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- Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:50 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
- Replies: 10
- Views: 496
Re: A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
:facepalm: Word to the wise: Do Not Engage In Email Exchanges With Jimmy Wales . Guy's a serious creep, so always bring a chaperone. Jimmy Wales initiated this one, so I am not to blame. That's good advice. Even if you proved, beyond any doubt, that D1000 was editing for money, Jimbo would still fi...
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:44 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
- Replies: 10
- Views: 496
Re: A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales initiated this one, so I am not to blame.SB_Johnny wrote: Word to the wise: Do Not Engage In Email Exchanges With Jimmy Wales.
Guy's a serious creep, so always bring a chaperone.
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:05 pm
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
- Replies: 10
- Views: 496
A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales
Via email from the God-King Himself: You seemed to imply in a comment that Demiurge1000 engages in paid editing. Is that a known fact? Although this implication may have been gleaned from the comment that I made on Jimbotalk, it was specifically geared at the broader body politic of Wikipedia subver...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:07 am
- Forum: Web 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes
- Topic: Italian Wikipedia criticism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 483
Re: Italian Wikipedia criticism
It's time to do away with all of these "arms" and "barnstars" and replace them with proper governance. Agreed; and I'm sure you will be among the first to renounce your honours. This editor has been awarded the Original Barnstar This editor has been awarded Shrike's Nectarine Pie This editor has be...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:04 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
My dear Wer, I object to none of your proposals. In fact, I believe it's a pity that you don't have supreme autocratic power over both the Wikipedia and the Universe it purports to describe. -Alex I don't want autocratic power over Wikipedia, I want to implement a proper constitution as soon as pos...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:03 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Should we assume good faith towards Jehochman?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2304
Re: Should we assume good faith towards Jehochman?
In a word, no.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:01 pm
- Forum: Web 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes
- Topic: Italian Wikipedia criticism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 483
Re: Italian Wikipedia criticism
It's time to do away with all of these "arms" and "barnstars" and replace them with proper governance. Agreed; and I'm sure you will be among the first to renounce your honours. This editor has been awarded the Original Barnstar This editor has been awarded Shrike's Nectarine Pie This editor has be...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:55 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
Wer, your detailed proposals for Wikipedia reform always bring to my mind the Committee_of_Public_Safety http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Cruikshank_-_The_Radical%27s_Arms.png I would be curious to know what sort of reformed constitution you have in mind for the USA. http://upload...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Obvious paid editors are obvious
- Replies: 954
- Views: 247683
Re: Obvious paid editors are obvious
This one is more of a predictive hunch. Over the next few months, keep your eye on Universal American , which received a not insubstantial upgrade last year from an IP address emanating from the company's network . Universal American is now hunting for a new Director, Social Media & Content Marketi...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Web 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes
- Topic: Italian Wikipedia criticism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 483
Re: Italian Wikipedia criticism
It's time to do away with all of these "arms" and "barnstars" and replace them with proper governance.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:06 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
Not sure if this should be a new thread or not, but this (http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/is-wikipedia-for-sale) further shows how flawed Wikipedia's investigation is on this one. I have evidence to clearly show how badly flawed it is, but unfortunately cannot disclose it. I don't like paid editin...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:17 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: What they say about us
- Replies: 121
- Views: 9536
Re: What they say about us
I thought that this was a bad site. But as we already know, power players and insiders definitely do use Wikipediocracy to keep track of public opinion, even if they're not willing to admit it. It's a guilty pleasure to lurk here. I wish a few more WP partisans would write here, it would spice thin...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:57 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: What they say about us
- Replies: 121
- Views: 9536
Re: What they say about us
I thought that this was a bad site. But as we already know, power players and insiders definitely do use Wikipediocracy to keep track of public opinion, even if they're not willing to admit it. It's a guilty pleasure to lurk here. I wish a few more WP partisans would write here, it would spice thin...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:31 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: WP admin saves the life of a suicidal user
- Replies: 20
- Views: 995
Re: WP admin saves the life of a suicidal user
Thank you, Scott Martin.Mancunium wrote:+1Alison wrote:Thank you - that is a million times better that what was there. It has warmth to it.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:05 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: What they say about us
- Replies: 121
- Views: 9536
Re: What they say about us
I thought that this was a bad site. But as we already know, power players and insiders definitely do use Wikipediocracy to keep track of public opinion, even if they're not willing to admit it.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia featured article of the now
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2082
Re: Wikipedia featured article of the now
I am referring to books like When God Writes Your Love Story (T-H-L), recently featured on the main page.Hex wrote:Wat.Wer900 wrote:trash subjects ... books
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:18 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia featured article of the now
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2082
Re: Wikipedia featured article of the now
Again, in the hard sciences, I have had my writing critiqued to a great extent by highly experienced reviewers. There is strong evidence that the 'hard sciences' are no better than the humanities. Key articles are full of nonsense and idiocies. I know. I am only stating that hard science FAs and GA...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:52 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia featured article of the now
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2082
Re: Wikipedia featured article of the now
The featured article now is Brockway Mountain Drive . The writing of the article is typical wikibabble, lots of disjointed factoids: A bit of pedantry regarding factoid: the -oid suffix means "resembling." It's not a diminutive. (I assume that TFA underwent basic fact-checking so that they're not a...
