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- Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:49 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Anti-LGBT flagwavers
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1898
Re: Anti-LGBT flagwaving Ukrainians
And the text is: "This user is against promoting, justifying and advertising homosexuality", according to translate.bing.com
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:27 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Anti-LGBT flagwavers
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1898
Re: Anti-LGBT flagwaving Ukrainians
Azov Battalion (T-H-L) (mentioned in the above Hitchens article)FelinaLavandula wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:23 amI think the Wolfsangel is somewhat illegal in Ukraine. Also most Ukrainian nationalists tend to not be huge fans of Nazis, which is why part of their project is obscuring Nazi collaboration in Ukraine.
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:18 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Anti-LGBT flagwavers
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1898
Re: Anti-LGBT flagwaving Ukrainians
Interesting thread (but (unfortunately) not very surprising)
Peter Hitchens (T-H-L) (yeah, I know: Daily Mail(!)) had some interesting observations link.
Any Wolfsangel (T-H-L) signs?
Peter Hitchens (T-H-L) (yeah, I know: Daily Mail(!)) had some interesting observations link.
Any Wolfsangel (T-H-L) signs?
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:48 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Articles that contradict themselves
- Replies: 93
- Views: 33467
Re: Articles that contradict themselves
Anybody into British sweets? Dorothy Adlington Cadbury parents were (according to her en.wp article) Geraldine Cadbury and William Adlington Barrow Cadbury And Geraldine Cadbury was (according to her en.wp article) indeed married to William Adlington Barrow Cadbury (+ 3 unnamed children) -but he (ac...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:17 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494900
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
Is it that easy to get into the UK, without a valid passport?
Because he apparently managed that.
So yeah, I think the chanse that he will abscond before the next court date is somewhere beteen 50% and 100%; (much) closer to the latter number than the former.
Because he apparently managed that.
So yeah, I think the chanse that he will abscond before the next court date is somewhere beteen 50% and 100%; (much) closer to the latter number than the former.
- Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:33 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Universal CoC
- Replies: 290
- Views: 23382
Re: Universal CoC
Sadly, I agree with that.Randy from Boise wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:31 amThe Wikimedia Foundation sucks ass.
Always has. Always will.
Leeches. Bureaucrats. Careerists. Incompetents. Dead weight.
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If anything can/will kill wikipedia, it is the horrific mismanagement of the WMF.
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:34 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The Bogdanoff Brothers are dead
- Replies: 4
- Views: 533
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:12 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: The Bogdanoff Brothers are dead
- Replies: 4
- Views: 533
Re: The Bogdanoff Brothers are dead
What none of those sources mentions, was the Bogdanoff twins extreme socking on en.wikipedia back in the day, starting ca 2005. The Bogdanov affair has no less than 10 talk-pages archived (that number of talk-pages is usually reserved for IP-area, or American policy-area). It ended in the wholesale ...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:14 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
- Replies: 1081
- Views: 66280
Re: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
1) when I type "szlachta" into my shiny phone it gives me colorful pictures of the noblesse polonaise . I also typed "szlachta insult" and found no evidence that it was commonly understood as an insult. Maybe you need a new phone, but I believe Mr. Marek is correct here, at least as regards the Pol...
- Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:08 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
- Replies: 1081
- Views: 66280
Re: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
<snip> VM pointed out that things have been quieter over the past few months which makes me very happy. I am on the fence about whether I am going to clerk this one or not. I have a bad feeling that it is going to be a zoo. Beyond IW there are four other prolific sockmasters who are dying to get a ...
- Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:34 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
- Replies: 1081
- Views: 66280
Re: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
I gathered some evidence during the last case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Antisemitism_in_Poland/Workshop#Icewhiz_at_WP:AE Sandstein enabled the fuck out of Icewhiz (the banning of Malik for edits he made before his topic ban was just the tip of the iceberg) [...
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:17 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Jimbo shares a $1,000,000 award with Berners-Lee
- Replies: 272
- Views: 43971
Re: Jimbo shares a $1,000,000 award with Berners-Lee
Jimbo has apparently started to use the word "judiciously" instead of his old "carefully".
