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- Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:46 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Bhutanese Passport -- What does the hoax say?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4482
Re: Bhutanese Passport -- What does the hoax say?
Well, well, well. Why am I lacking any feeling of surprise?
- Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:44 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: The Visual Editor is a huge failure
- Replies: 1609
- Views: 268666
Re: The Visual Editor is a huge failure
I suppose PHP is rather like Java and Flash in that regard. Everyone likes to heap scorn upon them, and yet people still keep using them.
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:59 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Jimbo shares a $1,000,000 award with Berners-Lee
- Replies: 272
- Views: 43982
Re: Jimbo shares a $1,000,000 award with Berners-Lee
He had the right to forget about it. </s>
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:31 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Indian fakers faking again
- Replies: 541
- Views: 48115
Re: Indian fakers faking again
Well, it's a lazy and easy way of silencing your critics... which is probably why Jimbo used it. It's also an asshole's move, which again appears to fit.
- Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:19 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Admin resignations
- Replies: 479
- Views: 56625
Re: Admin resignations
I think Dreadstar deliberately executed a(nother) Diva Quit (tm) here. Demands that MarkBernstein be unblocked by HJ Mitchell at midnight UTC, 16 hours later whines about it not happening, unblocks MarkBernstein, bitches at HJ Mitchell and everyone else, and blocks themselves. In the meantime, Mitch...
- Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:33 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Admin resignations
- Replies: 479
- Views: 56625
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:38 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: "Bhutanese Pawsspawtttt....."
- Replies: 26
- Views: 799
Re: Bhutanese Pawwwsspawwwtttt.....
And... it's gone! For once, Commons was less dysfunctional than enwp - it had to happen eventually.
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:51 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: ArbCom "case" against User:Collect—Cheers!
- Replies: 248
- Views: 14400
Re: ArbCom "case" against User:Collect—Cheers!
I'd trust a blog more than I'd trust the Daily Mail.
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:54 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: ArbCom "case" against User:Collect—Cheers!
- Replies: 248
- Views: 14400
Re: ArbCom "case"
If RT is the only source citing Putin's opinions on a subject.... ...maybe Putin's opinion on a subject doesn't need to be inserted into Wikipedia? Just a thought. Depends on the exact issue in question. Not so sure about that. The word "only" is pretty telling. If he's done an exclusive interview ...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:30 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: ArbCom "case" against User:Collect—Cheers!
- Replies: 248
- Views: 14400
Re: ArbCom "case"
Depends on the exact issue in question.iii wrote:...maybe Putin's opinion on a subject doesn't need to be inserted into Wikipedia? Just a thought.collect wrote:If RT is the only source citing Putin's opinions on a subject....
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:44 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Indian fakers faking again
- Replies: 541
- Views: 48115
Re: Indian fakers faking again
Well, he's not swept it under the rug (yet), for a change.
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WMF Global Ban Policy
- Replies: 226
- Views: 14577
Re: WMF Global Ban Policy
Long-term disruption and ownership across multiple projects, including various counts of harassment - why shouldn't they? If Commons is to have any hope of being useful, the WMF have to get rid of the crap merchants, because they sure as fuck won't get rid of themselves...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:18 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: User name rationalization is coming soon
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14417
Re: User name rationalization is coming soon
All I can say is; I'm glad my account was young enough and unhindered enough to not suffer these issues.
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:39 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: WMF Global Ban Policy
- Replies: 226
- Views: 14577
Re: WMF Global Ban Policy
And that day can't come soon enough. It'd be nice if they took out some of the enablers on Commons as well.Vigilant wrote:Ashley van Haeften aka Fae is the next target for a SanFranBan.
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
- Replies: 81
- Views: 9771
Re: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
In fairness, any list containing hoaxes that were less than one month old at their discovery point would be boring, and very long indeed.
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Computer equipment and office furniture
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1651
Re: Computer equipment and office furniture
Office PC? Mac Pros probably.
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:55 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: IP exposure: Privacy or accountability?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 342
Re: IP exposure: Privacy or accountability?
