Wikipediocracy

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Poetlister wrote:I bet a lot of people wish that the WMF could attract the sort of programmers that Mozilla has. (I'm using Firefox as I type.)

I'm sure most "hasten the day" people wish that.

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Ihatemyusername wrote:This happens to me every so often when browsing WO. Any idea how to fix it?

are you on ios6?

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GethN7 wrote:Despite my poor PHP skills, I'm strongly inclined to agree forking might be wise if they don't decide to give a crap about the little guy, something I'm finding is all too often the case regarding their decision making process.

Serves you right for using open source software.

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The announcement came came only hours after I posted this. Coincidence? You decide.

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Courtesy of Cyde and open source software.

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Many women, including beauty pageant participants and transgenders, create glamorous cleavage by using tape underneath and across their breast, bending forward, tightly pulling them together and up.[81][82][83] Types of tape used include surgical micropore tape and athletic tape. Some also use a st...

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Around 550 of 1000 expected attendees are supposed to be organizers and WMF insiders per their own expectations . The same page says that there will be 250 scholarships that are listed separately. Presumably, organizers and WMF insiders would be financed in some other way. 550 for the elite, 250 fo...

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The flats and houses made especially available for Wikimania international participants can present some specific situations; some of them have electricity disconnected and some owners provide the apartments but they can not manage the bedding (or - since they provide the apartments for free - we d...

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Around 550 of 1000 expected attendees are supposed to be organizers and WMF insiders per their own expectations . The same page says that there will be 250 scholarships that are listed separately. Presumably, organizers and WMF insiders would be financed in some other way. 550 for the elite, 250 for...

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Event designed for 1000 people

414 confirmed beds available

Start stocking up on popcorn, we're going to need it.

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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just came across the bizarre blogspot account in question while doing a Google search. When searching for Cla68 plus Wikipediocracy, this blog is on the near the top of the second page of results. Is the consensus here that Phil Sandifer was the person responsible...

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The original graph is normalized by number of births.

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Hex wrote:
Poetlister wrote: Why don't you post that under his comment? He'd be more likely to see it there.
Posting this seemed more practical.

Isn't it 'uncivil' and not 'incivil'?

(Not my first language.)

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"Open Letter to Lila Regarding Access to Non-Public Information Policy" on the Wikimedia-l mailing list: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-June/072992.html. "Trillium Corsage" was doing really well until that fucking stupid comment about Timotheus Canens. Unsurprisingly, the lis...

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EricBarbour wrote:Don't forget to ask him who "Until(1==2)" is.....

Or HighInBC.

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So Peter, what is the backstory of your ban? Mmm. What's your crime? He was exposing FT2's socking to insert pro-zoophilia information, his subsequent lies about socking while pursuing high positions on WP, his promotion of a pseudoscience called "Neurolinguistic Programming" and the cover-up (by O...

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What were the 'separate reasons'? I know Dan Murphy made a sharply-worded post. I'd put money on it being due to an intervention from Lila, who has probably been on the receiving end of all sorts pressure from the game players. I'd bet big against that. She's said he's his own man, and he's said he...

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Kevin Gorman sure does make it known, far and wide, that he's been having trouble with his Internet access since returning to Berkeley from the sinister WikiConUSA. He's also made it known that his troublesome connection is provided by Comcast (my employer, though I'm in the Comcast Business busine...

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I was just thinking about this the other day. Presented for your consideration: Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups - Revised Janja Lalich, Ph.D. & Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. [‪x] The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or d...

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Anders Breivik edited Wikipedia too, didn't he? Why yes he did!

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You should publish the email, redacting any sensitive info. People can conclude for themselves what the story behind it is.

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Expected a jab at Fae begging WMUK for an USB drive, got this.

Nice work, whoever is behind the scenes.

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What we've learned so far from Bitcoin: The distributed, eventually-consistent blockchain anchored by mining works and is quite robust against attack. Nobody has yet successfully attacked the basic Bitcoin system and stolen money. So the low level technology appears to be secure. Irrevocable, remot...

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I love how they're using the "too big to fail" argument to beg for a bailout.

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Of course they are ads--the whole point of an ad is to suggest to you that you buy or utilize something. I think that Hex was suggesting that Mozilla is trying to find a less annoying way to deliver ads. It's obvious that they're trying to be as unobtrusive as possible - at first. History has taugh...

