Comments on: *whispers* the people over on Wikipedia is crazy, yo http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:59:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cocolamala http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 cocolamala Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:25:11 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1067 here is the discussion thread on wikipedia for <a>saartje bartman</a> here is the discussion thread on wikipedia for saartje bartman

]]> By: smee http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 smee Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:16:05 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1066 i HATE people on wikipedia. They are like completely OCD with their insane rules - 24/7 constantly changing back (correct) edits I have made. I have a masters degree on a topic that was not correctly described there in a small article. I made 1 change and it was like the atomic bomb went off. I had people calling me out for "vandalism" and posting crazy shit on my talk page and telling me i forgot to sign with ~~~~ and to be WP:CIVIL and WP:somebullshit. I have no idea how they raised so much money with all the drama and hystrionics on that thing. It's unfortunate google's algorhythms always pick up wikipedia entries for everything because that site is a mess. i HATE people on wikipedia. They are like completely OCD with their insane rules – 24/7 constantly changing back (correct) edits I have made. I have a masters degree on a topic that was not correctly described there in a small article. I made 1 change and it was like the atomic bomb went off. I had people calling me out for “vandalism” and posting crazy shit on my talk page and telling me i forgot to sign with ~~~~ and to be WP:CIVIL and WP:somebullshit. I have no idea how they raised so much money with all the drama and hystrionics on that thing. It’s unfortunate google’s algorhythms always pick up wikipedia entries for everything because that site is a mess.

]]> By: Fantasy Magazine » In A Teapot: Wiki While You Work http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Fantasy Magazine » In A Teapot: Wiki While You Work Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:20:13 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1064 [...] not insignificant number of people who are ignorant about race and actively hostile to non-whites. I discovered just a tiny slice of this mere hours after creating an account there, and not much has happened in the meantime to dissuade [...] [...] not insignificant number of people who are ignorant about race and actively hostile to non-whites. I discovered just a tiny slice of this mere hours after creating an account there, and not much has happened in the meantime to dissuade [...]

]]> By: Idetrorce http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Idetrorce Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:12:19 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1065 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

]]> By: mutton http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 mutton Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:53:01 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1023 The entire username discussion process has been nominated for deletion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names The entire username discussion process has been nominated for deletion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names

]]> By: cocolamala http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 cocolamala Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:04:20 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1022 I think it is important to have as many different people editing Wikipedia as possible. I too have perceived a resistance to black studies perspectives on the site, which the Cleopatra debate reflects. From a minority viewpoint, there are many gaps in Wikipedia that existing contributors lack the expertise to fill in. Check out the entry on reparations for slavery. It is poorly edited and lacks sources. I went there looking for information about the debate, and found an extensive paragraph about "paramour rights" jammed in the middle of it, which is totally off topic as far as I can tell. If it isn't, a connection needs to be made between the two. This page serves the subject poorly. Please check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery I think it is important to have as many different people editing Wikipedia as possible. I too have perceived a resistance to black studies perspectives on the site, which the Cleopatra debate reflects.

From a minority viewpoint, there are many gaps in Wikipedia that existing contributors lack the expertise to fill in.

Check out the entry on reparations for slavery. It is poorly edited and lacks sources. I went there looking for information about the debate, and found an extensive paragraph about “paramour rights” jammed in the middle of it, which is totally off topic as far as I can tell. If it isn’t, a connection needs to be made between the two.

This page serves the subject poorly. Please check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery

]]> By: the angry black woman http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 the angry black woman Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:22:44 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1027 wikiuser, see the last paragraph of comment #36. Thank you. wikiuser, see the last paragraph of comment #36. Thank you.

]]> By: Wikiuser 123 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Wikiuser 123 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:06:49 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1026 Didn't you read Acalamari's apologies? Acalamari apologized on your talk page to you. Aren't the apologies good enough for you? Didn’t you read Acalamari’s apologies? Acalamari apologized on your talk page to you. Aren’t the apologies good enough for you?

]]> By: WhippyGoldberg http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 WhippyGoldberg Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:18:19 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1025 With all this serious talk about the validity of the name "angry[black/white/green/asian]woman", I think we owe ourselves a laugh (at Wikipedia's expense of course): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths With all this serious talk about the validity of the name “angry[black/white/green/asian]woman”, I think we owe ourselves a laugh (at Wikipedia’s expense of course):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

]]> By: WhippyGoldberg http://theangryblackwoman.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 WhippyGoldberg Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:47:38 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/whispers-the-people-over-on-wikipedia-is-crazy-yo/#comment-1024 Hahaha! I love you, dude! You've discovered exactly the reason why Wikipedia and the people who invented it should be charged for warcrimes. "What war?" you ask? The war of the mind, of course. All the globo-corporations are fighting for piece of your mind a la "1984" and we're giving it to them generously... for FREE! Wikipedians are some of the dumbest pieces of scheit this side of the Twilight Zone and even some intelligent people get suckered into it from time to time, only to discover that they've inadvertantly entered an online insane asylum. Hahaha! I love you, dude! You’ve discovered exactly the reason why Wikipedia and the people who invented it should be charged for warcrimes. “What war?” you ask? The war of the mind, of course. All the globo-corporations are fighting for piece of your mind a la “1984″ and we’re giving it to them generously… for FREE!

Wikipedians are some of the dumbest pieces of scheit this side of the Twilight Zone and even some intelligent people get suckered into it from time to time, only to discover that they’ve inadvertantly entered an online insane asylum.

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