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gomi
If you ever needed a reason to feel sympathy for SlimVirgin, here it is: 100 edits on Christmas Eve and Christmas. (And lest it be said in expiation, there has never been any evidence that she is Jewish (or Muslim, for that matter)). This is the tip of the iceberg -- almost 400 sequential edits in 5 days to this article about an English debtor's prison. Now we know why her edit count is so high.


http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...rget=SlimVirgin

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* 09:27, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Background)
* 09:26, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Background)
* 09:10, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Notable Marshalsea inmates)
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* 08:35, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Debt in England)
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* 08:30, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Opening hours and "liberty of the rules")
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* 07:01, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Opening hours and liberty of the rules)
* 07:00, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Background)
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* 06:45, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court and prison)
* 06:42, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court and prison)
* 06:38, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→See also)
* 06:16, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Later prison (1811—1842))
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* 06:01, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎
* 05:58, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎
* 05:47, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 05:16, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Closure and abolition)
* 05:03, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court and prison)
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* 04:51, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea Court‎ (moved Marshalsea to Marshalsea Court over redirect)
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* 04:49, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Background)
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* 03:19, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) m Marshalsea‎ (→Other sources)
* 03:18, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Other sources)
* 03:17, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Dickens connection)
* 03:16, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Background)
* 03:14, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
* 03:13, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
* 02:44, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 02:37, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 02:36, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 02:30, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Talk:Animal testing‎ (→Double undo)
* 02:27, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 02:20, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviews (again))
* 02:17, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard‎ (→Wikipedia/Wikinews research arm)
* 02:15, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard‎ (→Wikinews: Please post definite answer - new header for ease of editing)
* 02:12, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard‎ (→Wikinews: Please post definite answer)
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* 02:05, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Cross Bones‎ (more)
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* 01:56, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard‎ (→Wikinews: Please post definite answer)
* 01:53, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Jimbo Wales‎ (→Wikinews Interviewsm (again))
* 01:48, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard‎ (→Wikinews: Please post definite answer)
* 01:39, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia talk:IRC channels/wikipedia-en-admins‎ (→Moreofit)
* 01:36, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia talk:IRC channels/wikipedia-en-admins‎ (→Moreofit)
* 01:32, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Wikipedia talk:IRC channels/wikipedia-en-admins‎ (→This is silly)
* 01:25, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
* 01:23, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
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* 00:56, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Debtors' section)
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* 00:41, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Later prison (1811—1842))
* 00:30, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Talk:Marshalsea/sources‎ (←Created page with '====Sources of information==== [[Image:James Neild, prison reformer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Prison reformer James Neild reported on the Marshalsea after a visit in 18...') (top)
* 00:29, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎
* 00:27, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
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* 00:00, 25 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
* 23:58, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Marshalsea Court)
* 23:51, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (more)
* 23:28, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Image:Marshalsea.jpg‎ (source) (top)
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* 12:55, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Marshalsea‎ (→Opening hours and liberty of the rules)
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* 12:53, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) Image:Borough-High-Street-1825.jpg‎ ({{PD-old}} Description: Borough High Street, Southwark, circa 1800. Source: Courtesy of Tufts University Archives. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?type=phrase;alts=0;group=fieldcat;lookup=Marshalsea;
collection=Perseus%3Acollection%3ABo)
* 12:23, 24 December 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Qp10qp‎ (→And the same to you)
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LamontStormstar
She might be Jewish.

Chaunaka was in early December.

We shouldn't feel sorry for her. She brought it on herself like Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears.
gomi
QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Wed 26th December 2007, 3:23pm) *
We shouldn't feel sorry for her. She brought it on herself like Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears.

Gasp! ohmy.gif You mean ... she's pregnant !?! ohmy.gif

tongue.gif
Aloft
QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 26th December 2007, 5:19pm) *
almost 400 sequential edits in 5 days to this article about an English debtor's prison. Now we know why her edit count is so high.)
Every time someone makes a big deal over her edit count, I want to say, "Yeah, but 50,000 of them are either edit-warring or hundreds of tiny edits to one article."

Seriously Slim, learn to use preview.
LamontStormstar
QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 26th December 2007, 4:26pm) *

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Wed 26th December 2007, 3:23pm) *
We shouldn't feel sorry for her. She brought it on herself like Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears.

Gasp! ohmy.gif You mean ... she's pregnant !?! ohmy.gif

tongue.gif


Or like how George W. Bush brought the Vietname-esque Iraq War on himself. Or the 50% of Americans who voted for Bush.
Miltopia
The Wikinews business edits are the ones I most pity her for. I mean, if you want to relax on Christmas and edit some articles, more power to you - I love to relax, and editing mainspace is actually soothing for me - but if you're so addicted to internal drama that you can't put it aside and take a day off then you have my sympathy.
badlydrawnjeff
400 edits in 5 days to one article is a bit much - I didn't ever use the preview button, and my first FA was Kroger Babb with 241 edits TOTAL (at least 20% of which were mainpage vandal issues).

Odd. I can't even imagine editing like that. Not a criticism of her, really - I'm glad that she's at least contributing positively to the project - but still a very interesting way of doing things.
Floydsvoid
QUOTE(gomi @ Wed 26th December 2007, 6:26pm) *

Gasp! ohmy.gif You mean ... she's pregnant !?! ohmy.gif

tongue.gif


Abstinence is 100% 99.999999% effective blink.gif

Floyds
MiddleOfRoad
I don't know much about SlimVirgin but I would venture a guess that there were a million people each on Christmas eve (and she may not be Christian):

- watching porn for same about of time

- just surfing the web aimlessly

- watching some sports game

- in some stupid blog arguments

- watching Seinfeld or Friends for the Nth time

- online gambling

- online action games

And otherwise not making a very good use of their life/time.

I think the main alleged problem with Slim is her bias, not that she is wasting her life, which many people are doing.

I used to think that teenagers spending their time as Wikipedia Admins was slightly better than playing video games, but the more I think of it Video gamers realize that it's a fantasy, that they are not really killing aliens, but Wikipedians think they are really writing.
everyking
She was doing something productive with her time; it's senseless to make fun of her for that. When she is doing something positive, you guys should refrain from criticism and maybe she'll be encouraged to spend more time on that and less on the abusive stuff.
LamontStormstar
QUOTE(everyking @ Wed 26th December 2007, 11:43pm) *

She was doing something productive with her time; it's senseless to make fun of her for that. When she is doing something positive, you guys should refrain from criticism and maybe she'll be encouraged to spend more time on that and less on the abusive stuff.



I didn't know she did positive things for Wikipedia.

Somey
QUOTE(everyking @ Thu 27th December 2007, 12:43am) *
When she is doing something positive, you guys should refrain from criticism and maybe she'll be encouraged to spend more time on that and less on the abusive stuff.

Well, this Marshalsea article certainly is well-researched, well-written, and exhaustively detailed, complete with photos and illustrations. And it doesn't mention the Nazis even once! smiling.gif Yay SlimVirgin!

But are we sure there isn't a hidden message in there somewhere? Maybe an analogy to be made about "trespassers" and "mutineers" being thrown into prison for "indefinite" periods of time...?
Miltopia
Don't be ridiculous Everyking, someone as respectable and sensible an admin as SlimVirgin wouldn't be caught dead reading Wikipedia Review rolleyes.gif
Moulton
The unbecoming common law practice of allowing a creditor to send a debtor to prison for an indefinite amount of time, at the whim of the creditor, is analogous to admins on Wikipedia levying indefinite blocks on disobedient editors.

It is notable that Charles Dickens helped expose the injustice of this practice through three of his novels. Compare to Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

Civil disobedience landed Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King in jail, too.

Each time it happens, some gifted writer turns the story into a memorable piece of literature, perhaps to become a major motion picture.

Or a raucous comic opera in the style of Dilbert and Sullivan.
Saltimbanco
Reason 101: I'd bet cash money that Slim's father died when she was a child. It would be consistent with her pathology.
Moulton
Jimbo's claim to be the "spiritual leader" of Wikipedia suggests that his most dedicated followers may well have a spiritual hunger that was never satisfied in their youth.

But it occurs to me that Jimbo's reliance on the cultural model of Hammurabi and Machiavelli is at odds with the kind of spiritual renewal that solves the problem of spiritual acedia that ineluctably flows from Hammurabism and Machiavellianism.

The age of terrorism pervades our culture, from the bombing of Pan Am 103 to the assassination this morning of Benazir Bhutto.

The extremism that afflicts Wikipedia is a fatal feature, and not one that behooves an enterprise that would become a beacon of spiritual enlightenment in a dark world.
Miltopia
QUOTE(Moulton @ Thu 27th December 2007, 11:12am) *


Or a raucous comic opera in the style of Dilbert and Sullivan.



WTF. I had a question about those 7 steps of moral behavior on my philosophy final and couldn't memorize them because they were presented incomprehensibly in my text. And then there they are, on some random WR link in beautiful simplicity. WTF WTF
Moulton
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Thu 27th December 2007, 12:28pm) *
QUOTE(Moulton @ Thu 27th December 2007, 11:12am) *
Or a raucous comic opera in the style of Dilbert and Sullivan.
WTF. I had a question about those 7 steps of moral behavior on my philosophy final and couldn't memorize them because they were presented incomprehensibly in my text. And then there they are, on some random WR link in beautiful simplicity. WTF WTF

I might have gotten around to contributing academic material like that into serious articles on Wikipedia, but several of the admins there came to the inexplicable conclusion that I had no interest in writing encyclopedia articles.

So, instead I find it more practical to embed educational material within silly comic operas.

In the end it all works out, as it gives me a chance to write something more amusing than a dull encyclopedia article.
BobbyBombastic
QUOTE(MiddleOfRoad @ Thu 27th December 2007, 1:18am) *

I don't know much about SlimVirgin but I would venture a guess that there were a million people each on Christmas eve (and she may not be Christian):

- watching porn for same about of time

I would really appreciate it if you stopped looking in my windows. mellow.gif
Disillusioned Lackey
QUOTE(Moulton @ Thu 27th December 2007, 7:51am) *

Jimbo's claim to be the "spiritual leader" of Wikipedia suggests ............


That he's a cult leader.

I don't feel a big need to promulgate this theory, but his own words imply just this very thing.
KStreetSlave
As pathetic as it is that someone is adding hundreds of edits on Christmas (or any day for that matter: 100 edits a day is a fucking lot) we've failed to establish one thing

who fucking cares? OMG it's slimvirgin!!!one1!1 It's pathetic no matter who it is, but it's only barely. Why this is on someone's radar is even MORE pathetic. Seriously, it's one thing to make 100 edits on christmas, it's another to dig up edits to see how many edits ANOTHER user made on christmas.
Miltopia
If you don't care, then don't participate in the thread. Duh.
KStreetSlave
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Thu 27th December 2007, 11:16pm) *

If you don't care, then don't participate in the thread. Duh.


It's necessary to point out the stupidity of the thread.
Miltopia
No, it's not. If I wanted to troll WR, I'd probably make a number of posts like yours, saying "this thread is bad, why do we need it?" I'd hope any well-meaning poster's results would be distinguishable from mine if I were trolling. If you don't like the topic than butt out, lest WR turn into a many-layered meta-circlejerk that largely abandons its actual content, like that online encyclopedia whose name I forget.
KStreetSlave
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 1:48am) *

No, it's not. If I wanted to troll WR, I'd probably make a number of posts like yours, saying "this thread is bad, why do we need it?" I'd hope any well-meaning poster's results would be distinguishable from mine if I were trolling. If you don't like the topic than butt out, lest WR turn into a many-layered meta-circlejerk that largely abandons its actual content, like that online encyclopedia whose name I forget.


So....this place's content is making fun of Slimvirgin's posting times? That's a winner for ya right there.
Derktar
QUOTE(KStreetSlave @ Thu 27th December 2007, 10:52pm) *

QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 1:48am) *

No, it's not. If I wanted to troll WR, I'd probably make a number of posts like yours, saying "this thread is bad, why do we need it?" I'd hope any well-meaning poster's results would be distinguishable from mine if I were trolling. If you don't like the topic than butt out, lest WR turn into a many-layered meta-circlejerk that largely abandons its actual content, like that online encyclopedia whose name I forget.


