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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 06:55 AM Original message |
WARNING re Wikipedia!!!!! |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks so much... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not known by the RWs, that's for sure |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. So I guess the DU Demopedia similarly useless (it's also a wiki....) |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought it was a cookie until I used Firefox to view it after editing... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. OK who's the smart-arse just changed it to the 1812 quake??? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sorry, I was testing it out. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hilarious! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I got scolded. Either it's automated or someone is up watching... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. LOL!!! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I would have been a valuable contributor too. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Nope, no msg |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. nope... any and all changes are quickly checked by the moderators... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. And changing a 2004 quake to 1812 or 2304 is easily spotted...all I'm |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. what the hell, you're right! why on earth is edit page on there!? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ummmm... that is the whole point of a Wiki. Everyone CAN contribute. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. still doesn't prevent it from being stupid. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You're right, so is democracy because it gives voice to stupid people. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. so you believe wanton editing of all reference books is valid? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Freedom ain't free, baby. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. which reads "waste of time" to me. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I discovered this when I saw a pile of steaming BS about Iraq on a Wikie |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. same here and spreading the word. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. If there is info there that you think is bogus then tell them that you |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. challenging is one thing, off the cuff editing is another. n/t |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Don't be a pussy -- if it's wrong, FIX IT! It's a _wiki_ afterall... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. and you are going to scour the entire thing everyday are you? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. no single person needs to police the whole thing; |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. But seriously, do you trust ANYTHING you read on the web? |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. i don't trust anything i read in books 100% either, but! |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. That is the entire point of a wiki, dude... this is nothing new... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Thank you, Rev! |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. just click on the right time, hmm? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It's probably more accurate than FOX's website....! |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. *sigh* i can't stay mad at you... but i'm still furious at wiki. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. 8^) |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. "...in the KoolAde Man's tummy." |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:46 AM Original message |
LOL!!! |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. that was me in an act of rage... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. ROTFLMAO!!! |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Al Qaeda use the Wiki to send secret messages to each other all |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. I just realized this is a global Mad Libs opportunity... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. You could probably write a program to edit each page in the Wiki |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. you could do a lot with it that'd be wrong. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Trusting people to behave is a problem. Sigh. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. do you remember the good early days of the internet? |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Yup, and people here think it's funny to mess with Wikipedia... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Gratuitiously messing with wikipedia gets people a bad name |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. the world at large already has discovered |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. just wait and see how long it takes before it is corrected |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. Actually, it's a remarkably effective system... |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
43. Wiki is pretty decent for computer geeks and math geeks and the like |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. the internet was too when it was mainly between school researchers |
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kk897 (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
49. I find Wiki to be an interesting experiment |
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ArchTeryx (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. Wow. |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
54. they have a process to redress grievances |
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