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Get a load of this editor. Yes, it's British Isles Bardcom. This guy has had it in for the British Isles for a while now, but has been losing arguments about getting rid of the article. So what's he doing about it? He's delinking it! Yes, this anti-British Leprechaun from Dublin is trawling the entire encyclopedia and removing every reference he finds to the British Isles. He's been at it for months now and so far has removed several hundred links to the main article. There's no stopping him. Every reason under the sun is given for getting rid of the dreaded term. Some of them are quite laughable. Sometimes he claims OR, often there's no reference, so out it goes. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/wacko.gif)
Funny thing is, it seems that Wikipedia is supporting him in this anti-British POV. A few have tried to stop him, but none have so far succeeded. Old Bardy has the world's longest watchlist - he watches EVERY article he's ever had the pleasure of removing British Isles from, and if anyone is foolish enough to re-instate it he calls them a vandal and threatens to block them. Not that he's an admin you understand. Not yet, anyway, but he seems lke suitable material. Oh yes, and there's the ad hominem (or ad homineN as he likes to call it) attack, that everyone whose had any dealings with him has been accused of. Right now he's facing an RfA and he's also had an RfC, but he breezed through that and looks like doing the same with the RfA. He's so far managed to deflect all criticism and continues on his quest to rid the world of the British Isles. Reckon it'll be September time when the main article doesn't link to anything anymore, then it can go as well. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/cool.gif) But there's good sport to be had here. At his most prodigious the old bugger gets rid of one BI link a minute and it's hard to keep up the reverts, but why not give it a go. Next time you spot him on a campaign revert his changes as fast as he's making them. You end up with dozens of simultaneous edit wars; it's bloody good fun I can tell you. But then you get banned, like I did. So do it as an IP. That really gets him going. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Bardcom |
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Hi! I just discovered this site and saw my name mentioned. And I noticed Gold Heart and Alison were communing here, which, to say the least surprised me. So I registered and the gracious Moderator accepted my application for membership for which I am most thankful. I'm a Wiki editor who's just turned TWO and I come to this thread because I'd be 100% behind (several steps perhaps) Bardcom in his efforts to tone down British Nationalist POV in Ireland-related articles.
(I can't say British Nationalist on Wiki 'cos it seems yer average sensitive Anglo-editor can't distinguish Britishness from the BNPness, understandably no doubt) So, lay off the editor-formerly-known-as-Bardcom Mr Banned Editor. Desist. I worship the guy. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Do I sign this???????? |
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Hi! I just discovered this site and saw my name mentioned. And I noticed Gold Heart and Alison were communing here, which, to say the least surprised me. So I registered and the gracious Moderator accepted my application for membership for which I am most thankful. I'm a Wiki editor who's just turned TWO and I come to this thread because I'd be 100% behind (several steps perhaps) Bardcom in his efforts to tone down British Nationalist POV in Ireland-related articles. (I can't say British Nationalist on Wiki 'cos it seems yer average sensitive Anglo-editor can't distinguish Britishness from the BNPness, understandably no doubt) So, lay off the editor-formerly-known-as-Bardcom Mr Banned Editor. Desist. I worship the guy. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Do I sign this???????? You already have. You get away with absolute murder on Wikpedia and are continually protected like a 6 year old child, I wonder what you'll be like here? And is Wiki Review ready for all this? Plastic Celts just never shut up... And what is the WR policy on anti-British racism? Where is it on the universal scale of bigotry? Somewhere behind the Muslims I expect. I expect to see a good kicking. The myth is that Wikipedia is some kind of "pro-British POVist" swamp. The reality is that Britain exists (!), and that a number of articles are kept knee-capped from advancement by a group of highly politicised people who wish for a few political things: The end to the term British Isles, the complete unification of Ireland, and the evils of the interchangeable (to them) 'British'/'British Empire' highlighted above everything else, no matter what the relative importance in the article is. The fact that people are still exploring peace in Ireland and no one wants their fury right now matters not a jot to them. And Wikipedia being Wikipedia, the obsessive will get their way. |
