like that. I don't know if it stopped working because the WMF stoppe...

Kumioko

Worm That Turned is a fucking idiot. And corrupt. Now is it that he is corrupt, or likes, always was it corrupt! Personally I agree with the sentiment. I don't think always, but I think the corruption did happen due to the culture on Wikipedia where Admins and arbs are held to a lower standard and ...

Kumioko

He makes some good points.

Kumioko

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard&oldid=915052551#Resignation_of_Courcelles Resignation of Courcelles Effective immediately, Courcelles (talk · contribs) has resigned from the Arbitration Committee. He has also relinquished the CheckUser and Over...

Kumioko

No but good!

His participation in the Arbcom and especially this case was a conflict of interest anyway.

Kumioko

My guess is that the 'Fram reverting BU Rob' incident made a big impression on SilkTork (and other arbs) because BU Rob kicked up a massive fuss about it on the mailing list. Quite possibly other arbs told him he was over-reacting. He really was not ready to be an arb if that shook him that much. I...

Kumioko

A funny example of Wikimedia software (or bolt-ons?) that wasn't maintained and now is being argued over is here . Apparently the WMF get some of the money that PediaPress make by 'printing' and selling Wikipedia articles packaged as books. Who know? :blink: (the real eye-openers are the comments m...

Kumioko

- A better edit filter that didn't require every single transaction to go through it.
- Better report generation capability
- A public watchlist to go with the private one
- the ability to have multiple watchlists
- replacement of incompetent WMF staff members with people who were qualified

Kumioko

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:NeilN&diff=prev&oldid=862467173 This is about NeilN . According to the data on his user page, he's done quite a bit on Wikipedia in his time. He seems to have been inactive for a spell last year due to off-wiki issues. If he's still not doing muc...

Kumioko

SilkTork seems to say that, according to the T&S report, the only objectionable thing Fram did after being warned was his "fuck ArbCom" comment. I don't think we knew that. I strongly suspect that they are starting to realize just how thin the 'evidence' is for any type of enforcement here. When th...

Kumioko

There are far worse monsters than Fram in this fairy tale we're reading. So why do you want to re-sysop any monster? Because the process by which he was handled was fucked. You don't allow decisions like that to stand or you set the stage for far more bad decisions in the future. Just because you d...

Kumioko

It's made the https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikipedia-down-not-working-stopped-ddos-attack-wikimedia-foundation-outage-why-a9095851.html,mainstream media in Britain: Wikipedia down: ‘Malicious attack’ brings down online encyclopedia after pages fail to load ‘Takedow...

Kumioko

Sarah Stierch wrote well but failed to cultivate the right relationships. Laura Hale wrote badly but cultivated one relationship with access to power. Sarah's problem was that she wanted to edit for pay, not for volunteer. That cost her a WMF position and should have cost her adminship as well but ...

Kumioko

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure. Do you have any reporting on this? Regions/areas effected. I see Verizon down for most of the East Coast (FEMA Regions I-III) and a US Cellular map with I-III and a lot ...

Kumioko

Vigilant wrote:This seems cheeky

I thought you weren't supposed to remove other people's comments...

What on earth makes Jehochman think that he can do that? Come talk to me like EllenCT is a little kid? This is ludicrous and I hope she reverts it and tells him to quote Floquenbeam, "Fuck off!".

Kumioko

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure.

Kumioko

So, the outcome is set. 1a Fram's 1 year ban is vacated 7 0 0 PASSING · 1b Fram's 1 year ban is disproportionate 7 0 0 PASSING · 1c Fram's 1 year ban is justified 0 7 0 NOT PASSING Cannot pass 2a Fram's sysop userright is reinstated 2 5 0 NOT PASSING Cannot pass Fram's extra life was used. I don't ...

Kumioko

Yeah Deskana is another one who proves that on Wikipedia, real life mediocrity and failure is rewarded through adminship. Maybe if we worked in Subway doling out bland sandwiches with week-old lettuce, we could all be admins too.

Kumioko

I also agree with Eric here that everyone knew that the outcome of this case was predetermined and in fact almost all the arbcom cases are because if they didn't think there was a problem to resolve they wouldn't accept the case in the first place. I also agree that the Arbcom lacks the moral coura...

Kumioko

But, on a side note, Fram being banned is yet another one of the people who participated in my bullshit ban being forced out...just like they forced me out. Well, like my sig says, sometimes our rights get defined in cases involving not very nice people. Even if Fram was harassing someone, the proc...