Cloaking IPs would be absolutely stupid. That's what having an account is for anyway.
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:10 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
- Replies: 81
- Views: 9771
Re: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
And not only that, there are the unencyclopedic messes of content just dumped into articles - often copyvios/completely unsourced - where lazy editors "tag" it for cleanup, rather than actually do anything themselves. Just went through and cleaned out the mess one particular editor left two years ag...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:37 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Terry Gilbey to fill Carolyn Doran's shoes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1054
Re: Terry Gilbey to fill Carolyn Doran's shoes
I can see how a person could change formal processes in a large $50 million/year organization. Given the nature of this well-established product, the "corporate culture" of this staff, its Board of Directors, and of the community that funds and elects the Board, I don't see much prospect for real c...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:19 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Art of the Diva Quit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2752
Re: The Art of the Diva Quit
I wonder if anyone on Wikipedia has ever used the Diva Quit to throw suspicion off their sockpuppets. Let's say User A has a sock, User B, and an actual flesh and blood ally, User C. But User B all of a sudden starts being mean to User A for no good reason, prompting User A to do a Diva Quit and ve...
- Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:13 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
- Replies: 81
- Views: 9771
Re: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
1925 is also a plausible typo for a 1915 entry.
- Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:24 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
- Replies: 81
- Views: 9771
Re: Jared Owens, god of Wikipedia
James470 is almost certainly neither the first nor the last to do this kind of "subtle vandalism." All of Wikipedia is infected with varying degrees of bad information. You speak volumes. We don't even have a way to estimate how much subtle vandalism there is. Probably tens of thousands of incorrec...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:01 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Content Committee Ideas - Arbitrator Input more than welcome
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1101
Re: Content Committee Ideas - Arbitrator Input more than wel
Ah, in that case, I do apologize. The reason I use "Lukeno52" rather than "Lukeno94-public" or something similar is quite simple; I use the Lukeno52 user elsewhere, such as on YouTube. So that covers the public account and the impersonation potential in one fell swoop.
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:43 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Content Committee Ideas - Arbitrator Input more than welcome
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1101
Re: Content Committee Ideas - Arbitrator Input more than wel
I don't think restricting everyone to just one account is a good idea, Tim. It makes sense for people with more than the most basic of user rights to have an extra disclosed account, for when they're editing in a public place or on a system that isn't theirs. That's why I have two accounts, even tho...
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
You can't. And, unless you put them under 24/7 surveillance in their homes and places of work, there's no way of knowing if they are emailing each other or not. I'm not certain that the discussions themselves need to be public, but the decisions/conclusions themselves need to have clear, solid reaso...
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
Anyone claiming Kumioko didn't troll is deluding themselves. His content creation is generally good, but his interactions with other editors went dramatically downhill when people weren't taking his side - as happened here. Also, Triptych, your stream of insults only damage your case - you think I, ...
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: Jimbo at the Breakthrough Prize
- Replies: 5
- Views: 463
Re: Jimbo at the Breakthrough Prize
Why are you paying attention to the Daily Fail?
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:24 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Discussion venues (forums, mailing lists and wikis)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1404
Re: Discussion venues (forums, mailing lists and wikis)
The last significant change to Wikipedia was WP:BLP. That correction was a long time coming and a long time ago - and imposed from without. Wikipedia is incapable of meaningful self -correction, because too many of the time-rich that dominate the site don't believe there is anything seriously wrong...
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:23 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
JCM, could you please put some more commas in that comment? Not meaning to belittle you, but it does make it a tad hard to read.
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:05 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikimedia Movement (WMM)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 907
Re: Wikimedia Movement (WMM)
Is it time to adopt an insta-ban policy for IAC trolls here?
- Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:46 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Admin resignations
- Replies: 479
- Views: 56625
Re: Admin resignations
Addenda: That's really weird, I went looking for Coffee's RFA to see if I did vote for him and I can't find it where it might be expected... [link]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Successful_requests_for_adminship&from=C[/link] An unpublicized name change? An omission from the li...
