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by sashi
Mon May 23, 2022 12:27 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: Anyone heard any "recent" WPO news?
Replies: 27
Views: 5167

Re: Anyone heard any "recent" WPO news?

There may well be over 10K recent off-topic and miscellaneous posts visible to members only... the content of which it is forbidden for members to discuss off WPO since they are not -- in most cases -- particularly interesting with regard to the WMF/en.wp. older gossip : Poetlister doesn't seem to b...
by sashi
Sat May 21, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Dog Piling the Dog Pile
Replies: 39
Views: 9860

Re: Dog Piling the Dog Pile

ericbarbour wrote:
Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:14 am
Whenever you see Snooganssnoogans messing with an article, you know that Cirt wants to abuse that subject.
In an interesting twist -- perhaps because of your comment -- you will never, ever see the Snoog playing with an article again. :o
by sashi
Fri May 20, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Helen is back!
Replies: 7
Views: 1972

Re: Helen is back!

After hearing her say she would have finished her book warning the world about Wikipedia if it hadn't been for the #OMFGVIRUS, I have to think that maybe now she'll be able to add a chapter about Botipedia. :D

Control, the algorithm, you! (§)
by sashi
Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:08 pm
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Compliments to the Crow!
Replies: 55
Views: 19345

Re: Compliments to the Crow!

A totally crazy plot twist would be if it turned out Crow was Hillbillyholiday's sock all along...... Turns out Hillbillyholiday, the Wikipedia editor who got the Daily Mail banned from Wikipedia, *was* a performance artist troll all along......r/WikiInAction, Sep. 22, 2017 What say ye, Darkened my...
by sashi
Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:00 am
Forum: Wikipedians
Topic: Compliments to the Crow!
Replies: 55
Views: 19345

Re: Compliments to the Crow!

the mystery DM advocate wrote:This is similarly littered with spelling mistakes and random capitalization, but additionally chides and insults would-employers as though they are the stupid ones [...]

This is a bit rich, [...] run a spellchecker to weed out [...] basic errors
the mystery DM advocate wrote:resumй
or stray Cyrillic fonts... :shrug:
by sashi
Sun Dec 05, 2021 4:14 pm
Forum: Content Issues
Topic: Articles Wikipedia should have--but doesn't.
Replies: 210
Views: 116820

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

AP wrote:The pervasive depth and breath of the internet makes these cases exceptionally egregious.
by sashi
Tue Nov 23, 2021 8:23 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: "Wikipedia Loves (Stolen) Art"
Replies: 2
Views: 2420

Re: "Wikipedia Loves (Stolen) Art"

dark energy
matters:
leapin' llama's
liquefaction!
by sashi
Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: They made Smiley/Hillbillyholiday a moderator! And other hilarious fanmail.
Replies: 85
Views: 23027

Re: They made Smiley/Hillbillyholiday a moderator! And other hilarious fanmail.

With its mi'kmaq of language (mackem. nice!)

& the story of Marty McCrow double agent,

this thread is getting as intriguing as the one on Philip Cross.
by sashi
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: Wikipediocracy talk
Topic: They made Smiley/Hillbillyholiday a moderator! And other hilarious fanmail.
Replies: 85
Views: 23027

Re: They made Smiley/Hillbillyholiday a moderator! And other hilarious fanmail.

Smiley's sudden greening is likely due to his living in the same timezone as a remarkably regular outlaw whose (borrowed) body was latterly thrown down from the top floor of the WPO clubhouse. Writing about the first acts of this drama was locked up in the poem-cellar for a future auction / WPO rumm...
by sashi
Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:43 am
Forum: Wikipedia In The Media
Topic: How fitting that Slate should choose an unstable narcissist to represent Wikipedia
Replies: 18
Views: 6893

Re: How fitting that Slate should choose an unstable narcissist to represent Wikipedia

It appears that Harrison's wikipaganda is funded by the donor class.

https://www.newamerica.org/our-funding/

Curious that there is no en.wp page on Pivotal Ventures, LLC...

I wonder if he'll be authorized to write a follow-up story about Dalek Supreme X, his bitcoin-standard source. :lol: