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• I thought StandardPoodle was the standard unit of "dog".[1]davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:32, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
  • See [2]. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
    • People are going to accuse us of meatpuppetry if we keep posting the same thing. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:04, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
• Biglobe News is just a syndicator of that (now dead-link) Japanese article, and its original outlet is a site called Buzz Plus News, which I'd never heard of before. It looks like a bottom-of-the-barrel content farm and its Twitter account is currently suspended. Nardog (talk) 22:51, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
  • It looks like more reliable sources have covered the same content regarding the arrest e.g. Sankei Shimbun 1/19 [3] and MBS TV 1/22 [4] -- I'll let Smallbones decide if this needs updating. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:05, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
    • Those don't mention Wikipedia though. Nardog (talk) 00:08, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
      • (ec) True ☆ Bri (talk) 00:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Nothing about that story really bothers me - and since this newspaper is supposed to be a snapshot in tine, I don't see any need to update it.

I see 3 things that this column should do to inform our readers about what is appearing in the media about Wikipedia.

• find an article in a good source that says something of interest or different about WP. its not always easy to figure out what a good source is - especially in Japan or in non-English media.
• tell the truth about what the story says and try to evaluate it in some way.
• figure out if it is relevant to our readers. If not remove it

Each one of these has its risks, so we can fail. We took a good shot at each of the 3 points. But if we don't take risks, the column will be pretty boring. We also learn a lot from the comments! Thanks. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 00:52, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, it's probably better off left alone at this point. The story itself is interesting indeed. Nardog (talk) 01:41, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

• Nice collection of links. Thank you. Carrite (talk) 17:26, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
• Okay, if someone is interested in a collection of selected Russian links about 20-years of Wikipedia, here are link 1 and link 2 (in Russian). There was a lot of stuff. --ssr (talk) 06:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
  • @Ssr: I was really surprised at this. At first I though you were plagiarizing this column, but then I checked the dates and discovered that I must be plagiarizing you! Well actually most were different publications with similar headlines, either translations I guess, or "as inspired by". Great minds think alike! Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:57, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

  Obligatory: In Soviet Russia, Wikipedia edits YOU! davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

  • @Davidwr: I thought the original was from @Levivich: something like:

In Russia the government watches you edit Wikipedia.

In the US you watch the Russian government edit Wikipedia.

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:57, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

In Soviet Russia, Kremlin reads what you write on Wikipedia. In America, Kremlin writes what you read on Wikipedia. Levivich ^harass/_hound 02:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Let's be good Wikipedians and wikipedize: "In Soviet Russia..." =))) --ssr (talk) 06:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

• The earliest formulation I know if is indeed Levivich's, Special:diff/890562867 ☆ Bri (talk) 22:34, 16 February 2021 (UTC)