Keith E. Whisman

February 15, 2011 at 4:33pm

Where is a drunken Kanye West when you need him. Hey, hey, hey you all! Justin Bieber should get that emmy, hick up, Justin Bieber is outta sight, hick up!

Caboose

February 15, 2011 at 3:15pm

As a true blooded Canadian, please accept my most heartfelt apologies for having Justin Bieber unleashed upon the world.

ShyLinuxGuy

February 15, 2011 at 3:10pm

I know very little about Justin Bieber, other than he's idolized by 10-year-old girls. However, I don't even know who Esperanza is. But, if Esperanza was deserving of the award, let her have a little slice of the fame pie, why not! This is how people become better known, and even though I can care less about what goes on in Hollywood, I do know that Justin Bieber is a little over-hyped, and someone else should get the spotlight for once. Fame and recognition isn't stagnant--anything isn't stagnant, for that matter, and people need to come down to earth a little and realize that he had his chance, he didn't quite make it, and life goes on.

topcat2021

February 15, 2011 at 2:33pm

I quit watching the Grammys, Oscars,etc. ad nauseum many years ago as they're nothing but a popularity contest between the hype makers who are out of touch with what art is all about (unless art is money that is) but personally I'm glad that He (or is it a she I don't know) didn't get the Grammy. A singer should have a working vocabulary of more that at least 100 words not just 12 as his songs seem to have, maybe there is hope for the people voting for the grammys to have regained some sense and conscious though, doubtful but maybe.

Irunongames

February 15, 2011 at 2:16pm

I am a Wikipedia editor with over 5,000 edits and I can't see why everyone complains about vandalisim. Whiel yes their IS vandalisim it is a social encyclopedia in a way. But, Wikipedia has several vandalisim "search and destory" bots that go through every edit with scruitny. When people vandaize 4 times their IP and username (if they have one) is blocked. If a page is overly vandalized it is "locked" and only members who have shown that they are competent (250+ edits) can edit the page. 

We Wikipedia editors are proud people and we do not stand for vandals. Some users have 100,000+ edits JUST from reverting vandamisim! Despite this their will always be cracks that will take hours (instead of minutes) to fill. 

- Wikipedia User:Peter.C

Slugbait

February 15, 2011 at 1:29pm

I like to think of it this way....

She will be forever known as the first woman who rocked Justin Bieber's world.

This is the greatest moment in Esperanza's music career. And to think that just the night before, she won a Grammy award, too.

If the sharks are smart, they're going to jump all over this opportunity, and market Esperanza heavily before all the hoopla dies. Sponsorships, TV commercials, new fragrance, clothing line...oh, and maybe some airtime on the radio, too.

People die on Wikipedia all the time. I personally think the people themselves sometimes posts RIP dates for publicity. And this is what makes Wikipedia great: the AP wire stories get written, the page gets corrected, and somebody is in the limelight for a short while.

I wouldn't change a thing.

bpstone

February 15, 2011 at 1:07pm

If adults were responsible for these actions, they need to grow the hell up and stop listening to a child singer. I honestly don't understand this new weird trend either. I've never had an interest hearing children sing about things they have yet to comprehend.  There's a definite need for high profile Wiki pages being partially or indefinitely locked to prevent vandalism. Pages that are locked indefinitely would have to have staff approval before the changes could be made. Wiki's strength is also its greatest weakness.

violian

February 15, 2011 at 11:48am

I don't listen to Justin Bieber, but I often listen to a variety of music of every genre from the - radio, Zune, tv, etc. Then I heard that an "Esperanza" won the Grammy over Bieber? I was like, who the heck is "Esperanza? Where did she come from all of a sudden? I didn't know there was an artist named Esperanza."

Balgaroo

February 15, 2011 at 11:06am

Wikipedia does a fine job on keeping track and deleting erroneous information.  I mean it's one of the largest and most viewed websites on the net now.  The fact that anyone can edit it is why its so good. Spaldking page has been corrected.  Enough said.

Now on to two side notes:  

.I have never heard any music from either of these two people and I feel that I am better off for it.   

..Also, people stop commenting on grammer on a web site, this is not a published work, its a web page.  People make mistakes when writing.  As long as the message that is trying to be conveyed succeeds then who cares.

triclops41

February 15, 2011 at 10:50am

for the love of satan, its "we couldn't care less".

 

"we could care less" makes absolutely no sense in this context.

festiva_man

February 15, 2011 at 9:43am

This is why I believe you should have to have a class to access the internet.  Dangerous and stupid people all over it, a class might stop stupid stuff like this from happening.  Of course, Beiber fans are idiots anyway, the only ones I know of are below the age of 13.  Maybe parents should stop letting their kids listen to crap like that.

chiroho

February 15, 2011 at 8:06am

I agree that Wikipedia should be doing more to prevent this sort of site hacking - perhaps, as you suggested, locking specific pages during high-profile events. Even just forcing changes to be approved by a staff member before posting around the time of these events would make a difference.

MleB

February 15, 2011 at 7:29am

Justin who?

Tomswift21

February 15, 2011 at 7:20am

how ridiculous are some kids today...

Tomswift21

February 15, 2011 at 7:20am

how ridiculous are some kids today...

Tomswift21

February 15, 2011 at 7:20am

how rediculous are some kids today...

DJSPIN80

February 15, 2011 at 7:16am

Oh, so laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

Slygathor

February 15, 2011 at 7:05am

Now that's just childish.