Wikipedia: The Bellend of the Bell Curve.

This is pretty brilliant!

I prefer,

Wikipedia: the scum of human knowledge.

It's a surface on a surface, serviced by serfs.


Wikipedia: the scrum for human knowledge.

Wikipedia: You can pool some of the knowledge, some of the time.

Wikipedia: The sum of all knowledge, with catering courtesy of Daryl Wine Bar & Restaurant in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Wikipedia: the dim sum of human knowledge

Heh. You fried 'em with that one.

Damnit. Now I want barbeque pork buns.

Wikijunior : No tigers were during the making of this book.

(I know it's slightly obtuse, but it's a reference to this post. I guess if you have to explain it, it ain't funny...

This sentence no verb.

That's kinda the whole point...

Is there a word missing there? No tigers were harmed during the making of this book? I see that there are two spaces in "were during".



"were" is a verb. You could construe the sentence as "There were no tigers during the making of this book", though it's a bit contrived.

Yes, there is. On purpose.

No Hofstadters were parodied during the copyvio of his line.

I chuckled. It was a good one.

Thank you.

Wikipedia: No one can still tell you're a dog on the Internet.

Sorry about this folks, had to be resaid ... from
this is where your charitable foundation dollars are going Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
(... and if that is not to taste, try this whipped cream).

I accidentally out loud.

Wikipedia : Where “Out” A Verb —

As in “I accidentally out loud (T-C-L-K-R-D) ”.

Jon

Do we really need to have pics of genitals randomly scattered through the forum?

I was explaining to a Wikipedia editor what cogent criticism she could find here, and she fired back an email that she saw a 'cartoon photo of an old man with a leather band around his balls' and that she was not going to register because of that.

She has about 2,000 edits to Wikipedia and I'm trying to get her to realize she's wasting her time, but now I have egg on my face.
...
At least I hope it's egg...

Yellow Journalism


The yolk's on you.

OK ... I have thought of a work around and will tone it down or censor elements of it ... as I tend to be preaching to the choir here anyway.

I'll try posting clips and hosting full images elsewhere for anyone that is interested. If the moderators can oblige (I cannot re-edit the older post), you can tell your friend it is safe-ish to come back.

From: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Pride.jpg

Wikipedia: The world's premier blagging site. Your blag starts here!

Wikipedia: Discounted by most, feared by many, abused by several and used by nearly all.

Wikipedia: properly is theft

Wikipedia: post-intelligent information

Wikipedia: (how do you do a text wink?!)

Here are some adjectives to characterize the affective (emotional) mood associated with generating content on Wikipedia...

In German: Schadenfreude

In English: Gloating; Malicious Joy

In Czech: Škodolibá Radost (thanks to User:Juandev)

WikiMedia: Online terrorists required, first to edit articles on our online encyclopedia, then to apply for administrative duties. Must be able to wink profusely at functioning administrators to be considered suitable for promotion. In return for your service and support you will be allowed to include the content of your choice within the encyclopedia. Must work anonymously. No references or experience required.

Sorry, Jon, that's a miss. I won't say that the Greek economy flourished when it was on the drachma. However, beyond doubt things have got worse since Greece dropped the drachma and switched to the Euro.

Had nothing to do with switching to the Euro, beyond the possible idea that being "Europeans" gave the Greeks silly ideas that they could live their favorite "European" life style. Consider the French, who by law have 5 weeks of vacation, 35 hour work weeks, and retire at 60. The Greeks figured: "Why not us?"

Well, because they couldn't afford it, is why. The French can't either, actually, but it won't bite them in le cul until later. I'm preparing to be amused then.

Do you think that the Greeks have ever not considered themselves European? Do you think they were ever an exceptionally hard-working country in modern times? The Spartans disappeared a long, long time ago! Do you have any evidence that the amount of holidays increased, or the length of the working week reduced, or the retirement age fell, recently? If so, as I say, it wasn't and couldn't have been because they suddenly thought of themselves as European.

No, it was definitely the fault of the Euro. Firstly, it means the Greeks can no longer devalue their way out of problems, since the single currency obviously locks their exchange rate to the rest of Euroworld at 1:1. Secondly, it allowed the Greek economy to get hopelessly overstretched because investors thought that they were as safe as any other Euro country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business...nsion.html?_r=1

Thanks very much Milton. I think that proves my point completely. I asked "Do you have any evidence that the amount of holidays increased, or the length of the working week reduced, or the retirement age fell, recently?" Your link says

So it is not a recent phenomenon due to any sudden realisation by the Greeks that they are European and can hence be more like the French.

Ehh, quit spoiling a perfectly good ongoing thread, okay? I'm sure Mr. Awbrey simply used the word "drachma" because it's recognizable to most people as a form of currency (even if its use has now been discontinued). In other words, Wikipedia uses drama as a means of increasing participation, which in turn is referred to in fundraising letters as evidence of their "success" and "global reach," thereby bringing in currency.

Sheesh!

Oh, I'm sure they all knew that. Just a nostalgic demonstration of the Wiki-Pixillated Hermenøøtix Game, where the players of the piece are required to look for every possible interpretation of your words apart from the clearly intended one.

Videque.

Jon

Wikipedia: Wikipedians vs Wikimedians. Play the Ultimate MMORPG! Choose to join good or evil in the eternal battle in the wild lands of trolls, orcs and men. Free to play, stringent rules apply (subject to change, side and interpretation).

Wikipedia: The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard.

Er, the Greeks in Alexandria actually built some of the first vending machines at temples and such, ca. 150 BC. You put in a big copper 5 drachma coin and the thing spit out ceremonial water. Thus, a drachma machine.

Occasionally Jon is quite subtle.

And too intelligent for the likes of us.


There was me thinking it was a play on words relating to the "Drama", or editing war, between Greek and Macedonian editors ...