What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

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  • TELVM
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Oct 2012
    • 547
    • Spain

    #1

    What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

    Time ago it was extensive, and had great tech stuff and spectacular carnage: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...ldid=463501242


    But now it's a rump : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
  • goontron
    5000!
    • Dec 2011
    • 4108
    • US

    #2
    Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

    im guessing it was "to complex" so it was striped to the simple stuff.
    Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

    "Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me

    Excuse me while i do something dangerous


    You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.

    Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore

    Follow the white rabbit.

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    • lti
      Badcaps Legend
      • May 2011
      • 2557
      • United States

      #3
      Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

      Failed electrolytic capacitors with swollen can tops and expelled rubber seals, dates of manufacture "0106" and "0206" (February 2001 and February 2002)

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      • kaboom
        "Oh, Grouchy!"
        • Jan 2011
        • 2507
        • USA

        #4
        Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

        Originally posted by goontron
        im guessing it was "to complex" so it was striped to the simple stuff.
        Simple. It's wikipedia- the antithesis of important details. Some of those "characters" are rather odd... everytime I see something over there proclaiming "...in the UK" without a reciprocal '...in the USA," I say to myself "this isn't the UK."

        For bias, "deliberate omission," "consensuses ()," and non-information/information without knowledge, wikipedia can't be beat... The dumbing down over there is deliberate; to say that some articles are biased is a hell of an understatement.

        They need, desperately, to get off their high horse.
        Last edited by kaboom; 01-11-2014, 12:40 AM.
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        guilty of being cheap-made!

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        • momaka
          master hoarder
          • May 2008
          • 12175
          • Bulgaria

          #5
          Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

          I think it was late 2006 or 2007 that I started reading on badcaps.net. Before I joined badcaps, I think it was the original Capacitor Plague Wikipedia page that got me here. I see it's #2 in the references of that old page. What a shame they changed it.

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          • goontron
            5000!
            • Dec 2011
            • 4108
            • US

            #6
            Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

            it looks like were back.
            edit: damn this duel display screen shots!
            we are in the External links
            Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....

            "Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me

            Excuse me while i do something dangerous


            You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.

            Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore

            Follow the white rabbit.

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            • tmiha71
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2010
              • 130

              #7
              Re: What happened to the Wiki article on the cap plague?

              It seems that /at least part of the/ problem was necessity to support 30W cpu and 95W cpu on the same motherboard...

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