Dumb Shit on Wikipedia

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

Some Brit accents say hoe-lee for holy.

I've not yet found a dictionary that has a different vowel in "holy" and "wholly". Whatever he was speaking, it wasn't Received Pronunciation or General American.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I've not yet found a dictionary that has a different vowel in "holy" and "wholly". Whatever he was speaking, it wasn't Received Pronunciation or General American.

Maybe it was a typo of "holly"?

 

[BootlegPopeye]

And nothing from Wikipediocracy? It masquerades as being a Wikipedia criticism site, but in reality is mostly full of editors whining at one another.

I believe I've mentioned them here before, but like you said, it is basically a Wikipedia fan site at this point, and therefore, boring. Last I checked they were whining about Larry Sanger. It really seemed like a (semi-approved) off site way for some admins to attack each other, mostly over unfunny and dumb shit. It hasn't been a valid Wikipedia criticism site for many years.

 

[JJLiautaud]

I believe I've mentioned them here before, but like you said, it is basically a Wikipedia fan site at this point, and therefore, boring. Last I checked they were whining about Larry Sanger. It really seemed like a (semi-approved) off site way for some admins to attack each other, mostly over unfunny and dumb shit. It hasn't been a valid Wikipedia criticism site for many years.

It does include this very useful tidbit that Jimbo has lost all admin privileges, the lunatics are truly running the asylum.

 

[TheySeeMeRowlin]

The tard I posted about previously is talking about Kiwi Farms on the article's talk page, LOL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiwi_Farms#Is_censoring_you-know-who’s_name_really_helpful,_let_alone_necessary?

 

[Gingervitis]

The tard I posted about previously is talking about Kiwi Farms on the article's talk page, LOL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiwi_Farms#Is_censoring_you-know-who’s_name_really_helpful,_let_alone_necessary?

>this person is only notable because of the harassment
>not the fact that he’s probably the most well recorded man in existence

 

[WhiteNight]

>this person is only notable because of the harassment
>not the fact that he’s probably the most well recorded man in existence

Have you seen the Farms' Wikipedia page? Talking about someone is harassment.

 

[temeluchus]

I've not yet found a dictionary that has a different vowel in "holy" and "wholly". Whatever he was speaking, it wasn't Received Pronunciation or General American.

Mirriam Webster clearly shoes them as different.

definitely Hoe-lee and hole-ley in my regional speak.

Standardised spoken language is a pretty futile exercise at the best of times.

 

[Corpun]

I hope CWC managaes to convince someone to make a movie based on his life story. Sure he will get money he doesn't deserve, but it would be fucking hilarious to see Wikipedos mental gymnastics at not giving a Christopher Nolan style biographic film on CWC a wikipedia article.

And I mean explicitly based on CWC, not some based on a true story bullshit to obfuscate the main character, although a horror film where the proteagonist is trapped in a hoarder hell home with a fat autistic rapist tranny son and his dementia ridden mother he routinely fucks would make for an interesting film.

 

[Lone Star]

The tard I posted about previously is talking about Kiwi Farms on the article's talk page, LOL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiwi_Farms#Is_censoring_you-know-who’s_name_really_helpful,_let_alone_necessary?

Chris could assassinate a political leader and they'd still worm their way out of letting him have a page.

 

[TheySeeMeRowlin]

Chris could assassinate a political leader and they'd still worm their way out of letting him have a page.

Meanwhile, they actually have pages about several irrelevant Twitter shitposters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shitposters

 

[Dick Mason]

There's so much juicy behind the scenes Wikipedia drama and none of it is covered here.

Isn't there a forum specifically for that? I know I've seen that before. They were obsessively documenting wikipedia editors they didn't like. I don't recall the name.

 

[Mudkipcorn]

Chris could assassinate a political leader and they'd still worm their way out of letting him have a page.

