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27. Can't stand Wackypedia - which I wish you could run, Earl.

Thu Dec 7, 2023, 04:30 PM

Dec 2023

While I'm indifferent as to Jimmy Wails himself, I can tell you I once had an interaction with him - on a subject he knew absolutely nothing about.

He dismissed my suggestion with this (predictably) conceited disregard, basically telling me that no explanation was needed because his mere whims were policy.

(I did get around him though)

Small wonder it's turned into a plaything for paid trolls, GSOC types, and - as one user put it - "basement-dwelling masturbators."

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Those overlapping ads are the bane of my existence EarlG Dec 2023 #32

Can't stand Wackypedia - which I wish you could run, Earl. peppertree Dec 2023 #27

Suggestion: a Home or Top link in the blue at the bottom Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #29

D'oh! Nevermind -- every post has a "Top" link which brings the banner link in view. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #67

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I love the new format. Have since you rolled it out, so thank you. BUT something I have noticed, Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #61

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