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[[Image:Chapeltown_Stocks.jpg|thumb|right|pcx150|Wikipedia's village stocks, found a short distance from the [[WP:PUMP|village pump]]]]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that intelligent and otherwise sensible editors and administrators occasionally do something '''REALLY STUPID'''.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that intelligent and otherwise sensible editors and administrators occasionally do something '''REALLY STUPID'''.


Based on the principle that stupidity is best punished by humiliation, the '''village stocks''' have been built to identify the Wiki-idiots in our midst.
Based on the principle that stupidity is best punished by humiliation, the '''village stocks''' have been built to identify the Wiki-idiots in our midst.



[[Image:Chapeltown_Stocks.jpg|thumb|left|pcx150|Wikipedia's village stocks, found a short distance from the [[WP:PUMP|village pump]]]]





Revision as of 00:08, 4 February 2008

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WP:STOCKS
Wikipedia's village stocks, found a short distance from the village pump

It is a truth universally acknowledged that intelligent and otherwise sensible editors and administrators occasionally do something REALLY STUPID.

Based on the principle that stupidity is best punished by humiliation, the village stocks have been built to identify the Wiki-idiots in our midst.



Stocks of shame

it is customary to lob fruit and vegetables at patrons of the stocks

Maxim

Who didst, on 3 February 2008, delete the Main Page. (confession: [1])


Scientizzle

Who succeeded in locking the servers for half an hour on 16 January 2008 by deleting the sandbox, as discussed at AN/I and thus achieved various Wikitrouts and barn stars on their user page.

See also