Dumb Shit on Wikipedia

[BootlegPopeye]

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Banana Republicans - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Hell of a crucial article when you can't even give a synopsis.

I missed this, that's a great example of what I meant earlier. We have to remember that Wikipedia is 20 years old, and really took off during Bush's 2nd term. You can still find alot of Bush Derangement Syndrome of the average Wikipedian circa 2005 littering the site if you look for it, many of the entries the long dead blogs and forgettable, dated political books like that that you can get for $1 on Amazon.

 

[Corpun]

I missed this, that's a great example of what I meant earlier. We have to remember that Wikipedia is 20 years old, and really took off during Bush's 2nd term. You can still find alot of Bush Derangement Syndrome of the average Wikipedian circa 2005 littering the site if you look for it, many of the entries the long dead blogs and forgettable, dated political books like that that you can get for $1 on Amazon.

It's worth noting the people behind that book wrote another book about how science is taking shit over and the Experts meme. Equally as short but I'm surprised it hasn't been slandered as disinfo or some shit.

Trust Us, We're Experts - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AmazingEagle]

There is currently a small edit war about whether Dayton Hypernova Daniel Quasar (creator of the Progress Pride flag - and I can't be the only one who thought the names sound similar) should be referred to by Wikipedia with xe/xyr/xem pronouns.

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Currently the article avoids pronouns altogether by repeatedly using the surname, although a note remains at the top of the page declaring this individual uses xe/xyr/xem pronouns (shouldn't that be xe/xem/xyr?) and links to a source.

The source is just a link to his website, progress.gay. And the only two paragraphs that aren't written in first-person refer to him with they/them.

Idiocracy wasn't a movie, it was a documentary.

 

[BiggerChungus]

Idiocracy wasn't a movie, it was a documentary.

Replace every instance of "fag" with "nazi" and it's scary.

 

[Pissmaster]

On the article for Helvetica (the font):

(https://archive.ph/FESzk)

Hey, you know that virus that's been sweeping the entire fucking world for the last couple of years, causing almost every single country to be a hellscape? Let's use THAT word as an example for our font!

(https://archive.is/XXT7M)

Thanks, you autistic chink.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

although a note remains at the top of the page declaring this individual uses xe/xyr/xem pronouns

Insane shit like this is impossible to translate into other languages. Not that gender clowns are translation worthy but these fantasy pronouns make everything way harder.

Did the Wikipedia troons ever think about that? They are constantly screeching that "misgendering" is murder & violence & yet they are too dumb to realize that genderspecial pronouns lead to misgendering in other languages because it's impossible to translate.

 

[AnOminous]

Hey, you know that virus that's been sweeping the entire fucking world for the last couple of years, causing almost every single country to be a hellscape? Let's use THAT word as an example for our font!

So by that logic, the word for Fraktur and Antiqua should be Untermenschen or something similar.

Did the Wikipedia troons ever think about that? They are constantly screeching that "misgendering" is murder & violence & yet they are too dumb to realize that genderspecial pronouns lead to misgendering in other languages because it's impossible to translate.

Implying these narcissistic loons give a fuck about people who speak languages other than English. Also, this insane bullshit doesn't make sense in English either. I think they should come up with even more complicated rules for pronouns, like have a different set for each day of the week, except a different one alternate Thursdays, and a special one for full moons, and then complain endlessly to Wikipedos that they aren't using the proper pronouns.

 

[Sparkling Yuzu]

Just a color photograph from the yr 200.

 

[cuddle striker]

Just a color photograph from the yr 200.
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this is the best thing in this thread.

 

[DoubleD]

More trans pronoun shenanigans, this time regarding a dead Roman emperor. Thanks to Mx. Dizzy Hughes for pointing this out.

Article (archive) - at the time of writing, it uses he/him. And Wikipedians are not happy.
Talk page (archive)

The combination of templates on the talk page immediately gives off a "cursed" vibe, as Gen Z might say.

So any historical figure who might have wanted to be a different sex is they/them until proven otherwise. Got it.

But apparently not if based gay dude Antinoos69 (nice) has anything to say about it:

Anon editor presents a more gender-affirming source for the consideration of other editors. Gets immediately shot down:

Spoiler: more Wikipedians reeing about pronouns

The result of this discussion has been to keep using he/him, in accordance with Wikipedia's policy of using the more recent academic sources. Common sense has prevailed.

At least for now. I expect this policy will change in the near future to be "more respectful to trans people consuming the article".

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I guess Elegabalus's article is one case where bashing people over the head with the WP:RS (the "reliable sources" policy) actually produces a better article, since even on Wikipedia, the work of random troon journos and grad students can't (yet) beat almost 2,000 years of published historians including those who lived during the same time as the loony troon in question.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

I guess Elegabalus's article is one case where bashing people over the head with the WP:RS (the "reliable sources" policy) actually produces a better article, since even on Wikipedia, the work of random troon journos and grad students can't (yet) beat almost 2,000 years of published historians including those who lived during the same time as the loony troon in question.

