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vtstarinAug 7, 2010Submitter
data: http://bit.ly/WikiLame
adhomineeAug 7, 2010
Anonymous user 89798723489327 has opened this spreadsheet.
sexyboboAug 7, 2010
thats kinda cool never had a spreadsheet open at the same time as 97 other people also there is a chat box.
mm63Aug 8, 2010
Digg should add a chat
pxcxgAug 7, 2010
Actually I think it is cool some of these became edit wars.
DOWN with alumin*i*um!
gtragnarokAug 7, 2010
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4807/aluminumj.jpg
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
Subbed it before it was cool
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Aluminum_vs_Aluminium
deuce66Aug 8, 2010
I'm American, and Aluminium just makes more sense. It better matches the names of all the metals in the same group (Gallium, Iridium, Thallium).
I still say Aluminum most of the time as it feels more natural, but the extra i is definitely the correct way.
skillelAug 8, 2010
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scarycloudsAug 8, 2010
@Skillel
f**k you fog breather. We beat you in WWII and we can do it again!
kinneas12Aug 8, 2010
Now we just have to get our neighbours to the south to start adding the letter U to a number of their words.
$%*# you, Firefox. I spelled that correctly.
redzinAug 8, 2010
@Scaryclouds
I realise you're trying to be funny, but I hope you're aware that America and Britain were allied during WWII...
scarycloudsAug 8, 2010
@Redzin
You're correct. Though apparently most others did not think me to be funny.
dulcettoneAug 8, 2010
It's impossible to stomach most UK spellings without sounding either quaint (e.g., "Foetus"... with the oe conjoined when you want to be super-annoying) or mincing (e.g., "Aluminium").
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theodenkingAug 8, 2010
Only in the US...
muffinmonkAug 8, 2010
Henry Davis first discovered the metal and called it alumium. Then he renamed it to Aluminum. Not only that, he wrote that term down on his book "Chemical Philosophy". So technically, the United States is correct on this one.
sab0tageAug 8, 2010
Are you sure you don't mean Humphry Davy, British chemist and author of the book "Elements of chemical philosophy"... The same guy who named it "aluminum" and then changed his mind after he thought it wasn't logical and renamed it "aluminium".
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
wiki edit fight?
infestusAug 7, 2010
If only all wars were fought like this.
digg2point0Aug 7, 2010
There'd be no money in it.
heavenfallAug 7, 2010
I would ruin your fun by pointing out that the amount of money that goes into information warfare vastly exceeds those of the military. You just won't hear about that. Because that's information.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
skillelAug 8, 2010
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juliusthecatAug 7, 2010
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gtragnarokAug 8, 2010
But war...war never changes.
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
Ugh, please. What is this Disney Land?
joelcoxAug 7, 2010
Lame.
executexAug 7, 2010
And so, the wiki administrators who are the most nationalist, the most racist, the most aggressive, and the most religious, usually win these battles. And then they spoon feed you their propaganda. Of course, all under the guise of "truth and respect".Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
realeskimopimpAug 7, 2010
[Citation needed]
tyrghastAug 7, 2010
The only think Wikipedia administrators enforce are making changes to an article without a source.
Most of these common edit wars are grammatical issues.
everysamAug 7, 2010
Do you have two or three examples?
No? Didn't think so.
executexAug 7, 2010
The truth hurts. Apparently, you've never been banned unfairly by wiki administrators who think they know better than the experts. Perhaps you've never edited anything controversial, because those are the places where the wiki administrators will go out of their way to ban people that disagree with their fantasy world view.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
russ3Aug 7, 2010
what topic did you get banned over?
executexAug 8, 2010
I didn't get banned, but I got restricted from editing topics about a war on wiki. Apparently, the wiki administrators there were big nationalists who didn't want anyone putting a more neutral and objective voice to the article.
But I know many people who have been banned, or "gagged" etc, simply because they've found different sources that doesn't agree with the tone of the article.