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:45 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 725
Re: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief wa
As if we didn't know this already... But this is not the wind made new... I have a new catchphrase... RfB What I really wanted to say was that Sue Gardner has been complicit in all of this for very long and in her manner of speech shows no repentance for the rampant corruption under her tenure and ...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:34 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia featured article of the now
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2082
Re: Wikipedia featured article of the now
The difference is that I am not an insider and he is.lilburne wrote:in around 1345 under Richard II it ... copyright Ironholds (aka OKeys, aka dimwit)
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia featured article of the now
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2082
Re: Wikipedia featured article of the now
The featured article now is Brockway Mountain Drive . The writing of the article is typical wikibabble, lots of disjointed factoids: A bit of pedantry regarding factoid: the -oid suffix means "resembling." It's not a diminutive. (I assume that TFA underwent basic fact-checking so that they're not a...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:54 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Jay Walsh buggers off
- Replies: 22
- Views: 893
Re: Jay Walsh buggers off
If Walsh is really leaving, then it should be okay to pay $200,000 or even more to get rid of him. I hope that in time Jimmy Wales appoints a successor and cashes out too. I don't care how much is spent on removing these people, so long as the Foundation remains able to conduct major projects by the...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:31 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Kww and JamesBWatson quack
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1665
Re: Kww and JamesBWatson quack
I understand that Kww and JamesBWatson have much larger aces up their sleeves. However, this does summarize the "house POV" toward socks.
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:14 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: PR
- Replies: 133
- Views: 1983
Re: The PR industry is buying up Wikipedia
Thumbs up. PR peeps: stick to normal site style, don't violate NPOV, and don't be an idiot or an asshole. And declare your COI on the talk page, I will add. You had it up until the last sentence. If you're doing everything well up to that point, there's no need to tape the "Kick Me" sign on yoursel...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:54 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Why did Alan Liefting quit?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1567
Re: Why did Alan Liefting quit?
My advice is this: just write. You can shut the drama off by skipping AN, AN/I, any and all RFCs, AfD, and Jimbotalk. That's very true; I rarely do those anymore, except for the brief spells when power players who are out for my blood take me there. However, even the content side of the project has...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:43 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Why did Alan Liefting quit?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1567
Re: Why did Alan Liefting quit?
Dear Diary, I have decided to return to Wikipedia editing after being blocked for three months because I consider the project to be of an exceedingly high importance. I won't be driven off by the irrational behaviour of certain editors. Any difficulties encountered are to be tolerated or addressed ...
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:40 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Kww and JamesBWatson quack
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1665
Kww and JamesBWatson quack
From Jimbotalk , emphasis mine SPI is a process for editors to gain attention from administrators and checkusers. SPI isn't required (or even recommended) for obvious socks. SPI would go into immediate overload if every sock was taken through SPI, Liz. I process them directly, sometimes because I n...
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:39 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 725
Re: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief wa
You missed the best paragraph: One critic, Gregory Kohs, cofounder of the muck-raking site Wikipediocracy, describes the foundation’s appetite for expansion as “empire building.” He argues that the work of a nearly 200-member Wikimedia staff could easily be done by a workforce a fraction of the siz...
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:26 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 725
Re: Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief wa
As if we didn't know this already...
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:25 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Are plastic surgeons nip/tucking ads into WP?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6786
Re: Are plastic surgeons nip/tucking ads into WP?
This is plain unethical. I hope that a patient of Dr. Placic's is willing to speak out.
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:58 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Are plastic surgeons nip/tucking ads into WP?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6786
Re: Are plastic surgeons nip/tucking ads into WP?
Is there not a difference between sharing among medical staff and patients of your own practice and posting information on the freely accessible Internet?
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:56 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Private Manning arbitration
- Replies: 355
- Views: 19260
Re: Private Manning arbitration
Please, Eric, transfer this to the book wiki as an original archive, even if you don't use it in your book. If any new developments happen this case could be oversighted; we cannot allow it to disappear from history, though. The arbitration pages, or this thread? Arbitration pages, undoubtedly. I a...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:04 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Private Manning arbitration
- Replies: 355
- Views: 19260
Re: Private Manning arbitration
Please, Eric, transfer this to the book wiki as an original archive, even if you don't use it in your book. If any new developments happen this case could be oversighted; we cannot allow it to disappear from history, though.
