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Banned from Wikipedia

JayDub
edited April 2009 in General
So I was on Wikipedia today when I noticed there was an error on one page. They spelled the town name "Slurrey" as "Surrey."

So being the responsible internet citizen that I am I decided to fix this. Thanks to note pad and find + replace, I fixed all instances of "Surrey" to "Slurrey."

But no, within a minute some moderator tells me that I can't do that as it is "unconstructive." Little does this moderator know, he/she probably doesn't even live near Slurrey, so I quickly undo their changes.

Of course some second moderator does not appreciate this so we get in a back and forth duel of editing said page. Me making it correct and the moderate undo-ing my good deed.

And now I am banned from Wikipedia from trying to fix a mistake they had.

Comments

  • online predatoronline predator
    edited April 2009
    Must be terrorists
  • IVTIVT
    edited April 2009
    i loled
  • xxk1nky
    edited April 2009
    There's a town called Slurrey? For real?!?
  • schmoey
    edited April 2009
    Proxy?
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2009
    did u seriously waste ur time doing that?
  • JayDub
    edited April 2009
    xxk1nky;53982 said:
    There's a town called Slurrey? For real?!?
    Slurrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that lies within the Metro Vancouver district, and geographically at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC. It is the province's second-largest city by population after the city of Vancouver.

    Anyways you can still see it in the history at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surrey,_British_Columbia&oldid=284938472
  • schmoey
    edited April 2009
    Well, now we know your IP, I guess lol.
  • JayDub
    edited April 2009
    Yeah, the IP of rez. Only me and ... 2,500 other students share it.
  • IVTIVT
    edited April 2009
    xxk1nky;53982 said:
    There's a town called Slurrey? For real?!?
    fail.
  • EricJ
    edited April 2009
    I wish I had that kind of spare time (and i wish i were so easily amused)
  • xxk1nky
    edited April 2009
    Oh man, I am so damn gullible.
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2009
    at least u didnt miss out on anything funny
  • vonnie
    edited April 2009
    lol, Josh you must be bored.
  • buflibufli
    edited April 2009
    xxk1nky;53996 said:
    Oh man, I am so damn gullible.
    fail,
    in other news what are u drinking/smoking sounds like some good shit =p
  • Alex Shih
    edited April 2009
    Hmm, JayDub, I'll lift your ban if you can explain the vandalism LOL
  • JayDub
    edited April 2009
    There was no vandalism.
  • Alex Shih
    edited April 2009
    Direct your "funny" attempts to Uncyclopedia, not Wikipedia.

    If you continue to vandalize the Wikipedia page after the ban is lifted, the next appropriate ban is likely going to be 72 hours or more. Since it's shared IP, you are going to affect other SFU users and you know it, so stop.
  • vonnie
    edited April 2009
    Dun dun dun.......
  • illicit
    edited April 2009
    oh peaceeeeeeeeee LOL
  • JayDub
    edited April 2009
    Alex Shih;54025 said:
    Direct your "funny" attempts to Uncyclopedia, not Wikipedia.

    If you continue to vandalize the Wikipedia page after the ban is lifted, the next appropriate ban is likely going to be 72 hours or more. Since it's shared IP, you are going to affect other SFU users and you know it, so stop.
    OH I definitely know this.

    That's why I am going to do it again and again.

    Also because im moving out of rez in a few days so I will just go to my new place and continue doing it.
  • hikin
    edited April 2009
    so basically people in rez have no access to wiki now...?
  • siuying
    edited April 2009
    not like they need it for their academic papers.. err... i mean.. summer break..
  • xxk1nky
    edited April 2009
    bufli;54009 said:
    fail,
    in other news what are u drinking/smoking sounds like some good shit =p
    haha well it IS 420. ;)
  • Student0667
    edited April 2009
    hikin;54040 said:
    so basically people in rez have no access to wiki now...?
    No, we still get access to wikipedia, but we just can't edit articles now.
  • Nikolai
    edited April 2009
    haha. You got all of rez banned from editing Wikipedia?

    edit: I have to remember to read past the first page.
  • Lixie
    edited April 2009
    We should notify the Province of British Columbia of this treachery!

    By treachery, I obviously meant the city of Slurrey trying to go by a different name.

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