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I started updating pages related to my research topic - thinking it would be a public service. The pages were egregiously out of date. Every attempt to edit was

I started updating pages related to my research topic - thinking it would be a public service. The pages were egregiously out of date. Every attempt to edit was reverted by a resident page troll. Total waste of my time and the pages remain totally wrong. (yes i cited research and no the topic is not a controversial political one.)

3pt14159 10y ago
Did you get on the IRC channel? I edit wikipedia and normally the only way to figure out why something should have been reset is to ask. Personally, I've edited plenty of Wikipedia pages and I still occasionally do when I come across one I think I can help with, and I only have an issue around 20% of the time, and usually it's because I'm filling out a topic that's too obscure.
- Nomentatus 10y ago
  Ditto on the official trolls, so I've quit too. One troll had a degree, at least, but he wasn't reading current research. Participation continues to decline. If your interest is very narrow and you are IRC-wise and persistent, I don't doubt that you can eventually intimidate the trolls in that narrow topic and not have a problem thereafter. But this isn't my case or the common case, I suspect.
- gjjrfcbugxbhf 10y ago
  Why should one have to work out how to use irc to help out in the public interest?
- tunap 10y ago
  In hindsight, this is deliciously ironic advice considering the noteworthy cesspool of Dreg's creation. In 2012 I ventured into the Craigslist chatroom to determine why a posted item I had listed was 'ghosted'. I believe the answer was too many numerals in my description(RV: model year, mileage, doors, beds, etc.). After my attempt to satisfy the ambiguous criterion to no effect I returned and cited numerous examples other than mine that exceeded the reason given but were not ghosted. The result was every ad I had listed was then ghosted and every relist and new creation was ghosted by default. I ended up creating a new disposable, copy+pasted new listings verbatim without incident and sold most items. Listing a recently deceased family member's possessions was a chore, reaching out to Dregslist chat turned it into a nightmare. Why isn't Dreg using these funds to cleanup harrasment, data farmers and scammers on 'his' site? edit: on-topic, I too had edits on WP overturned in the mid-00's. I posted my defense in page notes to no avail and desisted any further attempts.
LordKano 10y ago
I stopped wasting my time for a similar reason. I added some information to a page and it was reverted because I didn't properly source my change. OK I re-created my change and added with a properly sourced reference and someone who didn't like it reverted my change, citing the guidelines on BLP. I made the change again and in the note, I quoted the BLP guideline, explaining that my change was consistent with the rules. My change was reverted again and I received an email warning about a possible suspension of my account for defacing pages... With that, I was like "F you people". I don't think I have added any information since then.

3pt14159 10y ago

Did you get on the IRC channel? I edit wikipedia and normally the only way to figure out why something should have been reset is to ask. Personally, I've edited plenty of Wikipedia pages and I still occasionally do when I come across one I think I can help with, and I only have an issue around 20% of the time, and usually it's because I'm filling out a topic that's too obscure.

Nomentatus 10y ago
Ditto on the official trolls, so I've quit too. One troll had a degree, at least, but he wasn't reading current research. Participation continues to decline. If your interest is very narrow and you are IRC-wise and persistent, I don't doubt that you can eventually intimidate the trolls in that narrow topic and not have a problem thereafter. But this isn't my case or the common case, I suspect.
gjjrfcbugxbhf 10y ago
Why should one have to work out how to use irc to help out in the public interest?
tunap 10y ago
In hindsight, this is deliciously ironic advice considering the noteworthy cesspool of Dreg's creation. In 2012 I ventured into the Craigslist chatroom to determine why a posted item I had listed was 'ghosted'. I believe the answer was too many numerals in my description(RV: model year, mileage, doors, beds, etc.). After my attempt to satisfy the ambiguous criterion to no effect I returned and cited numerous examples other than mine that exceeded the reason given but were not ghosted. The result was every ad I had listed was then ghosted and every relist and new creation was ghosted by default. I ended up creating a new disposable, copy+pasted new listings verbatim without incident and sold most items. Listing a recently deceased family member's possessions was a chore, reaching out to Dregslist chat turned it into a nightmare. Why isn't Dreg using these funds to cleanup harrasment, data farmers and scammers on 'his' site? edit: on-topic, I too had edits on WP overturned in the mid-00's. I posted my defense in page notes to no avail and desisted any further attempts.

LordKano 10y ago

I stopped wasting my time for a similar reason. I added some information to a page and it was reverted because I didn't properly source my change. OK I re-created my change and added with a properly sourced reference and someone who didn't like it reverted my change, citing the guidelines on BLP. I made the change again and in the note, I quoted the BLP guideline, explaining that my change was consistent with the rules. My change was reverted again and I received an email warning about a possible suspension of my account for defacing pages... With that, I was like "F you people". I don't think I have added any information since then.