--- 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
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--- 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.
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--- 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
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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
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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.
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
--- 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.
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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
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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
--- 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
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