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:05 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Admin resignations
- Replies: 479
- Views: 56625
Re: Admin resignations
Those IPs are yours, zimm2, and the edit warring was several days ago. Admins, please remove this troll.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:36 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
Yeah; it's often hard enough to get a group of total idiots to decide between two things, without muddying the waters further. This, of course, applies to both certain sects of Wikipedia, and politicians, in equal amounts.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:32 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Admin resignations
- Replies: 479
- Views: 56625
Re: Admin resignations
Protonk defended MarkBernstein to a ridiculous degree. No great loss there, let's be honest.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:58 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
It's simpler because it means that the WMF don't have to take their precious money and spend it on actually helping the encyclopedia, rather than ruining it further. Is it better? No, not really.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:33 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
Kiefer's claims should've been taken seriously, and with 20/20 hindsight, that's obvious. However, Kiefer's approach to things didn't help... but then, that approach was probably due to any of his more sensible attempts getting nowhere. A vicious circle.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:20 pm
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: The Visual Editor is a huge failure
- Replies: 1609
- Views: 268666
Re: The Visual Editor is a huge failure
Why do I get the feeling they only keep her employed to meet an "equal opportunity employer" quota?
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:17 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: War on IPs
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2862
Re: War on IPs
Well, it's a serious accusation - but that doesn't mean that it isn't a common one. Add me to the list of people who wants more details.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
"For example, re: Demiurge1000. I made the mistake of ignoring the information because I didn't trust the source. I screwed up properly there" WTT already commented on that. His comment barely scratches the surface. What "source"? What "information" did he not trust? What was his reasoning/justific...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:49 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
"For example, re: Demiurge1000. I made the mistake of ignoring the information because I didn't trust the source. I screwed up properly there"
WTT already commented on that.
WTT already commented on that.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:39 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1871
Re: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
I believe eppur si muove was referring to three active WO members there (namely Carrite, Anthony and Jayen466), rather than those particular three musketeers.
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:37 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Crap articles
- Replies: 4422
- Views: 822896
Re: Crap articles
One of the few things Wikipedia is useful for is timelines (not "knowledge") about football players... Except for when data about them has been creatively vandalized. More on this soon. As someone with a large degree of experience in this area, I have to agree with Greg - apart from the fact that a...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:38 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
The Zoophilia/bestiality talk page was on archive 15 by 2005? What the fuck?
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:05 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
Run away, or been run away? It doesn't help when people here have demanded that they bend to their will. Neither side has been particularly successful at discussing here.
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:15 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Another day, another Gamergate ArbCom case
- Replies: 988
- Views: 64138
Re: Another day, another Gamergate ArbCom case
Hi Mark. As we discussed by email, I've unblocked you with the sole condition that you avoid personally directed comments; this isn't a sanction but more of a gentlemen's agreement. There should be no need to comment on anybody's person anyway—it's perfectly possible, as I'm sure you know, to criti...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:38 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
- Replies: 348
- Views: 8861
Re: Wikipedia Arbitrators discuss ARBCOM Pros & Cons
Gentlemen, this argument is not productive, and if you want this thread to actually generate some discussion, I recommend you both back off each other, before this thread completely descends into chaos. As for ArbCom cases where the "right" decision was reached, well, look at the Wifione case and th...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:36 pm
- Forum: Jimboland
- Topic: A gold medal for Jimbo
- Replies: 16
- Views: 569
Re: A gold medal for Jimbo
Yeah, that 99.9% figure is just fucking stupid. I'm pretty sure more than 0.1% of the world is homeless, just as a starter...
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:41 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1871
Re: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
Seriously concerning/impressive that Wnt has managed to make more edits than the auto-signing bot on that page...
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:03 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Crap articles
- Replies: 4422
- Views: 822896
Re: Crap articles
Problem is, a lot of the "Wikipedia-grade reliable sources" are offline, due to the age of the engine; most of the online hits are for enthusiast forums, parts sites, and tuning guides. At least add a few offline souces, then. It would be far better than nothing. I would, if I had those kind of boo...
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:59 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1871
Re: Wikipedia censored my constructive edit
Guilty as charged on that count, although not very often any more.