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Ottava
post Mon 3rd January 2011, 1:12am
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I started an RfC to get some cross-wiki light on the isolated group at Wikisource.



If this is the wrong forum to post a message about it, then I apologize. There is no longer a visible thread on the matter, so I started this.
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post Mon 3rd January 2011, 1:37am
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Wikisource is the toilet of Wikimedia.

It is full of utterly unsourced alleged quotations - it has no responsible quality control nor even theoretically adequate BLP response.

That it recruits the worst of admins surprises me not.

In this one instance, I'd agree with jimbo and simply delete the entire project as an educationally worthless moral hazard.
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post Mon 3rd January 2011, 2:28am
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QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Sun 2nd January 2011, 8:37pm) *

It is full of utterly unsourced alleged quotations

Could you provide three examples, please?
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post Mon 3rd January 2011, 2:33am
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QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 3rd January 2011, 2:28am) *

QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Sun 2nd January 2011, 8:37pm) *

It is full of utterly unsourced alleged quotations

Could you provide three examples, please?



Good grief - my bad!!

I misread "wikiquote" for "wikisource". So easily done, I mean one WMF toilet looks so much like another.


If you want examples of BLP problems on Wikisource, all you need to do is hit the random article function a couple of times.

Sorry for the mixup.
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post Mon 3rd January 2011, 2:44am
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QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Sun 2nd January 2011, 9:33pm) *

QUOTE(thekohser @ Mon 3rd January 2011, 2:28am) *

QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Sun 2nd January 2011, 8:37pm) *

It is full of utterly unsourced alleged quotations

Could you provide three examples, please?



Good grief - my bad!!

I misread "wikiquote" for "wikisource". So easily done, I mean one WMF toilet looks so much like another.


If you want examples of BLP problems on Wikisource, all you need to do is hit the random article function a couple of times.

Sorry for the mixup.




Just so you know, FloNight, guardian of Wikiquote, was the one to spot Poetlister at Wikisource while the admin at Wikisource did nothing even with full knowledge. So, comparing the two Quote gets a point. biggrin.gif
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Ottava   Wikisource RfC   Mon 3rd January 2011, 1:12am
thekohser   Good grief - my bad!! I misread "wi...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 3:33am
Doc glasgow   Good grief - my bad!! I misread "w...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 10:59am
Zoloft   [quote name='thekohser' post='263779' date='Mon 3...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 11:15am
Detective   I always go into the wrong toilet I'm gettin...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 5:56pm
melloden   I always go into the wrong toilet I'm getti...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 6:19pm
Ottava   I always go into the wrong toilet I'm getti...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 7:04pm
Adrignola   Even with overwhelming evidence of abuse, the CUs ...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 8:11pm
Ottava   Even with overwhelming evidence of abuse, the CUs...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 8:34pm
Somey   Poetlister doesn't make positive contributions...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 8:44pm
Ottava   Poetlister doesn't make positive contribution...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 9:45pm
lilburne   The individual is a real person and the email is ...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 10:36pm
Ottava   The individual is a real person and the email is...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 10:46pm
lilburne   It was a university email address with someone wh...   Mon 3rd January 2011, 11:03pm
Ottava   It was a university email address with someone w...   Tue 4th January 2011, 1:06am
lilburne   He stated that he can "receive" emails...   Tue 4th January 2011, 2:17am
Somey   Poetguy has used misleading e-mail addresses befor...   Tue 4th January 2011, 6:44am
Ottava   Poetguy has used misleading e-mail addresses befo...   Tue 4th January 2011, 2:47pm
lilburne   3. If he is impersonating the individual to atten...   Tue 4th January 2011, 4:17pm
Ottava   3. If he is impersonating the individual to atte...   Tue 4th January 2011, 4:29pm
lilburne   1. I'm sure there are multiple laws that app...   Tue 4th January 2011, 4:41pm
Ottava   1. I'm sure there are multiple laws that ap...   Tue 4th January 2011, 7:45pm
lilburne   [quote name='lilburne' post='263998' date='Tue 4t...   Tue 4th January 2011, 8:10pm
Ottava   [b]You simple do NOT know. It is odd how someone...   Tue 4th January 2011, 8:48pm
lilburne   You have Poetlister on your brain, and Cirt has Sh...   Tue 4th January 2011, 9:30pm
RMHED   Somey, can we do an IP check to see if lilburne...   Tue 4th January 2011, 9:43pm
SB_Johnny   Somey, can we do an IP check to see if lilburn...   Wed 5th January 2011, 12:56am
Infomercial   [quote name='RMHED' post='264048' date='Tue 4th J...   Wed 5th January 2011, 1:00am
EricBarbour   [quote name='RMHED' post='264048' date='Tue 4th Ja...   Wed 5th January 2011, 3:46am
CharlotteWebb   Somey, can we do an IP check to see if lilburne ...   Wed 5th January 2011, 1:47pm
Milton Roe   Somey, can we do an IP check to see if lilburn...   Wed 5th January 2011, 7:49pm
Somey   Indeed, we are fairly limited in what we can do wi...   Thu 6th January 2011, 10:00am
lilburne   Indeed, we are fairly limited in what we can do w...   Thu 6th January 2011, 11:19am

 

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