Talk:Spoo
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[edit] Jimbo Wales hates this article?
As far as I can see, that's not a template. Is it just trolling? I have never seen a box like that before. --Ifrit 19:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
- 'The box is custom made, for, although he is incorrect in his factual assesment, he does indeed dislike it. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 07:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I see absolutely no reason for it to exist, whether it's correct or not. I'm removing it. Bryan Derksen 05:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alternate version
To clarify at the outset, I'm not pushing for the removal of any references. Knowing how this article's referencing is controversial, however, and because it's sometimes difficult to imagine what the article would look like otherwise, I've created this page for future reference as to what the article would look like without message board, e-mail and blogging discussions. FWIW, it would IMO still be a good article, still with real-world perspective. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 00:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- No. Don't mean to come off as a hardass, but if you check out the Whatlinkshere for the article, you'll see a great deal of old discussion about the reliability of the references. At first, many people were against the message board material, but as time went on, there developed a growing ... I wouldn't say consensus, but at least acceptance that under certain conditions, message board/bbs/usenet material, if verifiable, is entirely appropriate as a source of reference material. Indeed, J. Michael Straczynski has been pointed to as a prime example of someone who has provided exclusive and necessary material on the internet and/or it progenitors, material that is both vital to articles about him or his works, and entirely and decidedly proven and verifiable.
- This article has been pointed to an example of a good balance of fictional and realistic elements, and a good example of online reference use. That is not to whitewash the fact that there are folks who are against this article's existence, even folks in high places. But this article has been confirmed by the community as one of our best, survived a near perfunctory and needlessly vitriolic FARC, and was selected to be showcased on our project's main page - no small feat considering the subject and its supposedly controversial use of references. To gut the article may still leave it "a good article" but it is better off remaining featured. IMHO. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- Calm down, I didn't mean defeaturing it. As I said, this is for future reference- more challenges, FAR if there ever is another one (I'm not going to start one, don't worry). But if you've been to AfD lately, you'll notice people are getting stricter and stricter about this sort of thing. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 02:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dilbert Spoo (and Fleem)
There is another occurrence of "spoo" in popular culture, the slightly cultish obsession surrounding the phrase "My spoo has too much fleem.", which occurred in a Dilbert comic (date unknown). If anyone could help elaborate or perhaps even link to the comic so that the rest of the world could enjoy it, it would be greatly appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MyOwnLittlWorld (talk • contribs) 23:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC).