So....this place's content is making fun of Slimvirgin's posting times? That's a winner for ya right there.


You fail to realize, and indeed many on Wikipedia fail to realize, that this board is comprised of many different people who have many different points of interest. It just so happens that SlimVirgin has had a hand in controlling numerous policy pages as well as certain articles, so naturally her name will come up a lot here. Although I believe a little too much focus has been shown on SlimVirgin, she certainly has earned the focus shown on her.
Somey
QUOTE(KStreetSlave @ Fri 28th December 2007, 12:52am) *
So....this place's content is making fun of Slimvirgin's posting times? That's a winner for ya right there.

I think what he's saying is that even though this particular thread is largely spurious, to accuse others who participate in it of being "pathetic" and so on only leads to infighting and a general atmosphere of disrespect (which, to be fair, we do seem to have a lot of around here).

Getting back to the original subject, in the past we've been accused of borderline antisemitism for posing the question of whether or not SlimVirgin is Jewish. The general rule seems to be that the people close to her claim she is, and her detractors claim that she isn't. I myself have suggested at least once or twice that she probably isn't, though I've since gone back to fence-sitting on that point...

The problem is, she's aware that she's being scrutinized, so her editing heavily on Christmas Day doesn't really mean anything in relation to her religious beliefs and/or biases, which in turn are significant because her work on Judaica articles has ultimately led to numerous bans of other users, among other things. (My perspective is highly biased on this point, obviously.)

IOW, I wouldn't put it past her to make 100 edits on Christmas Day just to mess with us. getlost.gif
KStreetSlave
QUOTE(Derktar @ Fri 28th December 2007, 1:59am) *

QUOTE(KStreetSlave @ Thu 27th December 2007, 10:52pm) *

QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 1:48am) *

No, it's not. If I wanted to troll WR, I'd probably make a number of posts like yours, saying "this thread is bad, why do we need it?" I'd hope any well-meaning poster's results would be distinguishable from mine if I were trolling. If you don't like the topic than butt out, lest WR turn into a many-layered meta-circlejerk that largely abandons its actual content, like that online encyclopedia whose name I forget.


So....this place's content is making fun of Slimvirgin's posting times? That's a winner for ya right there.


You fail to realize, and indeed many on Wikipedia fail to realize, that this board is comprised of many different people who have many different points of interest. It just so happens that SlimVirgin has had a hand in controlling numerous policy pages as well as certain articles, so naturally her name will come up a lot here. Although I believe a little too much focus has been shown on SlimVirgin, she certainly has earned the focus shown on her.


I fully realize it. I dislike Slimvirgin as well, as I've concurrently mentioned in another post. That doesn't change the fact that this is a thread about nothing of substance and serves only to lower the credibility of the people who come up with GOOD information about SV (i.e. secret lists and stuff).
Disillusioned Lackey
I don't think her religion is really the point. She's overly pro-"whatever you want to call it" in that direction, but that doesn't mean she's of that faith, as such.

Some people outside the U.S. might not get the fact that naming a religion is generally viewed as chavanistic. In Europe, it is normal to name religion. Americans tend to get very offended and assume things. Maybe they are right to assume, maybe not. But it is something you generally want to avoid.
guy
QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 28th December 2007, 7:07am) *

in the past we've been accused of borderline antisemitism for posing the question of whether or not SlimVirgin is Jewish. The general rule seems to be that the people close to her claim she is, and her detractors claim that she isn't.

As I've repeatedly pointed out, we have a clear statement from someone who was close to her. On the proboards forum, seanblack posted on Feb 15, 2006, 9:54pm in thread User:Fuelwagon. Replying to jackwelsh, who said "SlimVirgin is jewish, and so is Willimcw, are you going to deny that?", he said "neither of them are Jewish, as far as I know".
Miltopia
And for the record, anyone who thinks WR posters are anti-semitic for asking is someone is Jewish is a moron.
Yehudi
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 12:02pm) *

And for the record, anyone who thinks WR posters are anti-semitic for asking is someone is Jewish is a moron.

