Wikipediocracy

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I suppose I take it as valid that an administrator has protected her user page to admins only with a stark statement Editor has deceased. As valid as anything can be in our 'truth is never final' Internet world. I did not ever cross paths with her on Wiki, but I left a condolence because I understan...

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You cannot image how this opens my eyes. Off topic, but, I am wondering... is "image" now being used as a substitute for "imagine", similar to how I've begun seeing "in future" instead of "in the future"? Not catspeak. No, I just have a terrible time with typos. I suppose at some point soon I shall...

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What website is Drmies talking about? Maybe the one I linked to yesterday on Re: A question about Drmies? Here is the site's "About" page: http://marinkavandam.com/about.html. Lightbreather, thank you for this link. You cannot image how this opens my eyes. Hafspajen is my arch-enemy. They literally...

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...and I specifically identified as female, since my main sorrow I mentioned was that I was:

“hurtfully mocked for my gender and an illness,”

..and I truthfully ticked my age grouping (and I too am beyond anything know as youthful ( except in spirit )

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Well, THIS is interesting... [link]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Harassment_survey_2015[/link] I know I took the survey and my distinct recollection was that I responded to a link to it off of GenderGap-l. I took it too, and I can confirm it was via a site-notice, so I must have been one...

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"I still cannot understand why your own RfA failed." Because she did the same thing you (Hawkeye) did. Refused to admit her behavior was destructive and danced around criticism. I didn't vote in Hawkeye's RfA, but after seeing that, I would have voted oppose. Seeing this link to Montanabw's talk pa...

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"I still cannot understand why your own RfA failed." Because she did the same thing you (Hawkeye) did. Refused to admit her behavior was destructive and danced around criticism. I didn't vote in Hawkeye's RfA, but after seeing that, I would have voted oppose. Seeing this link to Montanabw's talk pa...

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Thanks for this thread. I have been looking for these results, even today on the WMF site. I too responded to the survey. Although what I submitted as an example of "Real-life quotes of harassing texts" is not listed, I do have a mention in the 'Harassment in the respondents' own words'. My quote wa...

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For the crime of posting here without disclosing it. I told him I'd save him the trouble. Transparency is good. Wikipedians posting here should link at least their WP account names, if not their real names — which is better yet. You can't be doxxed by anybody ever if there is no mystery, after all....

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Anyway, my perspective on Mobile Wikipedia is that smartphones are half-decent ways to quickly check Wikipedia to see when an actor or actress was born, or whether or not Pikes Peak is the tallest mountain in Colorado, but trying to use a smartphone to actually edit, much less create, Wikipedia con...

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I have duly cast my votes, even after a dastardly last year's election. Thanks for the voter's guide and comments that followed. And for your questions, Tim.

Zoloft is among the five I supported. Don't mind saying.

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Withdrawn to such an extent that he says he has retired... a slight overreaction, I feel, and one that proves he was never a suitable candidate. I agree, if he can't take a little disappointment then he definitely doesn't need access to the tools. I also must say that HJMitchells comments were not ...

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Tero wrote:Coming out of lurker mode for this, because it's the first time I actually know something!

Welcome also. I can relate. There is often nothing I know but I value very much being here.

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Zoloft wrote:I am now a candidate. Should be interesting.

Excellent, actually!

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Well, if Secret was a valid candidate before, he's just shot himself in the foot by blocking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Please_review_these_blocks_on_IP_addresses,a brand-new account under utterly bollocks pretenses , and then, after lifting the ...

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New candidate: Secret. The saga continues... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2014/Candidates/Secret/Statement Lack of candidates, plus what I heard who might or not might be running forced me to run, this is my first major attempt for the position. L...

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Meanwhile, if you think Technical13 is being honest, I have a bridge for you... http://www.centralmaine.com/2012/09/08/accused-admits-assaulting-same-woman-again_2012-09-07/ (in the bulleted list towards the bottom): * Donald J. Fortier II, 33, of Augusta, [Maine,] operating while license suspended...

