en.wikipedia.org — Occasionally, Wikipedians lose their minds and get into edit wars over the most petty things. This page documents this by showing some of the worst-case scenarios where obsessed Wikipedians have attached so much importance to some small detail that they fervently revert, dispute, and argue any change that happens.
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j1337Jul 4, 2007
A few of those edit wars are the result of South Korean ultranationalist organizations that encourage people to go edit wikipedia to make it favorable towards causes such as renaming the "Sea of Japan" to something that doesn't have the word "Japan" it it, as well as their petty territorial disputes with Japan. You'll also find random references to "great" Korean historical figures added to entries about famous European historical figures...
amire80Jul 4, 2007
C'mon, this is so old.
infradeadJul 4, 2007
I was going to mention the xenisucks debacle as well, but you pretty much covered it. Worst (or best, if you feel that way) about the site was how Xeni first tried to pass it off as "a total hoot", but then got pissed off and a number of very weird things happened at once. There was a piece in the New York Times, <a class="user" href="http://tinyurl.com/295s4q,">http://tinyurl.com/295s4q,</a> then this <a class="user" href="http://tinyurl.com/2h83dv">http://tinyurl.com/2h83dv</a> extraordinary piece from Violet Blue, sex blogger extraordinaire, who clearly was very annoyed that xenisucks got link luuurve from the NYT. Then the ongoing Wikipedia edit wars. Anyway, it all got a bit messy and the Wikipedia page reflects the wider skirmish on teh internets, and the attempts to expunge xenisucks.com from the record.
vanderdeckenJul 4, 2007
See, there's a slight pronunciation mistake there. You didn't 'fork' it. You f**ked it.
iapxJul 4, 2007
Microsoft could do "drity fighting" as explained on the article, but it will just strengthen our conviction, and finally accelerate the fight against monopolistic position. This is a win now, loose after strategy!
unitedstatiansJul 31, 2007
Ask Crayola, Inc.
crushfanSep 21, 2007
Oh, I was so lame two months ago. But I improved my English, thanks to Digg, and I can express myself better! YAAAY!