Talk:Fleshbot
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Fleshbot is currently a Computing and engineering good article nominee. Nominated by Damian Vo (talk) at 16:30, 27 December 2025 (UTC) Any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and then save the page. See the good article instructions. Short description: Sex-oriented weblog |
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A fact from Fleshbot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Still owned by Gawker Media?
I noticed that the Gawker Media article lists this blog as "formerly owned by", in addition to noticing its omission from being linked/connected to the other Gawker blogs. So the question is, which article is current in the information? --99.186.111.95 (talk) 03:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
The whois info for Fleshbot.com is the same as that of other Gawker sites, and no official statements about a sale have been made. On Boinkology, the editor of Fleshbot still lists Fleshbot as "Gawker Media's blog about sex, porn, and the web". Plus, the "advertising" link at the bottom of Fleshbot goes to advertising.gawker.com. Basically, it seems Gawker Media still owns Fleshbot, but doesn't like to talk about it. 82.73.154.190 (talk) 11:01, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
WHOIS record
The source for the statement about the WHOIS record appears to be dynamic. Is there a way to archive it? Wank Hilliams (talk) 00:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
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Updating entry
This entry sorely needs updating. The site has changed significantly,not least of which is that it's a pale version of itself and almost completely composed of advertising masked as "articles." It's terrible. 150.135.165.33 (talk) 17:24, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 20:31, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- ... that sex-oriented blog Fleshbot generated over one million views on its launching week?
- ALT1: ... that Fleshbot posted stills and free links to Paris Hilton's sex tape during its launch week? Source: Already on the site are three stills for view of the alleged tape of the floozy hotel heiress and then boy toy Rick Solomon. On Nov. 10, 2003, Gawker Media unveiled Fleshbot, its own alternative porn blog, and hours later, a tipster sent along a just-leaked home video of hotel heiress Paris Hilton
- Reviewed: Ballard Link Extension
Damian Vo (talk) 16:39, 27 December 2025 (UTC).
Article recently expanded and is long enough. Referencing is adequate, with no copyvio detected (Earwig flagged a couple clearly marked quotes and a few 4/5-word phrases). Hooks are interesting, prefer ALT0 but either is fine. Both are cited inline and mentioned, verified in the sources. QPQ provided, so good to go. Juxlos (talk) 12:21, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

