Vandalizing Wikipedia pages
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 31, 2008 10:12 AM CDT
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Last night, for whatever reason, some folks here decided it would be a good idea to go vandalize the Wikipedia pages of one of the umpires and some Angels players.
Obviously, I can't stop anyone from doing that, if they want, although I do think vandalizing Wikipedia pages as a way of throwing a cyber-tantrum is one of the dumbest and most juvenile things someone can do.
That said, what I can do is say that I don't want LSB used as a platform to organize or encourage vandalizing of Wikipedia pages, much like I don't want LSB to be used as a platform to, say, troll-bomb some other blog or message board. I think it reflects poorly on this blog.
So I've deleted the FanPost of screencaps of vandalized pages, and will delete any future FanPosts or comments of that sort of thing.
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GOOD!
nothing reflects more poorly on this site than people doing stuff like that, or going to other teams blogs and trolling.
then that brings people from other sites doing the same here.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 31, 2008 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bah
That was just a way of blowing off steam after another horrible loss. Maybe we got carried away, but I don’t see that theres any harm done. Vandalizaing Wikipedia is like writing on a whiteboard – they had whatever “damage” we did was totally reversed within 15 minutes or so.
So was it juvenile? Yeah, it was.
Was it a big deal? Only if you make it one.
We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.
by lonestarJon on Aug 31, 2008 10:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
grow up dumbass
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easy there, mad max.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bust a deal face the wheel!
two men enter 1 man leaves
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 31, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what happened?
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
by Longhorn on Aug 31, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just one of those spontaneus GDT things
It started with us amusing ourselves by editing Dale Scott’s wikipedia page after he shafted us in last night’s game with that safe call at home plate.
From there it spiraled a bit, and we also wound up editing Mark Teixeira’s wikipedia page and making it appear as if his nickname was really listed as “Captain Douchebag” (among other things). Somebody took a screen shot of it and posted it as a memorial to our fun.
To paraphrase a bit, us GDT kids got a bit carried away last night, and now AJM is playing the role of the grumpy old dad.
We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.
by lonestarJon on Aug 31, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should know better
Find another hobby man.
by aggierangerfan00 on Aug 31, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grumpy old dad
Adam (or zywica) updates this damn thing everyday, gets thousands of hits and comments and has actually been noticed by major local and national media. If your blog had more than 5 readers you might get upset if someone jeopardized it’s integrity too.
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Aug 31, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no mention of LSB was made on wikipedia
by phatjeremy on Aug 31, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its stupid either way
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 31, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but I'll bet it wouldn't be too hard to come across this place as the orgizing point.
I personally have no problem with Wikipedia vandilization, but I completely agree with Adam wanting to keep it away from his blog.
by philkid3 on Aug 31, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
“Vandalizaing Wikipedia is like writing on a whiteboard”
Both the things you do and the things you say are stupid.
by Randy Richardson on Aug 31, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally
I wish he would have handed out lifetime IP bans for all involved.
It’d probably have the benefit of making LSB a better, more readable blog.
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by DJCahill on Aug 31, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wikipedia is fact?
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
by Longhorn on Aug 31, 2008 10:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes you didn't know?
It’s straight from the mind of Gordo!
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Aug 31, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
by Longhorn on Aug 31, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ticket reference
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Aug 31, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dominated
in beer pong last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Represent.
Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it.
by miles on Aug 31, 2008 10:54 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Ahh college is fun
I remember the days.
Have fun miles.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Aug 31, 2008 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's great.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miles if I was where u were I'd straight up whip your arse!
Too bad Im in NY.
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Aug 31, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whip your arse in Pong that is!
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Aug 31, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know what else reflects poorly on LSB?
the Rangers sucking ass
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Aug 31, 2008 11:24 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah well...
we cant do much about that
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 31, 2008 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's actually not true at all
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
awwww
sorry, Adam…..it was fun though. As lonstarJon said, it was all gone within 5 minutes anyway so no harm, no foul. The Captain Douchebag still lives on in my photobucket account and on my desktop. Some of you people need to lighten up.
by TxStCa on Aug 31, 2008 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
That’s really not that funny.
by aggierangerfan00 on Aug 31, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it was fucking hilarious....
but I understand AJM not wanting to have his blog be a forum for such idiocy.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I guess now I know the age level of everyone on LSB.
by aggierangerfan00 on Aug 31, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Underwear.....
get it out of your ass.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not really that funny
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You get the award
for guy who tries to be funny but isn’t.
by aggierangerfan00 on Aug 31, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I'm guessing
I’ll be accepting the award from you, the reigning champion?
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could it be...
that hilarious and such idiocy at the same time?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 31, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty easy...
