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  1. The @CongressEdits Wikipedia page on Wikipedia Blocks 'Disruptive' Edits From US Congress · · Score: 1

    Was created by a person via that IP address in question;

    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind...

    Curious...

  2. Orville Redenbacher on Campaign Raises Funds To Send Wikipedia Readers To Kids Without Internet · · Score: 1

    By the way, for an hour and a half yesterday, the world thought that Orville Redenbacher died of autoerotic asphyxiation. 08:47, 5 May 2013 : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orville_Redenbacher&diff=553623706&oldid=552899374 (anon edit) 10:13, 5 May 2013 : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orville_Redenbacher&diff=553632261&oldid=553623706 (reversed)

  3. Re:Yes, spread the false information. on Campaign Raises Funds To Send Wikipedia Readers To Kids Without Internet · · Score: 1

    So you basic point is... "I don't have to sit around in coffee shops and guess at stuff anymore because now with the internet, anonymous people will do that for me." Clever.

  4. A whole world of knowledge for new readers on Campaign Raises Funds To Send Wikipedia Readers To Kids Without Internet · · Score: 1
    in the developing world. Now in the palms of their hands, children world-wide will not only be able to read about;

    Do these wikireaders display graphics? If so, kids are in for a treat of both real pictures and hand-drawn illustrations at the above links.

  5. The Wikipedia Effect on writing? on How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer · · Score: 1

    3 paragraphs in and I'm already annoyed by the excessive and awkward hyperlinking, e.g. linking to chessprofessionals.org via the word "the".

  6. Re:Hopefully Wikimedia Commons will follow suit on Google's Image Search Now Requires Explicit Queries For Explicit Results · · Score: 1

    Don't forget to give "tolling bell" a try.

  7. Hopefully Wikimedia Commons will follow suit on Google's Image Search Now Requires Explicit Queries For Explicit Results · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) has long been notorious for returning results that one would not expect to find, e.g. a search for "toothbrush" would contain an image of a woman with a toothbrush in her vagina, a search for "skittles" returned a woman pictured with candy placed in strategic locations, and so on. Some of these sorts of things have been cleaned up on an ad hoc basis, but the Commons admins are resistant to making any actual changes as to how images are curated.