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What? Anyway, I just woke from some disturbing nightmares a few hrs ago. I came out on top, but am still shaken. Please comfort me at will! El_C 10:12, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What? Dear me. Just watch the tulipfaces and go oooooohmmmmmm for now!
Bishonen
talk 10:33, 9 April 2006 (UTC).
Oh!, you're returned to us are you? well I have been very busy indeed, working tirelessly on Sanssouci which is a monumantally brilliant translation by trebor27 and was on FAC, but needed a few alterations. It's now back on FAC and need a few comments (don't even think it!). It really is quite good (IMO) and has lots of pretty pictures - so run along and have a look. Nice to see you back though - refreshed and invigorated. Giano | talk 13:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn it, people keep "correcting" the title of her novel. <sigh> It reminds me of the newspaper that used a search and replace routine and then had to issue the following retraction: "Last week, the article should have read 'The company hopes that the new actions will help get the finances back into the black,' not 'back into the African American.' We regret the error." Anyway, I was expecting more herring chasing after my comments on the "Brave Admins" talk page, too, but I guess I was either clearer in my intent or more Johnsonian in my dilery than I expected. Geogre 02:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
My dilery. You know, as in "what's the dilery, yo?" (Actually, it was supposed to be "delivery." It's hard to speak of one's clear or Johnsonian delivery when one has a typo in it.) (And Johnson was known to compose while walking to the printer, so I can't say, "He did it, too!") I love your collective warnings. It ought to stop people not using -bots, but, then again, the longish Talk page comment should have stopped them, too, esp. since there was already a history edit summary saying that Scott was the one with the spelling problem in this case. Thanks, folks. Geogre 04:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Welcome back, dear! I do hope you're feeling better!
I've been working on S's reputation a bit, but i've gotten a bit side-tracked. I just noticed the travesty of an article on David Garrick and I immediately set to righting the situation, which will lead back to S's reputation (which will now include Garrick's contribution to performance of S) once finished. Turns out that Mr. Garrick, being one of the wealthiest men in Britain, was also one of the most painted and I've discovered a great cache of paintings of him including a marvelous painting of him in Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife! The cache is now on Commons in Commons:Category:David Garrick. Again, glad to have you back from the depths of Bedlam! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 03:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn, BoG, that thing is hypnotizing! Hey Bish, maybe you could use it to get other Wikipedians to do our bidding! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 19:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your congratulations, I had no idea - how do you know? I disagree with you though it is not my most attractive work, Sic Bar is still (IMO) that; and BP has been much edited and altered, so will probably be FARCd while on the main page, unless one of the zealots spot it first. To be honest I would rather see Sanssouci there on 21st as that exemplifies the wiki community spirit and is also a very attractive page, but it still has to complete FAC, so may take some time. Thanks for letting me know. Giano | talk 14:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Here is the warning you requested Raul654 22:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I've wanted to put Attalus I up on the main page for a while now, but coins just don't make good main page images! Check the talk page - I pointed that out way back in early April, 2005 (And the current picture is fair use). Raul654 14:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Well! well! well! What a surprise! Congratulations. Giano | talk 06:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
The second opinion I mentioned in IRC was for Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Raul654 06:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Its the one big issue w/ the bot. Part of the problem was the bot was offline earliest and didnt get the original vandalism - I'll take a deeper look when i;m back on my pc. Tawker 20:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I rewrote Charlotte Lennox today. I left typos and such. However, whatever faults my writing may have (and there are quite a few), I invite anyone to compare before and after the inuse tag. Then see my vicious thundering at the original author's lead sentence on the Talk page. Geogre 20:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Wh-wh-whatthehell is that? That's fugged up, that is. I mean seriously. Dogwuvvers mirror? ("At a time when women were put down by The Man, Charlotte Lennox was dishing it back, hot, and you can tell because a bunch of famous men were her friends!" Blug! Of all the hydroencephalic criticism!) Geogre 23:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I love my dog very much, and I loved the dog before her very, very much. I'm just not sure that dog lovers have any special need for Wikipedia content or that their version would be significantly different or that, going to talk about my Platonic love of my dog, I'd think to myself, "Know what would really help? Twenty-eight articles on Pokemon, that's what." It's not like there is an anti-dog conspiracy on Wikipedia. Geogre 02:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Speaking of Quixotic quests, there is an IP editor who has one mission in life: ensure that Wikipedia talks about the "hit television show The Mint." It has insisted, contrary to a "widely respected administrator"'s advice, that The Mint must disambiguate, and not Mint. <sigh> Then someone is editing Hylozoism with extremely learned material -- truly top notch -- but in the weirdest possible way. I tell you, it's enough to make a person want to write articles about Foghat songs and Bachman Turner Overdrive chord sequences. Geogre 02:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, the anon is wrong. Did you see how the anon originally wanted it? The top line would have read, "For the smash hit British TV show, see...." I smell marketing. One of the time honored principles of disambiguation is who gets there first, unless the situation is hopelessly illogical. In this case, I think logic is on my side, and I definitely got there first. (Logic is on my side because of 600 years of "the mint" being a district, tons of literature with "the mint" as a reference, vs. 6 months of hype; to have a structure that doesn't mess us up entirely, we shouldn't rename our articles every time a new creature appears. Further, at mint (disambiguation), there are other pop culture ephemera that are known as "the mint," but the authors of those articles didn't get to rename either the plant article nor insert lines nor make the disambiguation the default link nor rename the The Mint article.) Geogre 02:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Appreciate the reminder on WP:AN. Where do I announce the birth of Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers ? We're like other wikipedians, only that we have had some experiences with the paranormal and/or investigate these matters. Martial Law 01:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
By the way, if you have had these experiences, investigate these matters, just plain curious, go to Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers for more info. Martial Law 01:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Why not create this: Wikipedia: General Inquiries, so that non - admin related questions may be asked ? That should ease the backlog a bit. Martial Law 01:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
One other thing, do I have all of the Wikipedia links ? I use them as a reference guide. Martial Law 05:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
What is it, and can I place the indicated link, if one in my link directory ? Martial Law 07:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Vilgot Sjöman? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Bill O'Reilly said that there was a study from Sweden that showed that, since they had gay marriage in Sweden, marriages have fallen off by 80% and therefore marriage has been destroyed there. (Now, there was no study. Sweden doesn't have gay marriage. If both had been true, it would have been post hoc ergo propter hoc.) Al Franken, commenting on the lies, said that they don't get married in Sweden because...they're Swedes. "They're I Am Curious, Yellow... they're Swedes." Geogre 17:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Great! Now the members of Bish's salon have a new coffeemaker and we can all stay up late working on our articles! Thanks Alkivar! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 18:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
LOL, thank you Alkivar!
Bishonen
talk 19:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC).
The rainbowing was committed by User:Avillia. Man, this page keeps getting purtier and purtier. Bishonen | talk 01:23, 14 April 2006 (UTC).
Bishonen, I strongly require your assistance at Kelly Clarkson. There is currently an anonymous IP removing content and violating WP:NPOV. Could you please semi-protect it for a predetermined amount of time? Thank you. — Eternal Equinox | talk 02:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Go ahead and make a copy of the Wiki-links that are on my User page for your use. Martial Law 18:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Wow, your new sig is ... uhh ... interesting. -- Cyde Weys 23:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Mine is reader response. It blinks and spins and goes through a polarizing effect. When you look at it, close and open your eyes rapidly, 35 times per minute. Next, shake your head back and forth rapidly, approximately 270 degrees of arc travel per four seconds. Keep both activities up at the same time, and in about 180 seconds you'll see the polarizing effect I was referring to. Geogre 04:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Can you place a M-16 w/ the Grenade launcher or a XM-25 image on my sig, so that it'll appear when I sig anything ? Martial Law 00:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Users can't modify other users' sigs. And the use of images in sigs is highly discouraged already (I don't know why Bish is doing it). -- Cyde Weys 00:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Please check the facts before you start making assumptions-- JohnnyCanuck 01:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
You might want to check this edit
(And for the record, all I was restoring were the messages that were connected to new messages I was adding, not merely restoring blanked messages.) -- Calton | Talk 08:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Are there possibly any guideline anywhere saying that a word redirected to an article, should be explained or at least mentioned in that page? I clicked "Carlos V]], and found myself at an article called "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor". I spent some time checking it was the right king, then added the name in the article. Now people keep saying it shouldn't be there, since he wasn't called by that name in Spain. Apparently he was in other places though, since there are 14 wikilinks to "Carlos V". I know pretty much nothing about the king in question, but IMHO it would be commons sense to make sure readers should not have to experience regarding my confusion. The principle not to mention what someone was called in all the countries in the world is valid I guess, but there has to be a limit. Do you think there is any kind of guideline I can point to? Where should I look for it, do you think? // Habj 12:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Attention habitués of Bishonen's Grande Salon: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is open for Peer review business. I appreciate any and all commentary and criticism, and please don't hesitate to point out the really nasty warts: coming into this I knew pretty much nothing about theater (well, I played Templeton the rat in a third-grade production of Charlotte's Web -- yes, the Paul Lynde part -- but not very well, judging from the fact that they replaced me with the understudy for the main staging) or English history before 1800 and so who knows what kind of crazy things I may have written. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 04:39, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
The change in text was liked, however, by both me and Yossarian, insofar as: (a) it's more orthographically correct (i.e., it's simply wrong to say "This user is Waiting for Godot", with the title used in the sentence, which would mean "This user is the play Waiting for Godot"); and (b) the new text directly references a word used in the play ("surely"). Thoughts? — Saposcat 12:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I was a bit surprised by this reversal of my tagging an image "no source". [2]. What source is mentioned? "at the end of the 19th century, by N. Orlof"? Is this really enough? That something depicts something at a certain timepoint doesn't necessarily mean the image was made at the time it depicts. We are told nothing about this N. Orlof, not year of death either.
