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Uncle Lloyd
Sep 2, 2019

Manky Tungeon posted:

There's a Wikipedia page that lists the most notorious vandals and trolls and it's easily the best page on the site. here's a sample:

Oh man, I didn't realize Willy on Wheels had been (largely) scrubbed from WP history. Way back when, he was probably the site's first dedicated vandal, used to move dozens of pages at a time to "<article title> on wheels." Hard to fix, required an administrator.

Ah, the good old days, when all there was to worry about was page move vandalism...

Also, in actual content, observations on Wikipedia behavior is for good reasons one of the most well known user essays, and many parts apply to more online communities than just WP.

Uncle Lloyd has a new favorite as of 03:19 on Aug 30, 2020

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goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.

Star Me Kitten posted:

Woah, that is one crazy story. I wonder what was really wrong with him.

A less known fact is that there was a second human stomach guy in that exact same war, but on the opposing side.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Domery

LostCosmonaut
Feb 15, 2014

Manky Tungeon posted:

There's a Wikipedia page that lists the most notorious vandals and trolls and it's easily the best page on the site. here's a sample:

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Laredo AM power vandal Edits power levels used by AM radio stations in and around Laredo, Texas.

How delightfully odd.

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