You guys can bury me all you want, but it's probably because you've never questioned the official story of anything in your life and assume everyone is honest when holding great power over others.
bratterscainAug 8, 2010
You're over-generalizing but most people don't know the information can be easily tainted by lame power struggles. Wikipedia's a very good resource for general knowledge but because of these power hungry hall monitors, it's not usually wise to quote Wikipedia. The dude's somewhat right.
realeskimopimpAug 7, 2010
Circle cirlce square
davidtangx10Aug 7, 2010
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, lure Sarah Palin in as bait.
kangarouxAug 8, 2010
time to raid masterbate
nationalistAug 7, 2010
site down w/ 124 diggs? ouch,,,
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LAME
nationalistAug 8, 2010
now up again...but i like wikipedia's take on it better
deviantdragonAug 7, 2010
There's a pretty funny lower key war on the Hattori Hanzo page where people are disputing whether or not he was a ninja or a samurai.
toxicshokAug 7, 2010
didn't he give Tarantino his samurai sword?
gosunkugiAug 7, 2010
"Limp Bizkit: are the band 'nu-metal/rapcore' or 'rapcore/nu-metal?'"
Are you f**king kidding me?
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
I think we can compromise on calling them "crap"
nauruAug 8, 2010
I believe you mean crapcore, good sir.
ptbus0Aug 7, 2010
My Zune says their genre is garbage.
chokeaduckAug 8, 2010
Why would you have them on your Zune in the first place?
ilovegarnetAug 9, 2010
Dugg for Zune
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
it's just an argument over which is the primary genre.
They were a best selling band int heir prime, outselling the backstreet boys back in the day. as lame or crappy as you see them they were a big selling band AT ONE POINT. it's kinda lame now because they faded out bad, but they were the number one band at one point in time, like a decade ago.
runtheplaceredAug 7, 2010
No, they have always sucked. Selling records doesn't mean you're an amazing musician. It could very well just mean you were marketed well to d-bags.
bipolarruledoutAug 7, 2010
I don't know. Perhaps it takes a special kind of talent to receive a metacritic score of 33. Pro Tip: Quit while you're ahead.
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
LOL! YOU THINK MUSIC IS STILL ABOUT TALENT? LOL!
It's the ENTERTAINMENT industry, not the TALENT industry.
skillelAug 8, 2010
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bclupusAug 8, 2010
"IS"!!!!!! "IS the band 'nu-metal/rapcore' or 'rapcore/nu-metal'"
meccaydnaAug 8, 2010
hmmm I seem to remember a wikipedia editing war about this...
thejackylAug 8, 2010
They're not "rapcore" because the "core" suffix implies a Hardcore Punk influence.
chrgroseAug 8, 2010
They did all the wikipedia edits for the nookie.
funklorAug 7, 2010
Lamest edit war I've ever been involved in was after Lordi won Eurovision, stupid fans of the band kept editing out their real names under the members section leaving only their monikers.
silfirielAug 8, 2010
I love your edit.
hipmanAug 7, 2010
They spend so much time crossing Ts and dotting while they forget what writing to encompass them
doshindudeAug 7, 2010
I can't stand a lot of wikipedia "experts." They police the site so much and think they know everything and if you edit one thing wrong they copypasta a huge wordy paragraph into your talk page trying to highlight how you did it wrong and how you should not do it again.
idiotpantsAug 7, 2010
More importantly, what the hell are you doing editing things wrong?! Aren't you then part of the problem with Wikipedia, and shouldn't you not keep doing it?
runtheplaceredAug 7, 2010
Good for them for being hardcore about the information that goes into Wikipedia. You probably should stay out of it.
melikbilgeAug 8, 2010
If they didn't do that, the site would end up looking like MySpace, with s**tty layouts and unreliable content. If you can't do the time... stay out of editing.
kgtheway2bAug 7, 2010
Why does everyone keep their underwear in the top drawer?
yomamaisfatAug 7, 2010
MrBabyMan: thief or a huge thief.
tuneraiderAug 8, 2010
reaggregator
atomicpoetAug 8, 2010
What would he be thieving?
bradmajorsAug 7, 2010
Feces: "Should this page include a picture of a large human turd."
I wonder if Encyclopedia Britannica has similiar disputes.
hipmanAug 7, 2010
And people actually said it was more reliable.
firecellAug 7, 2010
That was very interesting!
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
"Cow Tipping: Appropriate to include a picture of a cow with the caption 'An unsuspecting potential victim'?"
LOL that's solid gold!
raysinxAug 7, 2010
I'm really struggling to remember whether I was the one who first made the change or if I just thought it was really funny when I stumbled upon it.
I'm going to assume I'm not that creative
thekitchensinkxAug 8, 2010
I checked out the page's history...
It's having a *lot* of edit wars on various things. Most recently it's about the caption of the picture of a tipped cow, the war being between "A cow lying on its side" and variations on "a victim."
slipperyottterAug 7, 2010
angels & airwaves IS* a band
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
angels & airwaves *ARE a band
slipperyottterAug 7, 2010
listen buddy, im an american. that means im a pretty big deal around these parts. so when i say "is". im correct.
