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A little story some may find amusing and possibly pertinent: many years back one of the Wikipedia editors said something really silly. Silly enough it got repor

by moomin 4y ago

A little story some may find amusing and possibly pertinent: many years back one of the Wikipedia editors said something really silly. Silly enough it got reported on. So… I went to see if they had a Wikipedia page. And, of course they did. Despite the fact that they were, objectively, not notable. So, I did the decent thing and, in a “Haha, only serious” fashion updated the article to include easily the most notable thing they had ever done. Even provided multiple citations and everything. I mean, everyone here knows what happened next. I didn’t expend any more energy on it. (For the record, when I say silly I mean it, it was mildly embarrassing, offended no-one and wasn’t problematic in any way.)

manholio 4y ago
This story is elliptical to the point of unintelligibility. Nobody knows what happened next. We can guess a page was deleted from the context of this thread, but we have no idea why.
- noobermin 4y ago
  This is being downvoted, but I too want to know more explicitly what happened. Even link said page because I am now curious.
- repsilat 4y ago
  > We can guess a page was deleted My interpretation was "the edits were quickly reverted and the editor's page remained flattering and devoid of evidence of notability."
  - moomin 4y ago
    Exactly right. If there was a point I had (and let’s be honest, I was being an arsehole or is have linked the page) it was the policies are ignored when it’s personally inconvenient. That’s why you see very little on Wikipedia about how they spend the donations…
Kim_Bruning 4y ago
Were you trying to Disrupt Wikipedia To Make A Point of some sort? %-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikip... You probably got into a modicum of trouble then. I'd love to look up what you actually did. (If only to learn what not to do)
- deleted 4y ago
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by moomin 4y ago

manholio 4y ago

This story is elliptical to the point of unintelligibility. Nobody knows what happened next. We can guess a page was deleted from the context of this thread, but we have no idea why.

noobermin 4y ago
This is being downvoted, but I too want to know more explicitly what happened. Even link said page because I am now curious.
repsilat 4y ago
> We can guess a page was deleted My interpretation was "the edits were quickly reverted and the editor's page remained flattering and devoid of evidence of notability."
- moomin 4y ago
  Exactly right. If there was a point I had (and let’s be honest, I was being an arsehole or is have linked the page) it was the policies are ignored when it’s personally inconvenient. That’s why you see very little on Wikipedia about how they spend the donations…

Kim_Bruning 4y ago

Were you trying to Disrupt Wikipedia To Make A Point of some sort? %-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikip... You probably got into a modicum of trouble then. I'd love to look up what you actually did. (If only to learn what not to do)

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