Promethean is cooked Options

[EricBarbour]

Gee, with all that crap about Noleander, nobody noticed that the infamous Promethean got into a pissing match
with premium nerds like OrangeMike and Sarek, for trying to delete an article about science-fiction conventions.
And so, he went Poof.

(Some previous stuff about him. Promethean was one of Greg's most demented opponents on wiki in past years.)

a) why did they tolerate that little bastard for four years? Was it because he harassed Kohs?

and

b) any bets on how many days before he returns?

This post has been edited by EricBarbour: Sat 9th April 2011, 3:56am

[EricBarbour]

I think it's a good example of the overall sickness of the wiki's high priests.
They'll take any wiki-loving cheerleader editor, even if he comes in a very toxic package.

You want proof that Orange Mike is a massive dweeb, and that WP is run by dweebs?
Try this:

Keep - oldest science fiction convention in Iowa, well-known in the field; like most such articles, could use some more references. I too feel that a WP:POINT is being made by these nominations. (Full disclosure: I was Fan Guest of Honor at this convention one year, along with Harry Turtledove.) --Orange Mike | Talk 12:38, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

COI! COI!!!

This post has been edited by EricBarbour: Sat 9th April 2011, 9:19pm

[SarekOfVulcan]

You want proof ... that WP is run by dweebs?

Ummm.... was there ever any doubt? :-)

[Zoloft]

You want proof ... that WP is run by dweebs?

Ummm.... was there ever any doubt? :-)

People who belong to subcultures are easy targets; my true concern is behavior directed towards others - so in my mind, the question to consider is:
Is Wikipedia run by douchebags?

[Sololol]

You want proof ... that WP is run by dweebs?

Ummm.... was there ever any doubt? :-)

People who belong to subcultures are easy targets; my true concern is behavior directed towards others - so in my mind, the question to consider is:
Is Wikipedia run by douchebags?

I direct you to a critical axiom that I found whilst browsing that most respected of internet research institutions, Penny Arcade. It has proven invaluable to me and, although you've probably seen it before, I hope it is of some service to other readers.
John Gabriel Internet Theory

[Zoloft]

You want proof ... that WP is run by dweebs?

Ummm.... was there ever any doubt? :-)

People who belong to subcultures are easy targets; my true concern is behavior directed towards others - so in my mind, the question to consider is:
Is Wikipedia run by douchebags?

I direct you to a critical axiom that I found whilst browsing that most respected of internet research institutions, Penny Arcade. It has proven invaluable to me and, although you've probably seen it before, I hope it is of some service to other readers.
John Gabriel Internet Theory

Oh, I'm familiar with the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory - anonymity and its regrettable consequences... but that theory applies to the masses under the authority, not the sponsors or administrators or sysops themselves.

It's easy enough when the site is ED, where the site owners and admins were gigantic fuckwads and proud of it, but Wikipedia has a veneer of respectability and trots out all sorts of 'rules' and 'policies' that it supposedly adheres to.

I was really addressing Sarek Of Vulcan, named after Spock's dad, so obviously a dweeb (as I am on any number of hobbies/obsessions) - and desiring him to look inward and ask himself, "Could I, Garrett, a man I hope is reasonable most of the time, family man, musician, devotee of a number of popular entertainments, could I have fallen, dragged down by the plaints and desires of this online collection of loose data, fallen so far as to be behaving... like a douchebag?"

Of course I don't expect him to share his insights with us, it's a spiritual journey.

He might even, after enough fasting and privation, be visited by his spirit animal, the tribble.

This post has been edited by Zoloft: Wed 20th April 2011, 9:42pm

[SarekOfVulcan]

He might even, after enough fasting and privation, be visited by his spirit animal, the tribble.

Great, now I've got images of a black-and-white striped tribble saying "Food is your gift."