Dumb Shit on Wikipedia

[teriyakiburns]

Speaking of ancient memes no one remembers:

Hampster Dance - Wikipedia

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They have this, but they don't have the party parrot? Worst encyclopedia ever!

 

[Kiwi Boer]

Just noticed that Lolcow redirects to Kiwi Farms. There was discussion of deleting this redirect, but it was kept.

 

[Trig.Point]

Here's a mildly interesting one. Some wikipedia editor for various reasons, decided to change the name of an article called "the cave of the negroes" to the much less catchy, Katsuyama killing incident. On the talk page, there's even use of the N word!

1945 Katsuyama killing incident - Wikipedia

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[Corpun]

Here's a mildly interesting one. Some wikipedia editor for various reasons, decided to change the name of an article called "the cave of the negroes" to the much less catchy, Katsuyama killing incident. On the talk page, there's even use of the N word!

1945 Katsuyama killing incident - Wikipedia

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The 1945 Katsuyama killing incident was the murder of three African-American United States Marines in Katsuyama near Nago, Okinawa after the Battle of Okinawa in June 1945. Residents of Katsuyama had reportedly killed the three Marines for their repeated rape of village women during occupation of Okinawa and hid their bodies in a nearby cave out of fear for retaliation.

Not a single mention of racism in the article on this topic. Amazing.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

Why is this an article?

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And why can't I get that nice URL unfurl?

 

[Corpun]

Why is this an article?

And why can't I get that nice URL unfurl?

Gotta get that propagandas in, even when it is wrong.

 

[PFM]

Speaking of ancient memes no one remembers:

Hampster Dance - Wikipedia

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I used to love this site. Then it was sold to someone who tried to monetize it. Bring back the OG Hamster Dance!

 

[BootlegPopeye]

Another example of 'old shit from the aughts no one remembers' - Wikipedia is littered with articles from blogs that were popular 15 years ago.

This one's main claim to fame is a minor connection to the Killian documents during the 2004 election.

Power Line - Wikipedia

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Power Line is an American conservative[1][2][3] or right-leaning[4] political blog,[5] founded in May 2002. Its posts were originally written by three lawyers who attended Dartmouth College together, namely John H. Hinderaker, Scott W. Johnson, and Paul Mirengoff. The site is published by Publir LLC, founded by Joseph Malchow, also a Dartmouth graduate.

The site gained recognition for its role in covering the Killian documents story that aired during the 2004 Presidential campaign about forged documents relating to President George W. Bush's term of service in the Texas Air National Guard.[6]

Another example, some long dead literally who? blog called 'Michigan Liberal' that seems like a great candidate for speedy delete

Michigan Liberal - Wikipedia

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Michigan Liberal (MichiganLiberal.com) is a defunct American political blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view. It functions as a discussion forum and group blog for a variety of Michigan netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward influencing and strengthening the Democratic Party.

Michigan Liberal was founded in 2005 by Matt Ferguson,[1] and modeled after the national site Daily Kos. Originally co-owned and run by Laura Packard and Jon Koller, and from 2007 until 2017 the owner and editor was Eric Baerren. Former contributors include Marcy Wheeler, Larry Kestenbaum, and Mark Grebner. In 2017, the Michigan Liberal brand[2] was transferred to convicted felon Will Westerfield[3] (aka: Charles William Westerfield), who was then promptly arrested in May 2017 for check fraud

At least that one has a happy ending.

 

[AnOminous]

Another example, some long dead literally who? blog called 'Michigan Liberal' that seems like a great candidate for speedy delete

I remember calling that first guy, Hinderaker, Assrocket back in the day. Good times.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Here's a mildly interesting one. Some wikipedia editor for various reasons, decided to change the name of an article called "the cave of the negroes" to the much less catchy, Katsuyama killing incident. On the talk page, there's even use of the N word!

1945 Katsuyama killing incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Kurombo literally means nigger in Japanese. It's the Cave of the Niggers.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

I remember calling that first guy, Hinderaker, Assrocket back in the day. Good times.

Yes, I remember alot of these people, the WARBLOGGERS from before the 2008 election but they are for the most part completely irrelevant and non notable (but not as non notable as Chris Chan and Knight's Cross Winners I guess).

The few blogs from the last 10-15 years that are probably worth having an article - sites like the Volokh Conspiracy (who I always hated) and the even more evil Little Green Footballs (there is literally nothing redeeming about that insane man who runs it, shilled for every horrible war during the Bush years) both have really bad short articles.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Yes, I remember alot of these people, the WARBLOGGERS from before the 2008 election but they are for the most part completely irrelevant and non notable (but not as non notable as Chris Chan and Knight's Cross Winners I guess).

The few blogs from the last 10-15 years that are probably worth having an article - sites like the Volokh Conspiracy (who I always hated) and the even more evil Little Green Footballs (there is literally nothing redeeming about that insane man who runs it, shilled for every horrible war during the Bush years) both have really bad short articles.

The only blogs with major political import have nothing. Where's Unqualified Reservations? Love or hate Yarvin, modern politics is dramatically influenced by that blog.

 

[Trig.Point]

Kurombo literally means nigger in Japanese. It's the Cave of the Niggers.

