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Is this really a war? Does this really affect tech or society in any meaningful way?

• gary_0 3y ago
  It's silly nerd shenanigans, and I'm fine with a little of that showing up on HN. Although once sites like Kotaku start writing articles about it, the wacky fun has usually run its course.
  • lolsal 3y ago
    Words have meaning. This is not war.
    • gary_0 3y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring
      • lolsal 3y ago
        Fair point! This is pretty similar to the back and forth of Donbas, Ethiopia and Sudan.
• NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  For the real wars (Wikipedia-based ones), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars For comic relief, start with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
• swalling 3y ago
  No, this was not a war at all by Wikipedia standards. The deletion nomination was closed under an informal Wikipedia guideline called “WP:SNOW”, which is shorthand for saying that there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that it was going to result in deletion, because the comments to keep the article were so overwhelming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Barbenheimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...