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> Quoth Jimbo: "Should I fix this obvious and serious problem?"
JoseClutch
post Tue 2nd March 2010, 6:11pm
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Take a look:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/poll
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post Tue 2nd March 2010, 6:17pm
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QUOTE(JoseClutch @ Tue 2nd March 2010, 10:11am) *

Take a look:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/poll


This is part of the Flagged Revs riot that MZMcBride initiated.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 12:12am
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And in the end...what? ermm.gif
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 12:13am
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Mon 5th April 2010, 1:12am) *

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All I see is a load of dramanuts.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 12:18am
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Mon 5th April 2010, 12:12am) *

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Theoretically, there was supposed to be another poll two weeks ago.

So of course, nothing has happened yet.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 11:38am
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QUOTE(NuclearWarfare @ Sun 4th April 2010, 8:18pm) *

QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Mon 5th April 2010, 12:12am) *

And in the end...what? ermm.gif


Theoretically, there was supposed to be another poll two weeks ago.

So of course, nothing has happened yet.

I sort f wonder if maybe the Wikiversity incursion was maybe a test to see if he could get away with forcing something on this issue. And if so, I wonder how he thinks about the experiment's results.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 12:34pm
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QUOTE(NuclearWarfare @ Sun 4th April 2010, 8:18pm) *

QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Mon 5th April 2010, 12:12am) *

And in the end...what? ermm.gif


Theoretically, there was supposed to be another poll two weeks ago.

So of course, nothing has happened yet.

I sort f wonder if maybe the Wikiversity incursion was maybe a test to see if he could get away with forcing something on this issue. And if so, I wonder how he thinks about the experiment's results.

Hmm, so you are saying he was being a troll, he was inappropriately using WP:POINT and he was performing an ethical breaching experiment.

Yep, I'd agree. tongue.gif
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 2:41pm
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QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Mon 5th April 2010, 6:38am) *
I sort f wonder if maybe the Wikiversity incursion was maybe a test to see if he could get away with forcing something on this issue. And if so, I wonder how he thinks about the experiment's results.
Jimbo doesn't plan that far ahead. His "intelligence" on such issues is almost entirely instinctive.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 2:53pm
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It's really ironic to observe, after Jimbo declared all scholarly research on ethical breaching experiments to be "beyond scope", how many de facto breaching incursions have occurred in the past week or two.
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post Mon 5th April 2010, 11:42pm
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Mon 5th April 2010, 10:41am) *

QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Mon 5th April 2010, 6:38am) *
I sort f wonder if maybe the Wikiversity incursion was maybe a test to see if he could get away with forcing something on this issue. And if so, I wonder how he thinks about the experiment's results.
Jimbo doesn't plan that far ahead. His "intelligence" on such issues is almost entirely instinctive.
Likely true. But I've noticed my dog sticks a paw in the water to test the current before she jumps in.

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post Mon 5th April 2010, 11:53pm
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QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Mon 5th April 2010, 7:42pm) *
I've noticed my dog sticks a paw in the water to test the current before she jumps in.

Your dog probably isn't used to playing online MMPORGs, where death and resurrection are no big thing.

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