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The Wikipedians Who Make it Happen
Phoe6 writes "Many of us might have wondered who these crazy people are, spending lot of time at wikipedia and presenting us with such an invaluable information.
Wired has decided to give some credits to the most active wikipedians, in their article titled Wiki becomes a way of life"
"(I'll) tell you how you know you're a Wikipedian," he said. "You read any nonfiction book from the index end first. (And you think)...
"...It's a good thing I don't have friends - then I wouldn't be able to do this!"
The coolest voice ever.
...Obsessive compulsive disorder
Wouldnt it be ironic, if the OCD wiki, was edited, relentlessly?
See, those Encyclopedists are just a cover for a political group that wants to take over the internet through the science of psychohistory. And they actually revealed their plans on their own website too, but say it's "fiction" to make it seem like a hoax! Brilliant.
The people who write long definitions on Wikipedia are the same types of people who write long slashdot posts: people who must keep looking busy so their boss thinks they're working.
-py
..to the ladies and gents who do contribute to Wikipedia; I am grateful for thier work, as well as my 12 year old(especially on the Sunday before an assignment is due). I'd better get in the habit of contributing...=)
Blacker than my baby girl's stare. Black like the veil that the muslimina wear. Black like the planet that they fear...
who is these crazy people are
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Heck. Where's the [edit] link to correct the typo? Can't wait for the wiki version of
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Talking about the beginning of Wikipedia, I realized that this was posted on slashdot. Not long ago, I discovered that a moderator on slashdot was named Samzenpus, who is the second cousin twice removed of Snagglepus
Well Snagglepus is famous for saying "Heavens to Mergatroid
Mergatroid was the sister of a guy in a band called Newcleus
The guy just happens to say, and I quote:
this song came out in the early eighties - a Paradox (how could a wiki exist in the eighties before wikis existed?). Cosmos, nucleus, wikis, it all makes sense now. Slashdot may look like an innocent little blog which slashdots servers from time to time, but they are in actuality trying to slashdot the universe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
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..."you also take a completely anally-retentive attitude to anything you see written on a computer screen, and have an irrestisible compulsion to comment on it, despite your comment being completely surplus to requirements"
hey anonymous! glad to see you writing again. ladies and gents, this guy is one of wikipedia's biggest contributors. hell, hes one of the biggest contributors to slashdot, too!