A number of smirking Wikipediots make a pledge to renounce drama.for 5 days. The Kohser trumps their put-on with a demand for increased drama.

Humor? What humor? I didn't see a humor tag.

And, of course, his satirical attempt to increase the drama... only increased the drama.

Any attempt to either increase or decrease the drama level will tend to increase it.

And, of course, his satirical attempt to increase the drama... only increased the drama.

His userbox for the "counter-protest" was immediately MfDed.

And remember, Jeff G. (T-C-L-K-R-D) is a member of the "community". Clearly, he's rather typical. And humorless. Or is that "typically humorless"?

Edit: Then, there's this bit of braindead cluelessness found on Jeff G.'s talk page -- apparently, he tried to speedy-delete the page and got slapped for that before trying MfD and getting slapped again. And the speechifying by Uncle uncle uncle (T-C-L-K-R-D) ... is actually scary.

Funniest thing I've seen all day. I wasn't aware that a userbox could "undermine the very foundation" of Wikipedia.

Wikipedia has very soft foundations.

Weren't you the one famous for purging userboxes back in your admin days?

Yes, despite the fact that I only deleted about 30 of them. Wikipedia's recollection of its own history is even more unreliable than its presentation of human history generally.

One thing this DramaOut has proven -- Jimbo, I must say, really has a talent for writing excellent articles, right off the bat.

I could really stand to learn from him. My articles contain too much information and too many encyclopedic references.

One thing this DramaOut has proven -- Jimbo, I must say, really has a talent for writing excellent articles, right off the bat.

I could really stand to learn from him. My articles contain too much information and too many encyclopedic references.

One thing this DramaOut has proven -- Jimbo, I must say, really has a talent for writing excellent articles, right off the bat.

I could really stand to learn from him. My articles contain too much information and too many encyclopedic references.

Ugh. Of all the articles he could create, he picks a biography of a living person where he admits he's not sure if the person is notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia? Jimmy seems to have the public relations skills of a pistachio nut.

One thing this DramaOut has proven -- Jimbo, I must say, really has a talent for writing excellent articles, right off the bat.

I chose this subject because a friend of mine posted this amusing picture to twitpic. It piqued my interest: who made this record?

Probably some guy Jimmy met at an airport bar somewhere.

That friend is the New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee (T-H-L-K-D).

Almost spilled my coffee on that one.

Probably some guy Jimmy met at an airport bar somewhere.

A potential romantic interest? It's good to have a bio ready. Nothing sweeps 'em off their feet like that chivalrous offer to protect their bio.

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy love.

Time drives the flocks from field to fold
When rivers rage and rocks grow cold,
And Philomel becometh dumb;
The rest complains of cares to come.

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields
To wayward winter reckoning yields;
A honey tongue, a heart of gall,
Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall,

Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses,
Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies
Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten--
In folly ripe, in reason rotten.

Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,
Thy coral clasps and amber studs,
All these in me no means can move
To come to thee and be thy love.

But could youth last and love still breed,
Had joys no date nor age no need,
Then these delights my mind may move
To live with thee and be thy love.

Just to give Jimbo the benefit of the doubt here: I have started quite a few plant/bug/etc. articles with just mindspillages from what I remember from college and a stub tag. Most of them have been improved and expanded considerably over the months and years.

I have started quite a few plant/bug/etc. articles with just mindspillages from what I remember from college and a stub tag.

And just how does Kat feel about you doing this?

More seriously, Wikipedia's community no longer tolerates the creation of braindump stubs by ordinary editors; only well-placed elites have any hope of getting away with it, and even then when it does happen (e.g. Mzoli's Meats) it creates a great deal of drama.

OK, I figured I'd see what would happen, so I created a one liner article, just like Jimbo. We'll see if it gets speedy deleted, tidied up, or (maybe, just maybe?) expanded.

Does Jimbo ever even read Wikipedia articles? He doesn't appear to even know the most basic formatting conventions.

I know, I know, I'm asking too much--you can't expect someone skilled as a hijacker to also be skilled as a pilot!

20:20, July 17, 2009 Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs | block) (1,778 bytes) (And who knows, I might even learn wikimarkup finally haha) (undo)

OK, I figured I'd see what would happen, so I created a one liner article, just like Jimbo. We'll see if it gets speedy deleted, tidied up, or (maybe, just maybe?) expanded.