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Hex wrote:Not that I think what Mozilla are planning is a good idea, but it's only pre-populating some suggestions into the boxes on the "new tab" page of new users, not running ads in the browser as this thread might suggest.

How are those not ads?

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Mozilla plans to sell ads in Firefox browser , nice and straightforward from Reuters, or... Publisher Transformation with Users at the Center from Mozilla. They're like children who hide under the bed when they know they've done something bad. And they certainly have. Most "casual" users have switc...

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I think the internet has either changed OR it's the analogy of ' how petrol evaporates ' with the most energetic volatile compounds vaporizing fast leaving behind the heavier oily muck. That's what has happened to wikipedia, I recall ThatPeskyCommoner, and so many others,all the nice people leave f...

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I admitted I was Jimbo Wales back on WR but Hersch didn't believe me.

We have a "truth in WP usernames" policy, and I am not convinced that you are actually Jimbo Wales, so I removed that username from your profile.

Regards,
HK

Little did he know...

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What did the page loosely say, out of interest? A childish jibe at Clemens' weight. It wasn't helping. I don't know fully what Vigilant did, but it was sufficient for someone to oversight the user name that he used to do it from the page history. My action in deleting the page was taken mainly out ...

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The mechanism by which bitcoins will collapse is quoted in the post right above yours.

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http://www.garynorth.com/public/11828.cfm

Here is an economic fact: the number of fools is limited. They are a scarce economic resource. As the price of bitcoins rises, more fools will be lured into the market. But this is a finite market.

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I like how Pen has never left his mother's basement but thinks he knows how and why people around the world use Western Union.

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I think I'm going to delete my LinkedIn profile, I've had nothing but spam from them for years.

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This can't be happening - Ron Paul said bitcoins could destroy the dollar just 4 days ago!

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Mancunium wrote:All very good points-- but I am not a libertarian. I am a sarcasmist: link.

Having read many of your posts, I know. I was responding to the straw-man you convincingly imitated.

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People have been insubordinately self-diagnosing and self-medicating since forever. What would be truly revolutionary would be the taking of all drugs out of the control of the medical professions, and putting them into the hands of individuals. This is such a typical libertarian fallacy. Everyone ...

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According to preev.com, a bitcoin is currently worth 605 US dollars (constantly fluctuating). It went from less than 10 cents when it started in 2009 to $600, a rise of 600,000% in four years. No wonder "serious investors" are interested. Gee, ya know what this reminds me of? Beanie Babies.... They...

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At least Rand Paul doesn't want to imprison homosexuals like his father does. Ron Paul has never said such a thing and does not believe such a thing. Please do not spread such falsehoods. Ron Paul publicly opposes Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruling which struck down state sodomy laws. He a...

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At least Rand Paul doesn't want to imprison homosexuals like his father does.

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This is one of the best blog posts I've read here. Great work.

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trout wrote:Is Blissyu2 in the secret subforum?

Yes, and he's about to reveal the truth about the Port Arthur massacre.

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If only they knew what happens in secret subforums.

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I will in addition send a private apology to Cla68 further to the statement above, as Roger had suggested. A copy will probably be sent to arbcom. I have witnessed supposed disputes in the past on WP which have evaporated. That certainly applied in the case of Elonka, whom I later met with her fath...

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It seems Mathsci is up for an indef . (permalink) He's using the good old "unexpected medical problems of a close person" defense that by freak coincidence comes up every time a senior Wikipedian is up for serious sanctions. I wonder how big a factor lèse-majesté played here - arbs must be pissed th...

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I wonder what his defense will be. "I was provoked by trolls" or "Cla68 started first" could have worked but now he has to combine that with "I picked the photo randomly" which doesn't seem possible even on WP. I think he's going away at least for a while. That's good for him but bad for us who like...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... diffonly=1

I can't tell if he's expecting people to take him seriously. I honestly can't.

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What's stopping the Wikimedia Foundation from hiring a software company to actually code these projects and get it right? Hubris, I suspect. "We built it ourselves" has much prestige. Unless you drag your tail all over the carpet the way they have. :picard: Oh, like Juche ? That has worked out well...

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The WMF does not make mistakes.

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The Croatian article about Jasenovac has been cleaned up somewhat since the controversy began. It used to say, among other things, that prisoners had their own music orchestra, shows, and even that each workshop had their own football team (complete with uniforms).

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