While the article was protected, the influx of users watching the show was enough to cause the database to be locked at regular times over the next day.
Articles were protected, but that didn't stop anonymous editors from asking for the fact to be added http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:AFConWikipedia'sAr ticlesforCreationpageon Wikipedia's Articles for Creation page. I'm one of a group of editors who patrol that page, and decide if they're notable and reliable enough to deserve an article, and it doesn't get funny any more.
I do feel sorry for Tawker, though. He was a bit silly with the block summary, and now he's getting threats. And anyway, we block people with Dubya's name in or any celebrity, so when we see someone called Stephencolbert editing, we block and ask for confirmation that it is the Stephen Colbert.
Gunnar wrote on Tawker's blog
Honestly, you retard, do you have any idea how much publicity Wikipedia got because of Colbert?
Wikipedia's got enough publicity. It's in the top 50 of all sites visited on the Internet according to sources such as Alexa.
A good percentage of things on Wikipedia are true, and they're still trying to milk the Seigenthaler controversy nine months on.
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Articles were protected, but that didn't stop anonymous editors from asking for the fact to be added http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:AFConWikipedia'sAr ticlesforCreationpageon Wikipedia's Articles for Creation page. I'm one of a group of editors who patrol that page, and decide if they're notable and reliable enough to deserve an article, and it doesn't get funny any more.
I do feel sorry for Tawker, though. He was a bit silly with the block summary, and now he's getting threats. And anyway, we block people with Dubya's name in or any celebrity, so when we see someone called Stephencolbert editing, we block and ask for confirmation that it is the Stephen Colbert.
Gunnar wrote on Tawker's blog
Wikipedia's got enough publicity. It's in the top 50 of all sites visited on the Internet according to sources such as Alexa.A good percentage of things on Wikipedia are true, and they're still trying to milk the Seigenthaler controversy nine months on.