@kylenumb481
I love that one of the “arbiter” as I will refer to them, is named “worm that turned”. Image if members of the Supreme Court had silly names like Justice nematode or justice dinkus
@kwowka
Looking at the discussion page of queen elizabeth II’s Wikipedia page after her death was absolutely hilarious. The drama. The passive aggressiveness. Hundreds of devoted editors who upon waking up to a monarch dead have one thought in their mind - Wikipedia page updating.
@SamSchott1
Wikipedia Supreme Court - This would make a great parody sketch if there was still a show with great and funny writers. In fact, if well done it could be a recurring sketch based on topical or weird subjects.
@CompletelyNormal
My favorite recent Wikipedia edit dispute was when retired MLB umpire Joe West went on Wikipedia and started deleting everything that made him look bad.
@Moingboy
I read something strange in the greager wikimedia universe one time, a long time ago, which seemed like an april fools joke. It was titled something like "Wikipedia's global catastrophe plan" and talked about how they would print multiple copies of every page on wikipedia if the world was ending to preserve human knowledge. I could never find it again, but if it really does exist out there, even as a joke, maybe it would make a good video topic.
@HeisenbergFam
"please dont imprison me in your torture compound" This man has real balls of steel to talk about scientology in a brutally honest way, respect
@sssdddkkksss
I hoped you'd mention the famous edit war on Star Trek: Into Darkness! There was a 40,000 word debate over whether to capitalise the "I" in "Into", and the debate saga now has it's own wikipedia page entry!
@sinklair
Fun fact, Jimbo lost few days ago all of his advanced permissions (so basically desysopped) in a case where Jimbo accused one of the admins being a paid editor (which is of course against the rules in wikipedia). Since Jimbo didn't really have anything to prove his accusation, he was eventually forced to resign all of the special rights. Since that Arbcom case would have led to a desysop anyway, the full case wasn't needed and the Arbs didn't have to start a full case against the founder of the Wikipedia.
@jeanlannes5930
There was a massive edit war yesterday on Pennsylvania's 2020 United States Presidential Election page because of a single map showing Pennsylvania's Catholic Diocese.
@heidirabenau511
Man, I wonder how many Wikipedia articles Ben had to scroll through to make this video!
@TheMrFabian1
Using a HAI-video as a source on wikipedia is the ultimate self-reference.
@Tantusar
The Arbitration Committee can't tell you what a tin can is or isn't. They have no jurisdiction over content, only conduct. (Also the proposed decision comes after all evidence and analysis has concluded. Before would be silly.)
@TKOIII
I'm a long time editor and I had one guy so intent on his way of styling the categories on pages that he got banned and made over 40 sock puppet accounts over the course of a year to try to change the articles to how he liked them
@johnchessant3012
Another fun(?) recurring Wikipedia drama is on how exceptionally famous people who die get listed in the “In the News” section of the front page: do they get a full sentence and picture or do they get thrown in the “Recent deaths” line with everyone else. Probably the most fleeting, petty thing that people will get worked up over, and it’s very fun to read.
@MasterFallenHero
When I was younger I learned Wikipedia awards points to editors who provide good content. I would read pro wrestling news daily and update the news to Wikipedia or just update wrong info non stop until I got a high enough score to edit some articles. Then I edited myself as the founder of my small obscure hometown where it sat for like 6 months with some ridiculous story I wrote about fighting vikings or pirates or something.
@DannerBanks
"Scientology is a religion about being super chill and normal" hot damn I haven't laughed so hard I cried in a long time
@danielrocks234
Back when I was a random high schooler editing Wikipedia in the early 2000s, I used to be on Wikipedia's mediation committee (MedCom), which was like the step before ArbCom. I had ambitions of joining arbcom, but then got a life and decided against it.
@SirAinlistor
Ok so, I know that there is a law saying "The longer an argument on the Internet go on, the more likely that Hitler's going to be mentioned." But how the fuck does an argument discussing whether you should spell it Aluminum or Aluminium mentions Hitler 17 times?
@SomeOfTheJuice
The only reason I was remotely aware stuff like this existed was when Buzzfeed: Unsolved fans started an editing war over Old Alton Bridge/Goatman's Bridge, also known among as Shane and Ryan's Bridge, after they claimed ownership of it because Goatman was too cowardly to show up after Shane challenged him.
@Pokelova