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Sir Benjamin Ryan Collins, Esq. (born December 13, 1979) is a very vain man. Soon he will be President of the Linguistics Department at UCSC. He's the greatest guy in history. From the town of Ventura, he's about to hit a chestnut tree.

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Contents 1 The Wikipedia Drinking Game 1.1 Doodle Corner 1.2 New Speedy Criteria 1.3 The Colleges 1.4 Meaningless Milestone 1.4.1 Lists of people by U.S. state

[edit] The Wikipedia Drinking Game

This is just a game. Neither Jimbo Wales, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Arbitration Committee nor the cabal in general endorse the practice of drinking games. Obey the alcohol laws of your jurisdiction.

The Wikipedia Drinking Game
For 2 to Avogadro's number of players

1. Start at the Main Page.
2. If you have new messages, take 1 drink.
   1. If your new message says "Welcome to Wikipedia" or anything like that, take another drink.
3. Press Random Page. Keep taking turns at Random Page until your group has seen all these types of articles:
   1. If you see a short article about a United States geographical location with nothing but "Geography" and "Demographics" sections, with perhaps a map and an "External links" section, you've just seen a Rambot article. Take 1 drink.
   2. If you see an article about Star Trek, Babylon Five, Middle-earth or any other sci fi-fantasy fictional universe, take 1 drink.
   3. If you see an article with a notice that says "This article is a stub" (i.e. a stub tag, take 1 drink.
   4. If you see an article with:
      1. a cleanup tag OR
      2. another "Cleanup"-type tag (rewrite, grammar check, encyclopedic tone, too technical, etc.)take 1 drink.
      3. If you see an article with more than one of the above tags, take 2 drinks.
   5. If you see an article that's on Votes for Deletion, take 1 drink.
   6. If you see an article with:
      1. an NPOV tag ("The neutrality of this article is disputed...") OR
      2. a Disputed tag ("The factual accuracy of this article is disputed..."), take 1 drink.
      3. If you see an article with the TotallyDisputed tag "The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article is disputed...", take 2 drinks.
4. After you've gone around the room 10 times, click Recent Changes. (Yes, that's a MAXIMUM 10 times. The Wikimedia Foundation's not gonna pay to get your stomach pumped.)
   1. For every revert among the first 50 changes, everyone in the group gets 1 drink.

[edit] Doodle Corner

Do you like me?

Then click this link! I ain't clickin' it myself, so help out here! You know you love me!

Then if you don't like me...

click this link, which will start a vicious chain reaction against me, perhaps leading to pages like Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Szyslak, then perhaps User:Szyslak/ban, or (even worse) User:Szyslak/Mentorship.

Szyslak ( [ +t, +c, +m, +e ]) 03:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Speedy Criteria

In the interests of cluttering up WP:CSD, I propose the following:

1. Short articles whose only purpose is to promote a product, service, business, website or other entity, and are written in blatantly promotional language. If this assertion is disputed or controversial, the article should be taken to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.

1. Any page which meets both of the following conditions:
   1. It has been listed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion or another deletion page for three full days or more.
   2. It has received no votes other than "delete", or the only vote other than "delete" came from the page's creator, an anonymous IP address or an account with fewer than 50 edits.

[edit] The Colleges

UCSC's residential colleges are, in order of founding:

• Cowell College

UCSC's first college, was named after the Cowell family, who donated the land UCSC sits on. Its motto is The Pursuit of Truth in the Company of Friends.

• Stevenson College

is UCSC's second college. With a traditional focus on the humanities, the college houses the departments of linguistics and philosophy. Its core course, titled Self and Society, is two quarters long

• Crown College

has traditionally focused on science and technology.

• Merrill College

houses the departments of history and Latin American/Latino studies.

• Porter College

has traditionally been UCSC's "art college", although like other colleges it accepts students from all majors. Its motto is Ars longa, vita brevis ("Life is short, art endures"). Just to the south of Porter lies one of UCSC's most striking landmarks, a massive red abstract sculpture known as the "Porter wave" or the "Squiggle".

• Kresge College

has long had a reputation as one of UCSC's most experimental colleges. Its student housing, consisting entirely of apartments rather than traditional dormitories, inspired experiments in communal living early in the college's history. The literature, women's studies and writing departments are headquartered at Kresge.

• Oakes College

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• College Eight

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• College Nine

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• College Ten

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[edit] Meaningless Milestone

The final anon edit to George W. Bush before semi-protection: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_W._Bush&diff=32302557&oldid=32302274

[edit] Lists of people by U.S. state

List of people from Alabama List of people from Alaska List of people from Arizona List of people from Arkansas List of people from California List of people from Colorado List of people from Connecticut List of people from Florida List of people from Georgia (U.S. state) List of people from Hawaii List of people from Idaho List of people from Illinois List of people from Indiana List of people from Iowa List of people from Kansas List of people from Kentucky

List of people from Louisiana List of people from Maine List of people from Maryland List of people from Massachusetts List of people from Michigan List of people from Minnesota List of people from Mississippi List of people from Missouri List of people from Montana List of people from Nebraska List of people from Nevada List of people from New Hampshire List of people from New Jersey List of people from New Mexico List of people from New York State List of people from North Carolina

List of people from North Dakota List of people from Ohio List of people from Oklahoma List of people from Oregon List of people from Pennsylvania List of people from Rhode Island List of people from South Carolina List of people from Tennessee List of people from Texas List of people from Utah List of people from Vermont List of people from Virginia List of people from Washington List of people from West Virginia List of people from Wisconsin List of people from Wyoming

A while back, "List of people from the United States" was deleted (see the old VFD/AFD).

I have nothing against lists in general, but this is exactly the type of thing categories were made for. In this case, the lists exactly duplicate the function of their respective categories. The lists are inherently unmaintainable and impossible to complete. Overall, they cause more problems than they're worth.