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> Electric knife, Hip and buttock padding
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post Mon 10th December 2007, 4:23pm
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This is the entirety of the Wikipedia "Electric knife" article.

QUOTE(Wikipedia "Electric Knife" @ 12/10/07)
An electric knife or electric carving knife is an electrical kitchen device used for slicing hard-to-slice foods. The advantage of an electric knife is less physical effort is required and it is easier to make cleaner slices. The device consists of two serrated blades that are clipped together. When the appliance is switched on the blades continuously move sideways to provide the sawing action.

They are also sometimes used for other purposes, such as shaping polyurethane foam rubber to make hip and buttock padding.

Electric knives are either corded or cordless.


Make sure you follow the link for "hip and buttock padding". Donors, are you listening?
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post Thu 13th December 2007, 6:03pm
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I think it's hilarious that now we're days later and they're still fighting to keep the article exactly the way it was, and in addition the Transvamp Publications book has been added as the sole reference. You can be sure by this point that hundreds of people from the Wikipedia community have looked at it, but they can't fix it because they're all afraid of crossing an admin.

This goes to prove that Wikipedia is not self-correcting as advertised. We have a clear case of article quality starting bad, and then deteriorating even after members of the community became aware of it.
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post Thu 13th December 2007, 6:12pm
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QUOTE(Emperor @ Thu 13th December 2007, 1:03pm) *

I think it's hilarious that now we're days later and they're still fighting to keep the article exactly the way it was, and in addition the Transvamp Publications book has been added as the sole reference. You can be sure by this point that hundreds of people from the Wikipedia community have looked at it, but they can't fix it because they're all afraid of crossing an admin.

This goes to prove that Wikipedia is not self-correcting as advertised. We have a clear case of article quality starting bad, and then deteriorating even after members of the community became aware of it.

Indeed, Emperor. This is an excellent case in point:

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I am very uncomfortable with the so-called "source" that is being used to bolster the notion that electric knives are commonly used by transvestites to shape polyurethane foam to make their asses and hips look more womanly. The [http://www.transvamp.com/books/ site] where these non-ISBN books are sold is clearly just a marketing effort -- where else would we see individual titles lumped together into a bundled discount like that? This reference is making a mockery of Wikipedia. I'll give it a couple of days for others to try to make this into a serious article, but if that doesn't happen, I have little choice but to either improve the article or to make a mockery of it by finding WP:RS's to support all kinds of fascinating claims about electric knives. Don't make me do the latter. -- [[User:ZD Netman|ZD Netman]] ([[User talk:ZD Netman|talk]]) 05:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

DELETED by the college sophomore Admin:Krimpet, with comment "buh-bye".


This is the sort of petty conflict that Wikipediots need to get in check, and fast. They are merely nurturing a whole new generation of angry vandals interested only in making them look even more stupid. Krimpet could be my next "JzG" or "Durova" project. Are you sure you want that, Krimpet?

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post Thu 13th December 2007, 7:38pm
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Would it be agreed that a particular user (AliceJMarkham) has demonstrated a sort of conflict of interest or POV-pushing (based on his/her editing history), to incorporate the use of the electric knife as a device to shape hip and buttock padding, in a short article in Wikipedia?

Yet, User:ZD Netman is indefinitely blocked, and User:AliceJMarkham continues to edit transvestite POV into articles as dispersed as "electric knife".

If it weren't the Wikipedia we know and love, an outside observer would think it's a spoof of an encyclopedia!

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post Fri 14th December 2007, 12:09am
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 13th December 2007, 2:38pm) *

Would it be agreed that a particular user (AliceJMarkham) has demonstrated a sort of conflict of interest or POV-pushing (based on his/her editing history), to incorporate the use of the electric knife as a device to shape hip and buttock padding, in a short article in Wikipedia?


She's done some solid vandal-fighting work on Genderfuck.

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QUOTE(Emperor @ Fri 14th December 2007, 12:09am) *

QUOTE(thekohser @ Thu 13th December 2007, 2:38pm) *

Would it be agreed that a particular user (AliceJMarkham) has demonstrated a sort of conflict of interest or POV-pushing (based on his/her editing history), to incorporate the use of the electric knife as a device to shape hip and buttock padding, in a short article in Wikipedia?


She's done some solid vandal-fighting work on Genderfuck.


more evidence that WP UK admins were all recruited by Gerard & Harem during their weekly Rocky Horror Picture Show outings

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QUOTE(Piperdown @ Fri 14th December 2007, 12:28am) *

more evidence that WP UK admins were all recruited by Gerard & Harem during their weekly Rocky Horror Picture Show outings

Finally, the real reason for the Runcorn desysop.
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Emperor   Electric knife   Mon 10th December 2007, 4:23pm
the fieryangel   This is the entirety of the [url=http://en.wikipe...   Mon 10th December 2007, 4:29pm
Firsfron of Ronchester   This is the entirety of the Wikipedia "Elect...   Mon 10th December 2007, 4:31pm
Moulton   What's all this hustle and bustle?   Mon 10th December 2007, 4:43pm
the fieryangel   What's all this hustle and bustle? Oh la la...   Tue 11th December 2007, 9:49pm
Firsfron of Ronchester   Oh la la! [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind...   Wed 12th December 2007, 3:53am
Emperor   Bwah! No, but look at the next edit! Du...   Wed 12th December 2007, 4:11am
thekohser   Krimpet read this topic then went and wiped it ;)...   Wed 12th December 2007, 2:02pm
GlassBeadGame   Make sure you follow the link for "[url=http...   Tue 11th December 2007, 9:53pm
Piperdown   [quote name='Emperor' post='65658' date='Mon 10th...   Tue 11th December 2007, 10:02pm
Selina   Krimpet read this topic then went and wiped it ;)   Wed 12th December 2007, 8:48am
the fieryangel   Krimpet read this topic then went and wiped it ;)...   Wed 12th December 2007, 8:51am
Moulton   Somebody is demonstrating how to use an electric k...   Wed 12th December 2007, 8:57am
Emperor   It's too bad it all can't stay because the...   Wed 12th December 2007, 4:18pm
dogbiscuit   "continuously move sideways" Is that wh...   Wed 12th December 2007, 5:42pm
jorge   They're quite popular in Germany.   Wed 12th December 2007, 6:49pm
thekohser   ...and I've never found a chicken particularl...   Wed 12th December 2007, 7:22pm
dogbiscuit   It was a stupendous experience, and I myself was ...   Wed 12th December 2007, 8:09pm
thekohser   So, how would one classify Krimpet, based on this ...   Thu 13th December 2007, 5:50pm
Emperor   I think it's hilarious that now we're days...   Thu 13th December 2007, 6:03pm
thekohser   I think it's hilarious that now we're day...   Thu 13th December 2007, 6:12pm
guy   more evidence that WP UK admins were all recruite...   Fri 14th December 2007, 12:34am
the fieryangel   Well, it seems that TransVamp is not a WP:RS , so ...   Fri 14th December 2007, 9:30am
Disillusioned Lackey   more evidence that WP UK admins were all recruite...   Fri 28th December 2007, 4:32pm
LamontStormstar   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibroblade http://en....   Thu 13th December 2007, 6:18pm
thekohser   A recent thread where I posted my now-infamous ima...   Tue 26th August 2008, 4:41pm
Random832   Wait, that's _your_ turkey? It seems to have ...   Wed 27th August 2008, 2:31pm
Emperor   All that in one picture!   Wed 27th August 2008, 2:02pm


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