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Hi! I just discovered this site and saw my name mentioned. And I noticed Gold Heart and Alison were communing here, which, to say the least surprised me. So I registered and the gracious Moderator accepted my application for membership for which I am most thankful. I'm a Wiki editor who's just turned TWO and I come to this thread because I'd be 100% behind (several steps perhaps) Bardcom in his efforts to tone down British Nationalist POV in Ireland-related articles. (I can't say British Nationalist on Wiki 'cos it seems yer average sensitive Anglo-editor can't distinguish Britishness from the BNPness, understandably no doubt) So, lay off the editor-formerly-known-as-Bardcom Mr Banned Editor. Desist. I worship the guy. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Do I sign this???????? You already have. You get away with absolute murder on Wikpedia and are continually protected like a 6 year old child, I wonder what you'll be like here? And is Wiki Review ready for all this? Plastic Celts just never shut up... And what is the WR policy on anti-British racism? Where is it on the universal scale of bigotry? Somewhere behind the Muslims I expect. I expect to see a good kicking. The myth is that Wikipedia is some kind of "pro-British POVist" swamp. The reality is that Britain exists (!), and that a number of articles are kept knee-capped from advancement by a group of highly politicised people who wish for a few political things: The end to the term British Isles, the complete unification of Ireland, and the evils of the interchangeable (to them) 'British'/'British Empire' highlighted above everything else, no matter what the relative importance in the article is. The fact that people are still exploring peace in Ireland and no one wants their fury right now matters not a jot to them. And Wikipedia being Wikipedia, the obsessive will get their way. I'm only two - gimme a break. Based on the fatuous statements above I must assume you are one of those British Nationalists who don't like to be called British Nationalists. (I don't blame you for that). I guess "plastic Celts" could be regarded as racist tripe but I'm making allowances for you. (1) I have no interest in "ending" the term British Isles - I just don't want it offensively misapplied to France, Ireland or anywhere that isn't British. (2) I'm pretty indifferent to "the complete unification of Ireland". (3) While claiming that modern Ireland is British you seem to be, rather bizarrely, claiming that the British Empire wasn't British! You'd make a fine Wiki Admin, to be sure. |
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Hi! I just discovered this site and saw my name mentioned. And I noticed Gold Heart and Alison were communing here, which, to say the least surprised me. So I registered and the gracious Moderator accepted my application for membership for which I am most thankful. I'm a Wiki editor who's just turned TWO and I come to this thread because I'd be 100% behind (several steps perhaps) Bardcom in his efforts to tone down British Nationalist POV in Ireland-related articles. (I can't say British Nationalist on Wiki 'cos it seems yer average sensitive Anglo-editor can't distinguish Britishness from the BNPness, understandably no doubt) So, lay off the editor-formerly-known-as-Bardcom Mr Banned Editor. Desist. I worship the guy. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/biggrin.gif) Do I sign this???????? You already have. You get away with absolute murder on Wikpedia and are continually protected like a 6 year old child, I wonder what you'll be like here? And is Wiki Review ready for all this? Plastic Celts just never shut up... And what is the WR policy on anti-British racism? Where is it on the universal scale of bigotry? Somewhere behind the Muslims I expect. I expect to see a good kicking. The myth is that Wikipedia is some kind of "pro-British POVist" swamp. The reality is that Britain exists (!), and that a number of articles are kept knee-capped from advancement by a group of highly politicised people who wish for a few political things: The end to the term British Isles, the complete unification of Ireland, and the evils of the interchangeable (to them) 'British'/'British Empire' highlighted above everything else, no matter what the relative importance in the article is. The fact that people are still exploring peace in Ireland and no one wants their fury right now matters not a jot to them. And Wikipedia being Wikipedia, the obsessive will get their way. I'm only two - gimme a break. Based on the fatuous statements above I must assume you are one of those British Nationalists who don't like to be called British Nationalists. (I don't blame you for that). I guess "plastic Celts" could be regarded as racist tripe but I'm making allowances for you. (1) I have no interest in "ending" the term British Isles - I just don't want it offensively misapplied to France, Ireland or anywhere that isn't British. (2) I'm pretty indifferent to "the complete unification of Ireland". (3) While claiming that modern Ireland is British you seem to be, rather bizarrely, claiming that the British Empire wasn't British! You'd make a fine Wiki Admin, to be sure. (1) You have "no interest in "ending" the term British Isles"? So the two terms are supposed to run alongside each other? Even with the hugely documented use of 'British Isles' being used to include Ireland? How confusing is that? I'm sure you've said otherwise too. (2) A classic plastic comment. (how is that term racist btw? It may be a jibe - but it's decidedly un-racist). (3) Who claimed "that modern Ireland is British"? Not me, though I do see a shared culture to a degree - but the ROI is the ROI. I've never seen any "modern Ireland is British" statement on Wikepedia (apart from maybe a mad trolling IP, who I always suspect