For now it does, but give the scholarship a few years to catch up to troondom, which is still so new. There is no reason to think eventually 'scholars' won't adopt tranny revisionism.

 

[Kerr Avon]

Considering how many of the Roman politicos were pederasts, let the troons have 'em.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

There is currently a small edit war about whether Dayton Hypernova Daniel Quasar (creator of the Progress Pride flag - and I can't be the only one who thought the names sound similar) should be referred to by Wikipedia with xe/xyr/xem pronouns.

Back in the day (before Current Year), using "community" to mean "(of a) kind" was something only Tumblr types did.

Now BS like that - thinking all black people or even all "people of color" are one big "community" - is mainstream.

 

[Corpun]

Not stupid but the name is just funny.

For whatever reason this tiny fucking article exists but also has one line in bold lettering, something I've never seen on an article before.

Government of the Republic of the Rif - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There is also no reason this article shouldn't be merged into the Rif Republic's article.

 

[Fictional Character]

Insane shit like this is impossible to translate into other languages. Not that gender clowns are translation worthy but these fantasy pronouns make everything way harder.

Did the Wikipedia troons ever think about that? They are constantly screeching that "misgendering" is murder & violence & yet they are too dumb to realize that genderspecial pronouns lead to misgendering in other languages because it's impossible to translate.

Maybe those misgendering subhumans should start speaking English. Ever think about that, chud?

 

[Corpun]

More trans pronoun shenanigans, this time regarding a dead Roman emperor. Thanks to Mx. Dizzy Hughes for pointing this out.

Article (archive) - at the time of writing, it uses he/him. And Wikipedians are not happy.
Talk page (archive)

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The combination of templates on the talk page immediately gives off a "cursed" vibe, as Gen Z might say.

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So any historical figure who might have wanted to be a different sex is they/them until proven otherwise. Got it.

But apparently not if based gay dude Antinoos69 (nice) has anything to say about it:

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Anon editor presents a more gender-affirming source for the consideration of other editors. Gets immediately shot down:

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Spoiler: more Wikipedians reeing about pronouns

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The result of this discussion has been to keep using he/him, in accordance with Wikipedia's policy of using the more recent academic sources. Common sense has prevailed.

At least for now. I expect this policy will change in the near future to be "more respectful to trans people consuming the article".

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I guess Elegabalus's article is one case where bashing people over the head with the WP:RS (the "reliable sources" policy) actually produces a better article, since even on Wikipedia, the work of random troon journos and grad students can't (yet) beat almost 2,000 years of published historians including those who lived during the same time as the loony troon in question.

Elagabalus sperging was brought up earlier but that talk page makes me laugh and weep. I remember seeing troons argue Cassius Dio isn't a credible source because he was biased and used male pronouns. Yeah, a direct source (Or as close as we can get) is biased but some faggots blog about how Elagabalus might've been aa tranny and not your stereotype of Roman degeneracy that even Romans hated is credible because it cited another fags blogpost or something.

 

[BiggerChungus]

More trans pronoun shenanigans, this time regarding a dead Roman emperor. Thanks to Mx. Dizzy Hughes for pointing this out.

Article (archive) - at the time of writing, it uses he/him. And Wikipedians are not happy.
Talk page (archive)

View attachment 2562257

The combination of templates on the talk page immediately gives off a "cursed" vibe, as Gen Z might say.

View attachment 2562260

So any historical figure who might have wanted to be a different sex is they/them until proven otherwise. Got it.

But apparently not if based gay dude Antinoos69 (nice) has anything to say about it:

View attachment 2562264

Anon editor presents a more gender-affirming source for the consideration of other editors. Gets immediately shot down:

View attachment 2562284

Spoiler: more Wikipedians reeing about pronouns

View attachment 2562286

The result of this discussion has been to keep using he/him, in accordance with Wikipedia's policy of using the more recent academic sources. Common sense has prevailed.

At least for now. I expect this policy will change in the near future to be "more respectful to trans people consuming the article".

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Hundreds of words typed and literally nothing was said, like some jumbled word salad. It makes no sense to anyone other than the far-lefties it's made for. I'm waiting for the talk page argument for Psycho where they argue Norman Bates should be referred to as a she out of respect for a fictional character's gender identity.

 

[Pissmaster]

For whatever reason this tiny fucking article exists but also has one line in bold lettering, something I've never seen on an article before.

Government of the Republic of the Rif - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Looks like whomever wrote that didn't adhere to Wikipedia's style guides. Bold text from what I've seen is only ever really used in the title of the article and for any abbreviations of said title, like this:

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

LMAO Wiki troons think this pronoun horseshit mattered in ancient times and isn't a recent fad created by insane tards on the internet.