This would be great. "Bob Smith's term as Minister-President of Virginia ended when he was assassinated by a webcomic artist in 2027. The attack was motivated by personal reasons." No hyperlink to explain who the webcomic artist is, no real explanation of the motive because that would require talking about details of CWC's life and character. Anyone reading it might be pushed that tiny bit closer to realizing that, though it can be a great resource, Wikipedia is too deeply flawed to ever take at face value.

 

[TheySeeMeRowlin]

Kiwi Farms - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Harassment campaigns by Kiwi Farms users are known to have contributed to the suicides of at least three individuals. The Kiwi Farms community considers it a goal to drive its targets to suicide, and has celebrated such deaths with a counter on the website. They have used social media reporting systems to mass-report posts by harassment targets in which they have expressed suicidal thoughts or intentions, with the goal of reducing the possibility their targets receive help.

What the fuck are they even talking about? Where is this counter? I mean, I agree that we shouldn't have gone after Near because he was obviously severely mentally ill and didn't really do anything that bad, but I've never seen any real evidence that people on here, as a whole, deliberately try to get people to commit suicide and take pride in doing so. This is, as usual, just a ridiculous straw boogeyman.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

I mean, I agree that we shouldn't have gone after Near because he was obviously severely mentally ill and didn't really do anything that bad

You joined last Friday why are you saying "we"? Near had a 10 page thread when he threatened suicide and half of that was him talking to people on the site and being pretty well received. There was no "going after" him. Just mocking his gay furry avatar.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

Kiwi Farms - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What the fuck are they even talking about? Where is this counter? I mean, I agree that we shouldn't have gone after Near because he was obviously severely mentally ill and didn't really do anything that bad, but I've never seen any real evidence that people on here, as a whole, deliberately try to get people to commit suicide and take pride in doing so. This is, as usual, just a ridiculous straw boogeyman.

The consensus says it's true, and the purpose of Wikipedia is to maintain the consensus. It doesn't matter whether it's factually true or false.

The purpose of Wikipedia is to represent what reliable sources cover on a subject. Not to represent whatever "truth" you feel needs to be represented.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

The purpose of Wikipedia is to represent what reliable sources cover on a subject. Not to represent whatever "truth" you feel needs to be represented.

So what happens when the consensus becomes lies because the media is blatantly biased and unreliable?

 

[AprilRains]

So what happens when the consensus becomes lies because the media is blatantly biased and unreliable?

Welcome to current year

 

[TheySeeMeRowlin]

You joined last Friday why are you saying "we"? Near had a 10 page thread when he threatened suicide and half of that was him talking to people on the site and being pretty well received. There was no "going after" him. Just mocking his gay furry avatar.

I've lurked here for years. I vividly remember the whole sordid affair with Near becoming an hero and us being blamed for it. However, I don't actually remember seeing people in the Kiwi Farms thread about Near encouraging anyone to stalk or harass Near, even though he claimed that people from here were stalking and harassing him. Were those people stalking and harassing him really from here, or were they people from other sites like 4chan and 8chan? Or were they largely just figments of his imagination? Like I said before, the dude was severely mentally ill. Many mentally ill people have delusions of being stalked and harassed; in fact, it's one of the most common traits of many mental illnesses.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

However, I don't actually remember seeing people in the Kiwi Farms thread about Near encouraging anyone to stalk or harass Near, even though he claimed that people from here were stalking and harassing him. Were those people stalking and harassing him really from here, or were they people from other sites like 4chan and 8chan? Or were they largely just figments of his imagination? Like I said, the dude was severely mentally ill. Many mentally ill people have delusions of being stalked and harassed; in fact, it's one of the most common traits of many mental illnesses.

He was mentally ill but I don't think he was delusional enough to think he was actually being stalked. No one was stalking or harassing Byuu period. The tiny thread he had before he killed himself amounted to "haha look at this weird furry freak!". No one outside of this website cared about mocking him. I think he was a depressed miserable person and his embarrassing 10 page thread was the breaking point for him. He ultimately killed himself because he had zero friends or family and was completely alone in a country where almost no one speaks English.