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| gerash77 |
Wed 6th June 2007, 10:39pm
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Neophyte Group: Contributors Posts: 4 Joined: Thu 10th May 2007, 7:11pm Member No.: 1,440 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
I find this quite funny and I thought I should share it with others. I noticed someone has just entered this into Ali Khamenei's article:
"Shayan Qajar proposed a law that would make himself shah and would execute Khamenei. Qajar killed 2 guards that tried to subvert him after his proposal. After that Qajar was shot to death." http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=135968466 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shayan_Qajar Having been familiar with Iranian history I knew right away that this has to be a joke. Even a person without historical background may notice this by the way it's written: "he killed two of them using his martial arts training before being shot to death...two secret chambers containing antique swords and a ninja outfit were discovered...He was the first member of the majlis to have 4 wives" But what is interesting is that the Shayan Qajar article has been around since Sep 2005 - and been archived on many websites, confusing many bloggers and historians, who are asking if anyone has information regarding this person! This one http://seyyedmohammadi.blogfa.com/8511.aspx has gone to research all members of parliament to note that this person hasn't existed in history, and he seems to be confused why does this "encyclopedia" has an article on this! I think if wikipedia wants its users to report these sort of articles, it should welcome new members with different political prospectives, unlike how it is now especially on Middle-eastern articles, where Jayjg and his gang claim ownership over all of this "encyclopedia" with full support from Jimbo. |
| Rootology |
Wed 6th June 2007, 10:53pm
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Fat Cat ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 1,489 Joined: Fri 26th Jan 2007, 11:11pm Member No.: 877 |
I suppose it's a good thing it wasn't a BLP matter, at least.
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| LamontStormstar |
Wed 6th June 2007, 11:33pm
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Postmaster ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 2,359 Joined: Fri 18th Aug 2006, 7:25am Member No.: 342 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
Should someone tell them?
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| the fieryangel |
Wed 6th June 2007, 11:46pm
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the Internet Review Corporation is watching you... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 2,990 Joined: Tue 21st Nov 2006, 9:49pm From: It's all in your mind anyway... Member No.: 577 |
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| everyking |
Thu 7th June 2007, 1:39pm
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Postmaster ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 2,368 Joined: Mon 27th Mar 2006, 7:24am Member No.: 81 |
Hilariously, there's now a prod template on the article citing this WR thread. That sounds like a BADSITES emergency to me.
Honestly, I wish this kind of thing would just be speedy deleted. There's no reason to let an obvious hoax sit around for five days, regardless of the template and the cite needed tags. If there's one thing IAR should be used for, it's maintaining the accuracy of the encyclopedia. |
| gerash77 |
Thu 7th June 2007, 3:29pm
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Neophyte Group: Contributors Posts: 4 Joined: Thu 10th May 2007, 7:11pm Member No.: 1,440 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
Hilariously, there's now a prod template on the article citing this WR thread. That sounds like a BADSITES emergency to me. Honestly, I wish this kind of thing would just be speedy deleted. There's no reason to let an obvious hoax sit around for five days, regardless of the template and the cite needed tags. If there's one thing IAR should be used for, it's maintaining the accuracy of the encyclopedia. It was a good thing that recently the citation were inserted by an anon user. Another user http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=106424104 had previously tagged it for speedy deletion, before reverting himself, and copying the article to his userpage, apparently for finding it amusing! That's our Wikipedia (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif) |
| FCYTravis |
Thu 7th June 2007, 5:13pm
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New Member ![]() Group: Contributors Posts: 28 Joined: Tue 13th Jun 2006, 1:07am Member No.: 270 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
Thanks for pointing this out - it's gone now.
How many more Shayan Qajar articles are out there? Nobody knows. How many of them make libelous/slanderous/despicable statements about real people? Again, nobody knows. There's 1.8 million articles out there and counting, and there's no doubt in my mind that there are dozens, if not hundreds or even thousands of ticking time bombs. And some people wonder why we're getting militant about biographies... This post has been edited by FCYTravis: Thu 7th June 2007, 5:15pm |
| Rootology |
Thu 7th June 2007, 5:16pm
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| JohnA |
Thu 7th June 2007, 7:16pm
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Looking over Winston Smith's shoulder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 1,171 Joined: Sun 30th Jul 2006, 9:56pm Member No.: 313 |
Its been deleted. Another victory for deletionists and WR! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ph34r.gif)
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| everyking |
Thu 7th June 2007, 7:37pm
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Postmaster ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 2,368 Joined: Mon 27th Mar 2006, 7:24am Member No.: 81 |
Inclusionists are in favor of deleting hoax material as well. |
| JohnA |
Thu 7th June 2007, 7:48pm
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Looking over Winston Smith's shoulder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Regulars Posts: 1,171 Joined: Sun 30th Jul 2006, 9:56pm Member No.: 313 |
Inclusionists are in favor of deleting hoax material as well. Oh come on! You're just biased against the differently real. Admit it. |
| Looch |
Fri 8th June 2007, 2:39am
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JB196 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Contributors Posts: 107 Joined: Fri 6th Apr 2007, 5:02pm Member No.: 1,247 WP user page - talk check - contribs |
Did anyone save the article in full before it was deleted?
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