Yes, the Disciples of Bork have been wikified! I command you all to fill it with the dirtiest, most rotten things you can possibly think up immediately. Also, watch out for WikiWes’ drool. Floors are slippery when wet.
Y’know, this probably won’t lead anywhere. As Zack pointed out, its just another place for Jep to post stupid shit that isn’t funny. Most people won’t really do anything with it nor will it really add much except for the IRC goers who find something funny and makes a Wiki entry for like “ass cheese sandwhiches” or that was funny to everyone in the chat at the time.
I did do an entry on Head to prove a point it might actually have something interesting in it as it is implemented well… http://holybork.com/wiki/HeadWes/
But I imagine most of it will just be stuff that isn’t funny.
Kevin Lindeman has a vagina. As the founding member of the Boys With Both Genitalia Foundation, Kevin is actively involved in charity work concerning the intersexed.
Wes makes a point that we really shouldn’t use last names as this is bound to make for google searching material. Bork is private and for those of us with jobs or looking for jobs, it’d be best to keep this on the downlow.
I concur with Greg… I’d rather see this only have a handfull of factual pages than a bunch of LOL OMG WTF type posts. Kevin’s page exactly typifies what I’d just assume not have.
The good news is its a Wiki, so anyone can edit. I intend to take full advantage of that. Raws, perhaps you could clarify any intent you have for this, so we don’t get into any revert wars?
Alright, the good news for you guys is that the wiki sub-site is completely blocked from any search engine robots. Google will never find you, fear not. The other good news for you guys is that I created the wiki on a whim, and I believe it should be a reflection of our community. Thus, if our community is a bunch of penises, the wiki should naturally take on that character. Of course, since it’s a wiki, nothing I just said has any real merit, and it should be completely up to the users as to what the content will be.
As an admin, I’m going to shy away from stating whether it should be “strictly factual” or not, because every Borker here has an equal say in what it “should” be.
Yes but I say the precedent should be leaning towards factual when writing about other members, otherwise everything will really fucking stupid, “OMFG FAGGOT, LIKES MAN SEX. WAS A CHINESE BOY PROSTITUTE, JACKS OFF TO MONKEY PORN, RAPES SHEEP, EATS CARROTS BECAUSE OF THEIR PHALLIC NATURE”.
Oh how the humor never stops. Still no last names, its best we just keep it that way. Changing shit to make someone look stupid is just fuck stupid. While I think its fine to mess with each other, I want no part in a game of slandering and wish my name to be aborted from this project if that’s all its gonna be. There’ll be edit wars like Kevin already has. Someone is gonna eventually get offended or annoyed as it’ll go to far, we’ll have a big emo drama. And while teasing is fine, putting it into some sort of indexed dictionary seems just a way to promote negativity.
Seriously, just a collection of Homo erotic comments suggesting gay love affairs? Isn’t IRC enough? I know you, Mav and Jep can’t get enough but let’s keep it off bork’s website. Take, Wes’s profile as an example. There’s a bit of joking (me slightly prodding at Wes’s condescending attitude) , and Wes is taking it in jest, but its a factual account of who Wes is as a person and information that helps explain his attitude.
This thing could be interesting or it could be really worthless. If we don’t agree on quality control, we’re a bunch of hypocrites for every time we censor/remove Jep’s edits and tell Jep “NO!” but go ahead and do it ourselves. We might as well just give everyone the ability to edit each other’s posts. If its gonna be just chaos, consider Wes’s Wiki the last edit by me. Its not I can’t take a joke, its just have rather not be part of the game of trying to slander/cheap shot everyone in a vindictive manner.
Ross seems to be under the impression that the goal of the wiki format is that the product becomes whatever the community wants it to be. In reality, the best wikis work well because there is an agreed upon mission statement and guidelines for what the wiki should become. Without this, everyone will have a different opinion on what the goal is, and everyone will be working towards a different goal.
So why can’t we just agree to disagree? The whole point of a wiki is that anyone can edit anything. If we’re all working towards different goals, its likely that we’ll be working against each other, and even reverting each others edits. Maybe, for example, somebody thinks my page would be much cooler if it just consisted of some comment about me liking Jep’s Aunt/Char/the cock.
Ross has entrusted me with the responsibility of starting a poll to determine the direction that the wiki will take. However, before I do that I’m going to let the dialog continue for a while longer. My expectation is that the community will come to a concensus pretty quickly on generally what the wiki should become. From there I’ll put together a resolution which we should quickly ratify.
Okay, here’s the resolution I’m considering to establish oversight of the wiki. Its very much a rough draft, so please feel free to suggest minor tweaks or even large changes.
Resolution #002 (draft)
Preamble
Whereas the ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr, we the Disciples of Bork, do hereby establish this Charter of the Borkpaedia.
Mission Statement
Borkpaedia shall serve to freely distribute any information related to Bork, its people, or their activities.
Accepted Uses
The following uses shall be considered accepted and approved. All uses not listed here shall be at the discretion of the High Scholar, who may amend this section by executive order.
User Pages
History of Bork
Art Galleries
Bug Reporting
Governance
HeadWes shall be appointed to the office of High Scholar, and shall execute the directives of this charter, preside over all Borkpaedia operations, and shall be fully bound by the constraints of this charter. Rulings of the High Scholar shall establish precedent, and will form common law.
Raws shall continue his technical role, however all editorial decisions shall be made subordinate to the High Scholar, and to this charter.
These appointments shall be for life, or until resignation, or until modified by amendment process.
Conflict Resolution
All users shall have veto rights in regards to information posted on their user page, or to information which may be considered defamation or harassment.
Other conflicts shall be settled amicably by the parties involved, or by the High Scholar.
Amendment Process
Amendments may be proposed by the High Scholar or any Disciples of Bork administrator, and shall become law by majority vote. All amendment resolutions shall be posted in the Important Stuff forum, shall be numbered sequentially, and shall be open for votes for not less than five days, and not to exceed seven days.
In defense of Jep, it’s not quite fair that we immediately harp on him once another user-created tool is made. While the QDB and history do not present a…ah, screw it. Better get to school.