True!
Herschelkrustofsky
QUOTE(Somey @ Thu 27th December 2007, 11:07pm) *

Getting back to the original subject, in the past we've been accused of borderline antisemitism for posing the question of whether or not SlimVirgin is Jewish. The general rule seems to be that the people close to her claim she is, and her detractors claim that she isn't. I myself have suggested at least once or twice that she probably isn't, though I've since gone back to fence-sitting on that point...


Like the social engineers whom she appears to emulate, I think that SV's interest in religion is primarily focussed on how it may be used to manipulate others, not in any significance it could have for her personally.
Poetlister
Wasn't her friend who was killed at Lockerbie Jewish? Maybe she's just doing what she thinks he'd have wanted.
Disillusioned Lackey
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 6:02am) *

And for the record, anyone who thinks WR posters are anti-semitic for asking is someone is Jewish is a moron.


Yes, but one of the founders of WR (or precursory founders) was some kind of pro-something, anti-jewish-something.

So there is a basis stigma that remains, and when such discussions take place, the natural assumption is that WR is anti-S.

QUOTE(Poetlister @ Fri 28th December 2007, 10:09am) *

Wasn't her friend who was killed at Lockerbie Jewish? Maybe she's just doing what she thinks he'd have wanted.

Maybe so, but I never read any evidence to support that.
jorge
QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Fri 28th December 2007, 4:42pm) *

QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 6:02am) *

And for the record, anyone who thinks WR posters are anti-semitic for asking is someone is Jewish is a moron.


Yes, but one of the founders of WR (or precursory founders) was some kind of pro-something, anti-jewish-something.

So there is a basis stigma that remains, and when such discussions take place, the natural assumption is that WR is anti-S.

QUOTE(Poetlister @ Fri 28th December 2007, 10:09am) *

Wasn't her friend who was killed at Lockerbie Jewish? Maybe she's just doing what she thinks he'd have wanted.

Maybe so, but I never read any evidence to support that.

I don't think there is any evidence that Julian Benello was Jewish- it's unlikely as most Benellos are Italian Catholics and his mother was probably of Scottish origin (his full name is Julian MacBain Benello). SlimVirgin may be Jewish as Mack is a name sometimes used by Jewish families but I think most of her hatred of Muslims/support for Israel comes from the Lockerbie incident. The first Wikipedia Review site was set up by a user Igor Alexander who made quite a lot of blatantly anti-semitic comments which made most people jump ship to this site.
Miltopia
If Slim's one week boyfriend or whoever is Jewish that would explain it, the way I hear she obsesses over him.
jorge
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Fri 28th December 2007, 9:59pm) *

If Slim's one week boyfriend or whoever is Jewish that would explain it, the way I hear she obsesses over him.

It would explain what? I'm pretty sure he wasn't Jewish. Her anti-muslim, rabidly pro Israel stance probably just came from blaming muslims for Pan-Am/Lockerbie as well as hanging out with CIA types.
LamontStormstar
As for the original topic, if a man edited wikipedia as much as she does...

often 36 hours straight
sometimes only 4 hours sleep in between a day's worth of editing to edit all day the next

Well, people would say "I bet that guy's a virgin" and we'd feel sorry for him. Even if he was paid to edit all day by the Hasbara Fellowships, that's still being way overworked, so much so that he has no social life at all (being this overworked has been discussed in Dilbert cartoons).

But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin. Since it's a woman, she also can state that she's a virgin as it's considered by many to be a good thing for a woman to be whereas the opposite is true for a man.
wikiwhistle
QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Sat 29th December 2007, 1:54am) *


But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin.


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LamontStormstar
QUOTE(wikiwhistle @ Fri 28th December 2007, 7:09pm) *

QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Sat 29th December 2007, 1:54am) *


But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin.


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There have been scientific studies done.
Somey
QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 28th December 2007, 7:54pm) *
But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin. Since it's a woman, she also can state that she's a virgin as it's considered by many to be a good thing for a woman to be whereas the opposite is true for a man.

I'm afraid Lamont's been hitting the ol' Nyquil bottle a little too heavily again...

