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 nonprofit areas of this site need some serious cleanup. Among the stuff that needs merged or unmerged is are the following:

Bad terms

501(c), this needs to be merged with 501(d), probably to just a 501 area.
public charity, private foundation, and private operating foundation need to be fixed to be their definitions under 501(c)(3)
501(c)(3) needs to have its own page, plus needs seriously expanded.
charity, nonprofit, non-profit, not for profit, not-for-profit, charitable organization, all need to be consolidated

Bad Links

public charity currently links to non-profit organization. It needs its own page

Non-profit organization has the following links

Charitable organization has the following redirects

Foundation (charity) has the following redirects:

501(c) has the following redirect:
- 501(c)(3)
- various other 501 links
- 501(c)(3) organization

Charity Organization Society has the following redirects:
- Charity Organisation Society

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
Private foundation, should have 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

Weird charity-related lists

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:

Orange Charities and Societies