Wikipediocracy

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Moral Hazard wrote:The activities of princes should remain private.

Only as private as the activities of anyone else.

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Do you have that as an SVG? The raster version displayed here looks a little patchy.

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Hey, aren't we talking about wikibreaks?

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This is all stupid. There's arguments about whether there should be articles on the topic of people who aren't getting any? Everyone should use some common sense and move on to the more important things in life.

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Poetlister wrote:
Ross McPherson wrote:Go away and work for a real charity, serving the poor, the hungry and the demented.
No doubt there are cynics here who would suggest that working on Wikipedia does help some demented people.

It educates the little girl in Africa, doesn't it?

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I definitely agree that there should be a way to appeal ArbCom decisions. Although I'm not as critical of ArbCom as some people are, I do think they have too much power for a body of only about a dozen people. For instance, I've always been a bit unsettled by the fact that any admin can make a bloc...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb has only one small paragraph of historical information about its predecessor Squibb Corporation and nothing at all about Bristol-Myers . Surely these two companies did some notable things in their 100+ years of existence. There's an active anti-defunct-company bias on Wikipedia...

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If you're going to be paranoid, Sikhs have done some violent things too, like assassinate Indira Gandhi . But not because they were Sikhs. That was just a non-defining aspect of their personality. Also, you can't pretend they represent Sikhs as a whole due to such an incident; e.g. Christianity has...

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I don't know the correct word to describe Wikipedia at 15 years, but it is not an "encyclopedia." Don't be so overdramatic. It is one, just one which has spurious reliability and large inherent flaws. But it represents a wide range of knowledge and is used as a general reference work by millions of...

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Latest development: This is a design element from the WikiMiniAtlas and I think it has an positiv effect for the user to set the visual focus on Wikipedia content. It's also the aim to look different that google maps and it's a quick (and dirty) way to multilingual maps. ;-) The problem we have now ...

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thekohser wrote:Note that it is not permitted to ask Jimbo about the call to boycott the Chinese conference.

Because the user was banned. Reverting banned edits is usual, and not here related to the subject matter.

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OK, we finally have a new one! I was getting concerned that December would finish off the year admin-free, but it seems not to be the case after all. What's more, it's at pretty much 100% support already, although that could change if some old dirt is dug up. I know I'll be watching this one. Wikipe...

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There is simply so many articles that are either unsourceable or no editor is interested in improving it, so... they don't change much in a long time. Listing random ones as you are won't help it.

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Petrol (gasoline) is lower than a pound (per litre), too. This has more relevance to my life than the slow failure of TPO.

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lilburne wrote:The art of starting the obvious.

I'll start with:
Thai comics (T-H-L) are comics written and produced in Thailand.

I think any reasonable encyclopedia would begin with a line of this nature. You can't not, really.

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Well, I'm just happy that my thread got 887 replies. That was nice of you guys.

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Do products like this need to be given an official licence by the WMF to be sold?

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The obvious reason this feature hasn't been made is because users are able to interact for the purposes of content collaboration. People making drama aren't a proper part of a wiki, just an inherent problem.

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This is a really pointless thread.

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(So what does PC∆ mean?)

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Voting is closed, dudes. I eagerly await the outcome which is actually pretty predictable with only a couple of borderline candidates.

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I don't know what the above post means but it's probably not worth trying to figure out. I can just see a wall of text with "GGTF" peppered throughout it.

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/wikipedia-boss-to-lobby/2312740.html The founder of Wikipedia said Wednesday (Dec 2) that he will be flying to Beijing in two weeks to discuss lifting the block on the online encyclopedia in China. One of the world's most popular websites, Wikipedia wa...

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The question really is why this was chosen to be Today's Featured Article. Don't they vet them, or do they assume them all to be equally golden and main page worthy?

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I don't recall ever seeing an article with so much bold text in its lead section. And the rest of it is rubbish as well.

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Do you mean File:AdamLevine2011.jpg ? Crisco 1492 only resized that.