20:20, July 17, 2009 Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs | block) (1,778 bytes) (And who knows, I might even learn wikimarkup finally haha) (undo)

OK, I figured I'd see what would happen, so I created a one liner article, just like Jimbo. We'll see if it gets speedy deleted, tidied up, or (maybe, just maybe?) expanded.

Mine is more "just like Jimbo".

Oh God, can we not follow the trend of creating BLP stubs, kthx? We've got enough shit to attempt to maintain. No need to add to the pile.

Oh God, can we not follow the trend of creating BLP stubs, kthx? We've got enough shit to attempt to maintain. No need to add to the pile.

A number of smirking Wikipediots make a pledge to renounce drama.for 5 days. The Kohser trumps their put-on with a demand for increased drama.

Just a few moar days, Lara.

But there are people who love complaining that there are no references, its orphaned, not categorized
and there are others who enjoy adding them
I see it as an act of kindness to throw a ball for them to fetch
and it will distract them from messing up other articles

You know what I've found? I've found that when people add a "haha" to the end of their statement, it usually wasn't funny to begin with at all. In fact, it's usually rather sad and pitiful.

And just how does Kat feel about you doing this?

More seriously, Wikipedia's community no longer tolerates the creation of braindump stubs by ordinary editors; only well-placed elites have any hope of getting away with it, and even then when it does happen (e.g. Mzoli's Meats) it creates a great deal of drama.

Do I get to delete the BLPs then?

Who is "Kat", anyway?

Good grief, the man is a walking talking embarrassment. The Great and Amazing founder of Wikipedia can't even write a stub without making numerous errors: from basic markup and formatting, to basic manual of style. And fancy creating a marginally notable BLP - what the hell is up with him?
Perhaps we shouldn't keep digging at his lack of article contributions. He's better off doing his founderish work.

Good luck talking to him. Good luck convincing his butt-nozzles that he needs to "retire".

Awesome, but give them company stubs, or product stubs... stubs on dead people, even. Don't toss them BLPs, though. Srsly.

I already posted a list of obscure vacuum tubes, complete with weblinks for reference. Ask, and I can even provide one or two dead-tree references on them. [...] Leave me out of it.

Well, I thought that articles on Sonny Lester (T-H-L-K-D), Mzoli's (T-H-L-K-D) and Robert Aumann (T-H-L-K-D) (all created by Jimbo, & already mentioned) were especially bad exceptions.
They are not. They are the "Jimbo-standard".

See what other gems he has started:

Breaking Home Ties: (T-H-L-K-D) "One of Normal Rockwell's most famous works. There is an interesting story about how it was found recently, even though it was not previously thought to be lost."

Asha Haji Elmi (T-H-L-K-D): "Asha Haji Elmi is a peace activist in Somalia. She was born in 1962." (in fairness: he added two more sentences after a couple of hours)

Charles Leadbeater (T-H-L-K-D): "Charles Leadbeater is an author." (only edit to the article)

Craig Crossman (T-H-L-K-D): "Craig Crossman is a radio host."

I seriously hope the DramaOut period is soon over for mr. Jimbo.

(He has also restarted articles which were "problematic" and had been deleted (like, Frank Scalice, Paul Barresi, Jeff V. Merkey, Alan Dershowitz)...but that is another kettle.)

Well, I thought that articles on Sonny Lester (T-H-L-K-D), Mzoli's (T-H-L-K-D) and Robert Aumann (T-H-L-K-D) (all created by Jimbo, & already mentioned) were especially bad exceptions.
They are not. They are the "Jimbo-standard".

See what other gems he has started:

Breaking Home Ties: (T-H-L-K-D) "One of Normal Rockwell's most famous works. There is an interesting story about how it was found recently, even though it was not previously thought to be lost."

Asha Haji Elmi (T-H-L-K-D): "Asha Haji Elmi is a peace activist in Somalia. She was born in 1962." (in fairness: he added two more sentences after a couple of hours)

Charles Leadbeater (T-H-L-K-D): "Charles Leadbeater is an author." (only edit to the article)

Craig Crossman (T-H-L-K-D): "Craig Crossman is a radio host."

I seriously hope the DramaOut period is soon over for mr. Jimbo.

(He has also restarted articles which were "problematic" and had been deleted (like, Frank Scalice, Paul Barresi, Jeff V. Merkey, Alan Dershowitz)...but that is another kettle.)