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Title: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on July 04, 2007, 12:14:56 AM

Backstory: Science fiction author Fred Saberhagen dies. Friends of Saberhagen notify other SF authors. Harlan Ellison posts about it on his website. John Scalzi updates the Wikipedia entry with news of Saberhagen's death.

Tragicomic rules lawyering ensues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fred_Saberhagen#Death), resulting in futami-level cognitive dissonance and making me extremely suspicious of anything I read on Wikipedia ever again. I mean, death is not usually considered "contentious." People oh-so-rarely return to life.

Title: Re: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 04, 2007, 12:20:52 AM

i really liked the berserker books and mask of the sun :'(

Title: Re: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 04, 2007, 12:27:19 AM

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wikigroaning.php -- really, all that has to be said about wikipedia.

Title: Re: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Vizzys on July 04, 2007, 12:28:52 AM

FOLLOW THE RULES

WIKIPEDIA CANNOT BE TEH SOURCE

Title: Re: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on July 04, 2007, 01:54:18 AM

xkcd with the topical comic today:

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wikipedian_protester.png)

Title: Re: Wikipedia edit policy is Robert's Rules of Order for the 21st Century
Post by: Vizzys on July 04, 2007, 01:57:27 AM

LOL

"A SOURCE CANNOT BE A WHO SIR"