… childish, yet funny.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We understand that you think it's funny.
The thing is though that there are a million other people out there that think it’s funny too. So, it’s actually unoriginal. Wikipedia is an incredible resource, and it’s free. So you’re jacking with people who have volunteered their time to build something pretty amazing. Would you knock over the Salvation Army collection container? No harm, no foul, right?
by Randy Richardson on Aug 31, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok
I understand changing the entry for Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, or hell even Tiger Woods. But Dale Scott? C’mon, man. I bet that was the most hits his Wiki page has ever had. It would be the same as somebody editing, Ramon Vazquez’s Wiki page. Nobody would care.
by TxStCa on Aug 31, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes they would
it affects the overall integrity of the website.
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could Scott miss a call that badly it was not even close
if you look at the replays he was in the correct spot and could see it perfectly, so he is either paid off or blind, either way he should not be in an ML game
by TRFAN on Aug 31, 2008 11:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha
This post reminds me of “Raiding” other chatrooms on AOL back when I was in 6th grade with my friends and it was considered at “Awesome friday night”
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 31, 2008 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
good lord...
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
overall, not much different than the wal-mart discussion
and it is incredibly sad that people don’t understand what’s wrong with causing work for other people.
maybe those things come when you start living off your own dime.
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
seriously?
editing a Wiki page takes probably 30 secs for those editors…besides that’s what they get PAID to do, it’s their job. If they didn’t have something to edit, they wouldn’t have a job. Good lord.
by TxStCa on Aug 31, 2008 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think...
…editors at Wikipedia get paid.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 31, 2008 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is wrong with you?
people at wal-mart are not paid to clean you your mess. people at wikipedia are not paid to clean up your mess.
they are paid (are they?) to make sure that the information that is added is real. if people only added what they thought was real information, they would still have a job researching that stuff, wouldn’t they? paid or not, they are maintaining probably the greatest website on the internet since google and you are making it difficult for them.
your hijinx costs 30 seconds, but they probably deal with a thousand jackasses like you everyday.
You seriously suck – suck really really hard.
""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley
by ab03 on Aug 31, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wettest Blanket Award....
Goes to you Sir….
That’s just good ole cyber tomfoolery.
Honorable JK
by Strangers on Aug 31, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then I want an Honorable Mention for that award
Because I agree with ab, and I wouldn’t have put up this post if I didn’t think that that behavior was stupid.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 31, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its your world....
We just live in it….
I wasn’t involved with any of the fun so my comments are merely from reading this post.
Just seems like there are some overreactions. Ill leave it at that and respect my place.
Can someone email me the screengrab? I need a laugh. At work….
Honorable JK
by Strangers on Aug 31, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope
I was not as stupid, when I was young, as some people on this blog. It is discouraging.
Go get’em Adam……………………………………
I have nothing to say
by rldwb on Aug 31, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you don't know...
you probably were.
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by Agreen07 on Aug 31, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I'm sorry
maybe I was a tad intoxicated, but I still think it’s kinda funny. Sorry for everybody that has their feelings hurt, but really sorry to Adam, because it is his blog afterall and he is the ruler of LSB.
by TxStCa on Aug 31, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis for Phil Hughes?
NY Post says if the Yankees are able to sign CC and get a Burnett they would be willing to trade Hughes for a young CF or 1b. If so do you make the Davis for Hughes trade?
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Aug 31, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 31, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a s high...
on Hughes as many are. Just not sure he can or will be that young ace the the Yanks are making him out to be.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 31, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to be gung ho about Hughes,
but he’s been injured and, for whatever reason, not managed to find a place in a rotation that should have spots for the taking. Giving up a future All-Star for a questionable pitcher gives me pause.
Aikman and Bradshaw?
Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill
by SarasotaRanger on Aug 31, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just ordered my Davis shirt....
lets keep him awhile….
Texas Native who wants to smash home runs in front of friends and family should have a seat in our dugout always.
Honorable JK
by Strangers on Aug 31, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...not interested in keeping our "homeboyz" around if our pitching staff is still shitty.
no, money down!
by oc on Aug 31, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Borbon
Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.
by Brian Thomas on Sep 1, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wiki note...
i’ve never had an opportunity to mention this, and this is as closely related as anything i can remember
anyone ever noticed that JD has a longer wiki page than shapiro, towers, o’dowd, melvin, smith and friedman combined?
at least that explains what he does while he’s on the job.
kudos to him for packing his page with more than beane, dombrowski and cashman, too.
by sam in so cal on Aug 31, 2008 12:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Open Wiki...
because IP addresses for edits are shown, if you suspect that a person or company is editing their own Wiki, you can find out. Google open Wiki, it will help you match up IP addresses, edit trends, and, in the case of companies editing their own Wiki, tell you its happening.
