[WikiEN-l] A BADSITES RfA piling-on

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Wed May 30 12:47:01 UTC 2007


On 30/05/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
> Bryan Derksen wrote:

> > I've actually been called a bot before, IIRC based on some work I was
> > doing with categories at the time. Sometimes it can actually be quite
> > relaxing to sit on Wikipedia for a few hours just
> > edit-paste-edit-pasting my way through hundreds of articles in a massive
> > cleanup binge.

> Yeah, people who feel it is implausible that a person could hit a button
> 5-10 times a minute for hours on end with reasonable quality control
> have apparently not ever had a modern manufacturing job.


Clicking the button on AWB is an excellent way to pass the time with a
week-old baby on one's arm, when sleep cycles are something that
happens to other people. Back to work on Friday ...


- d.



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