WikiEN-l April 2005

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocked for 'vandalism' on a friggin April Fools article
by Daniel Mayer 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- SPUI <drspui(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to whoever unblocked me. True to my word, I will not touch the > April 1 article any more. Back to the NYC Subway for me. You are welcome. :) -- mav __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocked for 'vandalism' on a friggin April Fools article
by Daniel Mayer 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- SPUI <drspui(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Just as an article content dispute cannot be called vandalism, neither > can an article placement dispute. Does not matter when the content is bogus. -- mav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocked for 'vandalism' on a friggin April Fools article
by Daniel Mayer 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- SPSPUIdrdrspuimgmailom> wrote: > Your user name or IPIPddress has been blocked by MaMaveric9. > > The reason given is this: > page move vandalism ; you were warned, now you are blocked > > hthttp/en.wiwikipediarorgiwikiser_talk:SPSPUIage_move_vandalism the warning > > hthttp/en.wiwikipediarorg/index.phphpitle=Special:Contributions&target=SPSPUImy> > contributions > > Obviously the 'vandalism' being talked about was moving the page back > into the main article space. How can this be called vandalism? Can > someone be as kind as to ununbane? I won't do it again, after seeing how > StStiffycMcSitffersonome of us can be. Because that is not an article under any definition we have. It is *not* encyclopedic content and was moved to the Wikipediaspace for the time being. It was moved just like any other bad jokes or other deleted nonsense are. We are an encyclopedia. -- mamav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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Are these April Fools' hoaxes?
by Zoney 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Actually, apart from the fake announcement over the EB takeover, and the ETPH, most of the other "jokes" are/were not even proper 1 April hoaxes. And even the EB takeover article was far too farcical, rather than being a subtle piece of misleading humour. How crude. Zoney -- ~()____) This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds...

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Blocked for 'vandalism' on a friggin April Fools article
by SPUI 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Maveric149. The reason given is this: page move vandalism ; you were warned, now you are blocked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SPUI#page_move_vandalism the warning http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=SPUI… contributions Obviously the 'vandalism' being talked about was moving the page back into the main article space. How can this be called vandalism? Can someone be as kind as to unban me? I won't do it again, after seeing how Stiffy McSitfferson some of us can be.

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April Fool's and Timezones
by MacGyverMagic/Mgm 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Should we restrict April Fool's jokes to April 1st in the UTC time zone? After all that's the time Wikipedia uses. It would make the onslaught of hoaxes and the subsequent cleanup far easier to handle. -- MacGyverMagic

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Classified information in Wikipedia
by Matt R 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- Robert Merkel <robert.merkel(a)benambra.org> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Here's a hypothetical for you. Say somebody posts a piece of > information about, say, an American-designed weapon, to the Wikipedia. > A piece of information that the US government would prefer to be kept > secret and thus is classified. Now, the person that originally leaked > the information could certainly be punished under US law, but is the > Wikipedia under any *legal* obligation to delete the information, > assuming it's relevant? And assuming the information is verifiable -- this might be non-trivial for leaked secrets. -- Matt [[User:Matt Crypto]] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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April Fool's Day
by Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

A few people have hoped that I would weigh in with an opinion. I'm torn. I think it's really fun, but we're also a very serious project. So I gave it some thought and I have this idea... Just for fun, why don't we have a game on Friday to create an alternative main page, linked from the main page? "Click here to see our April Fool's Page." And on that page, we have fun with ourselves... nothing mean spirited against each other, but gently having some fun with our quirks. So yes, the feature article can be the european toilet paper page. But we also could have an article about Gdansk ^h^h^h^hDanzig ^h^h^h^hGdansk! Danzig, dammit! In this way, we get to have a little fun with the holiday, but we also don't abandon our seriousness for the day. And at the end of the day, everything can be locked and archived and deleted, and we can do it once a year. Maybe if a developer can be persuaded, we could set the whole thing up at AprilFools.wikipedia.org or something like that. --Jimbo -- "Pianosa is een Italie" - first words of 50,000th article on nl.wikipedia.org

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Britannica proud to lag years behind recent developments such ...
by daniwo59＠aol.com 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

Yes, we are way ahead of Britannica in many areas, but, to be realistic, just as we have many excellent articles that they simply don't have, they also have many articles that we don't. Of course, we are in a better situation, because we can easily fill in the gaps. I therefore encourage people to take a look at [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]]. Make redirects if we have the articles, and see what articles they have that you can fill in. Start with a sub, or even a substub. It is bound to grow. Let's make sure we have everything they have and more. Danny

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Friday's featured article
by Daniel Mayer 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

--- Viajero <viajero(a)quilombo.nl> wrote: > Although I realize this isn't the proper channel for doing so, I'd like > to nominate the following for Featured Article this coming Friday: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bishonen/European_toilet_paper_holder That is not a featured article. In fact it is not even an article - it is a hoax. It will be removed as would any other sneaky vandalism masquerading as valid content. -- mav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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