could be a puppet from the other side of the argument anyway). Or are you just scanning too quickly, and reacting before thinking, as usual? What you don't get is that the people you fight with tooth and claw are not the "British nationalists" you so rudely call them. Maybe one or two (like the dodgy Tharkuncoll perhaps) - but most of them are just British people. You just don't seem to get that at all. You lied somewhere above: "Getting back to the nub of the problem. Some editors are removing the name Ireland from the encyclopedia, and replacing it with British Isles." Are you saying that the wildly differing instances of "British Isles" that Bardcom (aka 'HighKing' - deary me) is reverting have been put there deliberately by people to replace "Ireland"? Nothing like reversal is there - the very opposite is true. Make the enemy guilty of your crime. This is the way you argue though. WP to you is just a soapbox, and it's tiresome. This post has been edited by powercorrupts: |
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You already have. You get away with absolute murder on Wikpedia and are continually protected like a 6 year old child, I wonder what you'll be like here? And is Wiki Review ready for all this? Plastic Celts just never shut up... And what is the WR policy on anti-British racism? Where is it on the universal scale of bigotry? Somewhere behind the Muslims I expect. I expect to see a good kicking. The myth is that Wikipedia is some kind of "pro-British POVist" swamp. The reality is that Britain exists (!), and that a number of articles are kept knee-capped from advancement by a group of highly politicised people who wish for a few political things: The end to the term British Isles, the complete unification of Ireland, and the evils of the interchangeable (to them) 'British'/'British Empire' highlighted above everything else, no matter what the relative importance in the article is. The fact that people are still exploring peace in Ireland and no one wants their fury right now matters not a jot to them. And Wikipedia being Wikipedia, the obsessive will get their way. I'm only two - gimme a break. Based on the fatuous statements above I must assume you are one of those British Nationalists who don't like to be called British Nationalists. (I don't blame you for that). I guess "plastic Celts" could be regarded as racist tripe but I'm making allowances for you. (1) I have no interest in "ending" the term British Isles - I just don't want it offensively misapplied to France, Ireland or anywhere that isn't British. (2) I'm pretty indifferent to "the complete unification of Ireland". (3) While claiming that modern Ireland is British you seem to be, rather bizarrely, claiming that the British Empire wasn't British! You'd make a fine Wiki Admin, to be sure. (1) You have "no interest in "ending" the term British Isles"? So the two terms are supposed to run alongside each other? Even with the hugely documented use of 'British Isles' being used to include Ireland? How confusing is that? I'm sure you've said otherwise too. (2) A classic plastic comment. (how is that term racist btw? It may be a jibe - but it's decidedly un-racist). (3) Who claimed "that modern Ireland is British"? Not me, though I do see a shared culture to a degree - but the ROI is the ROI. I've never seen any "modern Ireland is British" statement on Wikepedia (apart from maybe a mad trolling IP, who I always suspect could be a puppet from the other side of the argument anyway). Or are you just scanning too quickly, and reacting before thinking, as usual? What you don't get is that the people you fight with tooth and claw are not the "British nationalists" you so rudely call them. Maybe one or two (like the dodgy Tharkuncoll perhaps) - but most of them are just British people. You just don't seem to get that at all. You lied somewhere above: "Getting back to the nub of the problem. Some editors are removing the name Ireland from the encyclopedia, and replacing it with British Isles." Are you saying that the wildly differing instances of "British Isles" that Bardcom (aka 'HighKing' - deary me) is reverting have been put there deliberately by people to replace "Ireland"? Nothing like reversal is there - the very opposite is true. Make the enemy guilty of your crime. This is the way you argue though. WP to you is just a soapbox, and it's tiresome. :I lied somewhere above? Not very WP:NPA, AGF or any of that stuff here I see! (1) I have no interest in "ending" the term British Isles - I just don't want it offensively misapplied to France, Ireland or anywhere that isn't British. - yep, that still reads real clear to me - need I translate it into Creche to aid you comprehension? (2) I'm pretty indifferent to "the complete unification of Ireland". - you'll have to explain how this pretty unremarkable statement of my opinion is a classic plastic statement. I guess we need to step back a bit; you mean something with the phrase "plastic Paddy" that is different from the meaning I took; so maybe you tell me how YOU define the term? Then I'll tell you whether it is racist or not. (3)You said modern Ireland is British and seem to want that POV rammed into various Irish Wiki articles. I can understand your inability to understand my points as they require a certain minimum level of education but I'm gobsmacked that you can't understand your own goobledigook! This post has been edited by Sarah777: |
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