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I propose adding the following quote by Colin Lane to the article (in the same format as Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful): "If all the village idiots... left their villages... and formed their own village... OF IDIOTS... in that village... YOU would be the village idiot." Aecis^Brievenbus 13:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, an amusing section of "thoughts to consider" like that would probably work. You know, "things to reflect on while in the stocks", but not so it seems to be actually accusing the individuals. This page is to make us laugh, but at the same time make us all stop and think about our actions. Gwinva (talk) 04:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this exact quote would fit the village stocks. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:25, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Must have been something in the water yesterday as we had what I'm guessing is a record seven admins blocked for April foolishness involving MediaWiki space. See this AN/I thread. Perhaps a single collective entry for this event? Ronnotel (talk) 15:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. You would need to get them all to agree though. I agree that, although it is a rather silly moment in Wikipedian history, it should be recorded somewhere. Carcharoth (talk) 16:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

These kinds of things are best looked at in retrospective. Let's let it percolate for a couple three weeks and see if it still seems like a good idea. Ronnotel (talk) 18:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd just like to add a nomination of my own. I'll contact Tedder if others agree with this. I want to nominate Tedder for accidentally blocking ClueBot, twice. Looneyman (talk) 14:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Seconded that's kinda funny.... :-) Jclemens (talk) 17:22, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thirded...Or whatever However, Tedder isn't the only one. Bobak also seems to have done it, look here. I'd suggest putting them both in. Kind of funny that Maxim blocked ClueBot too, even if it was for a good reason. :) Anyhoo, Bobak and Tedder definitely deserve spots on here, Tedder doubly so. Hi878 (talk) 05:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Tedder and Bobak: ? 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:26, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm game. --Bobak (talk) 05:03, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some day, when this all blows over, the Arbcom mail issue with both the election preparation on an official mailing list and the disclosure of contents from that private list should probably be added. If nothing else, it may serve as a cautionary tale to those who may follow behind us. If only it had an amusing component to it. --Nouniquenames 05:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I made a userbox for users who are worthy of the wiki-break template, but prefer userboxes. Here it is:

Code	Result
{{User:CrazyMinecart88/BOOM}}	This user has totally not destroyed Wikipedia.	Usage

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 22:29, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominating JJPMaster for the stocks for moving the AfC sandbox to the User:JJPMaster/Another very useless test page whilst testing the AfC reviewer script to see if it would accept the sandbox, per The Bushranger's idea. See [1]. Anyone here? Pahunkat (talk) 21:52, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to write it up. I'm meh about it ... Graham87 02:56, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not stocks-worthy, so I withdraw the nom - compared to things like moving AN... Pahunkat (talk) 09:39, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I'm pretty sure that I've done several stupider things than that. Nick-D (talk) 10:19, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

harej: I'll give you the actual edit summaries. Here they are. viewers:ok. To the stocks! (consensus achieved) Yay! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nononsense101 (talk • contribs) 22:54, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Bushranger: let's discuss what the award Dan100 got should be. If we keep reverting, it might turn into an edit war. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nononsense101 (talk • contribs) 22:08, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's why I pointed you to WP:BRD. Also please sign your comments with ~~~~ I don't understand why you want to put "block the blocker" on a "blocked Jimbo" header. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The "block the blocker" heading title doesn't make any sense to me either. Graham87 04:08, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The current header is too long and isn't funny. Nononsense101 (talk) 17:31, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1. Perhaps not to you but it's funny to others. 2: Even if so it doesn't need replacing by something nonsensical. 3: please indent your replies. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to something funnier. get it? "Jimbo wails" sounds like Jimbo Wales! If you got blocked for no reason, you would probably wail! Nononsense101 (talk) 18:40, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I undid this. Please talk about things like this first, huh? Also, FWIW, the original title was quite a bit funnier than "Jimbo wails". NekoKatsun (nyaa) 19:26, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the reversion. Graham87 08:17, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is this consensus already?Nononsense101 (talk) 16:10, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reading WP:CON, what do you think? Might I specifically point out the line Consensus can be assumed if no editors object to a change, while also noting that at least three editors object to your changing the title of this 'award'. Seeing as this is your second time trying to change it and your second time being reverted, I suggest discussing any possible changes here on this page before you try to implement them. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 16:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While looking at Drmies' block log, Vaticidalprophet noticed that Acroterion inadvertendly blocked Drmies instead of an account impersonating them. Stocks worthy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berrely (talk • contribs) 12:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno ... it's relatively common ... there's even a userbox for it. Graham87 17:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I request for all Wikipedia Admins to be put in the stocks. Wikitrumpets (talk) 02:14, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Then, the Stocks would basically be a list of admins, which would be sad. It would also be too long.

