Tom Smith WikiPirates song lyrics

Some lust for gold and silver, and some for gems and jewels

But some want greater treasures, and they use their software tools

For some of us quest for knowledge, and we wants it undefiled,

But now and then you get a troll who thinks he's Oscar Wilde.

Beware the Wiki Pirates, who sail the server seas.

They flaunt their fake credentials and their advanced degrees.

They control the information with bullying moderation,

'Cause arrogance and online swagger trump your expertise.

No matter what your sources, no matter whom you cite,

He doesn't want to hear it, 'cause he knows for sure he's right

There is no compromising, no bargain or accord,

He's never heard of you, or doesn't like you, or he's bored.

Beware the Wiki Pirates, they love to wield their clout

All day they'll argue details that no one cares about

They don't see as overreachin' their demands for page deletion

Web pages are in short supply, and what if we run out?

Yo ho, yo ho, no one ever thought,

Yo ho, yo ho, in this web we'd be caught,

The Wiki's meant to document the stuff the mainstream missed,

Instead we've got a pompous sot who's building up his wrist.

So if ye've got a subject that really interests you,

Beware the Wikipirates, they've got nothing else to do.

Someday we'll have a knowledge base with all you want and need,

Till then we'll take cold comfort that they're likely not to breed.

Beware the Wiki Pirates, who whine at our attacks.

They're only trying to help us, never mind the rules and facts.

They're just honest, not unpleasant, it's not their fault that we're peasants,

If we'd only see their brilliance, everybody could relax.

Beware the Wiki Pirates, that basement-dwellin' band.

They regulate and obfuscate what they don't understand.

The grief they give ya will reduce ya to trivia and minutiae,

And prayin' that you really do get banned,

Only "public noteriety" will get you in their library,

Be grateful they're all lost at sea... they'd try to delete the land.