Crap or questionable articles

[Ognistysztorm]

Wanna see a 2019 editwar that resulted in nothing but a tagged article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Medi ... ry_Program

FYI: nearly the entire article was written by NormSpier. Exactly the type of editor Wikipedia really needs more of. He tried to write an article about the MERP, people screamed at him that he was "misunderstanding how the Glorious Wikipedia works" and was "biasing" the article, so he tried to make it "less biased" whatever that means. In other words, he was "wikilawyered" into submission. The article was tagged and forgotten. He received similar treatment when he tried to edit the ACA article. And gave up in 2020 and left.

Have a look at the kook who was fighting with NormSpier. Shortly after the 2019 squabble, Newslinger was given adminship. Nominated by none other than Ritchie333.

If you would like to know what estate recovery is really about, try a recent AP article:

https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-est ... 097d239b53

Hope you don't ever need Medicaid. Or a government-funded nursing home bed. If you do, and you're in one of those states that tries to "recover costs from the estates of decedents", sell your home and get rid of all your assets before signing up for Medicaid. That is (apparently) what NormSpier was trying to describe in the article.

Is Newslinger being paid to keep unpleasant facts out of the ACA article? This makes me wonder.

terrible grammar in the very first sentence:

Medicaid estate recovery is a required process under United States federal law in which state governments adjust (settle) or recover the cost of care and services from the estates of those who received Medicaid benefits after they die.

Newslinger tried to soak WMF for $10,000 but they apparently didnt go for it. s/he shouldve consulted with Harej and Isarra. the domain for sourceror dot org is "1337 Services LLC". they apparently host some antifa stuff and some German stuff.

on a personal note, Medicaid recovery sucks. my mom's house was siezed by the state after her mother died in 2012. medicaid is now a loan apparently.

That really sounds like reverse mortgage by a lot.

[ericbarbour]

Moxaverine is an OLD drug. It's one of the things mentioned in the book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany (a notorious book, partly because certain Third Reich fanboys hated it and claimed it was "full of exaggerations") that Theodor Morell was giving to Hitler to keep him "functional". So it dates from the 1930s at least. But all Wikipedia can tell you is this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxaverine

[ericbarbour]

Wikipoo still loves pro wrestling--something I noticed long ago.

Your crass example for today, a long article with few references. Fan crap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeXXXy_Eddy

Mostly the work of an administrator with a hard-on for lighthouses and templates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MSGJ

with help from Eddy himself (HE ADMITTED IT)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... hewrestler

[ericbarbour]

Did anyone mention Didier Raoult yet?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Raoult

45k bytes of mostly-raging about a now-retired academic figure who did some very sloppy research. He's not the first and won't be the last--this kind of thing happens routinely thanks to general arrogance, plus the savage and petty "publish or perish" culture of academia. Yes, a couple of "guerrilla skeptics" have been pissing around in this article.

The "Honours and Awards" section is especially disgusting/lulzy. If he won a Sackler Prize, where the hell is the proof, and how can anyone provide a "reliable reference" anyway, since the Sackler Prize no longer exists, thanks to the Sackler family's notorious "business problem" with opioids? And what is this "Rusty Razor Award"? If it's so "important", where's the Wikipedia coverage?

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[ericbarbour]

Which reminds me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Jones

Saw this and posted it on my blog, because it's funny. "Resume packing works!"

The bulk of Jones's article was written by Dhavalpatel698 in 2019. Student or staff? Or paid 3rd party editing?

[ericbarbour]

Have some PREMIUM recent-event stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immo ... _Azzarello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _Azzarello

[Bbb23sucks]

Have some PREMIUM recent-event stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immo ... _Azzarello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _Azzarello

I still think it's funny that I knew him well before this happen.

[Dr Mario]

Have some PREMIUM recent-event stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immo ... _Azzarello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _Azzarello

My god.......I don't know which is worse the article or the afd discussion.

[Dr Mario]

Have some PREMIUM recent-event stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immo ... _Azzarello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _Azzarello

I still think it's funny that I knew him well before this happen.

Who did you know the guy who put himself on fire or who made the afd nomination?

[Bbb23sucks]

Have some PREMIUM recent-event stupidity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immo ... _Azzarello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _Azzarello

I still think it's funny that I knew him well before this happen.

Who did you know the guy who put himself on fire or who made the afd nomination?

the guy who put himself on fire