So now his eminent worthiness Mark a.k.a. Raul has decreed that [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] will be the Featured Article tomorrow, despite the overwhelming support for UTPH at [[Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#European_toilet_paper_holder]]. It seems to me a spectacularly lame and unimaginative choice. If running a genuinely ersatz text was too daring, at least we could have run an oddball article that looked like a hoax, but I guess even that was too much for the timid souls at the steering wheel.
I am disappointed by the process by which this decision was reached and I especially disappointed by the outcome, but I guess it reflects the fact that Wikipedia EN is overpopulated by geeky teenagers who probably prefer Red Bull to red wine and Game Boys to sex.
Signed, Just Another Dinosaur
Viajero wrote:
So now his eminent worthiness Mark a.k.a. Raul has decreed that [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] will be the Featured Article tomorrow, despite the overwhelming support for UTPH at [[Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#European_toilet_paper_holder]]. It seems to me a spectacularly lame and unimaginative choice. If running a genuinely ersatz text was too daring, at least we could have run an oddball article that looked like a hoax, but I guess even that was too much for the timid souls at the steering wheel.
I am disappointed by the process by which this decision was reached and I especially disappointed by the outcome, but I guess it reflects the fact that Wikipedia EN is overpopulated by geeky teenagers who probably prefer Red Bull to red wine and Game Boys to sex.
Signed, Just Another Dinosaur
How about we run [[Exploding whale]] again - it /looks/ like a hoax, but it isn't.
I'm glad to know that we're making personal attacks because of a failure to put fake material on the front page. It displays a maturity and respect for the project that speaks volumes.
What? Silent is a volume.
-Snowspinner
On Mar 31, 2005, at 4:59 AM, Viajero wrote:
So now his eminent worthiness Mark a.k.a. Raul has decreed that [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] will be the Featured Article tomorrow, despite the overwhelming support for UTPH at [[Wikipedia_talk: Featured_article_candidates#European_toilet_paper_holder]]. It seems to me a spectacularly lame and unimaginative choice. If running a genuinely ersatz text was too daring, at least we could have run an oddball article that looked like a hoax, but I guess even that was too much for the timid souls at the steering wheel.
I am disappointed by the process by which this decision was reached and I especially disappointed by the outcome, but I guess it reflects the fact that Wikipedia EN is overpopulated by geeky teenagers who probably prefer Red Bull to red wine and Game Boys to sex.
Signed, Just Another Dinosaur
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