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:43 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Wikipedia's Balkanisation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1792
Re: Wikipedia's Balkanisation
Hot on Jimbeau's talk page: User talk:Jimbo Wales#complain Dear supervisor my name is Somar and I want to complain about the Articles in Arabic and being different from what it is in all other languages and express opinions that is not required and are not considered neutral, where your site is co...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:23 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Private Manning arbitration
- Replies: 355
- Views: 19260
Re: Private Manning arbitration
Gerard indefinitely restricted in his use of tools on transgender articles. That effectively emasculates Gerard. Fuck up again and it's into the lion's den, Davie boy. Fear not, lad, he's got plenty of admin sockpuppets..... Examples? I am not doubting your assertion but I would like more detail. R...
- Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The machine that read Wikipedia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 311
Re: The machine that read Wikipedia
I consider myself a transhumanist, but I am certainly not a nut like Ray Kurzweil or his Wikipediots admirers. Computers as we know them cannot store and process information like our brains can, and last for such short time periods that any pretense of "immortality" is bogus regardless. To me, the o...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:50 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
- Replies: 10
- Views: 784
Re: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
Honestly, we need to stop such a palace coup from happening. If that happens, the chance of change will range from zero to none. Jimmy had better accept the role of constitutional monarch and kick out his idle nobles, who waste space and accrue power. ¡Viva la revolución! "Constitutional monarchs" ...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Deconstructing Wikipedia User Mathsci
- Replies: 293
- Views: 19083
Re: Deconstructing Wikipedia User Mathsci
Astronomy and Spaceflight also appear to be islands of sanity; I see little to no drama there. Fringe theorists in those areas are often dealt with in an expedient fashion.The Devil's Advocate wrote:You are not fooling anyone Kiefer. We all know such things do not exist.Kiefer.Wolfowitz wrote:islands of sanity at Wikipedia.
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:53 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
So, even if the articles created are beneficial, to dissuade paid editors, we must delete and salt them? "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." - - - Unknown US Army officer, Vietnam, 1968 We need to stop paid editors from editing Wikipedia directly. To start with, make CU tools avai...
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:59 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
So, even if the articles created are beneficial, to dissuade paid editors, we must delete and salt them? "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." - - - Unknown US Army officer, Vietnam, 1968 We need to stop paid editors from editing Wikipedia directly. To start with, make CU tools avai...
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:51 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet army
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4451
Re: The battle to destroy Wikipedia's biggest sockpuppet arm
As mentioned in another thread, a useless palace coup, as opposed to a popular revolution, looks likely.
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:30 am
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
- Replies: 10
- Views: 784
Re: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
Honestly, we need to stop such a palace coup from happening. If that happens, the chance of change will range from zero to none. Jimmy had better accept the role of constitutional monarch and kick out his idle nobles, who waste space and accrue power. ¡Viva la revolución!
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:34 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Deconstructing Wikipedia User Mathsci
- Replies: 293
- Views: 19083
Re: Deconstructing Wikipedia User Mathsci
A new David Gerard anointee will take the role. Don't get ahead of yourself.Vigilant wrote:Adios, motherfucker.
One more bad actor gone.
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:37 pm
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
- Replies: 10
- Views: 784
Re: All the instances of Jimbo trying to get people fired
Jimbo needs to become the next Louis XVI. He needs to accept limitations on his powers or face the consequences. He also needs to remove David Gerard.
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:42 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Crap articles
- Replies: 4422
- Views: 822870
Re: Crap articles
President of India#Origin India thus became the first republic[10] to belong to the Commonwealth and this precedent was followed in subsequent decades by other countries that either adopted a monarchy separate from that shared by the Commonwealth realms or became republics & thus The President acts...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:21 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Narcissism Breeds Belief in One’s Own Creativity
- Replies: 16
- Views: 593
Re: Narcissism Breeds Belief in One’s Own Creativity
Sorry, couldn't resist. Replace "phony God's blessings" with "the work of others" and you summarize the Wikipedia ethos well (although the original may also work for a plurality of Wikipediots).
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:16 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Private Manning arbitration
- Replies: 355
- Views: 19260
Re: Private Manning arbitration
None of this matters.
David Gerard needs an Okeyes-style defrocking.
David Gerard needs an Okeyes-style defrocking.
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:31 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Sauce for the Gander
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1200
Re: Sauce for the Gander
Who is Racepacket?EricBarbour wrote:Kindly take this back to Wikipedia, where it belongs. Thank you.spp wrote:Racepacket, is that you?
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:10 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WMUK secretary appointed Chief Executive of CIPR
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3260
Re: WMUK secretary appointed Chief Executive of CIPR
ANDREAS, WIKIPEDIA IS TOTALLY CLEAN, NOTHING TO SEE HERE, PLEASE MOVE ON, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE...
And when we move on, the cycle continues its slow motion.
And when we move on, the cycle continues its slow motion.
- Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:54 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Private Manning arbitration
- Replies: 355
- Views: 19260
Re: Private Manning arbitration
Why did corrupt T. Canens abstain on David Gerard's desysopping?