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I will happily vote for Technical 13 on the basis of his counting his female cat as a daughter. :cat: That's ridiculous. I hope you don't vote like that in real political elections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2014/Candidates While I may hav...

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He has my vote. Unfortunately, I'm barred from voting. As a parent of three, I would expect him to know ways of revolving issues besides the usual "ban, ban, ban, sanction, sanction, sanction." As a digger of information, even if the digging results in trouble, I can't help but feel sympathy toward...

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sparkzilla wrote:I joined the site when it was beta testing. I would give you an invite but the "Invite Friends" link isn't working :-\

Too funny.

As Vigilant says: offwiki...

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Am I using the wrong URL? I typed infobitt.com into my browser and a purple page appeared that wants me to sign up or log in. I just want to look at the thing. No. The long version of the blog http://larrysanger.org/2014/11/infobitt-long/ states We did a soft launch recently, meaning you can sign u...

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Ironically perhaps, after this RfA was rushed through in order to stop the run of failed RfAs, a rather more valid candidate is running for the bit right now (albeit one who also has a gap in their editing). So it seems. I am going to wait for a time before casting an opinion in the newest RFA, jus...

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-_- Yeah. This has been beaten into a nice stiffness and it's time to make the pie. I appreciated Kumioko's thoughtful reply to me, and I don't think there's much forum value added by those that drop in threads merely to roll their eyes, complain of boredom, or post images of turds as I start to wo...

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And in a rather dizzying ending; those of us who offered up opposes have been pinged in a quasi exit poll. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship#Some_data_that_I_would_like_to_see . I love how only those on the opposition bench are the hindrance of successful access to ...

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And yet again, another editor is attempting to pin Jackmcbarn down about an even earlier possible account: Additional question from Vejvančický 14. When did you join the English Wikipedia (±)? This edit suggests to me that you were an experienced editor already in September 2006. It is not the kind ...

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Anyone sense evasiveness in Jackmcbarn's response here to Glrx' question? I read his first response, and thought "wait, he didn't conclusively answer" but then thought "no, I'm being unduly suspicious, it's conclusive enough assuming he's not playing games with phrasing." But then Glrx comes back w...

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ObFae: I am going to laugh so very hard when it turns/is found out that this guy has been a total bastard and was hiding his very shady past. The chances are better than even. Not only that, I would not be surprised if "AmaryllisGardener" was his sock, or a close friend who is socking. And chances ...

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One in the neutral column has now moved up to 'oppose', partly based on all the negative badgering; of which my oppose received some from the nominator and another just argumentative supporter. Intothatdarkness wrote: The more I think about it, the less comfortable I am giving a lifetime appointment...

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Reading Mr._Stradivarius ' nomination again, it is strikingly deceptive in how it encourages the casual reader to take Jackmcbarn for a newish super-techie and makes no mention of the 900-lb. gorilla in the room, namely that the guy has been editing for eight years overall and six-and-an-half of th...

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Here's a bunch of his edits as an IP , going back to Nov 2011. A Comcast customer in Pennsylvania. I wish you people would stop trying to poke holes in my acquisition of admin status. :cat: Actually, this is quite useful. Jackmcbarn has pinged four editors who have cast oppose votes and inquired: I...

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Internet site participation is fickle. There have been a number of sites that had large participation and then died. At some point the site no longer seems to be as much fun as it once was. Kids begin to see it as no longer cool, you don't get so much commitment, they don't engage for as long, your...

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The last nomination that was served up for our examination and dissecting was decidedly unqualified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/GamerPro64 This was one of the most interesting discussions as it unfolded. Any contributor who bothered to dig a little into the activi...

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Look at who granted that right to them. Look at that person's immediate wikifriends. Find the sock. Profit. Kelapstick Never seen the man, but apparently he's an admin. Any thoughts? Friends are Drmies , Hafspajen , and Bongomatic . All seem to be relatively competent. Hafspajen: Key words: seem. r...

