NationStates Jolt Archive


Have you ever contributed to Wikipedia?

Congo--Kinshasa
10-01-2007, 02:51
I have. The following were written by me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Military_coup_and_consolidation_of_power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticit%C3%A9_%28Zaire%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Mulele

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#One-man_rule (first 2 paragraphs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Foreign_policy (all sections)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Quotes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Nguza_Karl-i-Bond

And all but 2 or 3 of the footnotes in the Mobutu article were added by me.
CthulhuFhtagn
10-01-2007, 02:53
I usually only revert vandalism and ocassionally ask the people who edit the Spinosaurus article to give sources for their ridiculous claims of it being 25 meters long and weighing 20+ tonnes. They still haven't.
Rhaomi
10-01-2007, 02:53
Yeah, I've edited the articles on the Declaration of Independence (outlining the argument made there) and Flatland, a book about a two-dimensional world.

I'm pretty sure my changes to the Declaration article were eroded long ago, but I think my Flatland stuff is still there. Something about higher-dimensional beings having godlike powers or somesuch.
Fassigen
10-01-2007, 02:53
I correct grammar and typos as I find them, anonymously. Don't have the will to write anything, though.
Divine Imaginary Fluff
10-01-2007, 02:59
I have made a couple of major additions and changes anonymously to a few articles, and sometimes rewrite little bits and pieces of poor quality here and there when I encounter them in whatever articles I'm reading. And update version numbers in software articles.
Neo Undelia
10-01-2007, 03:00
Can't be bothered.
CthulhuFhtagn
10-01-2007, 03:00
Oh, and I raised an issue about a bit of trivia that claimed that all the U.S. Presidents but Kennedy were Protestants, which is patently false, but no one did anything about it.
Chumblywumbly
10-01-2007, 03:01
Mostly grammar, spelling and typos, especially apostrophes. I have updated quite a few pages of artists signed to the Anticon label, tried to combat vandalism on certain philosophy pages, had an argument over the use of the word ‘pejorative’ within the Pseudoreligion article and pushed for a splitting of the insanely long Chomsky page.
Murderous maniacs
10-01-2007, 03:01
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Technical_support - the qutoe by jesus was said by me :p
not really helpful, am i?
Chumblywumbly
10-01-2007, 03:02
Oh, and I raised an issue about a bit of trivia that claimed that all the U.S. Presidents but Kennedy were Protestants, which is patently false, but no one did anything about it.
Unless the page is locked, why don’t you do something about it?
UpwardThrust
10-01-2007, 03:03
Tech articles ... including TCP performance sections as well as wireless and slow start algorithms
CthulhuFhtagn
10-01-2007, 03:06
Unless the page is locked, why don’t you do something about it?

Because it would have required a surprisingly large amount of rewriting and I wanted to get other people on board.
Chumblywumbly
10-01-2007, 03:09
Because it would have required a surprisingly large amount of rewriting and I wanted to get other people on board.
Ah, break out the elbow-grease! ;)
Neo Undelia
10-01-2007, 03:10
Oh, and I raised an issue about a bit of trivia that claimed that all the U.S. Presidents but Kennedy were Protestants, which is patently false, but no one did anything about it.
I've always heard that. Maybe some of the early ones were deists or believers in an undefined divine providence, but they still attended and were counted as members of Protestant churches.
NERVUN
10-01-2007, 03:23
I created the article on the Farley comic strip and... Oh, added that Data played Sherlock Holmes. That's about it.

I'm getting my adult English class to write the entry for our town as a project in 'real' English though as it is sorely lacking.
Smunkeeville
10-01-2007, 03:25
I edited a few things that were unclear or untrue and added sources to some stuff.........nothing important.
Chumblywumbly
10-01-2007, 03:27
........nothing important.
Accurate sourcing is one of the most important things on Wikipedia.
Proggresica
10-01-2007, 03:28
I've pretty much written this entire one myself: Journalsim in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_in_Australia). A long way from being completed though.

All of my contributions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/DarkSideOfTheSpoon).
Vetalia
10-01-2007, 03:31
I've reversed some vandalism, edited some incorrect information, and corrected spelling errors, but other than that I've refrained from real contribution.
Proggresica
10-01-2007, 03:31
Accurate sourcing is one of the most important things on Wikipedia.

Here here. A long list of references is one of Wikipedia's most beautiful sights.
UpwardThrust
10-01-2007, 03:34
I got a disambiguation bot in the works ... its actually something I am co developing for the new wiki we deployed for independent use
Also a content add (a crawler for more in depth governmental page crawls but that one is on the back burner as it is big modifications)
CthulhuFhtagn
10-01-2007, 03:38
I've been recently working on the dinosaur pages. I might as well join the Wikiproject for that.
Pyotr
10-01-2007, 03:44
I correct grammar and typos as I find them, anonymously. Don't have the will to write anything, though.

