Crap or questionable articles

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Re: Crap or questionable articles

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:39 am

Spot the difference (and then tell us why in the hell there are 2 repetitive articles basically about the same mountain)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_(mountain)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Peak

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Re: Crap or questionable articles

Post by ericbarbour » Fri Jun 13, 2025 4:04 am

The opening "summary" paragraphs of Sprint Corporation are a shredded mess. The "History" below it isn't much better.

Wiki-Slobber. And even though Sprint no longer exists, there are many signs of paid editing in the history. This is a good reason why nobody fixes bad corporate articles.
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Re: Crap or questionable articles

Post by ericbarbour » Thu Jun 19, 2025 10:51 pm

Amazing how few references, eh. This project was a giant failure, and that SHOULD be pointed out in the WP article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupland_ ... ynthesizer

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Re: Crap or questionable articles

Post by Strelnikov » Mon Jun 23, 2025 5:44 am

ericbarbour wrote:
Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:39 am
Spot the difference (and then tell us why in the hell there are 2 repetitive articles basically about the same mountain)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_(mountain)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Peak
Because Ron Clausen ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ron_Clausen ) is Canadian Mountain BoyTM and if the locals or some blowhard says there is a difference between "Gimli mountain" and "Gimli Peak", he'll stick it in. It's like the difference between a 1965 Datsun 410 and a Yue Loong YLM-705B. They are the same car, it's just that the YLM-705B was built under license in Taiwan.

"But don't forget, these are volunteers, Harold. And in the long run, volunteers are the most expensive workers you'll ever have." -- Red Green to Harold Green, The Red Green Show, episode "The Retirement Home".
Still "Globally Banned" on Wikipedia for the high crime of journalism.

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