Kumioko

But, on a side note, Fram being banned is yet another one of the people who participated in my bullshit ban being forced out...just like they forced me out. Well, like my sig says, sometimes our rights get defined in cases involving not very nice people. Even if Fram was harassing someone, the proc...

Kumioko

Fram's a wee bit pissed . He should be pissed and he is right to be mad. He's also right that the Arbcom is a joke and a bunch of liars. I hope the community recognizes that ad disbands the arbcom and or votes out all its members. But, on a side note, Fram being banned is yet another one of the peo...

Kumioko

I wish we could replace it with where the money goes. A huge chunk of the donations go to fund things that no one would view as worthy causes. I wished that big ugly banner didn't show up on any IP or account that is blocked or banned. If the WMF tells an IP or account that they don't want them con...

Kumioko

There are now three opposes. AlexEng argues "that the candidate does not have any particular need for the tools in order to continue doing the good work that they already do on the project". Nihlus notes that Barkeep49 doesn't seem very interested in admin work. Ejgreen77 is worried that Barkeep49 ...

Kumioko

Fred Bauder has an acute case of something that afflicts many senior Wikipedians, a conviction that he is totally right, contempt for those who disagree and a stubborn refusal to concede an inch. You get all that from him blowing off a proceeding in an ethical sanctions case and having a default ju...

Kumioko

Fred Bauder has an acute case of something that afflicts many senior Wikipedians, a conviction that he is totally right, contempt for those who disagree and a stubborn refusal to concede an inch. You get all that from him blowing off a proceeding in an ethical sanctions case and having a default ju...

Kumioko

Look at it the other way: in those 17 months he's created a few hundred new articles and managed to bring 20 articles to GA status. That's fairly impressive. People often bitch that a lot of admins don't understand content editing, well this guy certainly does. He was asked about this and I think h...

Kumioko

Look at it the other way: in those 17 months he's created a few hundred new articles and managed to bring 20 articles to GA status. That's fairly impressive. People often bitch that a lot of admins don't understand content editing, well this guy certainly does. He was asked about this and I think h...

Kumioko

Their wiki has been broken for well over a year . They can't find anyone to fix it for them. That's likely due to multiple problems: no one cares, no one wants to waste their time fixing something with zero value; no one thinks enough of Wikimedia UK to want to invest their time, etc. They have ten...

Kumioko

Yeah I always found those a bit silly as well. I always found it rather hypocritical that they would discount opposes if they didn't feel the oppose was justified, but they allow supports like this.

Kumioko

I wish we could replace it with where the money goes. A huge chunk of the donations go to fund things that no one would view as worthy causes. I wished that big ugly banner didn't show up on any IP or account that is blocked or banned. If the WMF tells an IP or account that they don't want them con...

Kumioko

tarantino wrote:Their wiki has been broken for well over a year. They can't find anyone to fix it for them.

That's likely due to multiple problems: no one cares, no one wants to waste their time fixing something with zero value; no one thinks enough of Wikimedia UK to want to invest their time, etc.

Kumioko

Barkeep has all the qualities that are sought in an admin these days. They have had an account for years; they aren't very active; they're not likely to rock the boat or do anything to attempt to improve or change the culture or the community; they're likely to blindly vote yes along with fellow adm...

Kumioko

Given the declining quality of the candidates in recent years, the lack of competency and activity of those who have passed and the progressively lower passing percentages, this year is likely to be an interesting election. So many seats are up for reelection, it will be interesting to see if they e...

Kumioko

Seiously, with both the Framban as well as the 2030 Strategy recommendations, there is a fundamental problem of what rules apply when very few people are editing in an area. Suppose that you and I are the only two people editing WP to create BLPs of Spanish Paraolympic athletes. Am I wikihounding y...

Kumioko

I really think that these request for donations shouldn't show up to any IP or editor that's blocked. I find it extremely bad form to tell someone, or entire IP ranges, that they can't edit...oh but we'll take your money.

Kumioko

Welcome to the party, folks. One flamethrower each, line on the left. Here are how long each member has had a WMF account and how many edits to all projects they have made in that time from their official account. At least some of them have another username that they use for non-WMF business, so th...

Kumioko

I don't care what Guy or Seraphimblade say about the T&S section, my personal interactions with them have shown the complete opposite. They are utterly incompetent and totally untrustworthy. NO member of the Wikipedia community should trust them.

Kumioko

The monthly activities meetings are posted in YouTube with displayed view counts. I assume that the view counts include the users that watch the live stream. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfKOB0fRh1XXCEBuczGa33iA,Playlist September 2014 - 452 views August 2015 - 212 views August 2...

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