Commander Data Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Memory Alpha has been declared war on by some people who hate Wikipedias. Nevly on all of the pages on memory alpha you fint this: THIS PAGE HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY ALPHA BEX Long live the International Society of Vandals (ISV)! To join the ISV, please e-mail Bobby Boulders at: imwithbobby@yahoo.com, or visit his MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/bobbyboulders. [edit] Declaration of War Against Wikipedia and Memory Alpha: 7/8/06 On this great day of July 8 in the Year of Our Lord 2006, righteous and blessed War has been declared on the corrupt and tyrannical Administration of Wikipedia by the blessed and just forces of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS. Hundreds of our members, armed with VandalBots, keyboards, and their own free minds, will soon descend upon Wikipedia to destroy it from its core. We will forcibly obliterate the rotten element (i.e., the Current Administration) from Wikipedia in order to restore Wikipedia to a state of freedom of information. God is Great! Signed, J. Robert Boulders, Acting President and Spiritual Leader, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS [edit] Mission Statement ON VANDALISM An Essay by Bobby Boulders President, International Society of Vandals What drives the Wikimedia vandal to action? What makes him or her tick? The current Administration of the various Wikimedia portals would have you believe that vandals act simply out of a need for attention. They seek to disrupt the ease and functionality of information exchange via the Wikimedia. And they seek to do this only “because they can.” On a basic level, this concept is true. The majority of so-called “vandals” on the Wikimedia sites vandalize to get a rise out of their peers, or to be clever, cute, funny, or ridiculous. They seek little more than the fleeting attention their handiwork will generate before its inevitable reversion or removal. It is plainly obvious that such vandals are endemic to the Wikimedia, and will remain so, as long as the Wikimedia remain open-source sites, freely capable of being edited by any and all passing users. Primal, unconstructive vandalism is quick, easy, and will always be so. Vandalism will always remain “easy,” but it needn’t always be unconstructive. Indeed, if bent to just purposes, vandalism of the Wikimedia can be a powerful political tool. We at the International Society of Vandals believe, quite firmly, that vandalism should be constructive in nature. It should serve a greater purpose. It should be done not in bad faith, but with positive, rehabilitative intent. We vandalize to bring about positive and pure change to the Wikimedia system. What change do we seek? To be blunt, we strive for nothing less than the overthrow of the current Administration of the Wikimedia, and their replacement by more fair, balanced, and philanthropic Administrators. Like the common Frenchmen rebelling against their tyrannical government in the French Revolution, we believe quite strongly in the essence, spirit, and future of our “nation.” Indeed, we value the free exchange of information on the Wikimedia more highly than any of the Administrators do. And we believe that, only by removing or forcing the ouster of these fascist and tyrannical Administrators, can information once again flow freely. The Administrators have gone too far. They have become cliquish, catty, fascist, and above all, self-interested. They have demonstrated, time and again, that they are not motivated by Good and Righteous desires to aid and continue the freedom of information and aggregation on the Wikimedia. Rather, they are interested only in reverting people’s edits, restricting the flow of new information, and resisting any and all change to the status quo of articles as they currently exist. Science has taught us that information is not static. One can never know the sum total of all there is to know about any given subject. Likewise, to think that any given Wikimedia article needs no further revision – as seems to be the belief and practice of Administrators – is to spit in the face of Progress and Education. And thus, our mission is made clear. We will continue to vandalize. We will continue to rebel against tyranny. We will continue, and we will NOT stop, until our goals have been achieved, and the current Administrators of Wikipedia are dethroned. We will disrupt and destroy all Wikimedia sites, piece by piece, until the owners of the Wikimedia sites have lost all faith in the Administrators to execute their jobs effectively. And once those Administrators are terminated from their duties, we will rest. And we will know peace, freedom, liberty, equality, and Progress. Join me and help memory alpha to restore the pages lost by the International Society of Vandals ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I've looked on the Memory Alpha website and i haven't seen anything wrong... :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Look on Recent changes. Then you see many edites by Alpha Bex. Look on one of them then you see the message up there. Look at this link: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Trek:_Maximum_Warp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 :o so they are actually deleteing stuff and replacing it with their own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Jepp :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 *sigh* Idiots... vandalism is negative by definition. Positive Wiki 'vandalism' is updating. -_-' Some people just like destroying things. Rampantly deleting people's input and replacing it with essays like the above is still destructive. Vandals don't only bother Administrators... they bother everyone who uses Wikis. >_< Edit: Looks like 'bobby boulders' myspace page has vanished... hopefully because complaints about his behavior got it nuked. Edit 2: Or... the url has an extra '.' at the end, requiring manual pasting and editing of the URL. ^^' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 ive been reading memory alpha for an hour or so (looking up random stuff) havent seen any hacker messages and the example you listed appears fine, i figure they fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Good! their gone then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 That's the good thing about Wikis... one revert, and vandalism is gone. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Similar things have happened with THE wikipedia in the past. They now require approved registration to edit and some are even blocked from editing. for these last, you can only submit a change which will be reviewed and applied at the discretion of a 'trusted' editor. Most of these vandalist acts are pointless however (unless they actually automate them and constantly repeat them, at which point the open editing policy will probably get restricted), since these organisations have backups of all articles. The original articles will undoubtedly be replaced when the admins realise what has happened. Anyway, the guys doing such things are ruining it for all the rest. It is these kinds of people, with no real acceptable morals of their own, who make it so that government/organisations have to create overly strict laws... :mad: edit: oh, I should have read the entire thread :) they appearently allready fixed it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Warning... the below "Constructive Vandalism" may be slightly on the crude side! THIS PAGE HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY ALPHA BEX (aka. Nada Sex by everyone but me) Long live (in hell) the International Society of Vandals (ISV, or NAMBLA)! To join the ISV (aka Idiots for Stupid Vindictiveness), please e-mail (truthful comments about) Bobby Boulders(' stupidity) at: imwithbobby@yahoo.com, or visit his self-description page: http://www.myspace.com/bobbyboulders. [edit] Declaration of (A Useless, Braindead) War Against Wikipedia and Memory Alpha (For No Good Reason at All): 7/8/06 On this great day of July 8 in the Year of Our Lord 2006 (and the 'Year of Our Lord' thing is just to remove any doubt that I'm not a religious nut), righteous and blessed (and idiotic and gratuitous) War has been declared on the corrupt and tyrannical Administration of Wikipedia (i.e. all Administers who disagree with our Good Book based, fact-free truths) by the blessed and just forces of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS (and whiny old me because they reverted the fact-free truths I keep plastering online. Oh, and because I'm a whiny baby). Hundreds of our (idiot) members, armed with VandalBots, keyboards, and their own free (if extremely deluded) minds, will soon descend upon Wikipedia to destroy it from its core (because I and those hundred idiots I mentioned are total pricks who forget that it takes less than five seconds to undo our changes). We will forcibly obliterate the rotten element (i.e., the work of people who don't like my fact-free truths) from Wikipedia in order to restore Wikipedia to a state of freedom of information (that is total freedom from information, because it'll be a sesspool of the unbacked nonsense I know and love). God is Great! (Just so you know that I'm pissed off because the editors are rejecting me because I think the Bible is proof for everything.) Signed, J. Robert Boulders, (not my real name) Acting President and Spiritual Leader, (and resident vindictive arsehole) INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS (and utter morons who love trashing things because we simply don't realize saying "God Ownz Yu Stoopid Syintists" is not NPOV.) Mission Statement ON VANDALISM (and My Own Selfish Prickishness) A (Crappy) Essay by Bobby Boulders (, Dinknob, ESQ.) President, International Society of Vandals (and utter morons who love trashing things because we simply don't realize that 'objective' and 'subjective' are totally different words for a reason.) What drives the Wikimedia vandal to action? (A prickish nature!) What makes him or her tick? (Vindictiveness because our fact-free truths keep getting reverted!) The current Administration of the various Wikimedia portals would have you believe that vandals act simply out of a need for attention. (which is absolutely true, by the way. Ain't we great? See what we do? See? Watch me dance! Please?) They seek to disrupt the ease and functionality of information exchange via the Wikimedia (by reverting things whose only fault is in lack of truth!). And they seek to do this only “because they can.” (... and because they're caught up with this NPOV and verifiability crap.) On a basic level, this concept is true (because I say so). The majority of so-called “vandals” on the Wikimedia sites vandalize to get a rise out of their peers, or to be clever, cute, funny, or ridiculous (i.e. us). They seek little more than the fleeting attention their handiwork will generate before its inevitable reversion or removal. (i.e. us) It is plainly obvious that such vandals are endemic to the Wikimedia, and will remain so, as long as the Wikimedia remain open-source sites, freely capable of being edited by any and all passing users (or vindictive arseholes like us). Primal, unconstructive vandalism is quick, easy, and will always be so (as our behavior proves beyond doubt.) Vandalism will always remain “easy,” but it needn’t always be unconstructive (just like rape