Wikipedia
From Encyclopedia Of Stupid
Wikipedia is stupid.
Wikipedia is an unfunny wiki. Extremely unfunny. It serves as a repository for information garnered via the Internet from all over the world - and by information we mean flame wars, softcore pr0n and a/s/l. It is considered by some to be a respectable and credible source on serious topics, but is mostly used by the unwashed masses to find alternative names for the penis and shots of boobies (lol) that are of a medical interest.
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Wikipedia as a source of serious information
A Billion Monkeys Typing
Because of the open nature of Wikipedia (unlike EOS, anyone can edit most of Wikipedia anonymously), it comes off a bit like a cross between USENET and IRC. People will anonymously edit your prized, painstakingly-created article with "PWNT JOO DICKFACE," as they frequently do on USENET, but you can subsequently ban them, like on IRC. This has the effect of minimizing such vandalism and has allowed Wikipedia to grow to behemoth size. Unfortunately, volume does not always equal quality, and Wikipedia proves this in spades with poorly written barely cited word-of-mouth passing for legitimate content. Despite this fact, Wikipedians (as they like to be called) take themselves and their project really fucking seriously.
Pardon Me, In Regards to the Edit You Just Made, Thank You But Could You Please GO FUCK YOURSELF?
Wikipedia is painfully serious. Wikipedia's seriousness is second only to that of the Internet itself. Because of this, Wikipedia is bland, boring and tastes like polystyrene. It therefore attracts a particular type of obsessive-nerd user. These users have collectively created a culture at Wikipedia that could be referred to as "stridently polite," where if you make edits to an article, you are told, in the nicest way possible, that you are, in fact, a giant douche. You are immediately thanked, however, for your contribution to Wikipedia. Douche.
Incest Breeds Uselessness
Because the obsessive-nerd types run everyone off who has anything of value to add, the articles on Wikipedia end up being written and patrolled by the same people over and over again in an incestuous circlejerk of ever-expanding stupidity. No Wikipedia article ever gets smaller, they just get bigger, and bigger is generally both useless and unfunny. It is said that Wikipedia's uselessness is directly proportional to its lack of funny, and can be expressed by the following mathematical equation:
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Experts in the field of funny have found that Wikipedia's seriousness factor is approximately equal to the number of stars in our galaxy. You do the math.
Wikipedia as a Source For TEE HEE
Penis Penis Penis
HEHEHEHEHEHE PENIS
Vagina Vagina
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE VAGINA
HURRR DURRR
HEHEHEHEHEHEHE MATING
Etc.
You get the idea.
History
Jimbo Whales
Jimbo Whales are ocean dwelling mammals (yes, whales are mammals) that feed on krill. The Jimbo is a Blue Whale, or Balaenoptera musculus and is the largest animal alive today. You can see one if you go on an ocean cruise in certain parts of the world, if you are lucky, or on a Japanese whaling boat. They are the Wikipedia mascot, much like our bunny here at EOS.
The Wikimedia Foundation
A reference to the cornerstone of the Wikimedia Building, located in a remote area of Finland. The cornerstone was laid in 1984 just before the foundation was poured. The building, which would house the two Linux servers which even today, still serve Wikipedia to the world (they do have a load balancer though, which is why Wikipedia pages come up with such blazing speed), had to wait some fifteen years for the advent of the public Internet as well as the discovery and creation of wiki software which would eventually run on the then unconceived World Wide Web.
