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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by yesenadam on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:22AM (#18882655)
Really? Is that one of the main problems with wikipedia? Even in the top 20?!
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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by DanBC on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:42AM (#18882777)
Biting newbies is one of the main problems for Wikipedia, and the hostile way the username policy is applied is one example of biting newbies.

And it's really inconsistant: depending who's looking at the name the new user may get instantly blocked permanently; may have to go through RFC/usernames, may have to discuss with admins on usernames for admin attention or on ANI, may have to discuss with admins on their userpage, may have to discuss with non-admins on their userpage.

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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by commoner on Friday January 11, 2019 @07:03AM (#18882892)
The jargon doesn't help newbies either. Newbies (and HN readers, for that matter) can't be expected to know what "RFC" or "ANI" means.
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