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Jim Lane

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10. Vandalizing Wikipedia should not be celebrated.

Fri Jan 27, 2017, 12:34 PM

Jan 2017

Do you complain about the corporate media? Wikipedia accepts no advertising. It charges no fee to anyone who wants to use it. Content is created by unpaid volunteers who idealistically believe in the mission of making all the world's knowledge available to everyone for free.

If you think that's a crazy mission statement, then don't volunteer, but at least respect the work of the people who do volunteer.

(Incidentally, it is a crazy mission statement. Truthfully has it been said that the problem with Wikipedia is that it works only in practice. In theory, it can't work.)

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Somebody added Paul Ryan to Wikipedia's Invertebrates entry [View all] JHan Jan 2017 OP

LOL! nt marybourg Jan 2017 #1

Thank Gawd only 1 of that species survives.... FSogol Jan 2017 #2

Haha! herding cats Jan 2017 #3

LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #4

Lolololol!!! bravenak Jan 2017 #5

Thanks! I needed the laugh Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #6

But why isn't Mitch McConnell there as well? yellowcanine Jan 2017 #7

Ain't Mitch a turtle? I'm just glad the Horseshoe Crab was above Ryan... JHan Jan 2017 #14

It's now been changed. longship Jan 2017 #8

it's seems to still be there. Raine1967 Jan 2017 #25

I am just curious The_Voice_of_Reason Jan 2017 #9

Vandalizing Wikipedia should not be celebrated. Jim Lane Jan 2017 #10

Yeah, but it's not like the information was inaccurate. JHan Jan 2017 #13

Thank you - I agree. HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #16

I don't generally approve of intentionally fabricating stuff on Wikipedia. However, Stonepounder Jan 2017 #17

Very noble of you, considering they themselves do approve. tenorly Jan 2017 #20

You are completely mistaken. Jim Lane Jan 2017 #29

Spot on! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #31

I see laughing, not celebration... LanternWaste Jan 2017 #24

GOP has paid cyber punks elmac Jan 2017 #26

I disagree on several counts Jim Lane Jan 2017 #36

But it usual does work, other than incidents such as this. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #30

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas shenmue Jan 2017 #11

LOL.... CherokeeDem Jan 2017 #12

screen capped the wiki page. Javaman Jan 2017 #15

Downloaded the Wikipedia page meow2u3 Jan 2017 #18

Love it. There needs to be more JDC Jan 2017 #19

No, there doesn't. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #32

More invertebrates listed JDC Jan 2017 #33

Who's scolding? Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #34

Well, *I* for one am scolding. Jim Lane Jan 2017 #37

Exactly. It's the most accurate description of Paul Ryan that exists......lol. JHan Jan 2017 #35

I love our clever Dem humor!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #21

Hilarious, but it won't last long. MineralMan Jan 2017 #22

I could think of few more party befor russia blueseas Jan 2017 #23

Biggest laugh I've had since the fucking election. VOX Jan 2017 #27

FANTASTIC! MBS Jan 2017 #28

hard to find anything to laugh about these days. But this worked! Takket Jan 2017 #38