April Fool - how to prepare for the onslaught

[Thomas Dalton]

> The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody never has. (How's
> that for grammar?)

Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody

;)

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[Thomas Dalton]

> Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody
>
> ;)

I'm going to reply to myself before anyone beats me to it:

Nobody has editted Wikipedia.

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[Death Phoenix]

On 3/20/07, Thomas Dalton <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> > Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody
> >
> > ;)
>
> I'm going to reply to myself before anyone beats me to it:
>
> Nobody has editted Wikipedia.
>

Or, better yet:

The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody has.
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[Thomas Dalton]

> Or, better yet:
>
> The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody has.

I thought of that, but I don't like it. It should be "and Nobody has"
rather than "but", but then it doesn't work.

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[James Farrar]

On 20/03/07, Thomas Dalton <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Or, better yet:
> >
> > The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody has.
>
> I thought of that, but I don't like it. It should be "and Nobody has"
> rather than "but", but then it doesn't work.

I'll settle for a semi-colon, I think.

The encyclopaedia that Anybody can edit; Nobody has.

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[Thomas Dalton]

> I'll settle for a semi-colon, I think.
>
> The encyclopaedia that Anybody can edit; Nobody has.

No, I think the bit after a semi-colon has to be a full sentence...

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[Ray Saintonge]

Thomas Dalton wrote:

>>I'll settle for a semi-colon, I think.
>>
>>The encyclopaedia that Anybody can edit; Nobody has.
>>    
>>
>
>No, I think the bit after a semi-colon has to be a full sentence...
>
Unless  some kind of personification is intended by capitalizing
"Anybody" and "Nobody". :-)

Ec


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[Ray Saintonge]

Thomas Dalton wrote:

>>Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody
>>
>>;)
>>    
>>
>
>I'm going to reply to myself before anyone beats me to it:
>
>Nobody has editted Wikipedia.
>

Correcting one's own edits sometimes leads to more errors.
(grammer/grammar, editted/edited) ;-)

Ec


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[Thomas Dalton]

> Unless  some kind of personification is intended by capitalizing
> "Anybody" and "Nobody". :-)

I thought that was the intention... "Nobody has." is not a full
sentence, even if you treat "Nobody" as a name.

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[Steve Bennett-8]

On 3/21/07, Thomas Dalton <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I thought that was the intention... "Nobody has." is not a full
> sentence, even if you treat "Nobody" as a name.

What's a "full sentence"? This is perfectly grammatical: I have not
eaten. Jonathan has.

Steve

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[James Farrar]

On 20/03/07, Ray Saintonge <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> >I'm going to reply to myself before anyone beats me to it:
> >
> >Nobody has editted Wikipedia.
> >
> Correcting one's own edits sometimes leads to more errors.
> (grammer/grammar, editted/edited) ;-)

The first rule of the Internet is that any post correcting a typo must
itself contain a typo :)

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[Ryan Wetherell]

On 3/20/07, James Farrar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> The first rule of the Internet is that any post correcting a typo must
> itself contain a typo :)

I thought the first rule of the Internet is to not talk about the Internet. :o)

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[Ron Ritzman]

On 3/20/07, Ryan Wetherell <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I thought the first rule of the Internet is to not talk about the Internet. :o)

No that's the second rule. The first rule of the Internet is to not
talk about the Internet :o)

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[James Farrar]

On 21/03/07, Ron Ritzman <[hidden email]> wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Ryan Wetherell <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > I thought the first rule of the Internet is to not talk about the Internet. :o)
>
> No that's the second rule. The first rule of the Internet is to not
> talk about the Internet :o)

And the third rule is that when someone shouts "stop!", goes limp or
taps out, the pedantic discussion is not over :)

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[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Erm, can we get back to the topic?

On 3/21/07, James Farrar <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> On 21/03/07, Ron Ritzman <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > On 3/20/07, Ryan Wetherell <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > I thought the first rule of the Internet is to not talk about the
> Internet. :o)
> >
> > No that's the second rule. The first rule of the Internet is to not
> > talk about the Internet :o)
>
> And the third rule is that when someone shouts "stop!", goes limp or
> taps out, the pedantic discussion is not over :)
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[Earle Martin]

On 20/03/07, Thomas Dalton <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody never has. (How's
> > that for grammar?)
>
> Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody

I could have sworn that was what I checked before posting :) Oh well...


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[George Herbert]

On 3/21/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Erm, can we get back to the topic?

I've got the solution:

We just need to identify and block the troublemakers on the first.

Just IP block (hard, not AO) 0.0.0.0/0 for the 48 hrs...

Wikipedia: The encyclopedia that anybody can edit... NOT.


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[Gary Kirk]

Creating an account from an account refers to a user creating an
account at Special:Userlogin while logged in. for example, see my log,
you'll see 'Gary Kirk created new user account: Kirkbot'.

On 22/03/07, George Herbert <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 3/21/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Erm, can we get back to the topic?
>
> I've got the solution:
>
> We just need to identify and block the troublemakers on the first.
>
> Just IP block (hard, not AO) 0.0.0.0/0 for the 48 hrs...
>
> Wikipedia: The encyclopedia that anybody can edit... NOT.
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
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[· Firefoxman]

On 3/20/07, Deathphoenix <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> On 3/20/07, Thomas Dalton <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > Who cares about the grammer? The actual information is wrong:
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nobody
> > >
> > > ;)
> >
> > I'm going to reply to myself before anyone beats me to it:
> >
> > Nobody has editted Wikipedia.
> >
>
> Or, better yet:
>
> The encyclopedia that Anybody can edit, but Nobody has.
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We should change the tagline for april fools to that!

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[Omegatron-3]

On 3/26/07, · Firefoxman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> We should change the tagline for april fools to that!


We should definitely change it to *something*.  :-)

"From Wikipedia, an infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of
typewriters"?

What has it been changed to in the past?
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