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Category: wikipedia
Well not in all respects of course. Sometimes people die. But before I get on to that... Have you noticed that I haven't posted much recently? I've been on holidays. Wales is very nice, I recommend it. I'll go again....
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:07 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
It is most of a year since my last pointless pointless arbcomm case so it was about time for another, and here it is (that's the current state, which may not work in a year or a day's time. Permalink...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:15 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
There is an interesting (if you like that sort of thing) insight into some wiki-politics available from a recent RFA (which stands for [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship]]. Not to be confused, obviously, with RFA which stands for [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests]]). Admins are the...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:55 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Finally, I've been promoted to Rouge admin status. It is a game a little like Mornington Crescent: there are no rules, but it would be a dreadful faux pas to break them. The excuse was quite a suitable one: I...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:34 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Via Durova I find Wikitruth Through Wikiorder which is worth at least a quick skim if only because, unlike most commentators on wiki, they don't seem to have totally lost the plot. Durova points out the obvious lack in their...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:29 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Would you believe that people are having an edit war over this [1]? Should the article say "Foam takeout containers are typically discarded after the food has been consumed and are rarely [[Recycling|recycled]]" or not? It is a burning issue....
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:40 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Well I have been listening to Slim Shady recently: I don't speak, I float in the air wrapped in a sheet I'm not a real person, I'm a ghost trapped in a beat I translate when my voice is read...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 2:56 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
So there I was, happily settled in Heffers with a nice large cup of coffee, looking forward to reliving the Newton-Leibnitz controversy via "the system of the world" when I thought I'd have a quick browse of "The Cult of...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:56 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
More than a year ago, I thought Citizendium was cr*p. And it still is: see its GW article. The top bit is a fairly sane cp of wiki; the bottom half is a fairly insane mix of septic tripe. If...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:42 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Atmoz complains about this version of the WAIS article. As he says, it was full of cr*p. So why didn't he just fix it? I have now. Sadly, that article comes into the not-very-prominent article class, which means few people...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:01 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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