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by wexter
Wed May 31, 2023 2:43 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Dog Piling the Dog Pile
Replies: 39
Views: 11033

Re: Dog Piling the Dog Pile

Lira disappeared again (no arrested three no four weeks ago).. and mostly nobody noticed Sort of mentioned "here" but not quite on May 15th https://wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2807&p=25265&hilit=lira#p25265 Countdown to Wikipedia page re-rection.. Where is "Laser Pig" when you need ...
by wexter
Mon May 29, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Articles Wikipedia should have--but doesn't.
Replies: 210
Views: 130795

Re: Articles Wikipedia should have--but doesn't.

To this day, coverage of Doctor Who and Star Trek (the whole franchise except for films) are STILL running neck-to-neck to make them the "most important tv shows ever made". According to English Wikipedia. It shows how pathetic and nerdy Wikipedians are. Almost no coverage of shows that had high ra...
by wexter
Fri May 26, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: Is NASA a cult?
Replies: 7
Views: 796

Re: Is NASA a cult?

NASA is an example of an institution that aged out and lost dynamism as a result “Another trend, the aging of NASA’s workforce, has both negative and positive effects. About 56 percent of NASA’s workforce is 50 years old and over, an increase of about 7 percentage points over the past 5 years. Offic...
by wexter
Thu May 25, 2023 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Commons admin decheckusered by WMFOffice on behalf of OmbusCom
Replies: 3
Views: 481

Re: Commons admin decheckusered by WMFOffice on behalf of OmbusCom

Found this today: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights?page=User:Fitindia@commonswiki On the same day, the user "semi-retired" on several wikis. Was also indefinitely banned from functionary roles with one year appeal . It may just be something totally innocuous - starting in 2021 htt...
by wexter
Wed May 24, 2023 4:16 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Crap or questionable articles
Replies: 493
Views: 211492

Re: Crap or questionable articles

This editor gives meaning to anyone with a pulse, has OCD, a fixation, or agenda, can write many articles for Wikipedia on any subject no matter how obscure or irrelevant - and break every "rule" in the process such as Notability and Original Research.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Psychologis...
by wexter
Wed May 24, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 229
Views: 33961

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

an online encyclopedia Wikipedia's missing key element, and secondary element (per chat GPT) "Editorial Board and Contributors: Many encyclopedias have an editorial board or team responsible for overseeing the content's quality and accuracy . Additionally, the contributors, who are subject matter e...
by wexter
Mon May 22, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 229
Views: 33961

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

In response; Arbcom consists of a random bunch of schmoes who sink tremendous amounts of irreplaceable time into Wikipedia. It should be no surprise that schmoe level outcomes, discussions, decisions, procedures-process, and work-product are resultant. Add in "the founder," WMF, and Google exploitin...
by wexter
Mon May 22, 2023 2:44 am
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 229
Views: 33961

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

will take the dispute to the next level The next level is Google (which was stated as the next step in a podcast - asking Google to be responsible is waste of time because Google is literally the honey badger that does not care as the company is a brain-dead monopoly) The only thing Google cares ab...
by wexter
Sat May 20, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Volunteer Marek claims he will be reducing his Wikipedia activity for the foreseeable
Replies: 4
Views: 773

Re: Volunteer Marek claims he will be reducing his Wikipedia activity for the foreseeable

....... his prior history of sanctions and current situation, actually. Volunteer Marek has always been destined for a ban https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3AVolunteer+Marek In response to current arbitration restrictions and sanctions "I," Volunteer Marek, "we...
by wexter
Fri May 19, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Political
Topic: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust
Replies: 229
Views: 33961

Re: Research Article: Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust

How drastic is the turn of public opinion against Wikipedia, will be a sight to behold. The court of public opinion is more concerned with Musk - as a big and intentional part of his PR effort. Big business has a ton of momentum and the wheels are slowly turning there. At present "AI" is a giant co...