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REAL Wikipedia Entry for ForumWarz...?
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a great idea?
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 4:39AM |
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You know, one was created briefly, and I was delighted about it, I was even going to post about it here.
It was of a decent length, had references to press articles to back up facts, etc.
Then later that night I saw it was deleted, due to clause A7:
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So apparently a wikipedia article needs to indicate why it is important or significant, and the person who created our original article didn’t do that Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 8:58AM |
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Could just put in that the game relates to forum bashing which is a real world epidemic.
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 9:05AM |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 9:52AM |
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Vitafabulous person
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Wikipedia Posted:
i am a staff member of another gaming site that exists on Wiki. Their claim to fame is the first site that truly covered the game in detail, as well as being mentioned by the makers of the game itself on their website. Despite having NO sources it still exists because of the backing of the designers of a worldwide and famous company.
here is the thing though… We arent a website about a game… We ARE the game. Im not sure what the original Wiki said that was deleted, but instead of saying we are just a game (or a parody or whatever,) we take it a step further and say we are the FIRST type of RPG to simulate real forum battles. This concept is not new either, as i was a member of a flamer/troll gang on Prodigy Communications ISP over 15 years ago whose sole purpose was to PWN and destroy other gangs. (Kept the same name for my current Klan.) In fact that was the sole reason anybody even used that ISP IIRC.
Point is with clever wording we can find an easy defense against the A7 Clause. I need to think more about this to give a more specific answer, but that is the best i can come up with at the moment with my short time and busy schedule today. |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 9:56AM |
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AAHZ Posted:
No. With unclever *sourcing*, you can easily *abide* by A7. I help maintain Wikipedia against articles that do not conform to policy and I do not see anything about ForumWarz that would make it notable. It takes third-party sources, like newspaper articles and book or journal references, to satisfy notability. First, show that ForumWarz is notable by the level required in the Wikipedia guidelines, then you will have an article. |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 6:30PM |
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Kaz Posted:
What about our Digital Journal article? Is that not good enough?
And aren’t there hundreds of games that already have articles on Wikipedia that aren’t held to that standard? |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 7:50PM |
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You also got to keep in mind the content in the game. While I don’t know the other games in question, as this game points out before signing up, it can be offensive. My guess is that lots of Wiki editors could care less about the rule that resulted in Forumwarz deletion. However, there’s many out there that are offended by this game and don’t want it to have a Wiki article because of it’s offensiveness. However, being offended by an article isn’t enough to have it deleted from the non-censored Wikipedia, so those that normally could care less about the aforementioned rule pull it up now to get the article taken out. At least, that’s what I think happened. |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 9:25PM |
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DrScience Posted:
**** you i couldn’t even read the rest of your post after that Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 02/23/2008 10:00PM |
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I got the Wikipedia article back for you (ah, the power of being a Wikipedia admin) and pimped it up with references and stuff so it won’t get deleted so easily. This may or may not be a painfully obvious attempt to get free stuff for my lame level 5 character. Log in to see images!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forumwarz Sneil edited this message on 02/25/2008 8:46AM |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 6:20AM |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 6:33AM |
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Sneil Posted:
Wikipedia… Admin… Whoa… .... ...
Ehm. HMM! Thanks ;DLog in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 9:04AM |
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Sneil Posted:
This is awesome, you completely solved our problem, and now we are represented on Wikipedia Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 9:09AM |
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i am glad my thread helped spark this wonderful development…
also not to get to mushy, but i have been an internet user back when dial-up was “the thing,” and also i am a member of 4 other active forums…
and i can say with utmost confidence and honesty that this is the greatest website/forum idea i have ever seen. The interface is idiot-proof and the set up and moderation for a “hardcore” board is brilliant. Much respect to you, Evil Trout. Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 9:28AM |
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I just had a case of Deja-Vu on this thread… |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 10:52AM |
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I got some free turns and brownie points, so it was totally worth it. This game is like crack. |
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| Posted On: 02/25/2008 11:50AM |
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Sneil Posted:
Great job there man Log in to see images! |
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| Posted On: 11/29/2008 12:01PM |
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Sneil Posted:
Laguna Posted:
Woah, necrophilia! |
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| Posted On: 11/29/2008 2:18PM |
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