User:Dfrg.msc/NCR: A History
Q: How did this meme start? Was there any particular reason the Reichstag and Spider-Man were chosen? Is this page in blatant violation of WP:BEANS? Andjam 03:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
A: On the 26 June 2006 at 11:43, I posted the article "Trigger Happy" (Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive47#Trigger Happy) on the Wikipedia Village Pump Policy page and also on the Administrators' noticeboard. I was new and admittedly a bit ignorant, and I wanted to shake Wikipedia up a bit. At the end of my post I wrote: If I don't cop flack for this one, I will climb the Reichstag Building in a Spiderman outfit. This was the response:
- When will you be climbing the Reichstag? I'll try to be around.(and could provide the photo then) Lectonar
- We are the rouge admin cabal and will block you indefinitely for violating the Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spiderman. Also, we will extend this block to everybody you have ever met because you violated Wikipedia:Don't post incidents without giving people the faintest clue what the f**k you're on about, which is definitely policy. Just zis Guy you know? 12:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
At this stage Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spiderman was just a link to the Hoax page. I then decided to indulge Proto and digitally edited (badly) a photo of myself climbing the Reichstag Building in a Spiderman outfit. I then posted this on the same page with the remark "Ok, but you forced me into this. Scaling a major landmark is harder than it looks". The original image has since been deleted as it violated copyright(Woohoo!). Man, I was such a noob.
It was at this stage that Guy took it to a new level. Guy took the initiative and on the 27 June 2006 at 10:22, created the Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spiderman page. Those considering climbing the Reichstag in a Spiderman outfit could only tremble in fear beneath the shadow of the new official decree by the Supreme Cabal Regime of the English Wikipedia. People started going there, mainly out of curiosity, and realization struck that a monster had been created.
I was then indefinitely bollocked for violating policy (Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spiderman). But Guy let me off with a warning.
A few long battles ensued as to whether we should keep the page on this fine website. With the help of countless people and, of course, the Rouge Admin, we've won again and again and here it is. The official score was 13 points and a piñata to 27 points a bruised backside and 3 ripped dresses.
A: Not really.
A: Probably not.
There has been difficulty, but, in the end, I think it is worth it to keep the Reichstag Spider-man free. Next stop: The Kremlin! Dfrg.msc 1 . 2 . Editor Review 06:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC)