Wikipedia Loses Some Cred: Gaeto Signs On.

[mattblack]

I know he often meant well, but gee: gaetanomarano is now having his psychedelic, multi-coloured capital letter-infested, anti-manned space webpages linked on Wikipedia in the VSE and CEV sections. (Go to bottom to see): <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_space_exploration<br /><br />To think: some schoolkids will be reading this guff and using it as reference for their projects.<br /><br />Sigh... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[nacnud]

It's gone... <img src="/images/icons/shocked.gif" />

 

[mattblack]

Good God, you're right!! That was fast?! Are their moderators lurking here? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[nacnud]

You do know anyone can edit wikipedia don't you...

 

[drwayne]

This could get interesting.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[j05h]

that is definitely gaetano's paragraph at the end of the VSE entry. Not sure how much you all follow Wikipedia news, but they have repeatedly banned the US Congress' range of IP addresses from editting wiki pages. It turns out that staffers were posting libel & slander against opposing Congressmen. <br /><br />It is pretty embarrassing to see Gaetano's blathering linked along with more reasonable/official pages. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>

 

[craig42]

Intresting the Geaterno-esque paragraph was there a few minutes ago but linked to somethingawful.com <br /><br />Now it's gone.

 

[drwayne]

I hadn't seen the bit about congress. That is fascinating!<br /><br />I knew there had been a number of controversial contributions that had come up in the news a couple of months ago...<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[mattblack]

Yeah, but I thought you had to submit for approval or something? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[john_316]

wow i think bat guanno would have joined the ranks of jeffery bell over at space daily... maybe he really is him... who knows..... <br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />

 

[elguapoguano]

WHAT!?!<br /><br />Are you talking smack to me, or to our former compadre<br />GayTanMorono? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[john_316]

Chill Elguapoguano! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />U know who i mean......... "gaetanomarano" that one i always called "bat guanno"<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br />

 

[elguapoguano]

kewl kewl, just makin sure bro. <br />I sure am glad that GayTanMorono is gone. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[j05h]

>Look up "Bush", or "Kerry", or any major political figure, and notice they have locked out further editing. It got to be a game with people to trash the other guy, and some of the perps were paid employees of people in Washington.<br /><br />Like I wrote, the staffers were trashing wikipedia entries, i'm sure others were as well. Plenty of news about it on Slashdot. <br /><br />wikipedia at least has some edit/moderation - gaetano's material won't last to long. Here on SDC, without user-level moderation, his... diarreal... postings were a real drag on useful discussion. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>

 

[heliox]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>hadn't seen the bit about congress. That is fascinating!<br /><br />I knew there had been a number of controversial contributions that had come up in the news a couple of months ago... <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4695376.stm<br /><br />

 

[frodo1008]

Unfortunately, askold (who was at least more intelligible than gaet) has just re-emerged. His very first post introduced a thread in which he stated that he was totally against the manned space program!!<br /><br />These anti manned program (and therefore anti NASA, shuttle, ISS and VSE) people are almost as persistent as some of the political extremist fanatics over on free space! After awhile you start to feel like you are swimming uphill against a flow of molasses!!<br /><br />Oh well.............<br /><br />To even these people, but especially to the rest of you, Have A Great Day!!!<br />