User:Fredsmith2
Hi Everybody! Remember to add content, not just edit it, and don't bash the newbies.
Citing stuff
This is a table with blank citation thingies that I use. Feel free to use them, too.
Citing newspapers | <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2008-01-23 }}</ref> |
Citing books | <ref>{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages= }}</ref> |
The future of Wikipedia
I just saw someone mention about a page that "the inmates are running the prison here." Fortunately it was just one page. But here is my somewhat-grim prediction of the future.
Note: This section is a prediction about the future that cannot be confirmed or denied until the future. As with all soothsaying, it should be considered humor, or "for entertainment purposes only."
Page Quality
2008: Pages will get worse and worse, with no one to clean them up. Wikipedians will be the defending zealots, rather than people actually adding content.
Lawsuits
2008: Wikipedia administrators are quickly spiraling out of control, and Wikipedia will lose some really high-profile lawsuits because of these out-of-control admins. The public opinion will be that Wikipedia should have lost the lawsuits
Donations
2009: Because of the lawsuits, people will stop donating to Wikipedia as a charity.
Religion
2010: Wikipedia is very close to a religion right now. The only difference is that is actually does something. In a few years, Wikipedia will stop doing something, because it will reach a critical mass. At that time, all that will be left is the religion. Like all religions, there will be devout, good members and there will be murderous zealots. Eventually, a fringe group of Wikipedians will take the law into their own hands, and it always ends up bad when religious members do that.
Reverted to 2008 and frozen
2010: Wikipedia will end up getting so bad, as far as page quality, that the only way to begin recovering will be to revert back to a stable version of Wikipedia, and freeze it for a while, so no one can edit while people figure out what to do.
Bought by Microsoft
2011: I've been trying to think of a future outcome other than that Wikipedia will eventually be bought by Microsoft. I can't think of one.
Solution
I have the solution to this problem. However, only Jimmy Wales can solve it. I'll tell him what it is when he asks me personally.
501(c)(3)
The
Bad terms
- 501(d), probably to just a 501area.
- 501(c)(3)
- 501(c)(3)needs to have its own page, plus needs seriously expanded.
- not-for-profit, charitable organization, all need to be consolidated
Bad Links
- non-profit organization. It needs its own page
- Non-profit organizationhas the following links
- Non profit
- Non-profit
- Not-for-profit
- Non-profit-making organization
- Non-profit organizations
- Non-profit org
- Non-profit orgs
- Non-profits
- Not-for-profits
- Nonprofit group
- Nonprofit Organization
- Nonprofit organization
- Nonprofit organisation
- Non-profit organisation
- Non Profit Organization
- Nonprofit
- Non-profit company
- Star Island Corporation
- Not-for-profit organization
- Not-for-profit agency
- Nonprofit corporation
- Non-profit society
- Public charity
- Non profit organisation
- Not for profit
- Not-for-profit organisations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Not for profit organisation
- Non Profit organization
- Non profit organization
- Non-profit institution
- Nonprofit Organisation
- Non-profit Organisation
- Nonprofit organisations
- Non Profit Organisation
- Non-profit-making organisation
- Non-profit organisations
- Not-for-profit organisation
- Non Profit organisation
- Non-profit foundation
- Non-profit agency
- Nonprofit agency
- Non-profit group
- Non-Profit
- Non profit organisations
- Not-for-profit companies
- Non-profit corporations
- Charitable organization has the following redirects
- Registered charity
- Charitable organisation
- Charity organization
- Grats
- British charities
- Charities
- Charitable society
- Charity organisation
- Charitable fund
- Charitable cause
- Charitable organizations
- Charitable donor
- Charitable corporation
- Foundation (charity)has the following redirects:
- Charitable foundation
- Philanthropic Foundation
- Non-profit charity
- 501(c)has the following redirect:
- 501(c)(3)
- various other 501 links
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Charity Organization Societyhas the following redirects:
- Charitable trust has the following redirect:
- Charity group
- Charitable Trust
- Charitable Remainder Trust
- CRUT
- CRAT
- Charity work, improper redirect
- Charitable remainder trust
- Charity, the disambiguation page, has the following redirects:
- Charitable
- Charity (disambiguation)
- Charitable contribution
- Charitable contributions
Nonprofit pages without links
- Charity fraud
- Foundation (charity)merged into it
- Foundation in U.S.A. (charity)should be merged into private foundation
- Community foundation
- Supporting organization (charity)
- Donor advised funds
- List of articles about charitable foundations
- List of charities in China
- List of NGOs in China
- Foundations in Canada
- List of wealthiest foundations
- List of non-governmental organizations in Thailand
- List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam
- Charities accused of ties to terrorism
- List of voluntary welfare organisations in Singapore
- Charities in the Philippines
Stuff that claims that they are the charity
501(c)(3)'s shouldn't tied or controlled by for-profit organizations. Here are some pages that make it look like other organizations controll the charity:
Nonprofit categories
- Category:Charities
- Category:Foundations by country
- Category:Foundations
- Category:Non-profit organizations
Archives
See the old stuff that's no longer fit to print on my home page: