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RC patrollers
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[edit] The Woodchuck Club of Wikipedia
Every society needs a place to send the youth, the inexperienced, the not-yet-cynical, where they can learn the ropes on how to function as adults, make a difference, make the right decisions, and eventually convince themselves that they're not being dreary assholes, they're being responsible. The kids put on the same little uniforms, the same little faces of impassivity, and get to put a bag over their heads and play astronaut. One day, they'll get to sit at the grown-up table and fire real bullets, and then teach the next generation of sprites.
To this end, Wikipedia has a Junior Woodchuck Club as well: RC Patrollers.
[edit] The Logs We Throw on the Wikipedia Fire
The RC doesn't stand for Really Cool, Risk Consolidation or Rectal Cohabitation, but Recent Changes. See, because Wikipedia has so many visitors, and so many of these visitors stumble into Wikipedia with no training, no knowledge, and no real awareness of how the game is played, they just go along making a mess every which way. Sometimes, they do this intentionally, but more often than not they just screw up without knowing it. For example, they might be aware of a fact and notice that the entry on a subject lacks that fact. So they add it! They just... add it! Silly newbie!
This is where the RC Patrollers come in. Since the vast majority of mess and stuff needing to be fixed happens recently (as opposed to a mistake being done months ago and nobody catching it), these self-enthused patrollers watch the constantly scrolling log of changes to Wikipedia and "fix" (revert, delete) these changes before they infect people with knowledge.
The advantage of this is two-fold:
- The new users to Wikipedia who want to edit can learn the intense pain of some random fucknut undoing your work for no reason whatsoever;
- The administrators can concentrate on the real work of subtly pushing agendas.
