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Revision as of 05:05, 18 November 2022 edit LilianaUwU (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 41,372 edits →The wisdom thereof: me removing a redirect isn't complete bollocks ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 02:21, 25 October 2024 edit undo AndyTheGrump (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 53,953 edits →See also: Yeah, no.
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Line 1: {{redirect\|WP:CB\|the assertion that "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball"\|WP:~~NOT#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball~~CRYSTAL\|the courtesy blanking policy\|WP:~~DP#Courtesy blanking~~CBLANK \|community bans\|~~Wikipedia~~WP:~~Banning policy#Community bans and restrictions~~CBAN \|the consensus-building method\|WP:CONSBUILD \|Citation Bot\|WP:CITATIONBOT\|ClueBot NG\|WP:CBNG Line 14: A confirmatory sign of ''complete bollocks'' is a set of circular articles, or a [[WP:WG\|self-contained nest of articles]], such as three articles that reference only each other and are themselves composed of nonsense, particularly if the set is started by one author or a set of authors (or IP addresses) who all contribute to the same set of articles. In wiki parlance this is a ''[[Wikipedia:Walled garden\|walled garden]]''. Probably the most prolific source of ''complete bollocks'' is the bored student fraternity. As {{oldid\|1=Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day\|2=29612546\|3=Uncle G put it}}, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day\|Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day]]. Not all of this, however, is ''complete bollocks'': some of it will have to be subjected to a [[Wikipedia:Deletion process\|deletion process]] before it is finally removed. There is no shortage of [[WP:BAI\|bad ideas for articles]], and some of them elevate themselves to the giddy heights of [[WP:Stupid\|really stupid ideas for articles]]. It's this latter category which is likely to be ''complete bollocks''. Line 68: [[Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement\|Vanispamcruftisement]] [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense\|Patent nonsense]] [[Wikipedia:JIB\|Jibber-~~Jabber~~jabber]] [[WP:HOAX#Dealing with hoaxes\|Dealing with hoaxes]] [[Handwavium#Similar_terms\|Handwavium]] [[Economy of Sri Lanka#Transition to biological agriculture]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Wikipedia essays}} [[Category:Wikipedia essays about style]] [[Category:Wikipedia essays about deletion]]