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by ericbarbour
Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:32 am
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: The (new, straight-from-scratch) Trump thread
Replies: 371
Views: 193592

Re: The (new, straight-from-scratch) Trump thread

Anyone care to place a bet that the High Oompa Loompa will either invade a Middle Eastern country, or a major terrorist attack will occur on U.S. soil, within the next six months? And that a surge of blind patriotism will raise his approval figures? I would not be surprised if Mr. Bannon is trying t...
by ericbarbour
Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:27 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 350
Views: 214609

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

m created in April 2013 by m And never repaired. He was blocked as a sockpuppet but no one gave a shit about the obvious paid content he did. In fact you can go thru this category and find ample paid editing. m According to most Wikipedia content, nothing bad ever happens in the jewelry industry; wh...
by ericbarbour
Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:22 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Larry Sanger: "The Moral Bankruptcy of Wikipedia Admins"
Replies: 3
Views: 3782

Re: Larry Sanger: "The Moral Bankruptcy of Wikipedia Admins"

All correct. Jimbo set the tone after Larry was pushed out--and Jimbo wanted BAD people in charge. He got them. Wanna be an administrator, in a SERIOUS way? Move to London and befriend Jimmy. Suck his little ego deep and hard for a couple of years and he'll hand great power over to you (on that mise...
by ericbarbour
Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Active Editors on Wikipedia -*XYZ ARCHIVED*-
Replies: 5
Views: 4836

Re: Active Editors on Wikipedia -*XYZ ARCHIVED*-

Thanks for reposting that. I might also point this out: m There are 1,275 (as of now) administrator accounts (active and otherwise), 577 of them active (as of 2017-02-27). FYI: English Wikipedia has not had so few active administrators since 2005. Things are REALLY bad. Dozens more either quit or ar...
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:56 pm
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: Criticism of Libertarianism
Replies: 12
Views: 9735

Re: Criticism of Libertarianism

Lol so much for that thread....I wouldn't say libertarian ideas don't "spread everywhere" so much as they are taken up mostly by a specific cohort of angry men. Usually anti-feminists (hell yeah many of them are guys who can't get laid of course, loool). That's part of what makes Ayn Rand ...
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:42 pm
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: Bots on Wikipedia Wage Edit Wars Between Themselves That Las
Replies: 3
Views: 3310

Re: Bots on Wikipedia Wage Edit Wars Between Themselves That

And then it will REALLY start to decline. Because the bots are run by insiders, and the insiders are all "untouchable", so we have yet to see the real warfare. There is no better way to turn whatever "good Wikipedia content" there is, into hash. First the bots fight, then the piz...
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 350
Views: 214609

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

Speaking of which, ever heard of " That Poppy "? It/she/whatever was a weird schoolkid fad last year. They thought she was "weird and creepy". Which OF COURSE turned her into a YouTube star. Created by TheFatJamoc only last June. I only know about it by stumbling over this Metafi...
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:16 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 350
Views: 214609

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

But the indef was changed by Bishonen to a 4 hour block for what is evidently a dubious and tenuous reason given by her. a more plausible explanation is that the person sponsoring the edits of Ethanbas is a WP/WM insider and Bishonen was privately told to leave Ethanbas alone. The chances are bette...
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:56 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 350
Views: 214609

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

badmachine wrote:the only thing disclosing does is makes sure your shit will get deleted.

And if you annoy the Wiki-Twats enough, they will try to create an abusive biography of you. Behold the power of crowdsourced stupid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... ination%29
by ericbarbour
Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:23 am
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: The WO blog is now nearly moribund.....
Replies: 17
Views: 13008

Re: The WO blog is now nearly moribund.....

Major reasons for the blog going dead-ship would include: --Andreas isn't doing anything. He tried to renew his love for Wikipedia by editing the Signpost--and guess what, they pushed him out. Because he's EVIL. And now his main account is also drifting. m --Dan Murphy isn't there anymore, and they ...