I know I have pestered you with image copyright stuff before, and you showed me someplace else. Maybe it is about time I get myself a little list of people to contact on copyright issues, not including you...? I could talk to the person who removed the tag, of course, but I am not sure that way would lead to anything constructive. // Habj 14:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm leaving Wikipedia, which I'm sure will keep you happy. I'm sure you'll also figure that some reincarnation of Hollow Wilerding— oh, wait. I'm Hollow Wilerding, how could I have forgotten such a thing?! (Please...) So, yeah, I'm sure you'll figure that I'll make a grand return in the future: wrong. This website should be removed as it is a battleground. Nevermind the nonsense posted at WP:NOT. Goodbye. HW will be there in Sweden with my photo. Hope you like her. — Eternal Equinox | talk 15:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
the removal of the "vandalisim" counter from pm_shefs was a test,Why when someone removes it from my gpage its ok and if i reverted i get warning not to revert it? yet when I do it to a user that is very questionalbe with his intentions again it me that gets a warning?--
JohnnyCanuck 17:59, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know, there will be an e-mail document heading your way soon. I know you wanted to attend the conference coming up here soon and couldn't, so I'll let you see the best paper that will be presented there, if I can finish the concussion to it. Geogre 17:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I finished the paper, and I'm presenting it tomorrow. It's entitled...hmmm...I'd better not. It's going to be in print, and I suppose I want to avoid any potential identifications. At any rate, I wrote the paper, and I'm presenting it tomorrow...just after I read it for the first time to chop it down drastically. It's 14 pp., and it needs to be about 8, as it's a 20 minute reading period. (Guide for anyone else out there: plan on 2.5 minutes a page to 2 minutes a page, depending on how jittery you are.) Anyway, it's just one of those academic things, and, basically, it's built up of about 5 Wikipedia articles I've written this year, only without the NOR prohibition. Geogre 00:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
See, that's the thing. I know some folks who post here who are writing things that they have published, but they can't refer to it. After all, having a reference to a thing you yourself have written is...well, it's tacky, and it's a big sign post to the amateur detectives. I'm referring to one now-missing Wikipedian in particular who had sufficient fame in real life to be found quite easily by anyone who wanted to search. Me, I'm in such a wasteland that folks coming to pay me a visit will be surrounded by 100 gun barrels of relatives in a flash, but still, it's the principle of the thing. Geogre 01:10, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Are pages never moved without prior discussion at here at enwiki, not even when they do not follow normal naming conventions? // Habj 13:27, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
The article fever mainly uses original scientific articles as references. This is how you do it if you write a scientific review article, but IMO a couple of textbooks would be better references on Wikipedia when the subject is as basic as this. In general, it takes insight to the field to decide what original articles to pick; you can do that in many ways, and end up with several different conclusions. I am not questioning this pick of orginal articles - how can I do that without reading them? It might well be a good pick made. I do not know if I do not read them all (honestly, I do not plan to). (Addition: well, actually I would not know even if I read them all. I am not that initiated. Habj 10:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC))
My problem is, I do not really understand how to edit the article in more than minor details - not unless I do a complete rewrite, throw all references out and add new ones instead. Let us say I rewrite half of it, but leave the other half of it as it is. If I do that and just add a couple of more references, probably half of the references mentioned are not actually used as sources for the text. However, I would have no clue which ones to remove. I could do it, but do not feel this should be a prerequisite for editing an article on a simple thing like fever.
Actually, the whole references section was added by one editor [3] who no longer is active here. I really do not know how to go about this. All kinds of suggestions and comments are welcome. // Habj 10:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with ISBN numbers now? — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 23:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Can I finally comment? I've been blocked most of the day. The block message was that there had been AOL vandalism, so someone blocked the whole flipping range! Then I'd unblock whichever number I was at, find that I could no way force the browser to *really* refresh, etc. What a pain. I was going to say that MLA format shoved down high school throats should only be a problem if we insist that we must have something more obsolete. There's no reason for insisting on something more arcane and less manageable than MLA format. After all, MLA format exists because we all used to use arcane systems and found that they didn't work. I agree with Barrymore: Reading a footnote is like running downstairs to answer the bell on the first night of marriage. Geogre 02:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the sneaky user vandalizing NicholasTurnbull's Talk page. Could do the same thing with another (or maybe the same?) who earlier today posted legal threaths againt Nicholas? It's 67.166.115.221 ( talk · contribs). The threaths are direct continuation of previous Jeffrey Vernon Merkey's antics on Wikipedia. The IP number fits as it's another COMSAT IP number from Utah, as all previous IP numbers used by Merkey but one. I strongly believe this IP number should be blocked. In the past, one months blocks on the IP numbers Merkey used were good enough (he never returned to the same IP number after a block). I've posted info about this on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents about 12 hours ago but did not make a new section so no admin noticed it. Cheerio. Friendly Neighbour 20:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Jeff Merkey returned today as 67.177.52.200 ( talk · contribs) to vandalize the pages about himself, about his block and some others. I posted the details on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. His edits helped me detect another sockpuppet of himself WolfMountainGroup ( talk · contribs) which is the name of Merkey's company and whose April 14-15 input was linked to some articles by today's sockpuppet. Friendly Neighbour 12:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Bishonen, I asked you some perfectly reasonable questions, which you have never answered. Can you please answer my questions? They can be found near or at the bottom of my talk page.
Thanks Maggie
thewolfstar 20:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I am afraid you must be confusing me with someone else. It is a person named Gamaliel that roams aroung the web page calling other persons edits nonsense and engaging in other similar attacks.
Your statement about what you saw is not backed up with any of the evidence that would be preserved (on his page) if it were true.
Your threat to "block" is the same that Gamaliel always raises. A little bit of power sometimes gores to one's head.
RPJ 22:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I need some time to respond to what you wrote. Can you please sign your comments in the future? Thanks again. thewolfstar 22:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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The Surreal Barnstar
My heartiest congratulations to you on writing a wonderful, amazing FA on S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. You bring fresh wonder to Wikipedia. Thank you. Rama's Arrow 00:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC) |
! Thank you very much, that's very flattering! :-) Bishonen | talk 00:49, 24 April 2006 (UTC).
Sarah Bernhardt Award for High Drama
Presented to
Bishonen for High Drama (worthy of
Sarah Bernhardt) on the mainpage with her article on
S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Balloons and icebergs and death! Oh my! 24 April 2006.
Presented by
Ganymead
Yet another little something to accompany your accolades. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 04:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I think the "four months" thing was just bad arithmetic/a stupid mistake on my part. I was in a hurry and didn't look closely enough at the dates. As for the other edit...I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I did that. Thanks for fixing it. I tend to be rather obsessive-compulsive about wording everything just right and sometimes become entirely too fixated on being able or not being able to include certain bits of information...yeah. Just change it. Sorry. Finduilas09 01:37, 24 April 2006
Bish, I reverted an anon who had made good-faith edits but seemingly based on an older version of the article (and Andrée was obviously Oscarian, not Victorian!). You might want to check if there was anything there worth keeping. u p p l a n d 10:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I think none of us owns the article - neither you nor me. And I fail to see something ugly in my edits. I read WP:CONTEXT carefully, however, and am prepared to concede that you were right. Meeting editors who reduce the article to a mess of over-linking as often as I do, I believe I should bring WP:CONTEXT to their attention in the future. -- Ghirla -трёп- 15:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Do you think it would be an abomination or a good thing if I were to image-edit a version of your lovely line-drawing Image:Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1813.png to have a white background instead of the grey? — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 03:27, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
You might be interested in a question I asked at sv:Wikipedia:Bybrunnen concerning the copyright to old photographs (postcards in particular). u p p l a n d 04:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I've gotten the onliest two books our library has on Fielding and his dramatic career (and I still can't find his plays in print). One is by Battestin, from about 1988, and the other is some dude's dissertation (and it's tedious). At any rate, Battestin cites Hume from 1985 on the theaters, and he gives details of the founding of Little Theatre, Haymarket, so there may be enough he borrowed for me to construct an article. (Forget finding Hume here.) I also re-read Sarah Scott. You know, the OR in there is actually pretty calm and inarguable. Shoot, it makes me wonder if it's worth re-investigating the woman to establish the Mysterious Revulsion of Sexuality that takes place 1750-1780. I wonder if her connections to the high class (as in Class) world is a hint of competitive prudery, as I mentioned to you. Also, I'm wondering if I can ship out my papers to Bangalore for grading. There must be an out-sourcing solution. (I know: just don't assign them.) Geogre 13:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
..back to Bishonen, please read. Thanks. thewolfstar 17:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Sweatpea, If you have a lonely moment in the night: Could you watch Palazzo Pitti for me, there seem to be odd forces afoot! Love and kisses Giano | talk 19:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Nature abhors a vaccuum, and I whore in a vaccuum, so, seeing that this header had no wording below it, I had to say something (that will be 2 pfennings, payable upon reading). Also, I was thinking that someone ought to create a category for Beaurocratic suicides for Edward Pilgrim and collect up similar victims of red tape. While there aren't that many in the UK, the US has had veterans waiting for benefits, mothers waiting for survivor benefits, farmers run off their land, etc., who might fit, and then China has had numerous examples. I'm sure the Soviet Union did, too, but no one knows who they were. If Zocky wanted to improve one of mine, he'd have been welcome to boost Edward Pilgrim. I still think there is a major story to be told that's not included yet. Geogre 00:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Enjoy! Love, El_C 03:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I've just seen the sadliest thing I have not seen for ages - Your recent edits - there aren't any! I hope the trauma of the recent edits of the 25th have not been to much for you - it is still a good page (well quite good). Where are you ? Did we ought to drape your page in black crêpes and drapes and lillies. Don't go down to the catacombs just yet - Return to us Oh woe - where are you Bishonen? Giano | talk 06:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey, there you are! Good to see you didn't go on vacation to Florida to escape the polar bears, or something. Maybe you, Geogre and anyone else around who feels knowledgeable could offer your opinion at User_talk:Mayumashu#English_professors_and_their_ilk on how to categorise people who write about English literature, and related species. u p p l a n d 17:23, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Translating the Andrée expedition article, I am unsure about a couple of things - well, more than just a couple, and my "first draft translation" is not through more than a third of the article. Normally I would just cut out everything I see as even remotely unclear from the translation. In this case however, there is the possibility to ask you about it so I kept the unsecure stuff in the raw translation waiting for a comment or a change. Have a look at sv:Diskussion:Andrées polarexpedition if you feel like it. // Habj 17:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Why on earth do they always break out when you least want to play? Your new bete noir is at Jimbo's talk page, explaining herself. AN/I has suddenly erupted for me, and I'm seeing statements that have to have come from a bottle or sleep deprivation, they're so bald in their inappropriateness, and that on two fronts, and at this point I decide to be a good citizen of the State of Georgia and take a hand in making sure that two politicians don't mess with each other via Wikipedia. Didn't I have some papers to grade? Didn't I have two finals to write? Grrrr. (I notice that the politician I'm 'helping' with is an alum of my old university. I didn't know that before. Heck, we may have even overlapped.) Wanna grade my essays? I'll pay $0.25 per paper. I'm sure the exchange rate works out to make that a lot of money, what with the wise economic policies of the US resulting in an ever more powerful dollar. Geogre 14:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I was also referring to the other thing, but since I'm only a person to whom respect "is apparently" (wp:an/i, section 69.1) due, all may be handily dismissed. How can you tell someone hasn't any logic at all? He begins telling you that Jimbo likes him. Geogre 21:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Bish, just wanted to offer some, ah, moral support, in your disputes with a few new users lately. While I've been asking others to cut Wolfstar some slack (which she may or may not merit), I hope that isn't translating as toleration of the personal attacks against you. I appreciate your work and patience. Tijuana Brass ¡Épa!- E@ 07:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
"User:Geogre deleted Scarred for Life. Content was: Scarred for Life is a Thrashtrashhotnumetal band from Burkina Faso whose first album, Cut Me, Mick, took the world by storm in 2007. Led by singer Jonny Knowwhere and lead guitarist Blisterman Mbuto, the band's sound is like Yngwe Malmstrom meets Barbara Streisand. Check out their NÜ album at MySpace." Geogre 10:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
You people are ALL strange. Not that there's anything wrong with that! TB, you may want to hang on to that day job, (or maybe not, since I haven't seen pics.) + + Lar: t/ c 12:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello there! Thanks for helping out a newbie on my talk page. And thank you very much for enlivening the place with festoons and balloons and the like (I had been enjoying that latter article when it was featured on the Main Page a few days ago, but hadn't bothered to check out who wrote it. You again!) Very best wishes, — mark ✎ 13:03, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Sure, I have a view and would endorse the view, but I don't think you're the main plaintif, so I'm disappointed that it's falling to you to do this. However, I certainly agree that if no one does, this is just going to happen every 6 months until the crack of doom or Wikidoom. Geogre 02:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I think we can get something together. -- Cyde Weys 02:41, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey Bish, can I bug you to figure out what page number your Milhous p. ? citations are from in Theatre Royal, Drury Lane? I think I'm about ready to FAC it and that's one thing holding it back. Thanks. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 02:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I would certainly sign on to the RFAr. Hgilbert 02:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
To the spammees: I have posted a request for arbitration against Sam Spade here. Bishonen | talk 03:45, 29 April 2006 (UTC).
