[WikiEN-l] Re: I just blocked someone for 9999 hours 1 more thing

Tue May 11 15:48:55 UTC 2004

Arwel Parry wrote:

> While I'm discussing this case, I would like to argue that we have 
> been far too lenient with people who make edits concerning fictitious 
> subjects as if they were real. I'm quite happy for people to discuss 
> Tolkienisms and Star Trekisms if they make it clear that it's "In the 
> universe of J.R.R. Tolkien...." or "In the Star Trek universe...", but 
> it's not acceptable they write about them as if they were in our 
> world. In the case in point, the poster had a "thing" about Olli Freyr 
> Oskarsson, who is a real footballer who plays for the obscure 
> Icelandic team, Thor Akureyri; however in the "Championship Manager" 
> computer game he is apparently a very desirable player and this poster 
> seemed to be writing about this players' performance in one his game 
> campaigns! While to someone on this side of the pond with an interest 
> in football, it's obviously preposterous to write about Huddersfield 
> Town winning the Champions League, I wouldn't expect someone in the US 
> to realise that, just as I would have no idea if someone was posting 
> rubbish about baseball or NFL or NHL teams. I feel we need to have a 
> stronger reaction against posters who wilfully post disinformation, 
> whether "just as a joke" or otherwise.

What is sometimes even more disturbing about some of this stuff is less 
that it is wilfull disinformation, but that some of these posters 
confuse the video game world with reality.  For them it IS realiity. 
 The effects of that approach go well beyond damage to occasional 
Wikipedia articles.

Ec