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by benmor78 on Aug 31, 2008 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.
by Brian Thomas on Sep 1, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand.
Not that I disagree with you about the pointlessness of mass Wikipedia “vandalism”, but if you’re worried about stuff reflecting poorly on LSB, I have one question to ask you.
How the fuck have you not banned Steal Home/nice hands yet?
by LiamP on Aug 31, 2008 12:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
"The question of how we came to be is a philosophical one." - 4HIM
by Chase Irwin on Aug 31, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ban him for what?
Having a different opinion than everyone else?
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Aug 31, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus
off the high horse captain Righteous.
How bout banning him for purposefully trolling?
by FirebatM3 on Aug 31, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok then
Can we also ban all of the people who take the bait over and over and over again even though they know he’s just trolling?
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Aug 31, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lets ban everyone
then we will have a nice quiet peaceful site here
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 31, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because banning those who respond is obviously
as sensible of a move as banning the cause of the problem
by FirebatM3 on Aug 31, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think its been...
The wide array of opinions that makes me come back here and hang out.
Honorable JK
by Strangers on Aug 31, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I leave for one game to go to the TCU game in Albuquerque...
and all hell breaks loose?
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by rangers85 on Aug 31, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Eh
Sorry Adam for the trouble I might have caused on the blog last night with the screencap. I removed it from my photobucket account and don’t plan on posting it again.
Go Rangers! Woo!
Why so serious?
by Joker'z on Aug 31, 2008 1:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
people really did this?
It amazes me that people don’t have anything better to do on a Saturday night.
"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner
by trza on Aug 31, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Especially young people
To quote Bill Shatner:
"GET A LIFE, will you people?
I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves?
You, you must be almost 30… have you ever kissed a girl?
I didn’t think so! There’s a whole world out there! When I was your age, I didn’t watch television! I LIVED! So… move out of your parent’s basements! And get your own apartments and GROW THE HELL UP! I "
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Aug 31, 2008 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well I have an apartment (my 4th)
but I don’t have cable or internet so I’m at my parents in freakin’ Waxahachie. Not much to do in Waxahachie on a Saturday night. That is my defense
by TxStCa on Aug 31, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waxahachie is a nice little town
I have quite a few customers that live down and around there.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Aug 31, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh the Battle of the generations...
I bet you walked to school 20 miles a day, each way, through rain and hail and 4 feet of snow!!
;)
Rocky Mountain Ranger
by Strangers on Aug 31, 2008 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
I don’t know how old you are, but I was 18 in 1994. The internet and computers and video games and everything else was around, but nobody just sat on their ass all the time. As fat as the young people are nowadays, I know they don’t do much of anything. Whether it’s fucking up the wikipedia or just watching TV, yes, you do need to get a life. Even in Waxahachie you can find something better to do than that.
And, yes, I did my share of stupid things when I was a kid, but rightly or wrongly it was fun, and at least it involved getting out of the damned house.
by Black Francis on Sep 1, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheesh, Dustin
I guess LSB loves an LSJ dogpile.
"The question of how we came to be is a philosophical one." - 4HIM
by Chase Irwin on Sep 1, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't know what LSJ is
I wasn’t going to respond, but I starting thinking about my cousin, who’d be a very pretty girl if she didn’t sit around and text message and wander the internets all day. And no, I don’t want to have sex with my cousin. And not just because she’s fat.
by Black Francis on Sep 1, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
LSJ = lonestarJesus
He seems to be the one who is most caught up in the middle of this.
"The question of how we came to be is a philosophical one." - 4HIM
by Chase Irwin on Sep 1, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey!
Just back from St. Louis and Mizzou’s win over Illinois!
What’d I miss?
"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer
by ghtd36 on Aug 31, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Obviously a shit storm...
I always miss the good stuff too.
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by rangers85 on Aug 31, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya know
One last thing in our defense… Ed Coffin thought it was funny
I guess I should say I do formally apologize to Adam since he got all worked up over this. I do however, still maintain that it was all simply a spur-of-the-moment practical joke, bred out of frustration and there’s no reason for people to be making a big deal out of this. It’s not like we where sitting here trying to mastermind something like this or anything.
We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.
by lonestarJon on Aug 31, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF is uncyclopedia?
Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.
by Brian Thomas on Sep 1, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't apologize...
…sign of weakness.
no, money down!
by oc on Sep 2, 2008 2:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two things
He only half apologized, and it’s not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of realizing you were wrong and owning up to it.
O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen,
und freudenvollere.
by t ball on Sep 2, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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