Who's deleting info @ Wikipedia?

autonomic · Post by **autonomic** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:19 am

Right, so twice now, I've added Riddim.ca, Gutterbreakz and other dubstep resources to the Wikipedia entry on Dubstep at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep

And twice now, these links have been deleted. Wikipedia is an open publishing system, so anyone is allowed to edit the information. The only links left now are:

-Dubstep* Forum
-Rinse FM
-Bleep/Road
-BBC Collective dubstep video feature
-Mary Anne Hobbs

I've posted these links in the interest of community-building and spreading information about the scene. I don't see how excluding information is in any way productive.

So out with it, who's sabotaging the links and why? The page history includes this entry:

14:19, 15 May 2006 GraemeL (?External links - Linkspam cleanup)

GraemeL, if you're here, learn the difference between pertinent information and spam.

the lexxus · Post by **the lexxus** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:39 am

Damn, that's some f'ed up shite!

I've heard of cockblocking, but this is anti-community building @ its worst!!

Dubstep is worldwide, get used to it people!!!

ghettobot · Post by **ghettobot** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:58 am

what was deleted?

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:35 am

yup GraemeL is millitant about blogs being spam. does Wikipedia have a no-blog-link policy? Does GraemeL even know anything about dubstep?

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:06 am

tell these people:

http://www.wikitruth.info/

"Tired of seeing articles carelessly deleted, censored, and then cherry picked as to what is "encyclopedic enough", several Wikipedia members formed "Wikipedians against censorship". Surprise, surprise!"

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:21 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GraemeL

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:30 am

What a nonce man he needs to sort himself out he quotes a code of conduct which contradicts his decisions! Have you tried getting in contact with him to explain? As narrow minded as he must be, and as little as he must understand the role of blogs in this thing, he would hopefully be able to see that your site at the least is on a different tip to the average. Quote this to him (from his self-professed code of conduct):

"Deleting things for the sake of deleting is BAD. If it's true, verifiable, NPOV, etc. it's the sort of information Wikipedia is able to accept. Wikipedia is an Encyclopedia. It is SUPPOSED to have INFORMATION."

"Every time you arbitrarily delete an article, you lose a potential editor, who says to themselves, "What a stupid bunch of morons! They deleted the article on X!"

whitebait · Post by **whitebait** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:34 am

must be censorship time of the month.Apparently after 10 or so complaints I have to change my name or face consequences because pollywog rhymes with gollywog

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:04 am

This user is a member of the Association of Immoral Wikimedians, and would like to remind you "Mores omnibus futuendi sunt".

and it has this image next to it...

which ultimately means he's in tight with a crew of stnuc on wikipedia that doesn't really give a fuck.

autonomic · Post by **autonomic** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:18 pm

Yeah I signed up so I could send him a note about it. No response yet. BUT, he has deleted the links again. I guess it makes GraemeL feel important. Big up Deapoh for avoiding the cut.

duck · Post by **duck** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:11 pm

pollywog wrote:must be censorship time of the month.Apparently after 10 or so complaints I have to change my name or face consequences because pollywog rhymes with gollywog

that really is genius.

reminds me of that Popbitch article about someone complaining that the titles at the bottom of a news article on the famine in Niger were racist because "someone might misread them"...

I mean wtf?

duck · Post by **duck** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:12 pm

I really have to sort out posting just the once.

peripheral · Post by **peripheral** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:35 pm

pollywog wrote:must be censorship time of the month.Apparently after 10 or so complaints I have to change my name or face consequences because pollywog rhymes with gollywog

good

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:01 pm

Swear you posted the links again since you wrote this and now it's deleted. What pricks doing this?

Sorry but I just had to add my link, it's still there though wtf. Come on sort it out whoever you are. THIS IS DUBSTEP, BLOG REPORTS ETC IS DUBSTEP. Fix up.

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:02 pm

peripheral wrote:
pollywog wrote:must be censorship time of the month.Apparently after 10 or so complaints I have to change my name or face consequences because pollywog rhymes with gollywog
good

well, i guess "bigger" has to be ditched from the english language too. and "like" as well. while we're at it, might as well get rid of "mop" and "setback" as well...but of course, if we get rid of "bag" and "say", then immature straight boys won't know how to insult each other anymore, right?

kinda ridiculous if you think about it now, isn't it?

autonomic · Post by **autonomic** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:04 pm

yeah i posted last night and they were gone by morning. glad you're on there deapoh.

the message i thought i sent to GraemeL never actually went through their system for some reason.

but there's a "discussion page" here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dubstep where we can post comments. supposedly, issues about the management the section can be raised here.

autonomic · Post by **autonomic** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:26 pm

I posted a complaint at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dubstep. It should be deleted by tomorrow

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:39 pm

He replied!

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:39 pm

right well i've left him a little message as a link. perhaps he'll come and join the debate rather than exercising executive power...

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:41 pm

What a prick, this is all about dubstep and plays a major part to everyone who is involved / getting involved. Why is he being such an arsehole. Whoever you are, fix up and re-think what your doing.

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