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
I'm and not your buddy, guy. I'm a Canadian. We burned down your capital. American's ruin proper English. (SEE: Criticism of Webster's Third Dictionary)
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
I think you meant to write "ruined."
Can we at least agree that when it comes to language, no one is more neurotic than the French?
"A recent controversy involved the officialization of feminine equivalents for the names of several professions. For instance, in 1997, Lionel Jospin's government began using the feminine noun "la ministre" to refer to a female minister, following the official practice of Canada, Belgium and Switzerland and a common, though until then unofficial, practice in France. The Académie, however, insisted on the traditional use of the masculine noun, "le ministre," for a minister of either gender. Use of either form remains controversial."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
Yeah masculine and feminizing of nouns is retarded, to say a table is masculine OR feminine is the most dysfunctional thinking...
bryancampAug 7, 2010
This is where the thread blows a tire and crashes through the guardrail before bursting into flames as it plummets into the valley below.
bipolarruledoutAug 7, 2010
What if I disagree with both?
/Just kidding Tom.
halphpriceAug 7, 2010
/BLUE STEELE
khivaAug 7, 2010
>We burned down your capital.
Not that anybody is going to listen, but there is zero justification for this particular Internet myth, nor is there much reason to believe that the British would import troops all the way from Canada when they could just as easily (and did) do it all themselves.
Interestingly , it's usually the same people who criticize Americans for romanticizing their military who are must gung-ho about this particular tale. Nationalism does funny things to people.
/off-topic
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
@halphprice - In addition to writing "ruin" rather than "ruined," you inserted an incorrect closing parenthesis at the end of the post. Also, you were mean. :(.
skillelAug 8, 2010
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newbrunswickmanAug 8, 2010
@Khiva
Canada was still considered British during that war, so yes the British did it, but it wasn't people from Britain, it was people from what is now Canada.
halphpriceAug 8, 2010
@Skillel
In French, all nouns have a gender - they are either masculine or feminine. The gender of some nouns makes sense (homme [man] is masculine, femme [woman] is feminine) but others don't: the words personne [person] and victime [victim] are always feminine, even when the person or victim is a man!
ryan121Aug 8, 2010
As my English, English teacher said Americans can't spell and it's very true!
noisymimeAug 7, 2010
I'm fairly sure it should be IS a band even in British english because it is not the actual Angels or Airwaves that comprise the band (subject).
skillelAug 8, 2010
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redzinAug 8, 2010
Wrong Skillel. A group that takes on an alias is often refered to as non-plural, for example in politics, sports and many other situations.
"The FBI is good at crime investigation."
"FC Barcelona is the best football team in spain."
"'The Dragon and Fairy Pwnzorz' is the best guild on the server."
"Iron Maiden is a NWOBHM band."
"Angels & Airwaves is a supergroup."
A group is only refered to as plural if you can refer to a single member as non-plural, for example:
"Those rednecks are stupid." -> "He is a redneck."
"Those hippies are high. " -> "He is a hippie."
jtotheoeAug 8, 2010
prescriptive linguistics is dead! angels & airwaves *BE a band, yo.
kaffeinekiwiAug 8, 2010
Yes. Yes they is.
thejackylAug 8, 2010
Angels & Airwaves DO suck ass.
juliusthecatAug 7, 2010
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4degreesAug 7, 2010
i'd go with moderately hairy....
scabnabbitAug 7, 2010
I thought Wikipedia's Lamest Edit War was Conservapedia.
redzinAug 7, 2010
Oh god, why did you have to remind of that site? I weep for the future of humanity whenever I'm reminded of that site.
kantenAug 7, 2010
Using total number of page edits as evidence (i.e. everything from punctuation to citation source,) can we really call it an edit war over one part?
brokowskiAug 7, 2010
Wikipedia is under an American domain, so it should use American spellings. Screw British English, American English native speakers far outnumber their linguistically inferior counterparts. There is nothing I hate more than the "-our" and "-re" of the bastardized language across the Atlantic.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
psolmsAug 7, 2010
the stupidity of this post baffles me
melikbilgeAug 8, 2010
A Brit obviously f**ked his girlfriend last week. Leave him to suffer.
webchimp32Aug 8, 2010
Did it from his sofa in London* too.
*I say London because all of Britain is London right? Apart from Scotland who are English.
snarkasticAug 8, 2010
British English? Oh, you mean English...