I pretty much do the same, plus I really don't know anything that wiki doesn't already have covered..
The Nazz
10-01-2007, 04:52
I basically wrote the article on the Stegner Fellowship, and I added a bit of trivia to the article on the badger--the line about John Clare is mine.
Lacadaemon
10-01-2007, 04:54
Someone once changed the K in kurds to T. I changed it back.

(On reflection that was quite out of character).
United Chicken Kleptos
10-01-2007, 04:58
I added to the 1984 article about Emmanuel Goldstein stating that it might be possible that he was entirely made up by the government.
Lacadaemon
10-01-2007, 05:18
I added to the 1984 article about Emmanuel Goldstein stating that it might be possible that he was entirely made up by the government.

Considering that O'Brien claimed to be one of the authors of Goldsteins book, I imagine that it is more than just a possibility.
Iztatepopotla
10-01-2007, 05:27
I wrote about half the article on Coatzacoalcos. I've been meaning to go back and cleaning it up a bit from time to time, but without my reference books it's kind of hard.
Sheni
10-01-2007, 05:27
Moved "List of shaggy dog stories" from where it was to its own page.
And lots of little edits.
United Chicken Kleptos
10-01-2007, 05:36
I wrote about half the article on Coatzacoalcos. I've been meaning to go back and cleaning it up a bit from time to time, but without my reference books it's kind of hard.

Quetzcoatl?
Sheni
10-01-2007, 05:39
Quetzcoatl?

Nope.
Coatzacoalcos and Quetzlcoatl are two entirely different things.
At least they are to the Aztecs, to me they just sound like gibberish.
Iztatepopotla
10-01-2007, 05:42
Quetzcoatl?

No, Coatzacoalcos.
Rejistania
10-01-2007, 08:12
Yes, I added to Linux-related pages.
United Beleriand
10-01-2007, 08:52
Yes, I've added coordinates of ancient sites.
Kanabia
10-01-2007, 09:08
A few aviation related articles, a couple of music related articles, and a handful of minor corrections on political topics.
New Granada
10-01-2007, 09:12
I correct grammatical esoterica like the subjunctive and have contributed new sources and material to articles on the battle of hastings and some of the participants.

Also lots of small contributions to all sorts of articles when I notice I know and can cite something relevant that the article doesnt mention.
Chellis
10-01-2007, 09:16
I've never contributed to wikipedia.

Detracted? Thats another story.
Saxnot
10-01-2007, 10:44
Mainly spelling corrections and things. I'm rather a wikignome. I do a few article embellishments, but apart from that I just browse endlessly.
The Infinite Dunes
10-01-2007, 11:15
I have. The following were written by me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Military_coup_and_consolidation_of_power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#One-man_rule (first 2 paragraphs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Foreign_policy (all sections)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Quotes

And all but 2 or 3 of the footnotes in the Mobutu article were added by me.From the little I know about Mobutu it all seems accurate. Your phrasing could do with work though. It's just a little clumsy sometimes.In November 1965, now Lieutenant-General Mobutu seized power from President Kasavubu in a bloodless coup, following another power struggle between Kasavubu and his prime minister Moise Tshombe.I believe this would be better phrased as:

In November 1965, following a bitter power struggle between President Kasavubu and Prime Minister Tshombe, Mobutu, then a Lieutenant-General in the army, seized power in a bloodless coup.

Note that without the parts in commas my sentence reads - In November 1965 Mobutu seized power in a bloodless coup.
Whereas yours reads - In November 1965 following another power struggle between Kasavubu and his prime minister Moise Tshombe.
Ariddia
10-01-2007, 12:38
I mainly revert vandalism, fix small errors and add bits and pieces. I've added a bit of stuff here and there on Pacific countries. (See my contributions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Aridd)).

The last paragraph in this subsection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy#Examples_in_modern_culture) of the "Gift economy" article (about Pacific Island societies) is by me, for example. I also added a bit to History of Niue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Niue), on how it was colonised and how it became self-governing again.

The (fairly short) article Melanesian socialism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesian_socialism) is entirely by me.

Oh, and of course I'm a sysop on the NationStates wiki (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page?goobergunch1_session=54d1f925f0d122a494e9eb0d2cf904ef). ;)
Ariddia
10-01-2007, 12:41
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko#Foreign_policy (all sections)


That's very interesting indeed. Well done.
New Burmesia
10-01-2007, 13:56
I've added a few bits and bobs.
I V Stalin
10-01-2007, 14:57
Small edits - typos, grammar and stuff.

Then I got into a revert war over the student newspaper of my old university. The current editor created it and my housemate vandalised it repeatedly. Then we started to put together a serious article, including a criticism section which the editor removed. We put it back in, he took it out - revert war ensued. After considerable discussion, it's stayed in.

Oh, and I've written quite a lot of this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65daysofstatic) page. :)
Glorious Freedonia
10-01-2007, 17:17
Nope.