Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-12-24/In the media

Man the GamerGate article is just one big powder keg, isn't it? GamerPro64 04:00, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

"numerous editors on both sides of the issue as well as a number of administrators," "Wikipedia editors and administrators" -- and here I thought administrators were editors. NE Ent 12:01, 25 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I was trying to distinguish between editors involved in the content dispute and uninvolved administrators like myself trying to herd the cats. Gamaliel  ( talk ) 15:39, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

What is the Mary Sue? Simply south ...... sitting on fans for just 8 years 15:16, 25 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The Mary Sue (formerly known as Geekosystem) is a site that talks about comics, movies, and other pop culture stuff. Supernerd11 Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 01:00, 29 December 2014 (UTC)


 * One of the biggest criticisms of Wikipedia that I hear is that a disproportionate amount of its coverage is video games and pop culture in general, while history and literature get thin coverage. -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:49, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * But the literature of video game journalism ethics is no doubt the pinnacle of human achievement.--Milowent • hasspoken 16:46, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * It's worse than that. The word "ethics" should never be used in relation to video games, since 99% have no conception of it.  From the FPS article: "In the 21st century, the first-person shooter is the most commercially viable video game genre, as well as being the genre that has taken more market share of any other genre in the gaming industry."  Ethics?  Please, that word has no meaning in this context and anyone who uses it can't be taken seriously.  That's why "gamergate" is a joke. Viriditas (talk) 03:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)


 * How can a phone hold that much data?— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  20:38, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * really, really easily. Ironholds (talk) 17:53, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This is not very much data today(!). Flash_memory, Flash_memory. 87.78.175.233 (talk) 16:15, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

The "In Brief" report on Amazon's art identification misidentifies the device that has this capability. It is the Fire Phone, not the Kindle Fire tablet. The photo is also incorrect. Thanks, GabrielF (talk) 02:15, 28 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh, crap. How many devices does Amazon have?  Wow, I really dropped the ball there.  Thank you for the correction.   Gamaliel  ( talk ) 21:30, 28 December 2014 (UTC)


 * White, upper middle class people problems. Another manufactured controversy about nothing. Anyone involved in the absurdity known as "gamergate" should find something better to do with their time, like trying to make the world a better place. Viriditas (talk) 03:23, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The initial "controversy"? Sure. The death threats and similar chilling creepiness is, however, a genuine problem. Ironholds (talk) 07:12, 30 December 2014 (UTC)