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Exactly. The original, unbastardised English.
lolcoelacanthAug 7, 2010
I hate American spelling; it's all wrong
sneezyxAug 7, 2010
What the f**k is IUPAC? Never mind: don't know, don't care.
U.S. spelling rules. Everybody knows that!
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
america - f**k yeah!
webchimp32Aug 8, 2010
^^^ wrong order.
darthfaceAug 7, 2010
IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IUPAC > common american spelling
Similar argument to PhD professor > your pastor on scientific issues
Also, Sulfur, again IUPAC
lolcoelacanthAug 7, 2010
I have a non-IUPAC periodic table poster in front of me right now, and for some reason Tungsten is being called Wolfram
darthfaceAug 7, 2010
Yes, I agree that Wikipedia should use the IUPAC spellings, but since wikipedia has open editing anyone can change it.
Also, out of curiosity, does your non-IUPAC periodic table have lead, which should show up as Pb, as plumbium? That would be cool. It was called that way back in the days from how it used to be used in pipes hence plumbing and plumbium (though, I don't know which one came first)
khivaAug 7, 2010
ITT: People responding to a thread about pointless Wikipedia battles by perpetuating those battles.
IllBeBackAug 8, 2010
plumbum, not plumbium
iamnobody8614Aug 8, 2010
Screw the IUPAC, the original spelling was 'aluminum' (invented by a Brit, no less). It was only changed to aluminium by the IUPAC to conform to the standard of elements ending in "-ium" for the reason "that's just the way things are done". You'll notice that plenty of other elements still don't end in -"ium".
lolcoelacanthAug 10, 2010
You can screw them all you want, but they are the authority on chemistry.
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Yes it was changed to end with -ium, and that's the crucial point - the name was CHANGED. It matters not that in days of yore it was spelled aluminum, the point is that its correct scientific name is ALUMINIUM.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
"Arachnophobia: Appropriate to include a huge picture of a tarantula on a page about fear of spiders"
yes. very appropriate. do it now.
bratterscainAug 8, 2010
Epilepsy - [induced_by_this.gif]
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
People go to an encyclopedia to learn about something, so articles shouldn't pussyfoot around potential readers because they might potentially have the phobia.
zombiesocietyAug 7, 2010
BC or AD Jesus? Am I missing something or is this the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard?
bednigoAug 7, 2010
So the Beatles may be bigger than Jesus, but they're not as controversial. Not surprising as Jesus has started more wars than the Beatles...
jstock23Aug 8, 2010
No, Beatles fans are just smarter and can get problems dealt with faster.
/beatlefan (it should be Paul, John, George, Ringo... no exceptions)
dodgyd55Aug 7, 2010
Angels and airwaves is* a band, personally that just doesn't sound right to me. It's like changing someone with OCD's pattern.
*Are
dillonaAug 8, 2010
The thing about "are" is that it implies that a band is nothing more than a collection of people.
To me, bands constitute their own entities.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
USA vs US, FIGHT!
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Surely that's quite a simple one to argue out. US stands for United States, which could be the United States of anything - United States of Eurasia, for example. You need to specify that it's the American region that you're talking about, hence, USA.
ka9dgxAug 7, 2010
I'm amazed the right-wing bury brigade hasn't knocked this story down for the mention of Zionism.
iizhAug 8, 2010
This is pathetic. People like you ruin Digg just as much as them.
banmenowAug 8, 2010
Probably because they are preoccupied trying to hide themselves into new personas. Don't worry, they'll be back tomorrow.
timedoutAug 7, 2010
It's ALUMINUM and I will defend that to the DEATH!!!!!! But Sulphur/Sulfur... Meh.
darthfaceAug 7, 2010
IUPAC says sulfur
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
Sorry...
Aluminium (Redirected from Aluminum)
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
I will support aluminum when uranium becomes uranum, plutonium becomes plutonim, geranium becomes geranum, etc...
-ium is a suffix. Only Americans and idiots fail to see the connection.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
How did Humphrey Davy, a Brit and the discoverer, spell it?
Do you call Pt platinium? Mo molybdenium?
I love how Brits continue to speak for the entire planet outside the US - such arrogant f**ks.
ringo0309Aug 7, 2010
I went to Catholic school for 14 years of my life and it's a pretty accepted fact that Jesus was born 3 A.D. although now I guess it would be 3 C.E.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johnfluxAug 8, 2010
Methinks you don't know what 'fact' means.
