Zenophilious Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Anyone else here at Fuwa edit Wikipedia besides me? I originally made an account there to test how fast they'd detect spam and malicious edits, but after that I started actually contributing. I mostly stick with the Current Events section on the English version, but I'll occasionally find, fix, or update a link or correct the spelling and/or grammar of a page I'm looking at. Gotta admit, updating the Current Events section really helps me keep up to date with news. It's also amusing to trace the IP addresses of the anonymous editors that try to spin events a certain way, since Wikipedia records it after anonymous users make changes. None of them seem to use proxies or anything, since they're usually from the country they're trying to spin events for. So, if you do edit Wikipedia, do you have a page or topic you frequently fix, look over, monitor, etc.? What language version do you edit or visit? Do you have a registered account there, or do you edit anonymously? How has Wikipedia affected your life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchytaco Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 So you started out trolling to test the system and after seeing how useful it was, you became a contributing member of society? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Yeah, pretty much lol They actually have a bot that looks at all the recent edits to check if they're spam. I'm assuming that it runs words through a database and automatically flags it if it matches. To get under the radar you have to write complete sentences and leave out any obvious spam words, like swears or insults. It takes longer to fix if you do that, but there's still people patrolling the pages and checking the recent edits, so it's pretty hard to vandalize pages and keep them that way. You can actually list yourself as a reformed vandal on your account page. Guess it's not that uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 All Wikipedia has granted me is some unexpected (and some downright made- up) spoilers occasionally, release dates for stuff, plot summaries and whatnot. Rarely used it for school stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakamutt Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zakamutt I created it almost solely for anal retentive reasons. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/el.php This too, though I ended up doing some more stuff (for example the mesopotamian mythology bit for I/O) (seems that you can't really link to edits made by one guy?) http://puu.sh/aWNf2/9d09125709.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zenophilious Gotta say, though, some of those edits are just fixing corrections I made in my original post. When I get bored and don't have anything to do, I edit Wikipedia lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauce2000 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I use Wikipedia many times every day as a quick way to gather information for work, but I've never actually bothered editing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Gotta admit, updating the Current Events section really helps me keep up to date with news. It's also amusing to trace the IP addresses of the anonymous editors that try to spin events a certain way, since Wikipedia records it after anonymous users make changes. None of them seem to use proxies or anything, since they're usually from the country they're trying to spin events for. A great question is why you trace their IPs in the first place. This too, though I ended up doing some more stuff (for example the mesopotamian mythology bit for I/O) (seems that you can't really link to edits made by one guy?) http://puu.sh/aWNf2/9d09125709.png I like how there is everything from panty thief to Tropers. Ohnoa Bears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 A great question is why you trace their IPs in the first place. Because I'm bored, and I want to see if they're from the country they're trying to look good. It's their fault for editing anonymously >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Because I'm bored, and I want to see if they're from the country they're trying to look good. It's their fault for editing anonymously >.> Bored huh? Sounds like me cept I wouldnt bother even tracing the IP. Ill get a friend to do it. (Yes I am bored and lazy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERO! Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 does anon mistake fixing count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 does anon mistake fixing count? If you do it regularly yes, if not no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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