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fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

Blackula69 posted:

i know i was agreeing with you. wikipedia spergs are hella creepy

dont be mean to fishmech

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Fart.Bleed.Repeat.
Sep 29, 2001

theflyingexecutive posted:

the fact that w is the only letter that has more than one syllable tweaks my autism

w never really bothered me, but 7 does for that exact reason

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

univbee posted:

maybe they set the fire :gonk:

no original research! :mad:

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.
04-Feb-2008: The handling of PNG files on Wikipedia has involved many nightmares of changing problems with speed, access, display, and lockouts over the past year. Although PNG files are typically 4x to 21x times slower than equivalent JPEG thumbnails, they have been used to display numerous photographs or paintings on Wikipedia. There was even a massive effort to convert all small GIF or JPEG files (which showed a text label) into gargantuan PNG files, causing Wikipedia articles to become mostly PNG data and no longer primarily text in 2007. The massive size of PNG thumbnails can be seen by right-clicking on image properties in Wikimedia Commons, which formerly also worked on Wikipedia to show image width/height, file name, and file size. The right-click menu for PNG/SVG images was disabled on Wikipedia during late 2007 (but not on Wikimedia Commons), and it is no longer possible on Wikipedia to right-click open PNGs in a new window or display the image properties/sizes. For a few days in November 2007, the right-click menu once again worked for Wikipedia PNG files, but in December 2007, the right-click menu for PNG images was disabled again. As if that weren't bad enough, for people expecting to right-click open a PNG image in a new window, as of February 2008, attempting to stop the slow, massive download of gargantuan PNG files usually will lock-up a browser, until going offline. Formerly, all during 2007, a massive PNG file could be stopped by clicking the browser "STOP" button to quit the gargantuan download of the bloated PNG files, and resume viewing of a Wikipedia article. However, in February 2008, the PNG download began forcing the browser window to continue the slow download of gargantuan PNG images by locking that browser window when the "STOP" button is clicked, and continuing a hacked download attempt, unless the browser is taken offline to release that locked window and resume viewing the page. Not only are many Wikipedia files bloated with the mass of gargantuan PNG files, but once those PNG images begin the massive download, the browser window becomes jammed to prevent scrolling text. However, by stopping a Wikipedia article soon after the text appears, the PNG images can be pre-empted, and the page can be scrolled to read the text (with blank images) or to just "Show Picture" for each JPEG or GIF image on the page. To make matters even worse and worse, for a while, Wikipedia was forcing the text portion of each page to wait until the slow, massive download of gigantic PNG files was completed, BEFORE any part of a Wikipedia page would be displayed. Of course, there was no Wikipedia announcement that these peculiar changes in spastic handling of the gargantuan PNG files would impact users in such bizarre and nightmarish ways. Note that the problem is not the gigantic PNG files, but rather peculiar changes in the way Wikipedia displays PNG files, because on Wikimedia Commons, PNG files are always incredibly slow, massive downloads, but STOPPABLE mid-way, and the right-click has never been blocked to prevent viewing the massive sizes of PNG images, nor the browser locked or forced to display those gigantic PNG files on Wikimedia Commons. The nightmare of unpredictable PNG image viewing, blocking, and browser lockups has only occurred on Wikipedia. The use and handling of PNG images has made Wikipedia look like a very trashy and cumbersome website, as well as slowing response time for many thousands of Wikipedia users. As usual, GIF and JPEG images incur no delays or lockouts of any kind. At this point, I must advise: avoid using all PNG images on Wikipedia until the PNG-garbling has been resolved; GIF or JPEG images will still allow users to right-click open in a new window and can be stopped during display, without browser lockup. -Wikid77 (talk) 05:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

zeekner
Jul 14, 2007

wikiposting from a 9600baud modem with mosaic, the one true browser

cool biRd pics
Aug 28, 2009

you will feel ashamed of your words & deeds

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

Nice!

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursing_the_fig_tree
lolling at jesus

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
Because the parking lot had not yet been paved, a large sign proclaimed "Please excuse our muddy face".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Shopping_Centre

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
Fan reaction to death [edit]

Some fans expressed their displeasure following Ianto's death in the third series. The website End of Show comments that "writer James Moran was so inundated with messages to his Twitter account that he posted a number of impassioned pleas to tone down the vitriol." End of Show writer Kirsty Walker comments that fans on Twitter accused Moran of "deliberately egging on the 'shippers'."[69] Moran noted in his blog that of the thousands of messages from viewers, the "vast majority" were extremely positive, managing to express that they were "upset, angry and shocked" without making personal attacks. Moran declared the response from other commentators to be unacceptable, describing their conduct as the spewing of insults and "passive aggressive nonsense". He noted that fans had accused him of deliberately trying to "mislead", "lie" and "hurt" them, said that he hated them, was "laughing at them" and "slapping [them] in the face", and claimed that he had "killed the show", had attempted to drive away existing fans to court newer and "cooler" viewers, and had deliberately hurt depressed people "with dark storylines."[70] In a poll conducted by Digital Spy shortly after Ianto's death, 27.4% of voters claimed that they would no longer watch Torchwood.[71] Responding to these results, Gareth David-Lloyd thanked the fans for their dedication to the show and the character but urged them to have faith in the writers.[50] On the show's Facebook groups, fans expressed anger towards creator Russell T Davies and some claimed they would stop watching the show. Walker herself had felt that the end of Jack's relationship with Ianto could "change the show beyond all recognition."[69]

io9 commented that fans on Moran's blog accused him of homophobia; one quoted fan likened it to 1950s-style homophobia "where all the queer folks died ... and the straight people walk away completely unscathed." io9 writer Charlie Jane Sanders comments however that "as people have had a bit more time to consider the new series, more thoughtful discussions have arisen." One such cited notes that it is unlikely that Children of Earth was intentionally homophobic since the writer (Davies) and lead actor (John Barrowman) are both openly gay. The same reviewer notes that however, "especially when viewed on its own, Children of Earth looks a lot like the same heteronormative, homophobic, biphobic and gratuitous tropes that appear in so many bad representations of queer people in popular culture."[70] In response to the accusations of "de-gaying" Torchwood, Davies advised those people do some research into his career (creator of Queer as Folk) and "stop riding on a bandwagon that they actually don't know anything about". Asked to respond to viewers who felt "cheated" that Jack and Ianto's relationship did not come to fruition, Davies said:

quote:

That's the point actually. Both in fiction and in life. When someone dies you lose all that potential. You grieve over everything they could have been. Everything you hoped for them. Everything they might have achieved with their lives, everyone they could have loved. Every job they could have had. Every joy they could have had. It's gone.

—Russell T Davies, AfterElton interview.[52]

Soon after the death of Ianto Jones during Torchwood's third series, a campaign to bring him back was started through networking sites such as LiveJournal, Twitter and Facebook.[72] The resulting website, www.saveiantojones.com, has organised a protest which encourages fans to send coffee, along with postcards and letters of complaint, to the BBC, a reference to Ianto's status as the "coffee boy". Via the Save Ianto Jones website, fans are also campaigning to raise money for the BBC charity Children in Need in honour of the character. The fundraising site states that "Though we, his devoted fans, still hope that he'll come back ... we mourn him. In the series, he died saving the children of Earth; so it seems fitting to honour his memory by helping the Children in Need."[73][74] Torchwood Magazine reported that the site had raised nearly Ł4,000, with individual donations ranging from Ł2 to Ł50. John Barrowman described the charity campaign as "a fun way to mourn Ianto" and stated that it was "the kind of thing that's really appreciated".[73] Gareth David-Lloyd was flattered by the strong fan reaction, saying it is "satisfying in drama when you create such an emotional response, because that's what you set out to do in the first place". He praised the fan donations, claiming "So far, they've raised about Ł3,000 for Children in Need, and Ł1,000 for Lluest Horse and Pony Trust in West Wales, which I'm a patron of, so that's got to be a good thing".[51] Coventry Telegraph records that by 21 July 2009, Ł4,172 had been donated in Ianto's name.[74]