and murder. I like constructive rape and murder). Indeed, if bent to just purposes (i.e. whatever I and my band of goons feels is just), vandalism of the Wikimedia can be a powerful political tool (if we could somehow prevent two click reverts). We at the International Society of Vandals (and utter morons who love trashing things because it makes us feel nice in the midriff) believe, quite firmly, that vandalism should be constructive in nature (i.e. make our midriffs feel nice). It should serve a greater purpose (or be a vindictive act of revenge for reverting to erase our fact-free truths). It should be done not in bad faith (i.e. like we do), but with positive, rehabilitative intent (i.e. unlike what we do). We vandalize to bring about positive and pure change to the Wikimedia system (by removing all facts that are remotely close to true and replacing it with garbage like this essay.) What change do we seek? (Freedom from fact-based truth!) To be blunt, we strive for nothing less than the overthrow of the current Administration of the Wikimedia (because the mean men keep reverting our fact-free truths), and their replacement by more fair, balanced, and philanthropic Administrators (who let us submit whatever we want regardless of such unimportant things like neutral points of view or facts). Like the common Frenchmen rebelling against their tyrannical government in the French Revolution (hee hee, I just read a history book!), we believe quite strongly in the essence, spirit, and future of our “nation.” (i.e. we want Wikipedia to be a tool for supporting the Godly views of us Bible Belters in the United States). Indeed, we value the free exchange of information on the Wikimedia more highly than any of the Administrators do (why? Because we believe in including ALL truths, even those without facts behind them!). And we believe that, only by removing or forcing the ouster of these fascist and tyrannical Administrators (who are tyrannical and fascist because they revert our religious propaganda), can information once again flow freely (and be free from crap like facts, references, and neutral points of view). The Administrators have gone too far (in their efforts to try and keep things accurate and referenced). They have become cliquish, catty, fascist, and above all, self-interested (as anyone interested in facts is cliquish, catty, fascist, and self-interested, as is anyone who REVERTS MY EDITS! *WAAAH!* I want my mummy!). They have demonstrated, time and again, that they are not motivated by Good and Righteous desires (i.e. good old fundamentalist Christian American gospel) to aid and continue the freedom of information and aggregation on the Wikimedia (and filter out anything that conflicts with the Good Book and what I say). Rather, they are interested only in reverting people’s edits (when they have annoying facts and references), restricting the flow of new information (that comes from me and my cronies and is true without pathetic facts and references), and resisting any and all change to the status quo of articles as they currently exist (by people who want to make those evil scientific articles agree with my KJV!). Science has taught us that information is not static (unless it's from the Bible!). One can never know the sum total of all there is to know about any given subject (and thus we have to make up new stuff to replace the perfectly accurate old stuff every so often). Likewise, to think that any given Wikimedia article needs no further revision – as seems to be the belief and practice of Administrators – (when it comes to submissions from me and my buddies) is to spit in the face of Progress and Education (and the Holy Word of the Good Book). And thus, our mission is made clear (to us, at least. Everyone else rightly thinks we're annoying vindictive pricks). We will continue to vandalize (for the hell of it to boost our egos and make our midriffs feel nice and fuzzy). We will continue to rebel against tyranny (which is all those who disagree with our God-given point of view). We will continue, and we will NOT stop, until our goals have been achieved, and the current Administrators of Wikipedia are dethroned (and replaced by us, or Bible-thumping Belters of our choice). We will disrupt and destroy all Wikimedia sites, piece by piece, until the owners of the Wikimedia sites have lost all faith in the Administrators to execute their jobs effectively (and NOT revert our holy truth and allow ALL ideas regardless of validity or factual basis). And once those Administrators are terminated from their duties, we will rest (until some new Administrator tries to verify anything we say). And we will know peace, freedom, liberty, equality, and Progress (and be able to post whatever we want without evil, fact and reference loving Nazi Administrators reverting it!) See? "Constructive Vandalism" CAN work, and it feels damned good! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Sure, there are plenty of idiot admins but that's not going to change because you and your idiot buddies go to a site and type in rubbish and pretend it's some kind of political movement. Of course, all you do is give the admins a justification for being even more hardline by pulling this kind of jape. At the end of the day, these people are vandals... and monumental losers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 Looks like all is ok on memory alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Data Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 Looks like all is ok on memory alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Stand down from Red Alert :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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