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Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio
Carnildo writes "Wired News reports that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has edited his own entry in the online encyclopedia at least 18 times, in violation of Wikipedia's policy on autobiography. Edits included removing phrases describing Larry Sanger as a co-founder of Wikipedia, and changing phrasing describing Bomis.com, another of Wales' sites, as a pornography site."
Stuff that matters. Finally!
Oh come on... if someone vandalizes your bio to say "I love the cock" you wouldn't change it too?
Well, as long as we're posting shit I'd like to add that I used the bathroom twice today, had a good lunch and installed a new monitor. /.ers done today?
I'm also considering making a dupe of this post later in the conversation.
What have other
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
Of course I'd change it. The word "the" absolutely doesn't belong there.
Be a real patriot: Question authority. Think for yourself. Formulate your own conclusions.
I thought it was extremely silly that this showed up on Wired. Now it's doubly silly that it's shown up on Slashdot.
And now its become even more silly that people are commenting about it.
"Jimmy Whales also has a 12-inch... um, ruler?"
WAIT! didn't that dude who was involved in the murder of Kennedy change his own Biography? He's the one that started all this shit
Barbossa : ."..the
Code is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules. Welcome aboard
the Black Pearl, Miss Turner."
considering Mr. Wales was shot dead last week. Apparently he's editing his own entry from the grave. (Sweet Lord, do those clowns at the Register need to get laid.)
Fuck Slashdot
Arrr, matey, it's not so much a code as it is a guideline.
-h-
Windows is like decaf - it tastes like the real thing, but it won't get you through the day.
You think? ;)
Of course I'd change it. The word "the" absolutely doesn't belong there.
I think you're missing the point. The correct phrase is "I love my cock."
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
This would probably have to be marked a "stub"...
"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried"
Has it really come to this now?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16
what kind of workd do we live in where we can't trust the accuracy or integrity of wikipedia?
Your wikipedia autobiography is written by YOU!
We could always link to the Wikipedia...
The correct phrase is "I love my cock."
That's a given - every guy loves their cock. The purpose of the article is to inform the reader of something they do not know yet. Thus, the correct phrase is "4 out of 5 dentists love my cock."
When the dupe shows up later today, will that be triply silly or quadruply silly?
I dunno, but when someone reads it in Tripoli...
Just edit it when he's dead, than he can't change it !
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for it's children." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As long as it's not marked for deletion.
I think you're missing the point. The correct phrase is "I love my cock."
You forgot to remove the "I".
He's lying to us! There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
Man, then He-Man better keep a closer eye on his bio
It looks like He-Man already has been keeping a closer on his bio - "most powerful man in the universe"? Using words like "evildoers"? Such POV edits are why people shouldn't be editing their own bios in the first place!