In an interview with io9 on 28 July 2009, creator Russell T Davies was asked about the controversy surrounding Ianto's death and the consequential campaign. He replied "There's a campaign, because he was a coffee boy. But do you know how many packets of coffee they've received so far? Nine. So I think people writing online might sound like thousands of people, but they are nine." [75] However, those involved in the movement believe that this number is much higher due to a post tallying the coffee sent within the community.[74] When asked about the backlash in a separate interview with Michael Ausiello, Russell T Davies said "It's not particularly a backlash. What's actually happening is, well, nothing really to be honest. It's a few people posting online and getting fans upset". He also stated that the character was gone for good, and that his resurrection would devalue the "entire plot." He recommended that fans who wish to stop watching the show should watch Supernatural "because those boys are beautiful", or "look at poetry" if they "can't handle drama".[53] Following these statements, the Save Ianto Jones website encouraged fans to contact BBC Wales rather than Davies, and temporarily presented on its front page the message "Mr Davies has made it clear in recent interviews that he views his fans with contempt, and as disposable, which saddens us" and asked not to be "abused".[76] At Comic-Con 2009, a fan claimed that Davies "hurt" a lot of internet fans with his decision to kill Ianto, which she called "out of line." Davies replied that he would not change his mind regarding the decision, adding, "I've got to be blunt about this, there have been campaigns to send packets of coffee to BBC Wales in protest. There have been nine packets sent. I'm not taking the mickey, but that's a very small number." Executive producer Julie Gardner stated "We want people to be engaged, discuss and not always agree with us. At the end of the day, I make drama to support each author's vision. It's not a democracy. Whether people like it or not, it's storytelling." [77] Simon Brew of Den of Geek has criticised the Internet campaigns to resurrect the character, citing that the show would "lose far more credibility" if he were brought back. Brew also expressed doubt that the fans stating they would boycott a fourth series will do so. He summarised: "Torchwood now needs to continue to have the courage of its convictions, and for that to happen, the reset switch simply isn't an option."[65]

On 31 July 2009, Digital Spy conducted a poll asking if it was "time to move on" from Ianto.[78] However, a week later the website did not immediately publish the results, announcing "unfortunately it seems that this particular Poll was the subject of a campaign by diehard fans to distort the outcome". Neil Wilkes opined that this action by the fans "suggests the answer to the question 'Have people overreacted to Ianto's death?' is quite obvious". Later, a footnote amendment noted that 31.4% said it was time to move on, "while the remainder demanded RTD's head on a plate", a reference to his own wording of the original poll, which gave readers the option of moving on from Ianto, or the executive producer's head on a plate.[79] James McCarthy of Wales Online described the reaction from some fans as "sickening" and quoted "crazed" fans on DeviantArt and Facebook who made explicit death threats against the Children of Earth writers. Gareth David-Lloyd stated he was very disappointed in those fans, whose message board conduct he does not support at all and called "completely unacceptable". David-Lloyd added that he "would hope the writers would be able to ignore comments like that".[80] A number of fans were upset by the tone of the first Wales Online article, and their response prompted a follow up from McCarthy. In their comments, fans pointed out that his article disproportionately highlights what they called the "ill-conceived, knee-jerk reactions" of a few individuals, and stressed that these reactions in no way represent the movement to bring Ianto Jones back, which they hold as fundamentally respectful towards the show's actors and writers.[81] Fans have distanced themselves from the small minority of extremists, and have been keen to stress their peaceful activism, described as "thousands of fans who are raising money for charity, sending polite letters, and doing what we can to be supportive of the character and actor".[81] In 2010, Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat told fans who contacted him that he wouldn't want to resurrect Ianto even if he could: "Not reversing it. Stop asking."[66] In a 2011 poll published by the Liverpool Daily Post as part of a live Interview with writer John Fay, 70% of respondents replied that the decision to kill Ianto had been the right one, with 19% responding "indifferent" and only 11% stating that it had been the wrong decision,[82] contrasting with the initial fan response. In response to a question, Fay also stated that he had not been affected by the "scary" fan reaction, maintaining that "a universe in which fictional characters aren't 'allowed' to die is ridiculous and limiting".[82]

The public reaction to the death of Ianto has had a wider-reaching impact than simply the Torchwood fan community. For example, comic book writer Peter David cited the reaction to Ianto Jones's death when reflecting on where to go with the gay relationship between the Marvel Comics characters Rictor and Shatterstar in X-Factor v. 3. He opined that in "virtually any happy relationship", one of the characters has to die to "provide angst" to the more major character. His concern was "being tagged as against gay people", the way Russell T Davies was, even though Davies is himself gay.[83]

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
it's long but it's more than worth it, there's a laff in every sentence

tl;dr internet fan people are hilarious and horrible

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!
What the gently caress is a shipper

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012

Citizen Tayne posted:

What the gently caress is a shipper

they bring us anime from glorious nippon on their mighty cargo ships

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

Citizen Tayne posted:

What the gently caress is a shipper

Someone who's obsessed with a hypothetical relationship between two fictional characters.

