Sunday 24 February 2008

King of the Wiki World

I am a volunteer administrator at wikihow.com, something you may get invited into once you've spent some quality time there. It's a great site for many types of people; the create articles from scratch person, the make good from bad person, the fussy I can't bear bad grammar person. I fell into the fussy/pedantic category and my early days were spent spell checking and grammar correcting. All good fun, and the mission of creating the world's largest user created/edited how-to manual was a bonus too.
Administrating the site involves carrying a little extra responsibility and taking a little extra action such as temporarily blocking access to the site when users get a little too carried away with their right to vandalise. It's an ok extension to the hobby, it generally means that you are busier when on the site than before, but not in a bad way.
So, does this have any perks? Oh yes. Participating in recent edits monitoring, reversion of vandalism, and gentle warning of the errant ones, can bring some excellent personal attacks into your Talk Page. There are apologies too, but while they are welcome, they are a little less memorable. Here are a few of my favourite attacks; every one is a testament to the truly aggrieved...
  • why don't you just take those words and shove it up your ass you b-----d. And then ill sleep with you
  • http:// www.wikihow.com/Tell Dave Crosby to F--k Off. - Here you go, buddy. :)
  • DAVE CROSBY, YOU ARE A WOG!
  • I agree with the person above. You bloody Wog.
  • la la la la
  • Soapy tit w--k ;)
  • You're a f-----g dyke.
  • You needd to suck more f----n d--k!
  • SHUT THE F--K UP!
  • you suck goats
  • D--kcheese
  • SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK A D--K SUCK (and many hundreds more of these...)
  • i only said f c k
  • your mom
  • dont be stupid its a good informative page!!! and i like it!!!!
  • F--K YOU NERD F----R!!!
  • loser.
  • i am not bovered
  • who do you think you are, king of the wiki world?

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