I'll have to admit, though, I've always wondered about her choice of that name, "SlimVirgin"... one might initially assume it was some sort of joke, or maybe one of those "Hey look, I can choose any e-mail address I want, so why not go with SlimVirgin!" type of things. In retrospect, it does seem like a calculated move on her part, but since she'd used it long before Wikipedia even came into existence, there can't be any question of her choosing it for a WP-related reason.
LamontStormstar
I don't know why I'm derided for an obvious fact. If a guy lives in his parent's basement, dresses as a vulcan, speak Klingon only, and is on Wikipedia alll day, etc. he's likely thought of as a virgin. But if it's a woman.....

To put it another way if a man did Phaedriel's love bombing, people would say "god he must be so lonely, he needs a girlfriend." But then Phaedriel lets people know she has a significant other in real life and no one is surprised.
Miltopia
Lol.

But jorge, IF he's Jewish THEN it WOULD explain it. I'm not saying that's the case. I'm sure you know better, I've only read a couple of really revealing exposes about Slim.
Alison
QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 28th December 2007, 5:54pm) *


But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin.


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Disillusioned Lackey
QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 28th December 2007, 7:54pm) *

As for the original topic, if a man edited wikipedia as much as she does... often 36 hours straight
sometimes only 4 hours sleep in between a day's worth of editing to edit all day the next. Well, people would say "I bet that guy's a virgin" and we'd feel sorry for him. Even if he was paid to edit all day by the Hasbara Fellowships, that's still being way overworked, so much so that he has no social life at all (being this overworked has been discussed in Dilbert cartoons).

But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin. Since it's a woman, she also can state that she's a virgin as it's considered by many to be a good thing for a woman to be whereas the opposite is true for a man.


This is one of the strangest non-sequitor presumptions that I've read. Ever. Anywhere.

Not to mention being utterly without relevance to the discussion at hand.

You might as well draw conclusions about someone's editing proclivities and whether or not they were a good cook. Or if they could dance the polka.
BobbyBombastic
QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 28th December 2007, 9:22pm) *


I'll have to admit, though, I've always wondered about her choice of that name, "SlimVirgin"... one might initially assume it was some sort of joke, or maybe one of those "Hey look, I can choose any e-mail address I want, so why not go with SlimVirgin!" type of things. In retrospect, it does seem like a calculated move on her part, but since she'd used it long before Wikipedia even came into existence, there can't be any question of her choosing it for a WP-related reason.

One time she said it had to do with olive oil. Or maybe she meant Olive Oyl. huh.gif

Note to self: be aware of any poodle owning-gothic looking females from
Canada that are fans of Popeye.
Poetlister
QUOTE(Miltopia @ Sat 29th December 2007, 2:55am) *

But jorge, IF he's Jewish THEN it WOULD explain it.

Look, I made a mistake. Sorry I said it.


QUOTE(Disillusioned Lackey @ Sat 29th December 2007, 7:27am) *

whether or not they were a good cook. Or if they could dance the polka.

I won't comment on my cooking, but I danced a polka last week.
wikiwhistle
QUOTE(Somey @ Sat 29th December 2007, 2:22am) *


I'll have to admit, though, I've always wondered about her choice of that name, "SlimVirgin"... one might initially assume it was some sort of joke, or maybe one of those "Hey look, I can choose any e-mail address I want, so why not go with SlimVirgin!" type of things. In retrospect, it does seem like a calculated move on her part, but since she'd used it long before Wikipedia even came into existence, there can't be any question of her choosing it for a WP-related reason.


She goes on about being stalked, but picked a name that drew attention to her sexuality. Not that I'm saying she is 'asking for it' but it is a strange thing to do.

Noot that it's like being called 'foxyandloose' or something, but I suppose it does titillate, if the reader was someone with a thing about virgins.

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QUOTE(LamontStormstar @ Fri 28th December 2007, 5:54pm) *


But it's a woman so we know she's not a virgin.


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I think the boys (I'm female too) are just saying it's easier for most women to pull than it is for them lol smile.gif
jorge
QUOTE(Somey @ Sat 29th December 2007, 2:22am) *

In retrospect, it does seem like a calculated move on her part, but since she'd used it long before Wikipedia even came into existence, there can't be any question of her choosing it for a WP-related reason.

Do we know that for a fact? When was the slimvirgin domain first registered?
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