[WikiEN-l] 4/1 FA: Nintendo Entertainment System :(

Thu Mar 31 10:59:55 UTC 2005

So now his eminent worthiness Mark a.k.a. Raul has decreed that 
[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] will be the Featured Article tomorrow, 
despite the overwhelming support for UTPH at 
[[Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#European_toilet_paper_holder]]. 
  It seems to me a spectacularly lame and unimaginative choice. If 
running a genuinely ersatz text was too daring, at least we could have 
run an oddball article that looked like a hoax, but I guess even that 
was too much for the timid souls at the steering wheel.

I am disappointed by the process by which this decision was reached and 
  I especially disappointed by the outcome, but I guess it reflects the 
fact that Wikipedia EN is overpopulated by geeky teenagers who probably 
prefer Red Bull to red wine and Game Boys to sex.

Signed,
Just Another Dinosaur