Wikipedia and DU...

[flipperNOTgipper]

Can anybody write anything they want to about DU and post it at Wikipedia???

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Uh...why do you want to know?

[flipperNOTgipper]

13. Problem?

Because I want to know if the things written there are true or not, if I should believe them, or not--if they are subjective opinion or objective fact.

[flipperNOTgipper]

16. WOW! Now you've got me curious!

Why on earth would all of you go so completely ape-shit over me asking this simple little question???

[madeline_con]

21. People with few posts are suspect....

until they "prove their mettle" so to speak.

Welcome to DU, OR don't let the door hit you, whichever applies. :dilemma:

[shanti]

24. that was quick!

;)

[Lefty48197]

25. Yup. It was the "door in the ass" thing.

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[ret5hd]

2. go right on ahead...

we're free to edit it too, ya know.

[Earth_First]

3. Make that 80,199 registered users...

[NMDemDist2]

7. ROFL

:spank:

[MichiganVote]

4. Only if you know the secret code

[Nutmegger]

5. Sure you can!!!

Just be careful of the Freeps that run things over there.

[Tesha]

9. Wiki isn't Freeperland.

> Just be careful of the Freeps that run things over there.

Wiki isn't Freeperland. If anything, it's got a lot of Libertarians running around,
but it's become a very international community so all the American political
nutcases are kept mostly in line these days.

Tesha

[Nutmegger]

14. Seen Ben Burch's entry?

That caused a whole dispute. Thank god his entry wasn't deleted.

Here's the thread for your enjoyment: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=98575&mesg_id=98575

[bear425]

6. Absolutely. But don't forget, it works both ways!

Oh, and welcome to Du - enjoy your stay!

[flipperNOTgipper]

15. "enjoy your stay!" Thank you...

...one way or the other, I expect I'll be around.B-)

[SPKrazy]

17. The Bunny Suited Man Of My Dreams

"One way or the other , I expect I'll be around"

interesting comments and sig line

[SPKrazy]

18. Flipper not Gipper?

Is this a reference to the RW's nickname for Kerry?

that along with your sig line tells me a lot more

[LostinVA]

27. Yup

[Lefty48197]

26. You know. I think you will be around

one way or another...

[Name removed]

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. I had to fix something.... a terrible error...

It said elad still lives in Chicago, but he's in Portland Oregon now. :)

[Lefty48197]

11. I think they treated us reasonably well at WIKI-P.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground

Although, I think they got this part wrong:

"Democratic Underground has been criticized for censorship directed against both the political left and the right. From the left, critics have alleged that administrators and moderators unfairly ban ("tombstone") or censor posters who consider themselves to be to the political left of John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for the US presidency, and claim that DU is not truly liberal or progressive, but rather centrist, and adheres too strongly to the politics of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). One group of these critics were affiliated with the People for Change forums founded by Howard Dean supporters who felt alienated from Democratic Underground during the contentious primary season, and many of them had been banned or were later banned from the Democratic Underground forums"

I think the average DUer is pretty far left of the DLC and even of John Kerry. And I also don't think the views of the Howard Dean supporters were censored from DU in 2004.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. It is not a "they"

It is an "us"

[Tesha]

29. No, DU just banned lots and lots of them.

> And I also don't think the views of the Howard Dean supporters were censored from DU in 2004.

No, DU just banned lots and lots of them. Is that like censorship? ;-)

Tesha

[Lefty48197]

32. I didn't notice any Dean supporters missing

through the drone of the remaining swarms.

[mandyky]

33. There are a few gone

Probably 10 to 20, the flame wars got too hot I think.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. Um nice username/avatar/sigline, not too obvious! You know, you could

have posted this at fr too but I guess that wouldn't have given you nearly as much satisfaction, LOL.

[madeline_con]

19. Yes, you really can edit it yourself.

Someone comes by and checks it to see if it's accurate, but it is for the people by the people.

I rewrote some misinfo about American troops leaving Saudi Arabia, and it's still there.....

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Yes, that's the nature of wikipedia

You can also post whatever you like there, or edit what is currently there.

At the end of the day, though, I suspect it is only DUers and Freepers who ever actually look at the DU or FR wikipedia entries, so the whole game seems stupid and wasteful.

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. Take this with you.

[Katherine Brengle]

31. i don't get it...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. So if this bozo posts any BS about DU at Wikipedia, let us know HERE

on this thread.

[mandyky]

30. I see fNg got tombstoned, but the piece

at wikipedia wasn't that bad. We need to come up with more sayings like Fitzmas. A list of one looks lonely! LOL