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
I thought it was 4 B.C?
johnfluxAug 8, 2010
tbonepower07, it depends on which parts of the bible you read.
For example, if you read about King Herod killing all the first born, then since King Herod died in 4BC, it had to have been before then. And he ordered all under-twos to be killed, and it took a further year to actually carry out the orders, to that puts Jesus's birth at about 7BC.
But Luke says:
Luke2:2 And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And Cyrenius didn't became governor of Syria until 6AD.
So, as usually, the bible has contradictory facts and everyone just picks a picks one of them and ignores the rest.
eawgoalieAug 8, 2010
If you keep reading, they show a resolution to that conflict.
ragmanxAug 7, 2010
Those are lame. Except when the millennium started. That's totally important!
darthfaceAug 7, 2010
Yes, I agree that Wikipedia should use the IUPAC spellings, but since wikipedia has open editing anyone can change it.
Also, out of curiosity, does your non-IUPAC periodic table have lead, which should show up as Pb, as plumbium? That would be cool. It was called that way back in the days from how it used to be used in pipes hence plumbing and plumbium (though, I don't know which one came first)
rachels177Aug 7, 2010
"Wikipedia editors are pedantic virgins."
0 edits.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
"Wikipedia edtors are virginal pedants."
1 edits.
drgmdpAug 8, 2010
wikipedia pedants are editorial virgins
banmenowAug 8, 2010
"Wikipedia editors are pedantic virgins" {revert} [citation needed]
3 edits
angelbunnyAug 7, 2010
If Wikipedia keeps the grammar nazi's away from other sites, I'm happy.
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
*nazis
angelbunnyAug 8, 2010
doh!
IllBeBackAug 8, 2010
nazis
/Grammar Nazi
davidtangx10Aug 7, 2010
[Citation Needed]
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
Aluminium (Redirected from Aluminum)
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
The edit counts listed are ALL edits to the article, not just the edit wars. Buried as misleading.
radekyAug 8, 2010
Jesus Christ the discussion on Gasoline vs Petrol is just ridiculous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gasoline/archive2#Article_name
Closed AccountAug 8, 2010
But could basically be summed up as "America, f**k yeah" vs. "the rest of the world calls it Petrol".
radekyAug 8, 2010
You could try to sum it up that way.. but the main argument for Gasoline is the same argument used to establish Aluminium (British Spelling), which is what does the industry use? The Oil industry uses Gasoline because Gasoline is a specific compound whereas Petrol can refer to any petroleum based fuel.
driftonAug 8, 2010
I once created a completely fake Toby Keith album, complete with track listing, cover art, and torrents of the album submitted to all the major pirate sites. I edited the Wikipedia page to include the album and it stayed for 5 or 6 months before being removed. It managed to make it's way via people just copying and pasting info from the Wiki onto a number of very legitimate sites.
crystalagehaAug 8, 2010
Lol! How awesome. I may have to try that someday.
odkinAug 8, 2010
I'm sure he's sorry you're pissed off, but he told you over and over he's just not into the gay thing.
thejackylAug 8, 2010
That's genius.
MillerBartAug 8, 2010
WAR!! Hunnhhh!! Good God Yall!!
nacmarAug 8, 2010
You can tell that the guy who made this infographic is either from the UK or just dislikes the United States. He could have just labeled that heading "Cultural Superiority" instead of dragging in his own bias. ;)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fatstratcatAug 8, 2010
Wikipedians fight over the dumbest s**t...
yifanlu94Aug 8, 2010
Anyone else thought it was fake until they saw the source... and still are not sure?
sniper117Aug 8, 2010
who was changing it to a moderately hairy male anus....
stonedslackersAug 8, 2010
Hairless of "moderately hairy"?
modemmuteAug 8, 2010
Dugg for the people who put big pictures of spiders on the arachnophobia page. Still laughing.
tbbucsAug 8, 2010
For the cat entry, the word they are looking for is "bitch".
Closed AccountAug 17, 2010
Seems pretty simple to me - since you purchase a cat, it is therefore an item of your posession, therefore you own it. You are therefore it's owner.
opmikeAug 8, 2010
I personally don't see how arguing over factual information is "lame". If something is technically incorrect, no matter how slight, it SHOULD be corrected. It's essential for the growth of Wikipedia into a trusted information source.
However, edits by fanboys, flamers, people without sufficient knowledge or cites, etc. are of course a problem.
rhydebleAug 8, 2010
The problem is that, on one side, Jimbo was the co-founder.
On the other side, I really want to be an admin.