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I don't wear a watch... ....I have a clock on my phone. Phones don’t keep you punctual. Watches do. A wrist watch is the most convenient way to tell the time. "I don’t need a watch because I have a phone" is a common response from a generation who are now questioning the adverse effects of constant...

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DHeyward wrote:--~~~~

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Johnny Au wrote:
Ahmed Mohamed (born c. 2001), student arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school in the Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
It should also include "and son of Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed (T-H-L) who unsuccessfully ran for president of Sudan"

SOFIXIT

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And now back to ACE2015...

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Where do you see the raw votes figure?

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Seriously though, how will colour-blind people cope with that page? Well, they could read it. :rotfl: The image of trying to figure what "salmon pink" or "pastel" in braille comes to mind...even though is off topic.... Colour blind doesn't mean blind. I don't think they have Braille computers, eith...

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This thread's been stuck at the top of the Governance subforum for a long time but hasn't been posted to since June. Can't it be unpinned now?

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Why was the 2005 election so much higher in candidates than all the others?

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Kumioko wrote:I think Rich, GorillaWarfare, Kudpung and others are good people, but not suitable to be arbs although I would like to see Rich get it..

This is contradictory. Is Rich suitable or not?

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Mahensingha (T-C-L) is now a candidate. Has no chance. (4,461 edits wtf)

I'm stil waiting for the deluge of nominations that should come just about 24 hours from now.

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Frankly, though, Wikipedia has Wikipediocracy and now, maybe, a forum is necessary to "shine a light of scrutiny" into your "dark crevices." You seem to be every bit as bad as the Jimmy Wales that lives in your head. Another anonymous critic of mine, too timid to address me with your real name? I'l...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2015/Candidates/Kudpung/Statement I’ve been waiting for this one and would very much like him to be on Arbcom just to see him bring down the whole committee, paving the way for much needed reform. His behavior in the Xtools mailing list is nothing ...

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Thryduulf just put himself back up for re-election. That makes 12 candidates now.

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Liz99 wrote:I'm going to need a reference though to the Moleman Era, I haven't run across that term before.

While Erik Moller (T-H-L) was Deputy Director of Wikimedia Foundation (2008 to April 2015).

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Why can't you just say policies/guidelines? "Wikipedia's WP:PAG" is unnecessarily cryptic.

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When I notice shit and hypocrisy, I post it. I could care less about you or Bernstein posting nonsensical garbage. Do you mean you couldn't care less? It's important to exactly understand your position. I think that's just one of the innumerable differences between English and what they speak in th...

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A far more entertaining thread would be to list all the people who have been constantly whining on Wikipedia about the quality of the arbcommies or their decisions. Quite often the quality of work of any given body can be seen when you look at the competence of their fiercest detractors. I'll start...

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Somebody applied to run under the username "Protest vote". Quickly reverted by Mike V (T-C-L) (diff) because of account being created too late. See also discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2015/Candidates#Protest_candidate_SPAs (T-H-L).

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DHeyward wrote: When I notice shit and hypocrisy, I post it. I could care less about you or Bernstein posting nonsensical garbage.

Do you mean you couldn't care less? It's important to exactly understand your position.

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Someone floated the idea recently to encourage as many people as possible to oppose all of the candidates in order to prevent enough of them to reach 50%, and thus force a "constitutional crisis". I think that's a good idea. I think they'd just "change the rules" (IAR y'know) and let the "top 9" in...

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I reckon it's time to have a dedicated thread on this by now - nominations start in 12 hours!

(There are a few posts in the "Is the community losing patience with the Arbcom?" thread which could be moved over here.)

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A quick note for the record that another ban has been placed, this time for Scalhotrod, as mentioned in another thread. I thought they were going to use this banning method more frequently, but it's the first one since June.

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Poetlister wrote:waffling away will make things clearer.

No rational person would ever think that. But Wikipedians aren't always too rational, of course.

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