Has Anybody Wiki'd DU?

[lame54]

just curious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground

[hedgehog]

1. Not a single mention of kudzu!

It's going places!

[lame54]

3. actually...

New members can be confused by DU vocabulary which includes references to pop culture ("this thread needs more cowbell"), spelling that parodies other websites (such as "HUGH!", "series", and "cazy,") and famous images ("moran"), and long-running threads that have worked their way into DU lore ("dupe," "the kudzu thread").

[awoke_in_2003]

26. I missed the kudzu thread. nt

[Robert DAH Bruce]

30. Neglecting Kudzu

That discredits Wiki right there! I'm serious!

[Ken Burch]

2. Just did.

Nothing jumped out at me as vandalism.

Anything particular that you meant us to see?

[lame54]

4. no

[hlthe2b]

5. I find the inclusion of "common terms" to be amusing...

On a quick glance, it seems pretty fair, I guess...:shrug:

[myrna minx]

6. No mention of Oscar the mixed animal or Grovel bot.

:nuke:

[hlthe2b]

7. Pretty mild in terms of controversies as well-- a good thing I think...

Not particularly up to date, actually.

[myrna minx]

18. It does seem a bit dated - but how on earth would you describe our

evolution in a linear way? I wouldn't even know where to begin. :hi:

[hlthe2b]

22. Clearly it has been quite nonlinear..

Describing requires more hyperlinks for the tangential issues than Wiki would likely allow.

[lame54]

8. not familiar with oscar

[hedgehog]

10. He was banned for eating the duck.

[lame54]

14. OK - now I get it...

:shrug: :wtf:

[hedgehog]

24. I hope I wasn't too snarky - I was referring to another bit of lore

One long time poster had an avatar of a duck duct taped to a wall, leading other members to cry " Free the Duck!" Maybe someone better skilled than me can post a picture of the duck.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. He's vegetarian.

While trying to bite through the duct tape,
he might have gnawed the duck a little
accidentally.

[myrna minx]

16. A little piece of DU folklore...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815

[lame54]

20. Ohhh - a Chupacabra

[myrna minx]

21. Keep reading.

:D

[KatyMan]

23. Oscar was the most awesomely funny

story I think I ever read, on or off the interwebs. I just started rereading it from the link, but had to stop because I'm at the office...wouldn't want to look like a maniac :)

[bear425]

29. OMG. I missed this thread. Ty for the laughs! n/t

[Swamp Rat]

11. !!!

:nuke:

[myrna minx]

17. LOL.

:hi:

[lpbk2713]

9. I disagree with the very first paragraph.

The sentence ...

"DU was established on January 20, 2001, the day conservative Republican George W. Bush was inaugurated President."

In all truthfulness it shoud read ...


"DU was established on January 20, 2001, the day the criminal Republican George W. Bush made the theft of the Presidential election official."

[Richardo]

12. It's pretty out-of-date

...based on the member count and post counts.

[supernova]

13. Looks like there was

some discussion about that Wiki article in May of this year. Someone wanted to add a bit about DU being criticised from the left. Doesn't appear that it has gone anywhere though.

You can learn about the history of the article on the discussion tab.

[givemebackmycountry]

15. I did not know that only members who donate can post in the...

DU "Groups" section.

I REALLY liked (and laughed) at this part:

Bulletproof
The apparent ability of some members to flagrantly violate DU rules without punishment.

Tombstoned
To be banned from posting.

Repug/Rethug
Short for "Repugnican" or "Rethuglican". Both are pejorative neologisms for Republican.

Freeper
A term specifically for a member of the Free Republic website. Sometimes turned into the pejorative "FreepTard".

Kick
To post to a thread to send it to the top of the forum.

Gungeon
The Guns Discussion board under Topic Forums. From "Gun Dungeon".

The Research Forum includes a "DU Glossary".
When a new user posts a message, the message header shows the total number of posts that user has made. At the 1,000 post mark the total number of posts are no longer shown in the message header. The total number of posts a user has made can be found in his or her profile. Some prolific members have written many thousands of posts.

"Some prolific members have written many thousands of posts".

Wow, I didn't know we had people like that on here!

[FirstLight]

19. hehe

I just added that wiki link to my FB... since this is my fave online hangout, maybe some of my hippie progressive friends will join!

:D
I love my DU...you know you guys rock, right! I never would have made it through the past few years without your insight, humor and unified outrage at some of the things we have had to endure...
jus' sayin'...

:grouphug:

[orleans]

27. REALLY?

"The site has come under criticism for failing to acknowledge that some regular posters are actually paid employees of the Democratic National Committee and White House as part of their effort to energize the netroots."

i notice there is no reference link to that one. who put that on wiki?

[lpbk2713]

28. Look down at the bottom of the Wiki page.

" This page was last modified on 28 June 2010 at 16:36. "


The freeper trolls have been busy little weasels.

[Jim Lane]

31. Next time you see something like that, fix it!

You don't have to be a longtime Wikipedian. You don't even have to have a registered account. Just click on the Edit link -- which is found in four different locations on the page, because Wikipedia is damn serious about making it easy for anyone to fix a mistake. It's even an official guideline on Wikipedia:

Of course, your pointing it out here was useful, because you called the passage to my attention and I've fixed it, but you can just dive in yourself. In general, I wish more DUers would take some of the really great information they post here and add it to the appropriate Wikipedia article, where it will be seen by many more people.

BTW, the Wikipedia articles about DU and about FR have long attracted this kind of attack. Of more than 3.3 million articles on Wikipedia, fewer than 1,000 are on article probation because of such editing, and those two made the list. Probation means that the project will have less tolerance for disruptive edits made to those articles.