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by ericbarbour
Wed May 08, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Common names invented on Wikipedia
Replies: 3
Views: 47

Re: Common names invented on Wikipedia

So the point is; someone invents a name for a fish species and posts it on the WP article, it ends up on a "WP mirror" called inaturalist, and no one noticed for TWO YEARS? When someone does notice, "indefinite block for vandalism"? As far as I can tell, most of Alomomola's "common names" were prope...
by ericbarbour
Wed May 08, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wikipedia Sucks the Song
Replies: 2
Views: 76

Re: Wikipedia Sucks the Song

Nice work, very amusing--I'll pass it around.
by ericbarbour
Tue May 07, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 346
Views: 191655

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

Chamber of Commerce bullshit of the week: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearfield,_Utah Do you see any references in the "History" or "Government" sections? It took them TWO YEARS to figure out they should block this account. And more than ten years later, no one has seen fit to fix the content. ht...
by ericbarbour
Mon May 06, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Around the Administrators in 80 days....
Replies: 99
Views: 550

Re: Around the Administrators in 80 days....

BD2412 Bruce Abramson. "Well known as administrator BD2412, he has been a major contributor to Wikipedia's otherwise-spotty coverage of American law. He has also shown blind patriotic zeal towards "protecting" Wikipedia, and supporting other administrators, right or wrong. Otherwise Bruce is a rema...
by ericbarbour
Mon May 06, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible
Replies: 346
Views: 191655

Re: Paid Editing on WP is permissible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolie_Holland Semi-well-known indie folk musician. Never heard of her? Neither did I....until TAPE OP magazine ran an item on her recently. Did she edit her own bio? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jolie_Holland It mentions one of her recording engin...
by ericbarbour
Mon May 06, 2024 1:10 am
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: subtle vandalism may persist
Replies: 24
Views: 2918

Re: subtle vandalism may persist

Personally have not seen any outstanding examples of subtle vandalism recently. Though I could fill up a long thread with examples of bad writing on WP content.

Vandalism continues to be stupid and obvious 99.99% of the time, and this continues to be even more stupid. And incomplete.
by ericbarbour
Mon May 06, 2024 12:50 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Around the Administrators in 80 days....
Replies: 99
Views: 550

Re: Around the Administrators in 80 days....

So far so good. I'd suggest adding their personal interests from their "Top edits" page.

(If possible. Apparently XTools recently implemented an option where a wiki-asshole can disable their XTools pages for anyone not logged in. Bbb23 is using it--predictably.)
by ericbarbour
Sun May 05, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: Zoloft plans to increase the number of mods
Replies: 6
Views: 185

Re: Zoloft plans to increase the number of mods

Several arbitrators were kicked off or even banned. Correct, and evidence is difficult to find. I could rattle off a long list of arbitrators who quit during their terms, were forced out, and/or were later banned. Some of the worst things happened pre-2008, when Wales still ran Arbcom like a privat...
by ericbarbour
Sun May 05, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: Dark Corners -- a place for odd and deviant subjects (WP related or not)
Topic: The (new, straight-from-scratch) Trump thread
Replies: 359
Views: 178109

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

You wanna talk "insane"? How does this work for ya?
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by ericbarbour
Sun May 05, 2024 3:32 am
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: Zoloft plans to increase the number of mods
Replies: 6
Views: 185

Re: Zoloft plans to increase the number of mods

boredbird wrote:
Sun May 05, 2024 12:43 am
Beeblebrox?
He's certainly got enough antisocial tendencies; I suspect he's also stupid enough to take the job.