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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3850
Re: Was Maher fired?
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Framming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 632
Re: Framming
I don't know if disrespectful is the right term, but if I was Fram I'm not sure I'd be happy about "Framming" becoming a word. It does kind of single him out as the only person brave enough to do this sort of thing, which does not sound very appealing. I mean sure, it might mean that some people re...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:46 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: The autobiographers
- Replies: 95
- Views: 27461
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2947
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
I removed a lot of off-topic and toxic posts.
If anyone not banned would like any of their removed post content sent to them for reuse, PM me.
Thanks!
If anyone not banned would like any of their removed post content sent to them for reuse, PM me.
Thanks!
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Framming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 632
Re: Framming
Come to us, Fram.
We have your user avatar all ready:
We have your user avatar all ready:
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:46 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3850
Re: Was Maher fired?
Please get back on topic which is... *checks* Rodeo clowns? *shakes head* No, not that.
Oh yeah, Maher, NPR, and glib vacuity.
Oh yeah, Maher, NPR, and glib vacuity.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Email from Jimbo Wales (and a book?)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 440
Re: email from jimbo wales (and a book?)
Removed some guano. Carry on, now. No shitposting.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Digital trail identifying Israeli spy chief has been online for years
- Replies: 15
- Views: 610
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
- Replies: 26
- Views: 831
Re: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
All right, I have found a fuck to give.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2947
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
I admire Molly White on several fronts, especially her efforts to combat the nonsense and chicanery on the cryptocurrency front. I also believe that no one can come away from Wikipedia completely unstained. It has some virtues, but it's severely toxic.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:21 am
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2507
Re: Server issues
The problems that persist for me are adding smileys to posts, being repeatedly logged out when hitting submit to post or update my signature or send a private message, and repeatedly getting an error message when attempting to log in. That's likely a product of the caching 'fix' the hosting company...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:53 am
- Forum: Sexism
- Topic: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2947
Re: Chris Troutman blocked for sexism
I've been collecting 25 cent royalties every time my phrase "San Fran Ban"™ is uttered. In my never-ending desire to keep those quarters rolling in, I'm gonna come up with a fresh trademarked expression for this, ummm, manhandling of our right-wing friend: this is a Kumbaya Block .™ Get used to dic...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3850
Re: Was Maher fired?
excellent overview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkL4ME-8dQ I think Molly White did a great job of putting the Maher quotes in their proper context, but her audience is not people who get their news from Twitter. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the next couple of days. The ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3850
Re: Was Maher fired?
Spiff up your résumé. I'll write a letter of recommendation.
You could be head of NPR in a week or two.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
- Replies: 26
- Views: 831
Re: Wikipedia exposed on r/Destiny
*struggling to care about this subreddit*
*failing to care*
ERROR 555666555: FUCKS GIVEN NOT FOUND
*failing to care*
ERROR 555666555: FUCKS GIVEN NOT FOUND
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:10 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: CFdJ - Clusterfucque du jour
- Replies: 789
- Views: 419807
Re: CFdJ - Clusterfucque du jour
rnu, why don't you contribute to the DYK process and step in when you see problematic hooks? It can't be harder than posting about them here. I'm not going to ask who you are on-wiki, but have you ever tried what you're suggesting? That is, have you ever found an obvious error in an upcoming hook, ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Was Maher fired?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 3850
Re: Was Maher fired?
People have failed to realize what a lightweight Maher is. I have sat next to her and heard her talk on the phone. I have read her social media takes, which often have the depth of one coat of paint. I have sat through her speeches and consumed a lot of her blithe and clueless business communication...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30944
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
New procedure: Flail.Vigilant wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:02 amWell, we done voted for this new thing. How in the hell are we actually going to do it?!
Nice work ARBCOM...
Also, what are the new rules, asks nearly everyone.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2507
Re: Server issues
*peers out of foxhole*
It's good for the last 24 hours.
It's good for the last 24 hours.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Pardon My French (Court Case)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4443
Re: Pardon My French (Court Case)
Fixed, thanks!Bezdomni wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:23 pm
I had to look back at the original blog post to see why we'd both had that weird dream... and discovered that the link doesn't work.
(the working link doesn't have a date in it.)