Plus, we already have a list of admins. It's at WP:ADMINLIST. --littleb2009^{Have a chat?} 23:09, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. If you do it, I'm going to revert your edit and put you in the stocks for attempting to put all the admins in the stocks.

As long as we have stocks, why not also have bonds? They would involve tying the victim up, or tying them to something. --Thnidu (talk) 04:48, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. I wish to be put in the stocks early, so I will already have my time served. MarshallKe (talk) 02:48, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ought you not get a discount for early sufferance? Like, one hour pre-event offsets a two-hour condemnation. Best wishes! NickyMcLean (talk) 08:49, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I’m condemning myself to the stocks because I clicked massRollback on about 100 pages, unwittingly restoring vandalism. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 14:56, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pardoned ... that mistake isn't major or spectacular enough. Graham87 04:26, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

for editing multiple subpages of WP:Vital articles to use Trebuchet MS, resulting in Cewbot malfunctioning and demoting 6000 vital articles. Cewbot was then indeffed, unblocked, indeffed again, unblocked again, and finally indeffed for a third time. K6ka then reverted Cewbot's bad edits (with some assistance from Tamzin and I), resulting in K6ka reaching 100 kiloedits. – dudhhr ^talk _contribs (he/they) 18:30, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded/Support/Whatever is used here to show that I agree, as long as that is determined to be the actual cause (I wonder if the reason the initial fix didn't work was becuase either there were still some things that were broken or the bot was simply lagging behind) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:52, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just wow ... so that's why there was a flurry of edits on my watchlist! Yeah this is worth putting on here once the dust is settled. I'm dealing with other things at the moment so I probably won't have the mental space to add a write-up here in the short term. Graham87 02:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In honor of Gmaxwell and Kirill Lokshin, Enterprisey and I recreated the "Conference Called" incident this year at WCNA — see right. Enjoy KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 05:34, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Nice job! –Novem Linguae (talk) 05:38, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Enterprisey's shit-eating grin is everything──post by AbyxDev ( Talk | Contribs ) 21:18, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I compiled a table of all the entries listed on this page in my sandbox, including dates derived from this page and other on-wiki information, where I noticed that this this list is skewed towards pre-2012 (which makes sense as Wikipedia was more active then), and there is a large gap between 2017 and 2022, unless I may have miscopied some dates. Are there any other times from several years ago where users accidentally messed up Wikipedia that have not been listed or brought up on this talk page that could go here (depending on whether users who did would like them on this page or not), including during that gap?

Plus, are there also any other major accidents that occurred outside of enwiki (considering one from Commons has an entry here) that could be put here as well? Xeroctic (talk) 20:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just committed one the other day. Another Wiki User the 3rd (talk) 19:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unless someone is making a joke too subtle for my somewhat literalist brain, "blatant disregard of sensibility" is using the wrong noun for the disregarded quality. What is surely meant is "blatant disregard of good sense", or the somewhat clumsy "blatant disregard of sensibleness". "Sensibility" refers to the capacity or character of senses and is approximately a synonym of "sensitivity". Pincrete (talk) 08:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He reverted Jimbo Wales on a talk page about the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion. (See Special:Diff/1180643067). Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:42, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's anywhere near severe enough. Graham87 (talk) 02:27, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What if the Siege Weapon Safety Fail award used the Trebuchet MS font? PineappleWizard123 (talk) 03:58, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PineappleWizard123  Done, lol. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I confirmed EPIC early and it broke the page. Can I have that put on the Village Stocks?

Another Wiki User the 3rd (talk) 19:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No. -- asilvering (talk) 20:23, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]