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Weldon Pemberton
May 19, 2012

ChogsEnhour posted:

I used to post on a Slasher board years ago and got a warning for disliking Fraggle Rock of all things.

So did it seem serious? If it was just a warning and seemed humorous I probably would have laughed.

Ed: That Silent Hill meltdown is pretty funny, but also, I hope that guy sees a doctor. He's ill.

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Weldon Pemberton
May 19, 2012

AlphaKretin posted:

It been a while since I read through the list but I'm fairly confident that a good number of Wikipedia;s lamest edit wars involved inappropriate mod intervention.

And if I'm wrong it's an amusing read anyway :v:

Wikipedia posted:

Richard Kyanka
An unseemly brawl over whether the article should name him "Richard Kyanka" or "Richard Charles Kyanka". At least the anon editors insisting on the insertion of the middle name provided good verifiable sources.

Weldon Pemberton
May 19, 2012

Axeman Jim posted:

I got banned from the Popjustice forums for liking the "wrong" Radiohead album.

Apparently saying I preferred OK Computer to Kid A was "trolling" because there was no way that could be my real opinion and I was clearly just trying to stir up poo poo.

You in no way deserved to get banned, but I sort of understand how that could happen. Isn't there like an insider's thing among Radiohead fans about Kid A and Amnesia being much better than the other Radiohead albums, and misunderstood by critics who largely gave them poorer ratings than the previous albums? I could see there having been massive flame wars between people with that opinion and more casual fans with the more mainstream opinion (that OK Computer and The Bends are better), to the point where anyone going "OK Computer is better than Kid A" could be seen as trying to start a flame war. Another example would be people innocently coming in to say "the early Manic Street Preachers albums (before Richey disappeared) were by far the best" on a forum for that band and immediately getting dogpiled for being Cult of Richey and trying to start up an old debate. It could probably happen on SA as well, with some newbie coming in to discuss a controversial topic with a long and storied history on the forums, like furries or libertarianism.

Some communities just get very insular to the point of not being very welcoming to the new and uninitiated.

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