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Can U4C who the first ones will be?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 558
Re: Can U4C who the first ones will be?
This Sleyece fellow is absolutely fascinating. He has this very LaRouche vibe. I'm going to vote for them in hope they get elected simply because it will take the wind out of the sails of the UCC to have this character among its illustrious tribunes. Yeah, no kidding. His candidate page from I assu...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Governance
- Topic: Can U4C who the first ones will be?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 558
Re: Can U4C who the first ones will be?
I know, I should refrain from making puns in a language I barely speak... The election process for the U4C has begun. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee/Election/2024/Candidates,Here are the candidates and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
- Replies: 29
- Views: 959
Re: Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
It seems Molly White is not a good spokesperson in unedited audio. But one thing she is, is an example of a prominent Wikipedian (and a vocal one) who's female. I've said before that I consider "Wikipedia editors are overwhelmingly male" to be a myth nurtured by the WMF for its own purposes based o...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2507
Re: Server issues
At this moment, smooth sailing.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:25 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
- Replies: 29
- Views: 959
Re: Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
The transcript is a formless horror, so I edited out 146 instances of 'you know' - broke it up into readable chunks, and tried to fix the transcription errors. Trigger warning for Greg Kohs, there are dozens of sentences in this transcript that begin with the word 'So.' All Zone Media. Hello and wel...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
- Replies: 29
- Views: 959
Molly White on Better Offline: Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-offline/id1730587238?i=1000651261895,Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left ft. Molly White Wikipedia, a non-profit encyclopedia that anybody can edit, remains one of the few trustworthy and reliable websites left online. Ed Zitron is joined by critic, resear...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30944
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
You both had moved on to broader topics of governance, such as whether the whole concept of bureaucrat should be 'deprecated.'
Plus we had a lot of Dennis Brown back-and-forth and some petty insults.
It's much nicer now. *puts away bowie knife*
Plus we had a lot of Dennis Brown back-and-forth and some petty insults.
It's much nicer now. *puts away bowie knife*
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30944
Re: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
This topic is about discussing the blog post and activities at Wikipedia related to it. I moved some 30 off-topic posts to the Oubliette.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Belly button fluff
- Replies: 17
- Views: 749
Re: Belly button fluff
It's got that interlock that keeps you from locking a topic just because you hates it.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:29 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: Belly button fluff
- Replies: 17
- Views: 749
Re: Belly button fluff
*makes annoyed noise*
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
- Replies: 1586
- Views: 494869
Re: The Nicholas Alahverdian Story
Not much new on the Nick Alahverdian story for the past month except for a judge refusing to compel prison officials to call him "Arthur Knight" and his lawyer getting his case continued to April 19. https://www.aol.com/nicholas-alahverdian-wants-utah-jailers-213523886.html/ If you want to support ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Digital trail identifying Israeli spy chief has been online for years
- Replies: 15
- Views: 610
Re: Digital trail identifying Israeli spy chief has been online for years
If we can find out some things not covered in the media, let's scrape it together into a blog post.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: The Wikipedia monster gleefully tears down the future Queen of England
- Replies: 205
- Views: 5999
Re: The Wikipedia monster gleefully tears down the future Queen of England
Well, I'm glad THAT's over.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Who are the Wikipediocracy Posters?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 947
Re: Who are the Wikipediocracy Posters?
In my ongoing quest to avoid sitting down to finish the biography of Harry Ebding , I dove into the list of registered accounts at Wikipediocracy, databasing them into a sortable form. A few observations that will hopefully defang the bogeyman a little bit for our friends from outside this orbit. 1...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2507
Re: Server issues
Is this saying that each user can have only one connection, or that there can only be one user connection? Technically it's both, but the "user" in that context isn't each individual visitor or forum member, it's the entire website. All of our requests to the database server come from our one hosti...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:48 am
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Eric W. Jepson – the W Stands for “Weasel”
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1097
Re: Eric W. Jepson – the W Stands for “Weasel”
But their pasture isn't on fire either.eppur si muove wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:41 amNow that things have run their course, I wish to point out that the picture is of a creature stoatally different from a weasel.
