In case ye missed it :)
Was up here briefly and just removed a few minutes ago.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...er/FAI_Wik.jpg
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In case ye missed it :)
Was up here briefly and just removed a few minutes ago.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...er/FAI_Wik.jpg
it's still there
Its back! It was gone for about 15 minutes, someone must be running a automatic refresher :D
:D I approve.
I don't, the last line is a disgrace.
Another
:p
That's true, but I'll overlook it just this once.Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
The current version is even funnier - they've locked the article from editing by new members and reverted, but someone else has changed the first line to "The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) are destroying the heritage of association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association (IFA), which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland."
Now it says,
"The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association (IFA), which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland. They are also a bunch of ****s who hired a ginger **** to do a job he cant do."
"Bunch of ****s who hired a ginger **** to do a job he cant do."
In fairness, the throwaway nature of the last line made me laugh out loud. Then again I usually find gratuitous sectarianism funny anyway. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by lofty9
KOH
FAI on Wikipedia .... its hard to argue with it !! :p
Gas...Its funny because its true
Yep. Looks right to me.
But no doubt all FAI staff members will spend all day tomorrow trying to..... ehhhh..... "correct" certain matters.
Because as Delaney will tell you - image is everything, facts are irrelevant.
Absolutely class, funny because it's true
Brilliant!
The drinking buddy comment on the Staunton link is also true? If so that's a total disgrace.http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...ldid=106416674Quote:
Originally Posted by Clipper
BTW let this be a lesson to students writing up their theses - dont use wikipedia as a reference!!
Errr "Stan" sure coulden you do the job and save us a fortune a the same time(Stan pipes up)..I was out on the **** with Quinny recently (cut short by Delaney as lights flashing on and off)..(Del boy pipes up)get the roasters in you've got the job..Now how many cones did you look after at Walsall..........
Great:D
They were level at 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland after 94 minutes when Stephen Ireland scored within 8 seconds of the final whistle. The goal scored by San Marino was their first competitive goal since 1998.
San Marino were 8 seconds away from a famous 1-1 draw and embarrassing the Republic of Ireland on the 8th of February 2007, only for Stephen Ireland to scramble in a late late winner for the Republic. Many blame this on the inadequacy of the Republic's manager Steve Staunton to manage a football team.
Even wikipedia have updated their san marino section on the game wednesday. I thought the bit in bold was very funny!!:D :D
Courtesy of wikipedia.com
Wikipedia is made up of posters throughout the world. Is it not an Official source. You can register and post what you want on any topic. It doesn't have any Official merit. There is another Wikipedia entry about the FAI some place using foul language about them and accusing the Northern Ireland FA of being bigots and Rangers supporters.
Yeah, it even made the news: http://enn.ie/frontpage/news-9898486.html
It amazes me that people are amazed by Wikipedia entries, anyone can go in and edit stuff so its like a glorified forum really.
Yeah I did a job (wrote a load of sh!te) on this page when I was hammered about a year ago but now you have to log in :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_England
I worte this in another thread buit it wouldn't surprise me if there are some students out there quoting stuff from wikipedia in their final year reports.
90% of the stuff is sound but you need to be careful.
It amazes me that people think these things are hilarious. Most "crap" is spotted and changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
How dare you suggest forums are glorified. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
People assume just cos its on the internet its true... This applies to none Wikipedia sites too...
1. I know of one in my course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
2. You can rely on Wikipedia most of the time...but maybe not for official science-y projects and theses.:D
I was teaching a course last year and, in the final class asked people if they'd any questions regarding their end of term essays - the first question was 'what is the correct way to cite wiki sources?' when I suggested that such a source, by itself wasn't enough, I got a pitying lookQuote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
i'm amazed that people are amazed that people think these things are hilarious. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
The Football Association of Ireland's entry is quite accurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org:80/w/index.p...ldid=106552529
Main article is now locked and you have to make a request to have it unlocked for editing:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lopez
If it helps, you were completely in the right.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofstan
Well, I knew I was, but it didn't stop them (these were final year undergrads. BTW.)Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Jesus I thought they were in primary school or at the oldest, early secondary school... :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofstan
This is in danger of turning into one of those 'Kids today, eh?' threads; (I know, I started it) maybe we should have a special section where us old geezers can grumble about declining standards, and lack of respect and so on..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Or maybe another students are wasters thread...
Anyway back on topic, Wikipedia is great
Heres a link to Prof. Hoffman's original page
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...ldid=106628995
What a load of rubbish. Brian Kerr (they didn't sack him), Roy Keane (FAI didn't send him home), appoint a Cork manager (so we know where the writer is from) and the sectarian stuff at the end and people think it's hilarious :rolleyes:
Easily amused.
the most worrying part of Staunton's profile on wikipedia is actually true.
Irish Managerial Results
* Republic of Ireland v Sweden 3-0
* Republic of Ireland v Chile 0-1
* Republic of Ireland v Netherlands 0-4
* Germany v Republic of Ireland 1-0
* Cyprus v Republic of Ireland 5-2
* Republic of Ireland v Czech Republic 1-1
* Republic of Ireland v San Marino 5-0
* San Marino v Republic of Ireland 1-2
shocking when you see it put that simply charlie!
surprised noone's taken to butchering the uncyclopedia version of the page: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Steve_Staunton