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| Emperor |
Tue 10th June 2008, 4:51pm
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When will Oberiko and his group stop?
He's won just about every argument he's had, and still keeps going. He's got the article under constant semi-protection. He's deleted the American picture from the lead montage, and now there are 2 Soviet, 2 Commonwealth, and 2 Japanese. The Intro and infobox refuse to say that the war started in 1939, and the 1937/39 debate continues. The Intro and infobox don't list the major combatants The major commanders aren't listed anywhere in the article. (For fun, try to find "Eisenhower" or "Zhukov" anywhere on the page using Edit --> Find on this Page.) The entire article is written in Oberiko's weird wiki-summary style where the proper names of events are hidden within Wiki-links. See the Normandy Invasion coverage, in its entirety: QUOTE In June, 1944, the Western Allies invaded northern France And check my favorite passage: QUOTE The Soviets decided to make their stand at Stalingrad which was in the path of the advancing German armies and by mid-November the Germans had nearly taken Stalingrad in bitter street fighting when the Soviets began their second winter counter-offensive, starting with an encirclement of German forces at Stalingrad[94] and an assault on the Rzhev salient near Moscow, though the latter failed disastrously.[95 I've been following the article for years now, and seen people come and go but basically anyone who doesn't agree with Oberiko gets frustrated and leaves. He's not afraid to swing his administrator status and have people blocked who edit war with him or Parsecboy. I could go through line by line and point out not only anti-Western and anti-American bias, but also outright errors. Take the first line of the Background section: QUOTE In the aftermath of World War I, the defeated German Empire signed the Treaty of Versailles.[7] How does anyone not notice this for months and months? I've been watching it as an experiment to see if Wikipedians will ever get a clue, but, well, you see. Later in the background you'll find out that Germany's goal with Austria was to make it a "satellite state". Both of these statements are referenced too? Insult to injury: the Holocaust is described as "the systematic purging of Jews in Europe". Well I'm pretty sure English isn't Oberiko's first language, but then why doesn't anyone help him? Oh right, because it's so obvious that the article is Owned that you'd be an idiot to try to help. I know this breaks my rule of thumb not to help Wikipedia myself, but it is the number one search result and I'm feeling a bit of remorse just letting it fester, with it being around D-Day this week and having just recently talked to guy who was a B-29 pilot based in Saipan. I can't believe a generation of kids might be seeing their first encyclopedia article about WWII on Wikipedia. This post has been edited by Emperor: Tue 10th June 2008, 9:40pm |
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| Emperor |
Mon 23rd February 2009, 1:12pm
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Oh dear. Be careful talking about "Great Britain". Swarms of Wikipedian schoolchildren are out there right now trying to eliminate it. They're burning every copy of Winston Churchill's book so that the term never appears again.
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Emperor World War II Tue 10th June 2008, 4:51pm
cyofee Boo hoo, America isn't mentioned enough. There... Tue 10th June 2008, 6:58pm
Emperor
Boo hoo, America isn't mentioned enough. Ther... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:52pm
Peter Damian
How does anyone not notice this for months and m... Tue 10th June 2008, 7:12pm
sarcasticidealist Could you help me out here, as I know very little ... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:14pm

guy
Were I to wish to be a dingus about this, I'd... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:20pm


sarcasticidealist What about the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 19... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:29pm

Herschelkrustofsky
Saying the war started in 1937 is an error, not a... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:32pm
Emperor
How does anyone not notice this for months and ... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:38pm
sarcasticidealist The Kaiser abdicated and the German Empire ceased ... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:42pm
ThurstonHowell3rd This article does have a non-American POV, but I d... Tue 10th June 2008, 7:43pm
guy
This article does have a non-American POV, but I ... Tue 10th June 2008, 8:19pm

ThurstonHowell3rd
This article does have a non-American POV, but I... Tue 10th June 2008, 8:52pm

Yehudi
I would contend calling these events a "the ... Tue 10th June 2008, 9:03pm
Proabivouac
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Milton Roe
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Disillusioned Lackey If we assume Germany had totally won in Europe (i... Tue 10th June 2008, 10:29pm

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Proabivouac
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Disillusioned Lackey
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Herschelkrustofsky
The fire-bombing of Dresden was pretty awful, and... Wed 11th June 2008, 6:44am

Disillusioned Lackey
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Herschelkrustofsky
[quote name='Herschelkrustofsky' post='107164' da... Wed 11th June 2008, 7:30am

Disillusioned Lackey Oh. Wed 11th June 2008, 7:35am

dogbiscuit
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thekohser
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House of Cards
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Herschelkrustofsky
[quote name='Herschelkrustofsky' post='107175' da... Wed 11th June 2008, 3:09pm

Milton Roe
[quote name='thekohser' post='107233' date='Wed 1... Thu 12th June 2008, 7:19pm

Herschelkrustofsky
[quote name='thekohser' post='107233' date='Wed ... Thu 12th June 2008, 9:13pm

Milton Roe
Well, as I mentioned, this point is moot, because... Thu 12th June 2008, 11:35pm
everyking
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Emperor By the way, does anyone else think that parts of t... Wed 11th June 2008, 4:49am
House of Cards Any articles involving Eastern European history ar... Wed 11th June 2008, 7:02am
everyking
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Milton Roe
This is preposterous. Nobody claims that there wa... Thu 12th June 2008, 7:50pm
House of Cards Yes. That doesn't get a lot of historical att... Wed 11th June 2008, 7:19am
Disillusioned Lackey
A major reason why there is little attention to t... Wed 11th June 2008, 7:24am
House of Cards As an interesting note, the US Veterans Associatio... Wed 11th June 2008, 7:38am
Proabivouac
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House of Cards
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House of Cards Ah, sorry. Not just the carnage, but everything el... Wed 11th June 2008, 8:06am
Neil As I recall, wasn't Dresden firebombed a] in r... Wed 11th June 2008, 1:04pm
thekohser
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Pumpkin Muffins
As I recall, wasn't Dresden firebombed a] in... Fri 13th June 2008, 1:05am
everyking
[quote name='thekohser' post='107233' date='Wed 1... Fri 13th June 2008, 2:14am
Pumpkin Muffins
That's what humans do under certain conditio... Fri 13th June 2008, 5:18am
everyking
That's what humans do under certain conditi... Fri 13th June 2008, 5:44am
Proabivouac
Actually, I think capitalism and imperialism are ... Fri 13th June 2008, 5:56am
everyking
Actually, I think capitalism and imperialism are... Fri 13th June 2008, 6:02am
Pumpkin Muffins
A false dichotomy: cooperation with and generosi... Fri 13th June 2008, 6:15am
Proabivouac
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GlassBeadGame I am always troubled by the equating of Hitler and... Wed 11th June 2008, 1:19pm
Emperor Google and Yahoo think that Wikipedia has the best... Wed 11th June 2008, 2:39pm
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Milton Roe
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