I used a public domain image. Weaseled out.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:53 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Who are the Wikipediocracy Posters?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 947
Re: Who are the Wikipediocracy Posters?
>>Kumioko didn't show up on my list either... Kumioko 6609 Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:36 am (he's muted but not banned) >>I wish Poetlister didn't get axed, I liked what he brought to the table in terms of hunting the web for every mention of Wikipedia, no matter how far-flung, as a news aggregator. Oh, th...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: News and Media
- Topic: Infodemic
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1350
Re: Infodemic
Merged the two topics.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: Mission Statement, Terms of Service, and Welcome
- Topic: Server issues
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2507
Re: Server issues
It’s gotten in the way of routine administration tasks.
I do understand Midsize Jake’s dilemma. I spent years in his shoes.
I do understand Midsize Jake’s dilemma. I spent years in his shoes.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:58 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Chronic bauble addiction
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1269
Re: Chronic bauble addiction
What’s the point of doing all this work to win a prize like that? A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. – Napoleon That's Napolean . I dare say it didn't even occur to them to find a quote from someone who didn't end their days in exile having been given a right good kick ...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Over 500 people sign petition against skeptic Wikipedia editors "suppression" of information regarding UFOs
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2263
Re: Over 500 people sign petition against skeptic Wikipedia editors "suppression" of information regarding UFOs
I just checked to see how many signatures the petition has now (626). I scrolled down to see what kind of other petitions change.org has. I really wish I hadn't. :facepalm: Oh, you thought it only hosted serious petitions like this one? I was hoping this one was at the stupid end of the spectrum. N...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Btphelps gets indignant about his COIs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1455
Re: Btphelps gets indignant about his COIs
I need to correct something I said. While Exploring (Learning for Life) does not mention the sexual assault cases associated with the program, I overlooked the fact that there are separate articles for some of the Exploring programs. Specifically: Aviation Career Exploring Fire Service Exploring He...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Blog Posts
- Topic: Nihonjoe Has Been Naughty
- Replies: 818
- Views: 30944
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Money Trail
- Topic: Btphelps gets indignant about his COIs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1455
Re: Btphelps gets indignant about his COIs
Phelps could not have picked a better time to have become more visible on COI issues...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Sandstein thinks using the term "legacy admin" is blockable offense
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3109
Re: Sandstein thinks using the term "legacy admin" is blockable offense
Now, now, he may be good with animals and children outside of Wikipedia.eppur si muove wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:55 pmSandstein has learnt nothing about being a human being in the past decade.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Sandstein thinks using the term "legacy admin" is blockable offense
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3109
Re: Sandstein thinks using the term "legacy admin" is blockable offense
The offending comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Afrikaans_exonyms&diff=prev&oldid=1214906173 I think at this point Sandstein has passed thin-skinned and is now almost translucent. That's not the path to transparency we were looking for. Also, still v...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:43 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Let's talk about LDS editors
- Replies: 257
- Views: 12564
Re: Let's talk about LDS editors
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Come back, Rachel!
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Come back, Rachel!
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Missing Articles — Low-hanging Fruit?
- Replies: 562
- Views: 210134
Re: Missing Articles — Low-hanging Fruit?
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-35057Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:22 amAn affair in the abdomen, you say?rnu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:56 amShe was also married to Mortimer Wheeler (T-H-L), had an affair with Augustus John (T-H-L) and she shot Anthony Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (T-H-L) with whom she also had an affair in the abdomen.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:36 am
- Forum: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects - General Discussion
- Topic: Missing Articles — Low-hanging Fruit?
- Replies: 562
- Views: 210134
Re: Missing Articles — Low-hanging Fruit?
A remarkable woman, not in Wikipedia? Mabel Winifred Mary Wright ? Nope. Mavis Wheeler ? Nope? Mavis Cole ? Nope. Mavis De Vere Cole ? Nope. Which is odd, considering her son is Tristan de Vere Cole , and her first husband was Horace de Vere Cole , a famous trickster and troll. Lots of contemporary ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: Biographies (BLPs) & Privacy
- Topic: The Wikipedia monster gleefully tears down the future Queen of England
- Replies: 205
- Views: 5999
Re: The Wikipedia monster gleefully tears down the future Queen of England
I am considering locking this topic.