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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Delirium (talk | contribs) at 12:14, 8 February 2004 (Needs less about forums, and more about Something Awful). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

What's with the vandalism that just occurred on this page...? ugen64 23:24, Feb 7, 2004 (UTC)

Basically a coordinated attack by about 5 (diverse) IP addresses at once, taking the form of a scatalogical conversation. They were all warned and the page was protected to chase them off. They seem to have moved on.-- Decumanus 23:30, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Then I'd like to see it unbanned. It was in the process of being edited by the forums. -- Mumbo

People were a little excited, I guess.

Unforunately your edits came right smack in the middle of attack. Look at the page history and you'll see what happened. -- Decumanus 23:34, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The attacks were ALSO a result of the forums. The FYAD portion, to be exact. At least that's my best guess. --Mumbo


What exactly do you mean by a forum? -- Decumanus 23:38, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I think they mean forums on the Something Awful site. -- Ams80 23:40, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

What he said. Sorry for not being more specific. --Mumbo

Ok, I went over there and unbanned my account (which got banned somehow in the two years since I used it, I'd been meaning to go back there anyhow), and I didn't see anything about Wikipedia. I sincerely hope SOmething Awful users (upset at being banned or otherwise) aren't coordinating vandalism on Wikipedia, since I think that would have to be reported to the something awful staff. Pakaran. 01:42, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Sirs: I posted a message within GBS asking whether the article here could be improved a bit. I guess the FYAD guys got a hold of the link and started the vandalism. I apologize deeply for the inconvenience-I was a fool to post a link to a Wiki. EuphrosyneD 03:45 Feb 7 2004 (UTC)

But thank you for the edits you caused in the meantime, they were a great improvement to my original article as I have not actually paid the $10 for an account. --User:Ashibaka 03:47, Feb 8 2004 (UTC)

Needs less about forums, and more about Something Awful

Something Awful made its name as a comedy website, with a bunch of notable sub-sites and personalities, some of which have since split off, and some of which still remain (JeffK, Fireman Comics, Bjornar B, Taco the Wonder Dog, etc.). The forums were initially a fairly small portion of the site, just there for people to discuss things in. As of late they're a more major portion of the site, but still hardly deserve 95% of the article. --Delirium 12:14, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)

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