The Wikipedians Who Make it Happen

Phoe6 writes "Many of us might have wondered who these crazy people are, spending lot of time at wikipedia and presenting us with such an invaluable information. Wired has decided to give some credits to the most active wikipedians, in their article titled Wiki becomes a way of life"

Yikes.

[Faust7]

"(I'll) tell you how you know you're a Wikipedian," he said. "You read any nonfiction book from the index end first. (And you think)...

"...It's a good thing I don't have friends - then I wouldn't be able to do this!"

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It's all just one big fraud

[nurhussein]

See, those Encyclopedists [wikipedia.org] are just a cover for a political group that wants to take over the internet through the science of psychohistory. And they actually revealed their plans on their own website too, but say it's "fiction" to make it seem like a hoax! Brilliant.

Re:I have one thing to say...

[TwistedSquare]

By someone, with an obsessive, compulsive, love of, commas, perhaps? ;-)

Re:Quality!

[PyWiz]

The people who write long definitions on Wikipedia are the same types of people who write long slashdot posts: people who must keep looking busy so their boss thinks they're working.

Kudos

[MetaPhyzx]

..to the ladies and gents who do contribute to Wikipedia; I am grateful for thier work, as well as my 12 year old(especially on the Sunday before an assignment is due). I'd better get in the habit of contributing...=)

who is these are

[Anonymous Coward]

who is these crazy people are

Heck. Where's the [edit] link to correct the typo? Can't wait for the wiki version of /. !!
Hmm.
/. ...
wiki ...
Er ... No. Forget it. :)

Slashdot Conspiracy

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

As I was sitting here, playing Go, and thinking about another variation of game theory, another link finally solved the puzzle of the Slashdot conspiracy.

Talking about the beginning of Wikipedia, I realized that this was posted on slashdot. Not long ago, I discovered that a moderator on slashdot was named Samzenpus, who is the second cousin twice removed of Snagglepus [slashdot.org]

Well Snagglepus is famous for saying "Heavens to Mergatroid [freeserve.co.uk]

Mergatroid was the sister of a guy in a band called Newcleus [discogs.com]

The guy just happens to say [weddingvendors.com], and I quote:

• "(Yeah, that's how you do it Cozmo) (You were right, kid, that's the way you do it) (Yeah, like did you see when he went in the corner) (And he started doin' this) (Wikki-wikki-wikki-wikki) (Wikki-wikki-wikki-wikki)"

this song came out in the early eighties - a Paradox (how could a wiki exist in the eighties before wikis existed?). Cosmos, nucleus, wikis, it all makes sense now. Slashdot may look like an innocent little blog which slashdots servers from time to time, but they are in actuality trying to slashdot the universe

Wikipedia Link

[tabkey12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]

Re:I have one thing to say...

[fornaxsw]

He has Obsessive Comma Disorder, you insensitive clod!

perhaps he should have said...

[RMH101]

..."you also take a completely anally-retentive attitude to anything you see written on a computer screen, and have an irrestisible compulsion to comment on it, despite your comment being completely surplus to requirements"

Re:Good for them

[all your mwbassguy a]

hey anonymous! glad to see you writing again. ladies and gents, this guy is one of wikipedia's biggest contributors. hell, hes one of the biggest contributors to slashdot, too!