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART

Citizen Tayne posted:

What the gently caress is a shipper

Read up http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shipping:History_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_shipping

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.


holy poo poo

quote:

Pact of Pallet

Once PI was settled as an official club, Archaic wrote up the Pact of Pallet, which was a treaty between the two clubs saying that no member of either club would flame a member of the other club over Shipping, and that members of neither club would post in topics that were designated as being for the other club. Archaic said that both clubs should hold a vote as to whether to accept the pact.

The PalletShippers were hesitant about signing the Pact, and Archaic had suddenly decided that the whole Pact thing wasn't such a good idea after all- he wouldn't reveal his reasons at the time, but later it turned out that he figured that if the clubs weren't fighting with each other, things would get boring and the clubs would die off since they wouldn't have any rival to be striving against. But, when the voting was held on UPN, the majority of both OPS and PI members voted to pass the Pact, so Archaic and Chaos signed it. Tea signed it too for some reason, even though he wasn't supposed to. United EgoShippers was invited to be a part of the Pact, but Loren declined.

It was pretty soon after that that Tea resigned from his position as one of the leaders of MLC- it had to do with a few things, one of them being that he wasn't much into the Pokémon anime anymore, and another being the rivalry between the MLC and ::TR::, which was a Team Rocket club. Soon after Tea resigned, another one of the MLC leaders, ajnrules, resigned too, saying that Misty had become a ditz in the Orange league and he didn't like her anymore. That left only one leader for MLC, h-jack, and he wasn't too much into the Pokémon anime anymore either, so the club quickly died off. Sometime during all this, the president of OPS, Ben, resigned and said he had to leave the boards because his real life was getting busy and he didn't have the time anymore. Archaic was basically forced into the presidency, and Para (Parastoise) became vice president.

this beats wikipedia for worthlessness

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

RZApublican posted:

holy poo poo


this beats wikipedia for worthlessness

thanks bulbapedia

thulbapedia

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trilby#Notable_Trilby_Wearers

FCKGW fucked around with this message at 23:17 on May 29, 2014

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States#Top_43_Sexiest_Presidents

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
riddled with phlebitis

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

I say no only because Nixon was a sexy beast and he's lower than Quincy Adams on there :b - BlagoCorzine2016 (talk) 17:04, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
I don't think we should be updating this article based upon what we agree or disagree with. I'd prefer rating the first ladies. Still, I think it would make an interesting mention.

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
also from that same page:

AFAIK Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of notable content.

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007


"I should do a listicle of sexiest presidents to illustrate how differently we view men and women"
"why isn't there a list of hottest First Ladies?"

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_penis_rule

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
whoops sorry parahexavoctal :blush:

Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 02:00 on May 30, 2014

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!

I believe that this is unnecessary, on the page for socks we do not include notable sock wearers. I think a few mentions of people who it was their trademark to wear such a hat such as Indiana Jones, should be briefly mentioned in the article, but a list of people is not necessary. Gorkymalorki 00:34, 16 June 2008 (UTC) Jones wore a fedora, not a trilby.—Kan8eDie (talk) 13:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Miley Virus
Apr 9, 2010

RZApublican posted:

holy poo poo


this beats wikipedia for worthlessness

His online aliases include:
昔 Mukashi, a translation of Archaic into Japanese;
折橋 守 Orihashi Mamoru, a translation of Liam Pomfret into Japanese, and the name he went by amongst friends when he still lived in Japan;
岩橋 守 Iwahashi Mamoru, an older variant of the above; and
GirafarigBG, an old "BG name" from the early days of Bulbagarden when all staff adopted similar monikers.
He is also occasionally known as Arcy, Archie, ムカちゃん, Muka-chan, and as of late, 守くん Mamoru-kun, and, among Bulbagarden staff, the Aussie.