I've added a statement. -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 15:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi -- ran across this in a random search - Murno Gladst. It appears to be another creative effort, though not nearly as charming as the last one we encountered. I can find no publications, and an internet search turns up the name only as a net ID. As I've never tagged anything for deletion, I'll leave this to your admin discretion. Best........... WBardwin 09:08, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I never came to thank you for the message you left for me a month ago when I stepped down from being a bureaucrat. Thank you for the things you said, it's good to know there are still plenty of good people about in this project. I do not see myself standing for bureaucrat again anytime soon though who knows what the future may bring! Thank you once again. --
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09:41, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I'd be happy to comment on my past experience with Sam, but I haven't had any first-hand dealings with him for quite a long time now, so I'm not sure I'm the best person to bring an RFA against him. Exploding Boy 15:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen.
In response to your request to participate in the RfA concerning Sam Spade, unfortunately I think I must decline.
I had only been a Wiki user for a few days when I stumbled upon what I regarded as some irresponsible edits on the Socialism page. From there I discovered the ongoing dispute with Sam. I encountered his objectionable responses to people on the talk page and then looked up some of his other contentious edits, and decided that he did have, at the very least, an attitude problem, if he wasn't an outright troll. However I didn't add my voice to any of requests for endorsement because I am a new user and because I personally hadn't been involved in any dispute with Sam.
It was only when another poster asked for endorsement for an immediate referral to arbcom on the basis that Sam refused to discuss his conduct that I decided to add my endorsement, since it was clear up until that point that Sam was showing no willingness to co-operate at all.
At that point however Sam DID start to discuss his conduct - with me! - which not only kind of negated the reason for my endorsement, but also unwillingly drew me deeper into the dispute. I then tried to negotiate some sort of compromise between the parties but Sam's critics weren't interested and it seemed at that point that Sam again lost interest in the discussion himself.
So although I have certainly witnessed some of Sam's disruptive and disingenuous behaviour, at the same time I think it would be hypocritical of me to endorse arbcom when in fact I thought he did show at least some willingness to discuss his conduct. Don't get me wrong - I think a dispute as long running as this is probably best handled by arbcom anyway.
But basically, since I'm a new user and have not personally been involved in any dispute with Sam, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to take my involvement in the matter any further. I hope you can appreciate my feelings in that regard. I wish you luck with the RfA - Gatoclass 16:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure if I will participate but I'll probably keep an eye on proceedings. Thanks for explaining the procedure for me :) Gatoclass 23:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 19:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, good move. Tony 09:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Bishonen, just thought I would let you know that I was leaving Wikipedia, but before I left, I finally got a picture of thyself of onto Wikipedia. (I know great timing for me to post a picture of myself, right?) This is my final gift to my friends. Later! PS. Try not to laugh to hard at my ugly mug ok? Moe ε 15:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that just about a year ago you added a section to Hairy Maclary that seems, on the fact of it, quite unusual. Could you provide some sources or references to flesh this out? Regards, Ziggurat 04:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
No, you are the inspiration...thank you for the kind words. BTW, what's your next FA? Or is it a secret?<:)-- MONGO 07:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I don't really mind about your reverting my changes to the WIFA and FAC instructions, and it was nice for you to say "sorry" on the talk page, but I find a personal note on someone's user page to be a better method of defusing anger. Everyone has their own view, I suppose. One thing I did want to mention is that the two specific criteria I used as examples, and which you noted bothered you somewhat as seemingly random criteria to emphasize, are probably the most frequent deficiencies in FACs. Dozens and dozens proposed w/o inline citations and with inadequate leads. I had a previous disagreement w/Raul about inserting an instruction to check refs before submitting a FAC, but he disagreed that it should be emphasized. I still think it would save us all a lot of time, but if I'm in the minority on this, that's ok too. Thanks again for your feedback, and sorry if I screwed up the instructions. Kaisershatner 13:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to say that your entire intro is so candid, so informative and soo funny, I would give you a barnstar if I had one. :) Bo-Lingua 18:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for extending the block of my gentleman caller. If only I could find such a well-educated man with such perfect manners in real life. I love the rotating tulip. My page has been missing an animated gif since the image cops deleted my hopping
Pikachu. This is my 30,002nd edit, by the way
(brave smile).
SlimVirgin
(talk) 08:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, could you please take a look and remove any Swedishisms at Anders Uppström and Olaus Johannis Gutho, both of which I have nominated at Template talk:Did you know. u p p l a n d 17:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I finally gave up over the haggling about the DYK entry on Uppström. I thought I had achieved a reasonably brief version of the entry but the powers that be seem intent on removing absolutely all the context. (Meanwhile I have written articles on cruftcruft and even more cruftcruft.) u p p l a n d 13:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I was delighted to see "that news reports X of Y University will take over Z post at A university" in DYK this morning. It's good to know that DYK is now also In the News. Geogre 09:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Note that both my pieces of Uppsalacruft managed to get on the main page on the same day. Of the various things Wikipedia wonders its readers if they know today, a full third concern manuscripts in the Carolina Rediviva! u p p l a n d 15:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
That's so sweet. I'm not sure that I can envision cohabiting with all the other folks on your list - do you have a nice big place for us all to stay? And then there's the matter of Mr. Spang.... :-) User:Needs some time to think about this... 16:16, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Tony Sidaway 00:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that an RfAr had been opened regarding Sam Spade. In my opinion, it's long overdue. I long ago stopped trying to keep the Hypnosis article free of Sam's bizarre claims about hypnosis and Egyptian healing trances... but I've always suspected that a CheckUser request to check Sam's IP against that of User:Hyp and User:CGameProgrammer might just get some interesting results. -- Antaeus Feldspar 01:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I am sorry. I made a typo. I meant to say "if rofl is not a personal attack "i" don't know what is." Sorry for the misunderstanding. Please accept my apology.-- Bonafide.hustla 05:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC) actually never mind. I read the wrong post. :)-- Bonafide.hustla 05:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
man you're kinda funny. well, for the record, i did know how to use the diff. link, i just didn't know there's a difference between the two. i guess then your comments on my talkpage was apparently made in good faith (although the wording was a lil angry) but anyway, about my talkpage, i'm gonna remove the comment in a sec. so yeah, i mean i'm not trying to be a "dick", but there is a bit of a double standard existing on wiki. Like, when I unknowingly removed Guanaco's name from the mediation committee because he had been desysopped (in good faith for i didn't know non-admin can be mediators), he was like seems like your edit is based on personal vendetta (Guanaco previously blocked me). It's sorta frustrating when ppl always look at your block log and stuff to determine whether your a good/bad person. 'cause i mean sometimes even if you're tryin to contribute, others interpret it as bad faith. well anyway just to letcha know. keep up the good work.-- Bonafide.hustla 07:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Your an admin right? Could you block the anon who just vandalized Infinity's page twice in 5 minutes? Their entire list of contributions has been vandalism of his userpage. The Ungovernable Force 07:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry sir. I would hate to be put on fatigues or given a detention. :) ElectricRay 11:30, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
My counter-argument was a bit ill tempered. Sorry about that. I think I'm getting sort of exhausted with the hours I'm keeping (waking at 4:30 AM, going in to grade, and then seeing thin envelopes from the bank arrive in the mail). I'm also getting headaches like Oswald in Ghosts, but without having had the pleasure that would have led to the condition. Geogre 14:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
The thing is, I caught up. I actually caught up on grading. That only leaves me with 45 term papers (8-12 pp each) and 25 final papers (3-5 pp each) and 80 final exams to grade by Monday or Tuesday. (Ok, Wednesday, actually.) If I can do that, I can have my pay in hand by Friday, which will mean a happy spending spree before being sent up to a research library to do fact checking. The headaches are awful. Geogre 16:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I've removed some threaded dialog and renamed your section on the RJIII application. Please feel free to restore material relevant to the case, but bear in mind that the arbitrators don't want to have to read through threaded discussion. -- Tony Sidaway 19:03, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for reverting my user page - I was busy trying to work out how to deal with the vandal. Really appreciate it! Libatius 10:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Ha-ha! I have a new cat for my user page. Bet you're envious. Geogre 16:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, no I had not seen it. I avoid him whenever possible life is too short. I am now a new person avoiding all controversy, troubles and strife. I am now growing my hair, smoking weed and writing only on abstact articles. Peace! Giano | talk 16:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen. Ok, I admit the Sw. Wikipedia Notice Board didn't work out so well when you asked for a favour recently, --- I myself have been busy recently with administrative stuff such as deleting loads of NowCommons images, maintenance of the Commons server and similar ungrateful stuff. However, I'm going to start writing some proper articles now, and I started with Malmö, Skåne, and the such. May continue with Stockholm and Gothenburg.
Would you mind having a look at Malmö and see if there is something seriously lacking in the structure or in the information? If there is anything disturbing in the language, you are welcome to fix that too...
Reg. Fred- Chess 17:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Have you read Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (up for FAC, User:Johantheghost's work mostly)? It's really entertaining. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 04:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Tony Sidaway 13:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't understand, why this RfC is not yet approved, since there are already two users who certified it. Besides one of the other users who could certify this RfC is blocked. How is he supposed to certify? Raphael1 21:02, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Who is the other user? -- Cyde Weys 21:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm concerned about a courtroom conversion. One reason that there isn't much prosecutorial evidence being presented is that the bile is on one side only. No one wants to "get" or "get dirt" on the defendant, so, when he stops editing and calling names and trying to smear a person, that person wants to forget the whole thing and hope for the best. This is the behavior that has led to attrition. This is the behavior that has led to his "owning" a considerable number of articles. Indeed, in the evidence page, the defendant is saying that everything has been taken care of. Why, look! no insults since the RfC! In other words, "I stopped for the time being, so I'm innocent, and there is no case to bring." This is repentance before the bar. If it's repentence of heart is another matter, and for that we have to consider the past, consider the history. So long as everyone else is less bilious, less angry, and less interested in making issues personal, the defendant will get another chance and another and another, and a never-ending stream of new users will hit upon a controversial page and get ground into the dust by him, as all the experienced users simply stay away, ceding part of the project to his corner. Geogre 02:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, how long does an arbitration case actually stay open? I can't find any reference to timespan in the docs.