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Not yet a member of this group, but likely to be is Stanley Johnson (writer) . His eldest son, Boris Johnson, is the current Mayor of London. Are there really several editors who have it pencilled into their diaries for early May 2016 that they need to change that to "former"? Oh well there is a te...

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While looking for a cat breed article to snag and simplify on Simple English Wiki, I discovered American Wirehair . The American Wirehair is a breed of domestic cat originating in upstate New York. As of 2003, though the breed is well-known, it is ranked as the most rare of the 41 Cat Fanciers' Asso...

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Secondly, I did say it is with physican advice and it is not due to pain, either physically or emotionally. It does truly improve my fate, by editing. It is for cognitive ability. I am quite intelligent and what I fear is a loss of that sharpness. Having hobbies that use my intelligence is mandator...

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Secondly, I did say it is with physican advice and it is not due to pain, either physically or emotionally. It does truly improve my fate, by editing. It is for cognitive ability. I am quite intelligent and what I fear is a loss of that sharpness. Having hobbies that use my intelligence is mandator...

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You can assist in the demise by: - stopping the virtual drug abuse and overcoming your fear to feel sick if you don't And don't lie to yourself: you're using the site to retain the ability to mask your pain, like an alcoholic drinks beyond the point of enjoyment to feel good in some way, not realiz...

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The thought was (and still is by one participant) that vandalism would increase on Mondays and we would not repair what was on our watchlists, that had been unnoticed by others, on Tuesdays. I hear you though... Were you around when the WP:NEWT breaching experiment was going on? Multiple people (in...

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I have to 'be good' to some extent because I have made friends there that I would miss and I have to avoid being yelled at on the dramah boards. Please do not incorporate my motive in amongst others. So what if I can be replaced? That was threatened on every job I had. I am using Wikipedia just as ...

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What other metric might the WMF have? Amount of bytes changes in Wikipedia, see http://tools.wmflabs.org/fengtools/contribsize/ Unfortunately this doesn't work as a great metric, either. It gives, for example, me 37Mb and Eric/Malleus 26Mb. Problem is that even though Eric's article work is far gre...

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Why? Everything you put on that site is removable or corruptible. That is why people like Eric get into fights, some one that is more cretinous come along and messes up what they have done. Not only are you adding content there you are also bound to protect it for all time. The WMF doesn't give a r...

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sparkzilla wrote:The rallying call of the Wikipedia Editor.
What do we want? No money! When do we want it? Now!
All the while Jimbo is laughing all the way to his next speaking appointment.

Oh that fish cheer has so got to go on my page.

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For any boycott to really work, the strikers need to vow to cut out productive Wikipedia editing altogether (not just sitting down on "Mondays", as appears to be proposed), and replace it with only vandalism editing and paid editing from sleeper accounts. The though was (and still is by one partici...

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There are several of us who are participating in vowing no work on Mondays. Those who know my identity can easily go to my talk page and read my template. Those who do not can likewise follow the rabbit trail from Eric's and Sitush's talk page (now archived) back to me, because I commented on both. ...

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I am one of less than 30 page watchers for Shivers (song) and Dogs in Space , both Nick Cave related and from the Australian post-punk scene. I also watch (39 stalkers) The_Birthday_Party_(band) , a Nick Cave band. The cult movie Dogs in Space, although horridly acted and produced is valuable as a r...

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Yes and from me, welcome, Klaudia.

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5) People have debated how the group should be selected or how its charter should be adopted. I would be interested in people's insights. Every year, I have faithfully taken part in the election process, such as it is. It is rather like shooting in the dark. I read the voter guides, read the candid...

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Welcome to WPO from me as well, Alan.

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WP is in flux right now, neither fully decentralized nor rigidly top-down. That's what the Volunteers vs. Bureaucrats fight over Visual Editor and Media Viewer is all about, of course. Bureaucracies always tend to win these battles over the long haul, but Wikipedia is its own type of collective ent...

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