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by Mancunium » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:52 pm
The Ice Bucket Challenge's Wikipedia Page Has Been Hijacked
The Wire, 25 August 2014
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The Ice Bucket Challenge has succeeded in raising millions of dollars for ALS research. It has also spread the word to millions, as many who do not donate still post the video and nominate their friends. However, not everyone is all too thrilled with the challenge. It has faced criticism for wasting water and others have lashed out against those who post the video without donating. One Wikipedia editor took it to the next level, leaving this message in the "Criticism" section of the Ice Bucket Challenge page:
This screenshot was taken by The Wire at 5:51 p.m. on Monday, August 25th. At publishing time, the squared off section had not been removed. Update: at 6:05 p.m., the passage was removed. [...]
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by sparkzilla » Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:50 am
Why is it news when a site that allows anyone to edit lets anyone edit?
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by Poetlister » Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:40 am
Presumably, some people imagine that people still find it funny.
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by Johnny Au » Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:20 pm
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by Poetlister » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:27 am
Isn't there a policy against nonsense lists like this? And doesn't is say something about Wikipedian values that "fashion personalities" precede politicians?
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by EricBarbour » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:09 am
Only seven days old, and already 170k bytes and 549 references. It won't last.
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by Johnny Au » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:32 am
The notable Ice Bucket Challenge participants article is an untameable chimera. It needs to be merged or deleted (or trimmed down to requiring reliable secondary sources).
This article is much more ridiculous than those listed here:
Category:Lists of people by ideology (T-H-L). It is akin to having an article called
List of notable Twitter users (T-H-L).
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by Kumioko » Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:08 am
I challenged Gizmo the Magwi to the Ice bucket challenge but some of my family and friends thought that was an ill conceived idea that would end terribly.
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by Johnny Au » Thu Aug 28, 2014 3:17 am
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by Versus » Thu Aug 28, 2014 3:18 am
The end result of Jimbo's ice bucket challenge.
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by Poetlister » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:28 am
Much as I'd expect. It won't be easy to close; there will probably be a deletion review whatever happens.
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by Zoloft » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:09 pm
So when does the 'Vandalize Wikipedia Challenge' begin, and which charity will it benefit?
St. Jude's Childrens Hospital?
We just need to get Colbert and Conan to kick it off on Saturday...
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by Kumioko » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:12 pm
That has happened before as I recall.
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by Johnny Au » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:54 am
...with Clownbert and a barbarian, said by Zoloft.
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by Ming » Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:45 pm
Poetlister wrote:
Much as I'd expect. It won't be easy to close; there will probably be a deletion review whatever happens.
......aaand it's deleted.
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by Johnny Au » Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:59 pm
Ming wrote:Poetlister wrote:
Much as I'd expect. It won't be easy to close; there will probably be a deletion review whatever happens.
......aaand it's deleted.
Oh Merciless One, it is a great day for the Wikipedia community. That list is so long and so indiscriminate that it deserves to be deleted. We all know that Wikipedia is not a catalogue of every single person with a blue link who dumped ice-cold water on their heads for ALS research, as much as we know that Wikipedia is not a catalogue of every single person with a blue link who has a Twitter account.
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by Poetlister » Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:42 pm
Ming wrote:Poetlister wrote:
Much as I'd expect. It won't be easy to close; there will probably be a deletion review whatever happens.
......aaand it's deleted.
Right, anyone monitoring DR?
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