I bet he thinks it sounds more ...sophisticated
I bet he thinks it sounds more ...sophisticated
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:46 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
- Replies: 347
- Views: 53142
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
- Replies: 347
- Views: 53142
Re: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
Quite, but they were deleted on commons, so anyone not knowing exactly where to look, (or having saved a copy) is unlikely to find them.
- Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
- Replies: 347
- Views: 53142
Re: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
The Daily Mail would love it!
And; AFAIK they pay good money for photos,
And; AFAIK they pay good money for photos,
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:38 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: First edit to be sold as NFT
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4139
Re: First edit to be sold as NFT
We really should make a translator for "Jimbo-speech"; eg:
"Jimbo-speech":
"I think that's super interesting" (link)
Translated:
"Here is a chanse for me to make some $$$$$$!"
"Jimbo-speech":
"I think that's super interesting" (link)
Translated:
"Here is a chanse for me to make some $$$$$$!"
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:42 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
Now, if somebody doxxed Mr. Icewhiz; that might be very interesting, indeed!Midsize Jake wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:49 amSo, pointing out Mr. Icewhiz's doxing activities would at best be preaching to the choir.
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:39 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: First edit to be sold as NFT
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4139
Re: First edit to be sold as NFT
Almost all of these NFTs are going to crash in value long-term, I think this is no exception. Yeah, but apparently not before Jimbo has milked his part. Link to last edit, before Floq removed it https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=1058461154,link "The Wikimedia Fo...
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:56 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Articles that contradict themselves
- Replies: 93
- Views: 33467
Re: Articles that contradict themselves
Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux and Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) [def]have completely different stories about Smith's escape/release from French prison in the 1790s. According to the Phélippeaux-article, he is the great hero of the story of Smith's dramatic escape, while in the Smith-article ...
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:46 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Undetected vandalism
- Replies: 207
- Views: 71598
Re: Undetected vandalism
Wikidata must be a heaven for any vandal :hrmph: You can change a persons picture to that of a hamster, and it stays for months ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2987116,link ) You can change a journalist, or engineer's name to Mia Khalifa ; the same ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10971418,link , h...
- Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:12 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: WMUK at it again
- Replies: 126
- Views: 8140
Re: WMUK at it again
We don't usually get deep into these organization because they're closed by nature and we don't speak the language (who would be able to figure out whether there were dirty deeds afoot in Romania?). I strongly suspect they are all rife with corruption, infighting and shitheels. I have never been in...
- Fri Nov 12, 2021 12:50 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: What to do when a sock moves
- Replies: 8
- Views: 675
Re: What to do when a sock moves
User Isarig changed his name; today his contributions are found under Former user 2 (T-C-L)
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Maria Sefidari Huici to step down
- Replies: 146
- Views: 9674
Re: Maria Sefidari Huici to step down
Well, well, well. The WMF finally got around to updating this Conflict of Interest rules after the utter debacle with Maria Sefidari Huici's unethical insider contract and Laura Hale's (Maria's Wife) paid editing without disclosure. Notice on the mailing list From that notice: Note: This is not rel...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:57 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
You have a slight obsession with Icewhiz. If he really harassed you as much as you say ( § ), wouldn't you want to avoid drawing his attention again? The problem is that the only way to avoid Icewhiz, is to stop editing in the areas of his interest. (Or start agreeing with his POV with regard to ar...
- Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:38 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
Folks - I'm urging you not to supply Icewhiz with more hints about how he may have been busted. Please. This appearance of Eostrix after a few days of inactivity is his effort to gather more intelligence. This. I'm guessing the assumption here is that (if we take it as a given that Eostrix is Icewh...
- Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:55 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
Why are you worried about linking your real name to Icewhiz if you're definitely not him? Tell Arbcom privately. Icewhiz would never reveal his identity as he could face criminal charges as GizzyCatBella said. You being transparent with who you are would help to solve this. This having your real na...
- Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:30 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
Is there any hope for an ARBCOM appeal? Has anyone implicated as a sock by ARBCOM vote, all be it with at least two dissents (Bradv, Barkeep49), ever managed to appeal successfully? I feel discouraged at the possibility of success if even in a forum for banned editors my evidence is not convincing....
- Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:31 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
Is there any hope for an ARBCOM appeal? Has anyone implicated as a sock by ARBCOM vote, all be it with at least two dissents (Bradv, Barkeep49), ever managed to appeal successfully? I feel discouraged at the possibility of success if even in a forum for banned editors my evidence is not convincing....
- Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:42 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
- Replies: 312
- Views: 20146
Re: Eostrix, current RfA candidate, ArbComBlocked as a sock of Icewhiz
What the hell did Icewhiz do, again? Genuine threats of harm and violence against people. Nah, not so much directly threats, as outing. He had a twitter-account (now long since banned) where he outed (or tried to out) his, eh, adversaries (=editors who were not pro-Israeli enough, or editors intere...
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:31 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1953
Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open
Yeah, I kind of wonder how much power such a group will get? If they come up with something WMF-insiders don't like, will it be nicely filed in a shelf somewhere? Looking at the https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates,Candidates : lots of unknowns, f...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 3:43 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Larry Sanger: Wikipedia's QAnon Cultist Co-Founder
- Replies: 656
- Views: 75578
Re: Larry Sanger: Wikipedia's QAnon Cultist Co-Founder
The person Sanger most reminds me of, is....Rudy Giuliani (T-H-L).
I mean: sort of strange to think about, that they were both, one upon a time, respected public persons........
I mean: sort of strange to think about, that they were both, one upon a time, respected public persons........
- Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:32 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Fram blocked by User:WMFOffice for 1 year
- Replies: 3839
- Views: 209892
Re: Fram blocked by User:WMFOffice for 1 year
Ok, so what is the chance that T&S, of all the thousands (millions?) of wp-editors, by pure chance , goes after the, eh, adversary of the spouse of the WMF leader? (or "chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees", to be official; see María Sefidari ) About the same chance as being killed by...
- Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Fæ wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
- Replies: 347
- Views: 53142
Re: Fae wants a taste of that sweet, sweet WMF money
gross... Anyhoo, Rodhull is now threatening to get Trust and Safety to open a case on me. But I'm the one doing the intimidating. :hmmm: Heh, you are quite safe then, T&S does only care about the "Trust and Safety" of WMF-people; unless you get a job in San Fran, you are shit to them. Hey, people c...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:56 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Nazi wikipedia?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1185
Re: Nazi wikipedia?
Lots of news-articles about it: *https://www.yahoo.com/news/wikipedia-template-swastika-vandalism-193049735.html *https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-wikipedia-pages-vandalized-with-giant-swas-1847494288 *https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wikipedia-pages-briefly-vandalized-with-swastikas/ar-AANnhCh ...
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:12 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Nazi wikipedia?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1185
Re: Nazi wikipedia?
Thanks, everyone. However I cannot see that Template:Wbr is used in the two articles I noted it first; what am I not seeing?
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:59 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Nazi wikipedia?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1185
Nazi wikipedia?
What the heck is going on; I just see nazi flags when I try to read Frederica of Baden (T-H-L) or Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) (T-H-L)??
See https://archive.ph/NFC8j
See https://archive.ph/NFC8j
- Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
- Replies: 1081
- Views: 66280
Re: Holocaust in Poland ArbCom Case
I'm really worried about Ymblanter's well-being (health). Please leave that person alone. They may be reading this. People make mistakes, we are all humans. Thank you, folks. I agree. Ymblanter has always treated me with decency, so I certainly have no ill will towards him - and wish for him to rec...
- Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:50 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Crap articles
- Replies: 4422
- Views: 822888
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:20 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Undetected vandalism
- Replies: 207
- Views: 71598
Re: Undetected vandalism
Ethics in business communication has a "possibly contains original research" -template, and contain (among other things): Maintaining the same wavelength with the wled l sharmouta is very important for a communicator to ensure the maneyiks feel at home. Experienced communicators immediately build a...
- Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:24 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Ryan Kaldari is gone
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1417
Re: Ryan Kaldari is gone
How did I miss this blessed event? retired January 4th, 2021, defrocked I suspect he's not happy since his linkedin profile has his WMF experience blanked out. I look forward to seeing you living in a cardboard box along the railroad tracks, Mr Snuffster. Try https://archive.md/1lx7c (instead of th...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:29 pm
- Forum: Web 2.0: The Emperor's New Clothes
- Topic: Bitcoin goes down, down, down
- Replies: 235
- Views: 34123
Re: Bitcoin goes down, down, down
Still in the news..... I have been watching :blink: from the side-lines the ups and down of Bitcoin these last two years. Frankly, I don' t understand one bit why it took off as to did. Then, last week I was talking with a guy I know (=fully vaccinated, I am starting to move around again). Now, this...
- Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:36 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Vain celebrities are changing their true ages on Wikipedia, Mel & Sue claim
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1265
Re: Vain celebrities are changing their true ages on Wikipedia, Mel & Sue claim
Years ago I studied with a guy from a very rich family (as in "private jet"-type of rich); he married a "trophy"-wife, much younger that him, from one of the European aristocratic families. Now, back when we studied together, we were born in the same year (so my old year-book tells me). Alas, when I...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:36 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494900
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
Quite a few (US) national papers have picked up the story ( https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/27/nick-alahverdian-reported-dead-but-police-kept-looking-him/4279389001/,USAtoday , https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/27/authorities-question-whether-child-welfare-activis/,Wash...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:43 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
- Replies: 201
- Views: 12987
Re: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
Looks like that's a wrap You guys will never get Maria Sefidari Huici out of the WMF board now. You will never have ANY control over the board, moving forward. :popcorn: Please don't call her that, please do her the courtesy of calling the Great Leader of WMF by her real name, María Sefidari Trump ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:13 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
- Replies: 201
- Views: 12987
Re: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
I have long thought that the demise of Wikipedia (if it ever happen) will be due to .....too much money. No, I'm not kidding. I have seen it before: formerly poor NGOs suddenly awash with money. What then typically happen is that some second-rate (or third-rate) persons sees the opportunity and fig...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:48 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
- Replies: 201
- Views: 12987
Re: When you finally wake up and realize that the coup happened yesterday
I have long thought that the demise of Wikipedia (if it ever happen) will be due to .....too much money. No, I'm not kidding. I have seen it before: formerly poor NGOs suddenly awash with money. What then typically happen is that some second-rate (or third-rate) persons sees the opportunity and figh...
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:06 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494900
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
The Vexatious litigation -article might be relevant here. And here are the original links: https://wikipediocracy.com/2020/12/15/the-nicholas-alahverdian-story/ https://wikipediocracy.com/2020/12/16/the-nicholas-alahverdian-story-part-two/ https://wikipediocracy.com/2020/12/18/the-nicholas-alahverdi...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Arbcom Elections 2020
- Replies: 372
- Views: 20073
Re: Arbcom Elections 2020
Am I wrong, or are 7 out of the 7 new arbs ...male?
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 4:37 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Politico: Wikipedia page for Biden’s new Covid czar scrubbed...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 441
Re: Politico: Wikipedia page for Biden’s new Covid czar scrubbed...
Pretty standard practice. The Atlantic showed how former VP-candidate Tim Kaine -article was "laundered" four years ago. This year, the Intercept showed ( https://theintercept.com/2020/07/02/kamala-harris-wikipedia/,link ) how Kamela Harris-articles were "laundered" by Bnguyen1114 --and Bnguyen1114 ...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Arbcom Elections 2020
- Replies: 372
- Views: 20073
Re: Arbcom Elections 2020
Hmm,
"poacher turned (would-be) gamekeeper" is an expression which comes to mind.
"poacher turned (would-be) gamekeeper" is an expression which comes to mind.