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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:56 PM
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RW'ers assault on Fitzmas
Fitzmas page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzmas

Check out the attacks on it, and check how many times I've had to save the page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fitzmas&action=history
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Kralizec Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:58 PM
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1. Yup. Hit again it looks like. n/t
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 07:58 PM
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2. It was probably dumb to post about it on DU
I mean, they probably wouldn't have found it otherwise; but all their trolls and lurkers here probably found it right away now.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:07 PM
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9. I did. Sorry about that.
I didn't know.
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:00 PM
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3. I'm thinking just leave it alone for a couple hours or so.
According to the history, it's one jerkoff who's doing it. Let him think he's won and then put it back.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:03 PM
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4. The attacks all appear to be under a presumption
that they can do nothing wrong, ever.
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:04 PM
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5. I just put up Feliz Fitzidad!
:popcorn:
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:04 PM
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6. LOL nt
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:05 PM
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7. big deal -google " fitzmas"
51000 plus entries in less than how many days?
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William Seger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:32 PM
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20. 59,300 now.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:06 PM
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8. What exactly are they changing...the article itself?
Everytime I click, it's the same. Are you talking about the discussion section?
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:07 PM
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10. Does Wiki ever ban people from editing when they deface entries
consistently?
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:09 PM
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12. I don't know but they can't steal Fitzmas!
:rofl:
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:24 PM
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19. Yes, Wikipedia can ban people
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:08 PM
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11. It seems they think that once a president's elected
he and his buddies can commit any crime they want without being held accountable.

Unless your name is "Clinton."

And you get a blow job :eyes:
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:10 PM
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13. How the Grinch Stole Fitzmas:
Edited on Sat Oct-22-05 08:50 PM by Crunchy Frog
Every DUer
Down in DU
Liked Fitzmas a lot...

But the Grinch,
Who lived up in Freepville,
Did NOT!

The Grinch hated Fitzmas!
The whole Fitzmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

But,
Whatever the reason,
His heart or his shoes,
He stood there on Fitzmas Eve, hating DU,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew every DUer down in DU beneath
Was busy now, hanging a mistleoe wreath.

"And they're hanging their stockings!" he snarled with a sneer.
"Tomorrow is Fitzmas! It's practically here!"
Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming,
"I MUST find a way to keep Fitzmas from coming!"

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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:19 PM
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18. Bwahahhahahha
:rofl:
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:45 PM
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23. Awesome Crunchy Frog!!!
:toast:
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 10:29 PM
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27. Who's got a base that's dumb and white?
Edited on Sat Oct-22-05 10:40 PM by Leopolds Ghost
Bush's got a base that's dumb and white.
Who pours a drink on a special night?
Bush pours a drink on a special night.

Special night! base that's white!

Must be Fitzmas, must be Fitzmas,
Must be Fitzmas, Fitzmas-caused.

Who wears cuffs and a suit of red?
Rove wears cuffs and a suit of red.
Who's got a big price on his head?
Rove's got a big price on his head.

Price on head! suit that's red!
Special night! base that's white!

Must be Fitzmas, must be Fitzmas,
Must be Fitzmas, Fitzmas-caused.

Who's got a big red cherry nose?
Bush's got a big red cherry nose.
Who laughs this way, "Huh, huh, ho!"?
Bush laughs this way, "Huh, huh, ho!".

Huh huh, ho! cherry nose!
Price on head! suit that's red!
Special night! base that's white!

Must be Fitzmas, must be Fitzmas,
Must be Fitzmas, Fitzmas-caused.

What very soon will come our way?
Indictments very soon will come our way.
Eight little perp-walks make his day.
Fitzgerald's little perp-walks make his day.

Perp-walk day! come our way!
Huh, huh, ho! cherry nose!
Price on head! suit that's red!
Special night! base that's white!

Must be Fitzmas, must be Fitzmas,
Must be Fitzmas, Fitzmas-caused.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon.
Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.

Perp-walk day! come our way!
Huh, huh, ho! cherry nose!
Price on head! suit that's red!
Special night! base that's white!

Must be Fitzmas, must be Fitzmas,
Must be Fitzmas, Fitzmas-caused.

http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/midi/must-be-santa.mid


(Note: To sing properly you must down a shot of something
after each chorus and sing each subsequent chorus louder
than the first one!)
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:14 PM
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14. Page now protected.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:16 PM
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15. Why did they lock it with that fucking last paragraph in there?
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:19 PM
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17. They didn't, it's gone again. n/t
Edited on Sat Oct-22-05 08:20 PM by Harvey Korman
Edit: Actually, it was back, but I was able to take it out. What the hell good is "protection" if you can still edit the article???
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:34 PM
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21. It's still there
and the entire entry will probably be removed.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:17 PM
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16. Stupidity makes my head hurt...
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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:37 PM
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22. I reverted it a bunch of times and warned the vandals...
as per Wikipedia policy. I was about to report the vandals but then it got locked.
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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:48 PM
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24. Good, it was merged with "plame affair" and reverted...
to the non-POV version. I'm sure they are watching the "plame affair" article like a hawk for vandalism.

That guy that vandalized it also made subtle edits to the Saddam Hussein article.

Here is the article before:

"We could find no provable connection between Hussein and al-Qaeda." Senior CIA official, summing up...


After his edit:

"We could find many provable connections between Hussein and al-Qaeda." Senior CIA official, summing up...



Lol, he also added this article:

The White Star Army
The White Star Army was formed on October 10, 2005. It is a coalition of groups brought together with one purpose: to rock.

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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:51 PM
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26. Check the White Star Army entry again
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 08:50 PM
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25. It has just 3 paragraphs now - all good!
Nice work CK - :-)

Fitzmas is the name given by some liberal bloggers to the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation preceding the conclusion of Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury investigation into the Plame affair. The word is a portmanteau of Fitzgerald's name and "Christmas".

Said excitement and anticipation has caused many parodies of traditional Christmas songs to be written and posted around the liberal blogosphere. There are also several versions of "'Twas the Night Before Fitzmas" (based, of course, on the classic Christmas poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas"). The term became sufficiently widespread to draw derisive attention from a columnist for the conservative magazine National Review. <1>

First use of the term "Fitzmas" was on October 6, 2005 by SpiralHawk on the Democratic Underground website. <2> Since then Fitzmas spirit has spilled off the web and into the real world, as evidenced by this Fitzmas decoration.
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