The Wikipedia Adventure:
One of the most mind-boggling internet ventures of the internet these days is the on-line free encyclopedia Wikipedia. One of the most interesting things about this thing is just the wealth of information you can find on it.
What's most notable is just exactly what the hell people post on there, pretty much everything there abouts. Quite a lot. Interestingly enough some moron who frequents my site decided that I should be put up on there for all the world to see under "internet humor." Now I can attest that I am not very funny, so it's any wonder why he put me up there. More over, trying to imitate how I write which I found quite interesting indeed.
Needless, to say, I had a good laugh. Who the fuck would want to read about me on Wikipedia? Nobody really, but much can be said about a million other topics on there. (Oh, here we go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorkswithoutfaces, if it's still there, you'll see why in a moment. )
Let's see what interesting stuff you can find on Wikipedia
Oh hey, it's my old buddy and whipping boy Optimus Prime! You know that fucking moron who had his name legally changed to a Transformer?
There's an article on the video game Contra possibly one of the best Nintendo games out there.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Astroglide is also on Wikipedia.
Finally, there is something you all would like to know about, and that's farting everything from it's technical aspects to how much it made the Lion King funny (or so they claim.)
So why the hell would anyone want to go onto this encyclopedia and look up my website when there are far more interesting things to read up about?
Well apparently the folks at Wikipedia agree with me with my contention that this website is not something that is worth reading about on a free encyclopedia, in fact the article I linked above that led to the entry about my website on Wikipedia, at least at the time of this writing, is up for deletion.
I found this extremely too good a opportunity to pass up any comments about my entry on this on-line tome, as because right now I'm in the middle of moving, and I tell you, the friend of mine who posted all that sure barked up the wrong tree. I find that the deletion comments are absolutely fucking priceless, they are as follows:
Non-notable website. The article gets high marks for honesty but low marks for encyclopedic value. The page starts "Dorkswithoutfaces is a little known website". <IP ADDRESS> 06:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
high marks for honesty but low marks for encyclopedic value, well honesty certainly is the best medicine, wouldn't save this entry much. Did I mention it sucks? Fuck man what were you thinking when you posted that garbage? But I could argue the points of the encyclopedic value of Optimus Prime but I suppose since I haven't legally changed my name to that of a Transformer (no wait, got to be original here, name myself after one of the Thundercats! Yes, I think I'd change my name to Lion-O) and I most certainly haven't killed enough Iraqi civilians to even qualify for Mr. Primes prestigious title on Wikipedia.
Non-notable (aka, Spam). --StuffOfInterest 16:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Well no shit, but I think that's true of any site that is listed on Wikipedia. The guy who posted it did it because "More people will come to your site now man. Hey do you want to hang out and smoke a blunt?" His intentions were good I suppose, however I must contest that I probably get more hits off Google for people looking for pictures of Skull Fucking .
Delete and close Vfd. No claims to notoriety. Article starts with "is a little known website". So unless it has historical importance (first of something, etc) then its a no-brainer to delete it. Don't know why this isn't a reason for Speedy Delete, but so be it. IMO when the article itself admits that its irrelevant, I think it should be able to be deleted on the spot. Just MO. Zordrac 20:06, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Certainly seems to be the jist of it. I suppose for notorieties sake, it can be the first website that has an entry kept on Wikipedia that admits that it's irrelevant. I think that'd be a nice little thing to put in there boys. What do you say? Get in the bullpen about that one. I for one would like to see an article say that it's pointless, stupid and irrelevant., like the Wikipedia entry on Rob Schneider should.
Delete I could not verify any of WP::WEB suggestions. Nom says it all HackJandy 22:03, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Whatever the hell that means...
So in reading all that, what do I have to say really? Well I'm certainly not offended, and I frankly don't give a shit. Wikipedia is a legitimate on-line encyclopedia that strives itself at preserving the important parts of human history, society and knowledge. And we have to maintain this information so that future generations have free access to all they ever wanted to know about Roger Ramjet, Sea Land, The illustrious political career of Prime Minister Rober Laird Borden, and of course, Optimus Prime.
Far be it from me to question the fine people at Wikipedia what exactly is worthy for an on-line encyclopedia.
Latest Developments! - Apparently the folks at Wikipedia thought my little blerb about my entry on their site by an overzealous (read: stupid) fan of my site has tickled the folks at Wikipedia pink. It's great to know that they are people of good humor over there, I think they're a great bunch. Interestingly enough this little entry below made it on their site news section (no joke! Check it out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_
%28news%29#Dorkswithoutfaces_review)
"The review actually isn't all that bad, and I thought it was funny that he'd done it during the deletion process, especially since his page is almost certainly going to be deleted."
Says the news entry, word on the street is that it's possibly the most positive Wikipedia review in a while, which leaves me to wonder what people are saying about Wikipedia. I inivision a big conspiracy, Undercover Encyclopedia Britanica salesmen, hired by the Encyclopedia elite to smear the good name of this indepentant group of people.
Wake up people, Wikipedia is a great source of information, support it! Because it's free, it's updated by the people, you too can contribute to this valuable resource, and most of all, members of the opposite sex will be drawn to you and fullfill all your dark and most wanton desires if you tell them "Yeah, I'm a big booster of Wikipedia" *
*Not a guarentee
And Finally.....
I think the most amusing thing out of this whole episode was the e-mails I got. I kept on getting messages from this one group of fuckers from an anti-wikipedia message board. I wish I still had the link, but I deleted the e-mails out right. Wow. You know you're a really pathetic fucking person on the planet when you dedicate a message board to how much you hate a free on-line encyclopedia for not accepting your slanted views on the stupid menial topics you wish to put your own two cents on.
I bemoan things quite a lot on my site, and I criticise a lot of things, but I most certianly wouldn't go as far as to start a forum like that. That's incredibly gay.
I know I never gave an official response to you anti-Wikipedia message board people, so consider it this: I'm not interested in joining your circle jerk you duche bags.