Posted by: SB_Johnny
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28policy%29&oldid=451754755#Wikiproject_Pornography_and_Minors:_Proposals_and_Discussion popped up on my watchlist. I didn't read the whole thing, but what I read was hilarious.
Posted by: lilburne
Who would have thought it.
Posted by: EricBarbour
Great, Headbomb rides again.
In case anyone's forgotten, Headbomb (aka http://blog.pediapress.com/2009/10/new-additions-to-pediapress-team.html) is a Randroid physics student who http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=28873 banning physics professors. And http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Davies&diff=387593864&oldid=387558099 to http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=30933&view=findpost&p=254317 Paul Davies. And is a http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=28675.
In short, he's an incredible backstabbing little shit. The finest of Wikipedians.
Posted by: thekohser
Leave it to http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-welcomes-kids-to-pornography-project to capitalize on this story in a mainstream media style that any given citizen can understand.
Posted by: SpiderAndWeb
QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 27th September 2011, 4:08pm)
Leave it to http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-welcomes-kids-to-pornography-project to capitalize on this story in a mainstream media style that any given citizen can understand.
"lead founder" was a nice touch.
Posted by: A Horse With No Name
Today's kids are so lucky...back in the day, we had to sneak copies of Penthouse and Hustler into school if we wanted a peak at naughty stuff. Now, Wikipedia puts it at their fingers...and makes it seem scholarly, too! Isn't technology wonderful?
Posted by: thekohser
QUOTE(SpiderAndWeb @ Tue 27th September 2011, 12:44pm)
"lead founder" was a nice touch.
Happy that someone noticed that. It's my little counter-homage to the "sole founder".
Posted by: Looch
QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Tue 27th September 2011, 5:29pm)
Today's kids are so lucky...back in the day, we had to sneak copies of Penthouse and Hustler into school if we wanted a peak at naughty stuff. Now, Wikipedia puts it at their fingers...and makes it seem scholarly, too! Isn't technology wonderful?
If this was a tweet, I would retweet it.
Except that it would be over 140 characters
Posted by: Zoloft
QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Tue 27th September 2011, 10:29am)
Today's kids are so lucky...back in the day, we had to sneak copies of Penthouse and Hustler into school if we wanted a peak at naughty stuff. Now, Wikipedia puts it at their fingers...and makes it seem scholarly, too! Isn't technology wonderful?
Two Words: National Geographic.
Posted by: GlassBeadGame
QUOTE(Looch @ Mon 3rd October 2011, 9:35pm)
QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Tue 27th September 2011, 5:29pm)
Today's kids are so lucky...back in the day, we had to sneak copies of Penthouse and Hustler into school if we wanted a peak at naughty stuff. Now, Wikipedia puts it at their fingers...and makes it seem scholarly, too! Isn't technology wonderful?
If this was a tweet, I would retweet it.
Except that it would be over 140 characters
No retweet. No Surrender.
Posted by: Milton Roe
QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Wed 21st September 2011, 6:10pm)
Great, Headbomb rides again.
In case anyone's forgotten, Headbomb (aka http://blog.pediapress.com/2009/10/new-additions-to-pediapress-team.html) is a Randroid physics student who http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=28873 banning physics professors. And http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Davies&diff=387593864&oldid=387558099 to http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=30933&view=findpost&p=254317 Paul Davies. And is a http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=28675.
In short, he's an incredible backstabbing little shit. The finest of Wikipedians.
From personal experience with him on WP, I can vouch for all the above. His being French provides some explanation, but no excuse.
Posted by: Tarc
QUOTE(Zoloft @ Mon 3rd October 2011, 11:44pm)
QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Tue 27th September 2011, 10:29am)
Today's kids are so lucky...back in the day, we had to sneak copies of Penthouse and Hustler into school if we wanted a peak at naughty stuff. Now, Wikipedia puts it at their fingers...and makes it seem scholarly, too! Isn't technology wonderful?
Two Words: National Geographic.
I never understood the kids who would sneak those into the corner of the library, pics of African bush women with tits down to their knees didn't seem really appealing.