[Foundation-l] Interview: Wikipedia usability and test results

Thu Apr 2 00:56:21 UTC 2009

LOL - we have a self-proclaimed April Fool who is not so happy about being
made a fool of ^_^

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not only that, but I didn't find it funny at all. Absolutely devoid of
> humor. Distorting truth does not automatically make it humorous. I
> believed it at first, actually, until I realized what today is. I feel
> that this was completely pointless and a waste of my time.
>
> Mark
>
> 2009/4/1 Marcus Buck <me at marcusbuck.org>:
> > Aryeh Gregor hett schreven:
> >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Marcus Buck <me at marcusbuck.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Harsh critic, isn't it? There are two interpretations possible now: a)
> >>> All those critics are dicks. b) You did something that is indeed
> critizable.
> >>>
> >>
> >> "All those critics" being you and . . . who else, again?
> >>
> >> Part of being on an international list is having to deal with other
> >> cultural groups' customs, such as April Fools' Day.
> >>
> > Ziko cross-posted his "joke" on several lists and on the wiki and got
> > critic on several of them. If you want names: Marcela, Janneman,
> > Phantom, Southpark for example. Look at the list:
> > "culture-imperialistic, spamming garbage, confusing the newbies, making
> > jokes about real dangers, making jokes about disabled people, and
> > unwitty". The only thing, that I accused him of (at least I used the
> > word, alhough not explicitly in his direction) was cultural imperialism.
> >
> > Fools' days are actually an ethnographic category. There are several
> > time periods in different cultures at which making fun of others is
> > common. Most of the Western world has April 1 as fools' day, the
> > Spanish-speaking world, as Pedro mentioned, knows December 28, somebody
> > mentioned the Yiddish Purim torah, Denmark knows the Majkat on April 30
> > and May 1 and there are several other occasions in other cultures. Would
> > you like to be fooled on all of them?
> >
> > Marcus Buck
> > User:Slomox
> >
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