Besides his obvious interest in Pokémon, Archaic is a self-professed Otaku, with a large collection of Japanese language manga and dōjinshi numbering in the hundreds of volumes, and has had minor experience in both fansubbing and scanlation.
Despite winning the state championship for Pokémon Snap in 2001, Archaic has still yet to catch a 10,000 point Mew on film.

Miley Virus
Apr 9, 2010

what a scrub, cant even take a good picture in a video gmae

Miley Virus
Apr 9, 2010

holy gently caress did i just step back in time to 2003

http://www.dragonflycave.com/html.aspx

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Miley Virus posted:

holy gently caress did i just step back in time to 2003

http://www.dragonflycave.com/html.aspx

quote:

The Cave of Dragonflies HTML guide, teaching aspiring Pokémon webmasters valid HTML and CSS since 2008.

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003


i have a whole book of lists of presidents

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
Variety reports that Ubisoft is developing a Watch Dogs film, along with Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Splinter Cell and Raving Rabbids films.[75] Sony announced at their 2013 Gamescom press conference that Ubisoft will work with Columbia Pictures and New Regency to make the film, Sony will distribute the film in the US and 20th Century Fox will handle the international distribution rights.[76] On 24 April 2014, Deadline.com reported writing and producing partners Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will write the film.[77]

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

Boxturret posted:

Variety reports that Ubisoft is developing a Watch Dogs film, along with Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Splinter Cell and Raving Rabbids films.[75] Sony announced at their 2013 Gamescom press conference that Ubisoft will work with Columbia Pictures and New Regency to make the film, Sony will distribute the film in the US and 20th Century Fox will handle the international distribution rights.[76] On 24 April 2014, Deadline.com reported writing and producing partners Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will write the film.[77]

idgi

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

She had a tense relationship with Nash bordering on professionalism and personalism.

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW
Did you know...
From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:
... that the fan-made Sonic the Hedgehog game Sonic: After the Sequel includes power-ups from the Kirby series?

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
Aggrawal has discussed extensively on laws against zoophilia.[25] It is permitted in a few countries, such as Denmark, although ordinary animal treatment laws apply. In other countries, such as United States, raping cattle, emus and giraffes is legal, but horses are illegal, except in Seattle, where a guy was once shagged to death by a horse.[26]

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

FrozenVent posted:

Aggrawal has discussed extensively on laws against zoophilia.[25] It is permitted in a few countries, such as Denmark, although ordinary animal treatment laws apply. In other countries, such as United States, raping cattle, emus and giraffes is legal, but horses are illegal, except in Seattle, where a guy was once shagged to death by a horse.[26]

shaggar!!!

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:

Did you know...
From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:
... that the fan-made Sonic the Hedgehog game Sonic: After the Sequel includes power-ups from the Kirby series?
i thought that you copied something from a fan wiki into the template but no it's actually real :stare:

Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 18:08 on May 31, 2014

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
Development [edit]

After the Sequel was created by Felipe Daneluz (known on the Internet as "LakeFeperd"), a student from Săo Paulo, Brazil. Unlike many longtime Sonic fans, Daneluz remained supportive of the series through its "dark age" in the mid to late 2000s and enjoyed games such as Sonic Riders. Because of his continued enthusiasm rather than cynicism toward later Sonic games, Daneluz decided to create a retro-styled Sonic game.[3]

Not being well versed in computer programming, Daneluz took to the open-source, visual game engine Sonic Worlds, which is pre-tailored to create Sonic levels within the program Multimedia Fusion 2. Determined to make his game stand out despite his limited technical proficiency, Daneluz decided to set his first game in the time between Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic 2, and called it Sonic: Before the Sequel to indicate its temporal placement before Sonic 2. He later made a follow-up set between Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 entitled Sonic: After the Sequel.[3]

The game's levels were inspired largely by those of Sonic Heroes.[6] One called RedHot Ride Zone, however, was based mainly on a level of the same name in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest,[8] while ideas for other levels came from the likes of Sonic Riders, locations in Săo Paulo,[7] the concept of Sonic being high on sugar,[10] and a Sonic-style song called "Combat Night Zone" by MaxieDaMan.[9]

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Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

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