Reading the article I've got to wonder, about why the US Army just immediately accepted that the 3 soldiers deserted, on Okinowa in 1945! Or how after decades of occupation nobody in the Army thought to make the connection between the cave of the negroes and the 3 missing soldiers.

 

[AnOminous]

The few blogs from the last 10-15 years that are probably worth having an article - sites like the Volokh Conspiracy (who I always hated) and the even more evil Little Green Footballs (there is literally nothing redeeming about that insane man who runs it, shilled for every horrible war during the Bush years) both have really bad short articles.

I am actually a fan of Eugene Volokh. Do you like DC v. Heller? Do you like the Second Amendment? Because Volokh basically made the academic argument that led to the Second Amendment being adopted by the Supreme Court as an individual right.

He is also consistently and effectively a First Amendment advocate.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Reading the article I've got to wonder, about why the US Army just immediately accepted that the 3 soldiers deserted, on Okinowa in 1945! Or how after decades of occupation nobody in the Army thought to make the connection between the cave of the negroes and the 3 missing soldiers.

Because nigger soldiers raped a lot of Japanese women, and over the years the Okinawans and the local garrison have (largely) been allowed to deal with the problem quietly in their own ways to prevent diplomatic trouble. You wouldn't believe the amount of hate there is for the US Military there due to wartime and occupation rapes, but the government wants the base to stay so it does what it needs to.

So I would believe without a doubt that the Army knew but kept a lid on it.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Just so that none of you long for the "good old days" of the website, thinking that Wikipedos being spergy autists is somehow a recent phenomenon: this is a ZIP archive titled "wikipedia-cabal" from WikiLeaks, dated 2009. Content includes but is not necessarily restricted to Internet janitors throwing bitch fits about users they don't like and quietly conspiring with each other to remove them.

 

[WhiteNight]

GorillaWarfare finally has her own thread.

 

[Gilgamesh]

The back and forth between MortalCrispy and Bilorv was a headache and a half. Assuming MortalCrispy browses this thread, please don't waste your time on this shit.

 

[Maricón de Mierda]

Today I discovered an entire article on the effects COVID on the LBGT community. The vast majority of the page lists in grueling detail just about every event that has been cancelled in the past two years that has anything to do with LGBT+ people. Did you know that parades and festivals were cancelled? Wow. Amazing. Here are a few extremely notable gems for posterity sake:

Twisted Element, a gay bar in Calgary, Alberta, similarly went through bureaucratic hassles as it attempted to shift its business model from a nightclub to a pub-style restaurant so that it could remain in operation.
In early July, a beach party on Fire Island reportedly attended by many gay men, received criticism for violating social distancing and masking protocols.
Despite numerous challenges during the pandemic, LGBTQ+ communities have shown resiliency and found ways to adapt through personal strength, community care, and acceptance.

Real top notch stuff.

I decided to go tranny hunting in the aforementioned LGBT-related page's Talk section and bagged one pretty quick. Meet Robomilk aka Kimberly Grey aka AlexanderGrey:

Nothing special, really. Just your garden variety incidental Wikipedia contributor: A trans furry Star Trek nerd. If you're too lazy to look it up, psephology is the "quantitative analysis of elections and balloting."

Here's another, more detailed version of User page from May 2016:

Making the world a better place, one Wikifur article at a time.

Wikifur archive.

As mentioned in their 2016 Wikipedia bio, Mr. Grey used to edit a furry fanzine that he himself created called the FurteanTimes. He worked on it from January 2007-November 2010. Here is its Wikifur page and here is basically the gist of it:

Evidently, the Furtean Times was strictly PG-13, but It was started on the InflatioNation forums, which, as you guessed it, was a strictly PG-13 furry inflation forum. What does PG-13 furry inflation look like? I don't want to know. Here's a brief summary of what constitutes a Furtean Time issue, from Issue 5 "The Furry Revolution:"

Described as "massive" by Alexander Grey, this first anniversary edition of the Furtean Times included the long-awaited results of the Furry Sexuality Survey, the only survey to focus directly on the point of furry sex lives. Other features included an interview with Shirik Draguinea, a report on choosing the perfect fursona, a review of A Doemain of Our Own, a versed article on the definition of furry music and the inclusion of the recently ended Furry Guru.

Strictly PG-13 results on a strictly not PG-13 topic, but you really can't avoid that once you involve more than two furries on a topic.

So far as furry trannies go, this one is very benign. Their Wikipedia contributions are normal. Their Twitter isn't filled with weird furry porn. In fact they claim to be Ace (asexual) and I've seen nothing that directly contradicts that. Their Reddit is mostly about Star Trek and web development with relatively little furry content, all SFW. Their blog is a matter-of-fact account of their transition and thoughts on Star Wars. Surprisingly, despite many repeated election related interests, there's no even any election sperging!

Robomilk is just a nice, normal Wikipedian that edits Star Trek and Formula One pages that just so happens to be a trans furry with a special interest in archiving Furry Internet culture, like so many other Wikipedians. Actually, I wish more trannies, furries, and Wikipedia were this high quality.

 

[AnOminous]

The back and forth between MortalCrispy and Bilorv was a headache and a half. Assuming MortalCrispy browses this thread, please don't waste your time on this shit.
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I love when you don't even have to read a single word, but just the formatting itself tells you you're looking at a conversation that consists entirely of full retard.