Wikipedia:Guy Macon's story
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Guy Macon's story (Also known as My God! There are DOZENS of them!!) tells how, "There once was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway. Upon hearing on the radio (over the honking horns) that there was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway, he peered through his windshield, noticed all of the headlights heading toward him, and exclaimed 'My God! There are DOZENS of them!!'"
It has been used several times in Wikipedia's internal; discussions, generally to highlight how an editor's own behavior is similar to what they accuse other's of. It has been present in cases before the Arbitration Committee (regarding an admin who allegedly "excuses his behavior by referring to what other editors did")[1] and at the Administrators' Noticeboard ("How many people have told you that your behavior is unacceptable so far?").[2] An editor accused of copyright errors proceeded to continue making copyright errors at WP:ANI; the story got an outing (an editor "made the choice to make a new forgery, and commit a copyright infringement").[3] It has also been used on the Reference Desks, User Talk pages and, of course, WP:Jimmy Wales. One of its earliest usages appears to have been in 2013.
In all, it has been used nearly 30 times on the entire English Wikipedia.[4]
References
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- ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". en.wiki.x.io.
- ^ "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia". en.wiki.x.io.
- ^ ""there once was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway. Upon hearing on the radio (over the honking horns) that there was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway, he peered through his windshield" - Search results - Wikipedia". en.wiki.x.io.