I must say I'm very suprised to see you are the only person to lodge some evidence so far (especially since, as you said yourself, you are not one of the more recent victims of his edit wars). What happened to all those other people who were complaining long and loud about Sam's behaviour? Gatoclass 03:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! Someone has recommended that the templates of Nobel Prize winners be deleted. Will it be ok if you just post your opinion at templates for deletion? Thanks, really appreciate it. =) Joey80 06:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Please have a look at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Campaign_to_force_the_use_of_honorifics. Thanks Arniep 11:34, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen am I right in thinking you have the power to block IP's? If so, there are a couple of vandals over at the Joseph Stalin page you might like to scrub Gatoclass 13:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks :) Gatoclass 14:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey, you probably don't know who I am, but I'm - or I was trying to be - a friend of User:Thewolfstar's. Don't worry, she didn't send me to talk to you or anything. She's blocked and that's that as far as I'm concerned. In fact, I was astonished by the lenience shown her, what with being unblocked half a dozen times or so by different administrators.
What I wanted to ask you was, is there any way this could have been prevented? This is the second or third time I've seen a newbie editor (well, *ahem*, newer than me ^_^;) flame out and get blocked over personal attacks and rude behavior. I spent quite some time, and probably several thousand words, trying to advise Maggie against doing the sorts of things she did, which as far as I can tell she went right on doing. :(
The next time I see this start to happen with a new user, is there something you can recommend I do, other than just pointing them at WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA and praying they read them? Kasreyn 03:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Miles. Sorry, I only have a Bishzilla answer to give about your valiant efforts to present TWS with a clue. It's the first impulse of the best users... but, sadly, I'm coming to the conclusion that Aggressive Clueless Newbie Syndrome is a serious condition with poor prognosis. :-( I've never seen an ACNS case in remission. And there's a logic to it: they discover the site and that Anyone Can Edit. They read the articles on their favorite subject --politics, or religion, or their pet branch of pseudoscience-- astrology, Bigfoot, Cryptozoology. They see that the articles are full of "lies", and set out to "fix" them. They're happy and feel useful, and expect praise; imagine the shock when their edits won't stick because an obvious liberal mafia or sceptics conspiracy or atheist cabal VANDALIZES their work! And if the user was already in a bit of a troubled state when they arrived, well... I won't go on. But nothing good follows, and I agree with Unca Bunch that Knowing the Truth has a lot to do with it. The nightmare outcome is when these "contributors" stick around for so long that they become familiar with policy and are able to wikilawyer it to some effect, as opposed to brandishing irrelevant guidelines at random the way TWS does. Because then you have... shudder ... the rare but monstrous Aggressive Clueless But Wiki-Savvy Old-Timer. Bishonen | talk 17:24, 10 May 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for dropping a line on my page concerning Thewolfstar's AN/I thread. I spent the past two days driving from North Carolina to Texas, which was the longest break I've had from Wikipedia for a while... sad. At any rate, it seems that the issue has already been settled. I agree with the admins and support the decision (although I hope to review in a few months if possible), but at the same time, it comes with disappointment. She had potential to make some great contributions, but... got distracted. At any rate, I appreciate your seeking community consensus before indef blocking, and taking the time to notify concerned parties. There's probably an admin barnstar somewhere that I'd give you for doing all that, but I'm too lazy to track it down. Just consider yourself having received it, along with my thanks. Have a good one. Tijuana Brass ¡Épa!- E@ 07:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence
For diligently pursuing every means possible in attempting to deal with a disruptive new user, and following every step in gaining input from the community prior to enacting serious measures. KillerChihuahua ?!? 13:10, 10 May 2006 (UTC) |
LOL. Thanks, guys, for the compliments and the star and the ....hmmmm ... ahhh... the lovely boils. Bishonen | talk 17:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC).
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Thanks so much for voting! Thanks so much for voting on my
request for adminship. I have decided to withdraw my nomination as it seems that consensus will not be reached. If you voted in support, thanks for putting your trust in me to be a good admin. If you voted in opposition, thank you as well for your constructive criticism as it will only help me be a better Wikipedian and perhaps help if/when I apply for adminship again sometime in the future.
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Bishonen, sorry to bother you again - I don't really know whether you are the appropriate person to point out vandalism to - but there's a guy who has been repeatedly dropping a block of rightwing drivel onto the Socialism and Criticisms of Socialism page over the last few days.
I just checked his edit history and it appears he's been deleting entire Wiki pages and vandalizing others. He's changed his IP at least once but this is his latest version: 130.216.191.184 Here's a link to his edit history http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions&target=130.216.191.184 . Check the edits to the Helen Clark page, the Wiki Sock Puppety page, and the Egyptian Revival architecture page to name but three. Thanks, Gatoclass 04:02, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Dammit I thought I had the guy by the short and curlies. Obviously if he's posting from Auckland Uni there is no way of knowing whether he is responsible for the vandal edits.
However, he does also post under another nic and IP, they are Michael40 and 60.234.157.64. I'm guessing the last is his home IP.
If he isn't perpetrating outright vandalism I'm not sure what to do about him. What he is doing is making continual, blatantly POV rightwing edits on a number of articles, including Socialism, Criticisms of Socialism, Hugo Chavez, Criticism of Hugo Chavez[ [5]] etc. I note also that while he was lecturing us on allegedly trying to "filter...valid, relevant, verifiable" information, he hypocritically went to the Central Intelligence Agency page and whitewashed [ [6]] a number of well established facts from the "Historical Operations" section.
The problem I have is that I don't know how to deal with a user like this. He isn't an outright vandal, so I can't get his IP blocked at the Wiki page you mentioned above. But he's clearly inserting outright POV/scuttlebutt into articles. And while he's responded on the Talk pages a couple of times, it hasn't stopped him in the least from repeatedly inserting his POV rants into articles regardless of consensus. Basically he just ignores consensus.
Now my understanding of Wiki is that we are supposed to make every effort to integrate a new user into the system, but this guy is showing little if any interest in co-operating. I'm also pretty sceptical, quite frankly, that someone with as clear an agenda as this can ever be integrated into a consensus framework.
So what do I do? Do I just continue to revert him, hoping he eventually goes away? (this seems problematic to me for a number of reasons). Should I get a formal or informal RfC started on the guy? I mean, what's the usual way of dealing with this sort of problem?
Thanks, Gatoclass 10:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your watchful eye and attention in the recent AOL/IP issue. That was a particularly bad sequence of blocks. I appreciate your efforts. Best wishes. WBardwin 08:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last! Geogre 14:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
I went on IRC last night to tell you that I had discovered that I'm immortal. The way I figure it, if this last session didn't kill me, nothing can. If you're off to see the Street Urchin and Jenny Diver and all the rest sing about that notorious German cuthroat Captain Macheath, that at least is some recompense for future burdens. Me, I'm just waiting for paychecks. I endured their crime, and now I want pay for my time. Geogre 14:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen. I've been hit by the autoblocker again -- not a dull moment. Information below if you get a minute. Sorry to muddy your page with someone else's unimaginative language. WBardwin 06:00, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you -- got to me before I even sent you a note. Appreciate your help. WBardwin 06:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen the recent John Warburton (herald) article? There is more on him in the ODNB, which actually names the cook. u p p l a n d 16:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I see you restored some deleted content on User talk:Tarret and left a message about it. I happened to be watching his talk page because a comment of mine was summarily removed from there as well, recently. It seems he likes to remove people's comments from his talk page, always marking them as minor edits, without responding to them — and apparently he sometimes does so as an anon edit. It seems very rude to me, but whatever... - dcljr ( talk) 17:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen... I finally posted a Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kven users RfC. The page is currently covered by statements from the problematic user in question and I don't know how to proceed. I asked Uppland for some input but he didn't respond. Since I know you have experience with RfCs and dispute resolution, I would just like to ask for a suggestion how to proceed?
Thanks, Fred- Chess 17:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Jimbo hates junior highers like you. And "Schvatjester". — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 23:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I know I should listen to Admins, it's just it kinds make me mad since he said it was just an opinion that God made the earth, when the Theory of Evolution is an opinion too, it's just someone else's opinion. Uweretheone 00:43, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
So there. + + Lar: t/ c 01:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
NO! The noble cause of Science must come first, and it is my Duty to try to make Tiktaalik more accurate and less cheesy. With limited success as you can see from the image at the start of all this tosh. However, community spirited as I am, yours truly has bowed to public pressure and a cuddly Barney the Bishapod with a remarkable resemblance to your old cheery pal should now appear to the right. I demand a cut on any sales! .. dave souza, talk 18:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Care to fill me in? I am kinda curious what 'evil' you have supposively done. :) -- Cat out 01:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, I hate to ask you every time I think something needs attention, and I have asked Geogre to take a look, but hopefully there is someone among the people with either page on their watchlist who knows something about German literature. The author of Erich Heller has asked for comments on the talkpage. It is a fairly specialized topic and I don't know if there is any point in taking it to peer review, as I see that most requests there get ignored. u p p l a n d 09:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
...Now here's the answer:
Ways are what people will do in order to ensure advantages for themselves, while won'ts are the opposite, although commonly people do not conduct this in a manner that will lead to disadvantageous situations; it frequently occurs without realization.
Also posted at WP:AN/I. — Eternal Equinox | talk 18:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. Bishonen | talk 18:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC).
But I think I found it. Geogre 15:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC) (I'm referring to my socks. I wanted to know where they were after last night. Turns out, they're in Sweden.)
And now I've spread my thunder all over the place. If I keep on rumbling, people will stop believing that I'm an Frost Giant (or troll or Ogre of the Earth or Ge-Ogre) and think I'm just another battling admin. Still, the targets were tempting, and the rhetoric came (I lisp'd in numbers for the numbers came). Geogre 19:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I seem to swing my mighty hammer best when there is an RfAR workshop page to aim at. I don't know why that is, but I've risen to my greatest rhetorical heights and delivered sharpest blows in such cases. Go figure. Everybody needs a talent, I guess. Geogre 02:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
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Request for Arbitration
I have brought a request for arbitration naming you as an interested party. [13] — WCityMike ( talk • contribs • where to reply) 04:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I hope you can reinstate me from my ban. As you might've noticed, I already posted an apology on Elc's talkpage. thanks-- Bonafide.hustla 06:42, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, did you miss my post to you above? Under the "More Vandalism" heading. If you don't have a suggestion that's fine. I guess we'll eventually work out something collectively if he continues to make a nuisance of himself anyhow. Regards Gatoclass 10:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
So altogether I see an RfC as being a lot of trouble with most likely little result. Mediation might be better. Mind you, I think he'd be unlikely to agree--why would he, presumably the present situation is fine by him--but at least there you'd have the advantage that requesting mediation is dead easy, you wouldn't be investing a lot of time and frustration, and who knows, it might go somewhere. You might take a look at Wikipedia:Mediation and Wikipedia:Requests for mediation.
But my most practical advice to you is to discuss the issue with the other editors of the articles. CBerlet comes to mind as a highly experienced and dedicated editor, who's been through the wars on the politically controversial articles. (I haven't--I know my temperamental limitations--I'm very interested in the articles as such, but I can't stand trying to work against the hostility and filibustering one always encounters at them. I try, and then I leave, like a coward. :-() I hope you find some way of either working with, or dealing with, that guy. Bishonen | talk 12:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC).
Have you seen this image, as used on sv:Lundakarnevalen and de:Lundakarnevalen. It seems they missed the origin of the phrase (but I added it to the Swedish version). u p p l a n d 14:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello!
As an established Wikipedian, I was hoping for your assistance regards a particular article. Specifically the article on NPA Personality Theory - it is a new article, but was submitted in a very much complete state. It now has properly sized imagery, is professionally written, expansive and all emcompassing regards it subject, is NPOV, of a good length - and cites references. The subject matter is, to my mind, interesting. Thus, should it be nominated as a Good article? Or, as a featured one? If you feel the former, then by all means add the "Good" article tag - along with some advice if you can. If you believe the latter should be appropriate, again any advice regards this would be great - if you could leave a response on the linked articles Talk page, that would be great. Thanks! -- D-Katana 22:25,14 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually, urine is used by some yogis as an aid to meditation, and medical science has shown that there is indeed a chemical in urine that (from memory) distorts the sense of time, thus allowing longer meditation sessions. These urine drinking yogis also prefer the urine from children, which has been demonstrated to have higher concentrations of this particular chemical. Gatoclass 07:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
:) Gatoclass 07:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
My apology and withdrawal: [14]. — WCityMike ( talk • contribs • where to reply) 22:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Seriously, you can't be for real! "we can pretty much assume you are not a troll, vandal, or clueless newbie"?? "I hope you still enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian, and won't get mad over something stupid and leave!"?? "don't get all grumpy and leave over nothing"?? The stuff is bizarre. I can't possibly welcome people with that! Should I create oldwelcome2 with normal wording, or can we agree to put this monster out of its misery? - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 01:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I copyedited much of the Erich Heller article not long ago. All my edits were immediately reverted by an IP number editor. Ach! I don't want to discourage the editor hard at work on the article; but the issues of NPOV and house style might actually be as well covered by going back. Also, we need to have a word about using edit summaries. Charles Matthews 11:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
The entity Bishbot has been traced to this account. Desist running any and all unauthorised automata at once. Fill out form thirty-seven-slash-two schedule B to apply for permission to seek limited feet/bird-bot authorisation. Failure to comply may result in termination. Thank you. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 19:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I feel the need to make this my final response because of what you posted on my talk page. One: no more communication would be pleasant. Two: an RfC was filed against you before, yes, I see. But there is no mention of HW there, so, uh, I don't understand. Three: I promise this is my last post since I felt the need to respond to you. But this is it, this is it, this is absolutely 100% it. Now if everything really you conducted was under the assumption of good faith, then excellent effort. I cannot argue with those words.
I wish you no harm either. Just please ask your friends to refrain from conversing about me here on out on Wikipedia; obviously I do not really care what occurs outside of these walls. — Eternal Equinox | talk 19:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Cat out 20:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry Neko, I'd like to help if I could, but you assume wrong. :-( Bishonen | talk 13:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
Wikipedia:Song/The RfA Candidate's Song Geogre 21:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Mmm. OK. Thank you. Bishonen | talk 13:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
Hello? I insult you on my page! Wake up! Bishonen | talk 13:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
We're not funny. See, I even tried passing on a link to an RFA song, and all I got was a condescending sniff. Can you blame Giano, after what happened to me, for not wanting to expose himself? Geogre 03:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Have I been exposing myself? I type naked, my heart on my sleeve, which I'm not wearing, where it gets stomped and used as a cigarette ashtray by all la belle dames sans merci. The sight of it would make a sadist cry. O misericordia, everyone is so mean to me! Geogre 03:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
My poor heart is broken, so you're all too late, it's already torn. Why do you think I'm working on articles about whores and whore hunters and celebrating misgynystic poets? Womens are viscous as a species. Geogre 11:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Would you mind looking into a user dispute? I have a rather lenghty evidence I posted at ANB/I that has been siting there for some time now. I assumed you would volunteer to investigate. ;) -- Cat out 19:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know but I already added comment back. I have been reverting and rolling back Amorrow sockpuppets to the point of that I'm going brain dead! FloNight talk 01:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Please see my message at User talk:Charles Matthews. I think CM was insensitive to the situation and expressed himself in a way which got him off on the wrong foot with Prof02. Prof02 is now asking to have the article transferred to userspace. u p p l a n d 10:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes, my vote, but made by someone else. I would not have put up the proposal if I did not intend to vote for it. Fred Bauder 16:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
You have any books with decent images of Nell Gwyn to scan? The internet hasn't coughed up anything good; I don't have a scanner myself. I know Howe's The First English Actresses has a plate of this one; maybe it's better quality? I'll take almost anything, happily. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 20:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Right, so what's a "sleeveless errand" ? ... Charles Sackville was sent on a sleeveless errand into France to be out of the way. (from his article) presumably so that the king could have his way with Nell + + Lar: t/ c 22:09, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
...I'm an "encourager" now? I'd be kind of flattered if this wasn't connotative. XD. After all, it's not every day that I get promoted from regular user to encourager. Maybe I'll put it in my sig. Hmm. Anyway, I just wanted to remind you that while I do believe that some administrators are megalomaniacal and corrupt (although the jury is still out on you, LOL!), I originally defended Thewolfstar because I believed that people were not assuming good faith on her part, and also because she was a fellow Esperanzian. Because of paralanguage, this comment probably reads like it's annoyed and frustrated, but in honesty I'm just very amused. I can't wait to see what happens next! Besides, someone with a name like Bishonen must be one of the good guys. - Corbin Be excellent 15:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Eeps. Gomenesai. Just came back from the shower, and realized how rough the above comment sounds. Of course, it's too late to take it back, but I can at least apologize a bit. Also, was the primary reason for User:Dot Bitch's block the username or the suspected sockpuppetry? Just curious. Happy editing! - Corbin Be excellent 16:04, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not editing Wikipedia if you're present. So goodbye. For good. — Eternal Equinox | talk 22:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
None of that matters. See Licensing Act of 1737. See the talk page. It's time to run WHOIS and go squish some IP editor. Geogre 00:04, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, Please take note that Beckjord is still pretty much active. Even though you've protected Bigfoot, he's still editing the article on himself ( Jon-Erik Beckjord) at least 3-6 times each week, so he has yet to give up totally. I wonder whether the latter article will have to be protected as well at some point in order to make Beckjord vanish and/or stop vandalism... 15:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
File:Removed, award no longer supported.
For this edit [17], a mighty reply to a farewell message, I award you the most sought after Wiki-award, Raul's Brick of Common sense. Display it with pride. Raul654 17:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I have an issue here that maybe you could be of help with? It's about restoration comedy! Pearls! Swine! — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 02:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I think your willingness to give Thewolfstar a second chance, and your patient advice in the face of abuse, does you a lot of credit. Some people just can't learn from experience, can they? I suppose this means the mailing list's going to suffer another torrent of her complaints... -- ajn ( talk) 14:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I want to add my thanks as well. Some may think it's a waste of time, but I agree, always give editors the benefit of the doubt. Even if a disruptive user just goes back to his or her old ways 95% of the time (an arbitrary number, of course), we still gain the 5% as members of the community. Besides... there's always reverts and edit histories to correct any mistakes. I think you did the right thing and fully support your decisions. Tijuana Brass E@ 23:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence
From CorbinSimpson to Bishonen for excellence in personal conduct, May 23, 2006. - Corbin Be excellent |
This is for being excellent to others, assuming good faith, and being a truly good administrator. For being one of the kindest, most honest, and yes, most awesome administrators, I award you the Barnstar of Diligence. Thank you. - Corbin Be excellent 01:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, I did check it on the web but could not figure out why it was so big. I even tried to upload more than once. Thank for warning me, sorry for the mess I made. :) -- Aleph73 17:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I know this dispute of mine is taking to much time but you may want to consider taking a look at WP:ANB/I#Sock_investigation.
What other evidence in your view would be more convincing?
-- Cat out 07:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Since everyone is expressing undying love and admiration for you these days, I bring you Charles Molloy. Now that is how to marry. Geogre 19:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Aye, but ha' you got a £20,000 inheritance (x30 for year 2000 values)? I just got A Miscellany of the Wits. Alas, it has The History of John Bull, which is happy happy, but it doesn't have the Treatise on Political Lying. Then again, it has quite a bit of William King (the funny one, not the Jacobite one), but not his funny stuff. This is what you get when the book has gothic typeface and was edited by someone "M.A." in 1920. The unfunny bits of funny people. Still, beggar's mustn't be choosers. (The book came to me from a Houston bookstore, and it got to them from a Special Collections, of all things. It's a 1st ed. Sic transit gloria mundi. Geogre 23:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I was in a bad mood due to my impending high school graduation, but your talk page never ceases to amuse me, and given your sense or humor and love of bizarre accolades and slightly strange praise, I hope you appreciate this thank you as well. Have a nice/pleasant/suspiciously frog-free (insert appropriate time element here), and keep up the good work. RyanG e rbil10 19:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Blocked for 1 week. You had blocked it for 48 hr. It came back with two vandalism attacks on your talk page, then removal of warnings from its own page. I therefore upped the block to a week. Geogre 23:53, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I got in late today again. Therefore, here are pictures of kitty, before and during kissy (my face is blanked for extrakissy secrecy!). El_C 04:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
There's a face! Let's all have kisses and fresh sardines for breakfast!
Bishonen |
talk 08:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for taking care of the vandalism on my user page. A merry band of Smugface dwarves have taken it upon themselves to deface it, something that I've found far, far more entertaining than frustrating. Part of me hopes that he won't give up too soon because I'm enjoying the usernames so much. Tijuana Brass E@ 17:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, your Mood Rouge Admin means Red Admin. If you meant Rogue, you've done a typo. :) Bo-Lingua 20:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
There is no way this qualifies as a speedy. Please restore it. -- SPUI ( T - C) 22:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
You are welcome, it was a pleasure.
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Dakota
~ 17:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Would tomorrow be OK? I'm going to be out of the house. Geogre 19:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I was a little too sarcastic in my response to the image tagger on my talk page. (Someone doesn't like the picture of Benedict Joseph Labre because it's too sissy looking, I think.) And people wonder why I go ape over taggers. Geogre 02:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
You are right, dear Bishonen - I was extremeley blind, and now, after further review, I see why. This is so wrong. I'll change my vote immediately, and I hope this "noticeboard" is deleted for good. Kisses, Phaedriel ♥ tell me - 11:18, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
>mail< — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 00:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Oh, lordy, imperatives again. <sigh> Geogre 02:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking more romantic and nostalgic like:-
Hey Bishonen. I really appreciate the help that you gave me in the Plano Senior High School peer review. Your eyes helped me to see the US-centrism with which I was writing. I am hoping to send PSHS up for FAC soon and I would appreciate if you could take a brief look at the article, particularly the lead, as it is the part that has changed most since you saw it last. I really appreciate any help you could give. Thanks so much! — Scm83x hook 'em 00:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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What? Anyway, I just woke from some disturbing nightmares a few hrs ago. I came out on top, but am still shaken. Please comfort me at will! El_C 10:12, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What? Dear me. Just watch the tulipfaces and go oooooohmmmmmm for now!
Bishonen
talk 10:33, 9 April 2006 (UTC).
Oh!, you're returned to us are you? well I have been very busy indeed, working tirelessly on Sanssouci which is a monumantally brilliant translation by trebor27 and was on FAC, but needed a few alterations. It's now back on FAC and need a few comments (don't even think it!). It really is quite good (IMO) and has lots of pretty pictures - so run along and have a look. Nice to see you back though - refreshed and invigorated. Giano | talk 13:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn it, people keep "correcting" the title of her novel. <sigh> It reminds me of the newspaper that used a search and replace routine and then had to issue the following retraction: "Last week, the article should have read 'The company hopes that the new actions will help get the finances back into the black,' not 'back into the African American.' We regret the error." Anyway, I was expecting more herring chasing after my comments on the "Brave Admins" talk page, too, but I guess I was either clearer in my intent or more Johnsonian in my dilery than I expected. Geogre 02:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
My dilery. You know, as in "what's the dilery, yo?" (Actually, it was supposed to be "delivery." It's hard to speak of one's clear or Johnsonian delivery when one has a typo in it.) (And Johnson was known to compose while walking to the printer, so I can't say, "He did it, too!") I love your collective warnings. It ought to stop people not using -bots, but, then again, the longish Talk page comment should have stopped them, too, esp. since there was already a history edit summary saying that Scott was the one with the spelling problem in this case. Thanks, folks. Geogre 04:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Welcome back, dear! I do hope you're feeling better!
I've been working on S's reputation a bit, but i've gotten a bit side-tracked. I just noticed the travesty of an article on David Garrick and I immediately set to righting the situation, which will lead back to S's reputation (which will now include Garrick's contribution to performance of S) once finished. Turns out that Mr. Garrick, being one of the wealthiest men in Britain, was also one of the most painted and I've discovered a great cache of paintings of him including a marvelous painting of him in Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife! The cache is now on Commons in Commons:Category:David Garrick. Again, glad to have you back from the depths of Bedlam! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 03:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Damn, BoG, that thing is hypnotizing! Hey Bish, maybe you could use it to get other Wikipedians to do our bidding! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 19:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your congratulations, I had no idea - how do you know? I disagree with you though it is not my most attractive work, Sic Bar is still (IMO) that; and BP has been much edited and altered, so will probably be FARCd while on the main page, unless one of the zealots spot it first. To be honest I would rather see Sanssouci there on 21st as that exemplifies the wiki community spirit and is also a very attractive page, but it still has to complete FAC, so may take some time. Thanks for letting me know. Giano | talk 14:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Here is the warning you requested Raul654 22:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I've wanted to put Attalus I up on the main page for a while now, but coins just don't make good main page images! Check the talk page - I pointed that out way back in early April, 2005 (And the current picture is fair use). Raul654 14:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Well! well! well! What a surprise! Congratulations. Giano | talk 06:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
The second opinion I mentioned in IRC was for Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Raul654 06:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Its the one big issue w/ the bot. Part of the problem was the bot was offline earliest and didnt get the original vandalism - I'll take a deeper look when i;m back on my pc. Tawker 20:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I rewrote Charlotte Lennox today. I left typos and such. However, whatever faults my writing may have (and there are quite a few), I invite anyone to compare before and after the inuse tag. Then see my vicious thundering at the original author's lead sentence on the Talk page. Geogre 20:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Wh-wh-whatthehell is that? That's fugged up, that is. I mean seriously. Dogwuvvers mirror? ("At a time when women were put down by The Man, Charlotte Lennox was dishing it back, hot, and you can tell because a bunch of famous men were her friends!" Blug! Of all the hydroencephalic criticism!) Geogre 23:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I love my dog very much, and I loved the dog before her very, very much. I'm just not sure that dog lovers have any special need for Wikipedia content or that their version would be significantly different or that, going to talk about my Platonic love of my dog, I'd think to myself, "Know what would really help? Twenty-eight articles on Pokemon, that's what." It's not like there is an anti-dog conspiracy on Wikipedia. Geogre 02:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Speaking of Quixotic quests, there is an IP editor who has one mission in life: ensure that Wikipedia talks about the "hit television show The Mint." It has insisted, contrary to a "widely respected administrator"'s advice, that The Mint must disambiguate, and not Mint. <sigh> Then someone is editing Hylozoism with extremely learned material -- truly top notch -- but in the weirdest possible way. I tell you, it's enough to make a person want to write articles about Foghat songs and Bachman Turner Overdrive chord sequences. Geogre 02:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, the anon is wrong. Did you see how the anon originally wanted it? The top line would have read, "For the smash hit British TV show, see...." I smell marketing. One of the time honored principles of disambiguation is who gets there first, unless the situation is hopelessly illogical. In this case, I think logic is on my side, and I definitely got there first. (Logic is on my side because of 600 years of "the mint" being a district, tons of literature with "the mint" as a reference, vs. 6 months of hype; to have a structure that doesn't mess us up entirely, we shouldn't rename our articles every time a new creature appears. Further, at mint (disambiguation), there are other pop culture ephemera that are known as "the mint," but the authors of those articles didn't get to rename either the plant article nor insert lines nor make the disambiguation the default link nor rename the The Mint article.) Geogre 02:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Appreciate the reminder on WP:AN. Where do I announce the birth of Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers ? We're like other wikipedians, only that we have had some experiences with the paranormal and/or investigate these matters. Martial Law 01:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
By the way, if you have had these experiences, investigate these matters, just plain curious, go to Wikipedia:Paranormal Watchers for more info. Martial Law 01:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Why not create this: Wikipedia: General Inquiries, so that non - admin related questions may be asked ? That should ease the backlog a bit. Martial Law 01:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
One other thing, do I have all of the Wikipedia links ? I use them as a reference guide. Martial Law 05:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
What is it, and can I place the indicated link, if one in my link directory ? Martial Law 07:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Vilgot Sjöman? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Bill O'Reilly said that there was a study from Sweden that showed that, since they had gay marriage in Sweden, marriages have fallen off by 80% and therefore marriage has been destroyed there. (Now, there was no study. Sweden doesn't have gay marriage. If both had been true, it would have been post hoc ergo propter hoc.) Al Franken, commenting on the lies, said that they don't get married in Sweden because...they're Swedes. "They're I Am Curious, Yellow... they're Swedes." Geogre 17:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Great! Now the members of Bish's salon have a new coffeemaker and we can all stay up late working on our articles! Thanks Alkivar! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 18:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
LOL, thank you Alkivar!
Bishonen
talk 19:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC).
The rainbowing was committed by User:Avillia. Man, this page keeps getting purtier and purtier. Bishonen | talk 01:23, 14 April 2006 (UTC).
Bishonen, I strongly require your assistance at Kelly Clarkson. There is currently an anonymous IP removing content and violating WP:NPOV. Could you please semi-protect it for a predetermined amount of time? Thank you. — Eternal Equinox | talk 02:18, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Go ahead and make a copy of the Wiki-links that are on my User page for your use. Martial Law 18:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Wow, your new sig is ... uhh ... interesting. -- Cyde Weys 23:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Mine is reader response. It blinks and spins and goes through a polarizing effect. When you look at it, close and open your eyes rapidly, 35 times per minute. Next, shake your head back and forth rapidly, approximately 270 degrees of arc travel per four seconds. Keep both activities up at the same time, and in about 180 seconds you'll see the polarizing effect I was referring to. Geogre 04:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Can you place a M-16 w/ the Grenade launcher or a XM-25 image on my sig, so that it'll appear when I sig anything ? Martial Law 00:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC) :)
Users can't modify other users' sigs. And the use of images in sigs is highly discouraged already (I don't know why Bish is doing it). -- Cyde Weys 00:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Please check the facts before you start making assumptions-- JohnnyCanuck 01:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
You might want to check this edit
(And for the record, all I was restoring were the messages that were connected to new messages I was adding, not merely restoring blanked messages.) -- Calton | Talk 08:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Are there possibly any guideline anywhere saying that a word redirected to an article, should be explained or at least mentioned in that page? I clicked "Carlos V]], and found myself at an article called "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor". I spent some time checking it was the right king, then added the name in the article. Now people keep saying it shouldn't be there, since he wasn't called by that name in Spain. Apparently he was in other places though, since there are 14 wikilinks to "Carlos V". I know pretty much nothing about the king in question, but IMHO it would be commons sense to make sure readers should not have to experience regarding my confusion. The principle not to mention what someone was called in all the countries in the world is valid I guess, but there has to be a limit. Do you think there is any kind of guideline I can point to? Where should I look for it, do you think? // Habj 12:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Attention habitués of Bishonen's Grande Salon: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is open for Peer review business. I appreciate any and all commentary and criticism, and please don't hesitate to point out the really nasty warts: coming into this I knew pretty much nothing about theater (well, I played Templeton the rat in a third-grade production of Charlotte's Web -- yes, the Paul Lynde part -- but not very well, judging from the fact that they replaced me with the understudy for the main staging) or English history before 1800 and so who knows what kind of crazy things I may have written. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 04:39, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
The change in text was liked, however, by both me and Yossarian, insofar as: (a) it's more orthographically correct (i.e., it's simply wrong to say "This user is Waiting for Godot", with the title used in the sentence, which would mean "This user is the play Waiting for Godot"); and (b) the new text directly references a word used in the play ("surely"). Thoughts? — Saposcat 12:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I was a bit surprised by this reversal of my tagging an image "no source". [2]. What source is mentioned? "at the end of the 19th century, by N. Orlof"? Is this really enough? That something depicts something at a certain timepoint doesn't necessarily mean the image was made at the time it depicts. We are told nothing about this N. Orlof, not year of death either.
I know I have pestered you with image copyright stuff before, and you showed me someplace else. Maybe it is about time I get myself a little list of people to contact on copyright issues, not including you...? I could talk to the person who removed the tag, of course, but I am not sure that way would lead to anything constructive. // Habj 14:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm leaving Wikipedia, which I'm sure will keep you happy. I'm sure you'll also figure that some reincarnation of Hollow Wilerding— oh, wait. I'm Hollow Wilerding, how could I have forgotten such a thing?! (Please...) So, yeah, I'm sure you'll figure that I'll make a grand return in the future: wrong. This website should be removed as it is a battleground. Nevermind the nonsense posted at WP:NOT. Goodbye. HW will be there in Sweden with my photo. Hope you like her. — Eternal Equinox | talk 15:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
the removal of the "vandalisim" counter from pm_shefs was a test,Why when someone removes it from my gpage its ok and if i reverted i get warning not to revert it? yet when I do it to a user that is very questionalbe with his intentions again it me that gets a warning?--
JohnnyCanuck 17:59, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know, there will be an e-mail document heading your way soon. I know you wanted to attend the conference coming up here soon and couldn't, so I'll let you see the best paper that will be presented there, if I can finish the concussion to it. Geogre 17:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I finished the paper, and I'm presenting it tomorrow. It's entitled...hmmm...I'd better not. It's going to be in print, and I suppose I want to avoid any potential identifications. At any rate, I wrote the paper, and I'm presenting it tomorrow...just after I read it for the first time to chop it down drastically. It's 14 pp., and it needs to be about 8, as it's a 20 minute reading period. (Guide for anyone else out there: plan on 2.5 minutes a page to 2 minutes a page, depending on how jittery you are.) Anyway, it's just one of those academic things, and, basically, it's built up of about 5 Wikipedia articles I've written this year, only without the NOR prohibition. Geogre 00:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
See, that's the thing. I know some folks who post here who are writing things that they have published, but they can't refer to it. After all, having a reference to a thing you yourself have written is...well, it's tacky, and it's a big sign post to the amateur detectives. I'm referring to one now-missing Wikipedian in particular who had sufficient fame in real life to be found quite easily by anyone who wanted to search. Me, I'm in such a wasteland that folks coming to pay me a visit will be surrounded by 100 gun barrels of relatives in a flash, but still, it's the principle of the thing. Geogre 01:10, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Are pages never moved without prior discussion at here at enwiki, not even when they do not follow normal naming conventions? // Habj 13:27, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
The article fever mainly uses original scientific articles as references. This is how you do it if you write a scientific review article, but IMO a couple of textbooks would be better references on Wikipedia when the subject is as basic as this. In general, it takes insight to the field to decide what original articles to pick; you can do that in many ways, and end up with several different conclusions. I am not questioning this pick of orginal articles - how can I do that without reading them? It might well be a good pick made. I do not know if I do not read them all (honestly, I do not plan to). (Addition: well, actually I would not know even if I read them all. I am not that initiated. Habj 10:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC))
My problem is, I do not really understand how to edit the article in more than minor details - not unless I do a complete rewrite, throw all references out and add new ones instead. Let us say I rewrite half of it, but leave the other half of it as it is. If I do that and just add a couple of more references, probably half of the references mentioned are not actually used as sources for the text. However, I would have no clue which ones to remove. I could do it, but do not feel this should be a prerequisite for editing an article on a simple thing like fever.
Actually, the whole references section was added by one editor [3] who no longer is active here. I really do not know how to go about this. All kinds of suggestions and comments are welcome. // Habj 10:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with ISBN numbers now? — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 23:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Can I finally comment? I've been blocked most of the day. The block message was that there had been AOL vandalism, so someone blocked the whole flipping range! Then I'd unblock whichever number I was at, find that I could no way force the browser to *really* refresh, etc. What a pain. I was going to say that MLA format shoved down high school throats should only be a problem if we insist that we must have something more obsolete. There's no reason for insisting on something more arcane and less manageable than MLA format. After all, MLA format exists because we all used to use arcane systems and found that they didn't work. I agree with Barrymore: Reading a footnote is like running downstairs to answer the bell on the first night of marriage. Geogre 02:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking the sneaky user vandalizing NicholasTurnbull's Talk page. Could do the same thing with another (or maybe the same?) who earlier today posted legal threaths againt Nicholas? It's 67.166.115.221 ( talk · contribs). The threaths are direct continuation of previous Jeffrey Vernon Merkey's antics on Wikipedia. The IP number fits as it's another COMSAT IP number from Utah, as all previous IP numbers used by Merkey but one. I strongly believe this IP number should be blocked. In the past, one months blocks on the IP numbers Merkey used were good enough (he never returned to the same IP number after a block). I've posted info about this on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents about 12 hours ago but did not make a new section so no admin noticed it. Cheerio. Friendly Neighbour 20:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Jeff Merkey returned today as 67.177.52.200 ( talk · contribs) to vandalize the pages about himself, about his block and some others. I posted the details on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. His edits helped me detect another sockpuppet of himself WolfMountainGroup ( talk · contribs) which is the name of Merkey's company and whose April 14-15 input was linked to some articles by today's sockpuppet. Friendly Neighbour 12:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Bishonen, I asked you some perfectly reasonable questions, which you have never answered. Can you please answer my questions? They can be found near or at the bottom of my talk page.
Thanks Maggie
thewolfstar 20:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I am afraid you must be confusing me with someone else. It is a person named Gamaliel that roams aroung the web page calling other persons edits nonsense and engaging in other similar attacks.
Your statement about what you saw is not backed up with any of the evidence that would be preserved (on his page) if it were true.
Your threat to "block" is the same that Gamaliel always raises. A little bit of power sometimes gores to one's head.
RPJ 22:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I need some time to respond to what you wrote. Can you please sign your comments in the future? Thanks again. thewolfstar 22:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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The Surreal Barnstar
My heartiest congratulations to you on writing a wonderful, amazing FA on S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. You bring fresh wonder to Wikipedia. Thank you. Rama's Arrow 00:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC) |
! Thank you very much, that's very flattering! :-) Bishonen | talk 00:49, 24 April 2006 (UTC).
Sarah Bernhardt Award for High Drama
Presented to
Bishonen for High Drama (worthy of
Sarah Bernhardt) on the mainpage with her article on
S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Balloons and icebergs and death! Oh my! 24 April 2006.
Presented by
Ganymead
Yet another little something to accompany your accolades. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 04:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I think the "four months" thing was just bad arithmetic/a stupid mistake on my part. I was in a hurry and didn't look closely enough at the dates. As for the other edit...I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I did that. Thanks for fixing it. I tend to be rather obsessive-compulsive about wording everything just right and sometimes become entirely too fixated on being able or not being able to include certain bits of information...yeah. Just change it. Sorry. Finduilas09 01:37, 24 April 2006
Bish, I reverted an anon who had made good-faith edits but seemingly based on an older version of the article (and Andrée was obviously Oscarian, not Victorian!). You might want to check if there was anything there worth keeping. u p p l a n d 10:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I think none of us owns the article - neither you nor me. And I fail to see something ugly in my edits. I read WP:CONTEXT carefully, however, and am prepared to concede that you were right. Meeting editors who reduce the article to a mess of over-linking as often as I do, I believe I should bring WP:CONTEXT to their attention in the future. -- Ghirla -трёп- 15:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Do you think it would be an abomination or a good thing if I were to image-edit a version of your lovely line-drawing Image:Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1813.png to have a white background instead of the grey? — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 03:27, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
You might be interested in a question I asked at sv:Wikipedia:Bybrunnen concerning the copyright to old photographs (postcards in particular). u p p l a n d 04:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I've gotten the onliest two books our library has on Fielding and his dramatic career (and I still can't find his plays in print). One is by Battestin, from about 1988, and the other is some dude's dissertation (and it's tedious). At any rate, Battestin cites Hume from 1985 on the theaters, and he gives details of the founding of Little Theatre, Haymarket, so there may be enough he borrowed for me to construct an article. (Forget finding Hume here.) I also re-read Sarah Scott. You know, the OR in there is actually pretty calm and inarguable. Shoot, it makes me wonder if it's worth re-investigating the woman to establish the Mysterious Revulsion of Sexuality that takes place 1750-1780. I wonder if her connections to the high class (as in Class) world is a hint of competitive prudery, as I mentioned to you. Also, I'm wondering if I can ship out my papers to Bangalore for grading. There must be an out-sourcing solution. (I know: just don't assign them.) Geogre 13:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
..back to Bishonen, please read. Thanks. thewolfstar 17:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Sweatpea, If you have a lonely moment in the night: Could you watch Palazzo Pitti for me, there seem to be odd forces afoot! Love and kisses Giano | talk 19:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Nature abhors a vaccuum, and I whore in a vaccuum, so, seeing that this header had no wording below it, I had to say something (that will be 2 pfennings, payable upon reading). Also, I was thinking that someone ought to create a category for Beaurocratic suicides for Edward Pilgrim and collect up similar victims of red tape. While there aren't that many in the UK, the US has had veterans waiting for benefits, mothers waiting for survivor benefits, farmers run off their land, etc., who might fit, and then China has had numerous examples. I'm sure the Soviet Union did, too, but no one knows who they were. If Zocky wanted to improve one of mine, he'd have been welcome to boost Edward Pilgrim. I still think there is a major story to be told that's not included yet. Geogre 00:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Enjoy! Love, El_C 03:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I've just seen the sadliest thing I have not seen for ages - Your recent edits - there aren't any! I hope the trauma of the recent edits of the 25th have not been to much for you - it is still a good page (well quite good). Where are you ? Did we ought to drape your page in black crêpes and drapes and lillies. Don't go down to the catacombs just yet - Return to us Oh woe - where are you Bishonen? Giano | talk 06:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey, there you are! Good to see you didn't go on vacation to Florida to escape the polar bears, or something. Maybe you, Geogre and anyone else around who feels knowledgeable could offer your opinion at User_talk:Mayumashu#English_professors_and_their_ilk on how to categorise people who write about English literature, and related species. u p p l a n d 17:23, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Translating the Andrée expedition article, I am unsure about a couple of things - well, more than just a couple, and my "first draft translation" is not through more than a third of the article. Normally I would just cut out everything I see as even remotely unclear from the translation. In this case however, there is the possibility to ask you about it so I kept the unsecure stuff in the raw translation waiting for a comment or a change. Have a look at sv:Diskussion:Andrées polarexpedition if you feel like it. // Habj 17:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Why on earth do they always break out when you least want to play? Your new bete noir is at Jimbo's talk page, explaining herself. AN/I has suddenly erupted for me, and I'm seeing statements that have to have come from a bottle or sleep deprivation, they're so bald in their inappropriateness, and that on two fronts, and at this point I decide to be a good citizen of the State of Georgia and take a hand in making sure that two politicians don't mess with each other via Wikipedia. Didn't I have some papers to grade? Didn't I have two finals to write? Grrrr. (I notice that the politician I'm 'helping' with is an alum of my old university. I didn't know that before. Heck, we may have even overlapped.) Wanna grade my essays? I'll pay $0.25 per paper. I'm sure the exchange rate works out to make that a lot of money, what with the wise economic policies of the US resulting in an ever more powerful dollar. Geogre 14:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I was also referring to the other thing, but since I'm only a person to whom respect "is apparently" (wp:an/i, section 69.1) due, all may be handily dismissed. How can you tell someone hasn't any logic at all? He begins telling you that Jimbo likes him. Geogre 21:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Bish, just wanted to offer some, ah, moral support, in your disputes with a few new users lately. While I've been asking others to cut Wolfstar some slack (which she may or may not merit), I hope that isn't translating as toleration of the personal attacks against you. I appreciate your work and patience. Tijuana Brass ¡Épa!- E@ 07:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
"User:Geogre deleted Scarred for Life. Content was: Scarred for Life is a Thrashtrashhotnumetal band from Burkina Faso whose first album, Cut Me, Mick, took the world by storm in 2007. Led by singer Jonny Knowwhere and lead guitarist Blisterman Mbuto, the band's sound is like Yngwe Malmstrom meets Barbara Streisand. Check out their NÜ album at MySpace." Geogre 10:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
You people are ALL strange. Not that there's anything wrong with that! TB, you may want to hang on to that day job, (or maybe not, since I haven't seen pics.) + + Lar: t/ c 12:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello there! Thanks for helping out a newbie on my talk page. And thank you very much for enlivening the place with festoons and balloons and the like (I had been enjoying that latter article when it was featured on the Main Page a few days ago, but hadn't bothered to check out who wrote it. You again!) Very best wishes, — mark ✎ 13:03, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Sure, I have a view and would endorse the view, but I don't think you're the main plaintif, so I'm disappointed that it's falling to you to do this. However, I certainly agree that if no one does, this is just going to happen every 6 months until the crack of doom or Wikidoom. Geogre 02:30, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I think we can get something together. -- Cyde Weys 02:41, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey Bish, can I bug you to figure out what page number your Milhous p. ? citations are from in Theatre Royal, Drury Lane? I think I'm about ready to FAC it and that's one thing holding it back. Thanks. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 02:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I would certainly sign on to the RFAr. Hgilbert 02:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
To the spammees: I have posted a request for arbitration against Sam Spade here. Bishonen | talk 03:45, 29 April 2006 (UTC).
I've added a statement. -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 15:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi -- ran across this in a random search - Murno Gladst. It appears to be another creative effort, though not nearly as charming as the last one we encountered. I can find no publications, and an internet search turns up the name only as a net ID. As I've never tagged anything for deletion, I'll leave this to your admin discretion. Best........... WBardwin 09:08, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I never came to thank you for the message you left for me a month ago when I stepped down from being a bureaucrat. Thank you for the things you said, it's good to know there are still plenty of good people about in this project. I do not see myself standing for bureaucrat again anytime soon though who knows what the future may bring! Thank you once again. --
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Hi. I'd be happy to comment on my past experience with Sam, but I haven't had any first-hand dealings with him for quite a long time now, so I'm not sure I'm the best person to bring an RFA against him. Exploding Boy 15:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen.
In response to your request to participate in the RfA concerning Sam Spade, unfortunately I think I must decline.
I had only been a Wiki user for a few days when I stumbled upon what I regarded as some irresponsible edits on the Socialism page. From there I discovered the ongoing dispute with Sam. I encountered his objectionable responses to people on the talk page and then looked up some of his other contentious edits, and decided that he did have, at the very least, an attitude problem, if he wasn't an outright troll. However I didn't add my voice to any of requests for endorsement because I am a new user and because I personally hadn't been involved in any dispute with Sam.
It was only when another poster asked for endorsement for an immediate referral to arbcom on the basis that Sam refused to discuss his conduct that I decided to add my endorsement, since it was clear up until that point that Sam was showing no willingness to co-operate at all.
At that point however Sam DID start to discuss his conduct - with me! - which not only kind of negated the reason for my endorsement, but also unwillingly drew me deeper into the dispute. I then tried to negotiate some sort of compromise between the parties but Sam's critics weren't interested and it seemed at that point that Sam again lost interest in the discussion himself.
So although I have certainly witnessed some of Sam's disruptive and disingenuous behaviour, at the same time I think it would be hypocritical of me to endorse arbcom when in fact I thought he did show at least some willingness to discuss his conduct. Don't get me wrong - I think a dispute as long running as this is probably best handled by arbcom anyway.
But basically, since I'm a new user and have not personally been involved in any dispute with Sam, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to take my involvement in the matter any further. I hope you can appreciate my feelings in that regard. I wish you luck with the RfA - Gatoclass 16:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure if I will participate but I'll probably keep an eye on proceedings. Thanks for explaining the procedure for me :) Gatoclass 23:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 19:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, good move. Tony 09:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Bishonen, just thought I would let you know that I was leaving Wikipedia, but before I left, I finally got a picture of thyself of onto Wikipedia. (I know great timing for me to post a picture of myself, right?) This is my final gift to my friends. Later! PS. Try not to laugh to hard at my ugly mug ok? Moe ε 15:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that just about a year ago you added a section to Hairy Maclary that seems, on the fact of it, quite unusual. Could you provide some sources or references to flesh this out? Regards, Ziggurat 04:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
No, you are the inspiration...thank you for the kind words. BTW, what's your next FA? Or is it a secret?<:)-- MONGO 07:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I don't really mind about your reverting my changes to the WIFA and FAC instructions, and it was nice for you to say "sorry" on the talk page, but I find a personal note on someone's user page to be a better method of defusing anger. Everyone has their own view, I suppose. One thing I did want to mention is that the two specific criteria I used as examples, and which you noted bothered you somewhat as seemingly random criteria to emphasize, are probably the most frequent deficiencies in FACs. Dozens and dozens proposed w/o inline citations and with inadequate leads. I had a previous disagreement w/Raul about inserting an instruction to check refs before submitting a FAC, but he disagreed that it should be emphasized. I still think it would save us all a lot of time, but if I'm in the minority on this, that's ok too. Thanks again for your feedback, and sorry if I screwed up the instructions. Kaisershatner 13:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I just wanted to say that your entire intro is so candid, so informative and soo funny, I would give you a barnstar if I had one. :) Bo-Lingua 18:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for extending the block of my gentleman caller. If only I could find such a well-educated man with such perfect manners in real life. I love the rotating tulip. My page has been missing an animated gif since the image cops deleted my hopping
Pikachu. This is my 30,002nd edit, by the way
(brave smile).
SlimVirgin
(talk) 08:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, could you please take a look and remove any Swedishisms at Anders Uppström and Olaus Johannis Gutho, both of which I have nominated at Template talk:Did you know. u p p l a n d 17:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I finally gave up over the haggling about the DYK entry on Uppström. I thought I had achieved a reasonably brief version of the entry but the powers that be seem intent on removing absolutely all the context. (Meanwhile I have written articles on cruftcruft and even more cruftcruft.) u p p l a n d 13:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I was delighted to see "that news reports X of Y University will take over Z post at A university" in DYK this morning. It's good to know that DYK is now also In the News. Geogre 09:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Note that both my pieces of Uppsalacruft managed to get on the main page on the same day. Of the various things Wikipedia wonders its readers if they know today, a full third concern manuscripts in the Carolina Rediviva! u p p l a n d 15:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
That's so sweet. I'm not sure that I can envision cohabiting with all the other folks on your list - do you have a nice big place for us all to stay? And then there's the matter of Mr. Spang.... :-) User:Needs some time to think about this... 16:16, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Sam Spade/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Tony Sidaway 00:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that an RfAr had been opened regarding Sam Spade. In my opinion, it's long overdue. I long ago stopped trying to keep the Hypnosis article free of Sam's bizarre claims about hypnosis and Egyptian healing trances... but I've always suspected that a CheckUser request to check Sam's IP against that of User:Hyp and User:CGameProgrammer might just get some interesting results. -- Antaeus Feldspar 01:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I am sorry. I made a typo. I meant to say "if rofl is not a personal attack "i" don't know what is." Sorry for the misunderstanding. Please accept my apology.-- Bonafide.hustla 05:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC) actually never mind. I read the wrong post. :)-- Bonafide.hustla 05:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
man you're kinda funny. well, for the record, i did know how to use the diff. link, i just didn't know there's a difference between the two. i guess then your comments on my talkpage was apparently made in good faith (although the wording was a lil angry) but anyway, about my talkpage, i'm gonna remove the comment in a sec. so yeah, i mean i'm not trying to be a "dick", but there is a bit of a double standard existing on wiki. Like, when I unknowingly removed Guanaco's name from the mediation committee because he had been desysopped (in good faith for i didn't know non-admin can be mediators), he was like seems like your edit is based on personal vendetta (Guanaco previously blocked me). It's sorta frustrating when ppl always look at your block log and stuff to determine whether your a good/bad person. 'cause i mean sometimes even if you're tryin to contribute, others interpret it as bad faith. well anyway just to letcha know. keep up the good work.-- Bonafide.hustla 07:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Your an admin right? Could you block the anon who just vandalized Infinity's page twice in 5 minutes? Their entire list of contributions has been vandalism of his userpage. The Ungovernable Force 07:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry sir. I would hate to be put on fatigues or given a detention. :) ElectricRay 11:30, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
My counter-argument was a bit ill tempered. Sorry about that. I think I'm getting sort of exhausted with the hours I'm keeping (waking at 4:30 AM, going in to grade, and then seeing thin envelopes from the bank arrive in the mail). I'm also getting headaches like Oswald in Ghosts, but without having had the pleasure that would have led to the condition. Geogre 14:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
The thing is, I caught up. I actually caught up on grading. That only leaves me with 45 term papers (8-12 pp each) and 25 final papers (3-5 pp each) and 80 final exams to grade by Monday or Tuesday. (Ok, Wednesday, actually.) If I can do that, I can have my pay in hand by Friday, which will mean a happy spending spree before being sent up to a research library to do fact checking. The headaches are awful. Geogre 16:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I've removed some threaded dialog and renamed your section on the RJIII application. Please feel free to restore material relevant to the case, but bear in mind that the arbitrators don't want to have to read through threaded discussion. -- Tony Sidaway 19:03, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for reverting my user page - I was busy trying to work out how to deal with the vandal. Really appreciate it! Libatius 10:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Ha-ha! I have a new cat for my user page. Bet you're envious. Geogre 16:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, no I had not seen it. I avoid him whenever possible life is too short. I am now a new person avoiding all controversy, troubles and strife. I am now growing my hair, smoking weed and writing only on abstact articles. Peace! Giano | talk 16:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen. Ok, I admit the Sw. Wikipedia Notice Board didn't work out so well when you asked for a favour recently, --- I myself have been busy recently with administrative stuff such as deleting loads of NowCommons images, maintenance of the Commons server and similar ungrateful stuff. However, I'm going to start writing some proper articles now, and I started with Malmö, Skåne, and the such. May continue with Stockholm and Gothenburg.
Would you mind having a look at Malmö and see if there is something seriously lacking in the structure or in the information? If there is anything disturbing in the language, you are welcome to fix that too...
Reg. Fred- Chess 17:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Have you read Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (up for FAC, User:Johantheghost's work mostly)? It's really entertaining. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 04:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Infinity0/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Tony Sidaway 13:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't understand, why this RfC is not yet approved, since there are already two users who certified it. Besides one of the other users who could certify this RfC is blocked. How is he supposed to certify? Raphael1 21:02, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Who is the other user? -- Cyde Weys 21:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm concerned about a courtroom conversion. One reason that there isn't much prosecutorial evidence being presented is that the bile is on one side only. No one wants to "get" or "get dirt" on the defendant, so, when he stops editing and calling names and trying to smear a person, that person wants to forget the whole thing and hope for the best. This is the behavior that has led to attrition. This is the behavior that has led to his "owning" a considerable number of articles. Indeed, in the evidence page, the defendant is saying that everything has been taken care of. Why, look! no insults since the RfC! In other words, "I stopped for the time being, so I'm innocent, and there is no case to bring." This is repentance before the bar. If it's repentence of heart is another matter, and for that we have to consider the past, consider the history. So long as everyone else is less bilious, less angry, and less interested in making issues personal, the defendant will get another chance and another and another, and a never-ending stream of new users will hit upon a controversial page and get ground into the dust by him, as all the experienced users simply stay away, ceding part of the project to his corner. Geogre 02:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, how long does an arbitration case actually stay open? I can't find any reference to timespan in the docs.
I must say I'm very suprised to see you are the only person to lodge some evidence so far (especially since, as you said yourself, you are not one of the more recent victims of his edit wars). What happened to all those other people who were complaining long and loud about Sam's behaviour? Gatoclass 03:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi! Someone has recommended that the templates of Nobel Prize winners be deleted. Will it be ok if you just post your opinion at templates for deletion? Thanks, really appreciate it. =) Joey80 06:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Please have a look at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Campaign_to_force_the_use_of_honorifics. Thanks Arniep 11:34, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen am I right in thinking you have the power to block IP's? If so, there are a couple of vandals over at the Joseph Stalin page you might like to scrub Gatoclass 13:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks :) Gatoclass 14:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey, you probably don't know who I am, but I'm - or I was trying to be - a friend of User:Thewolfstar's. Don't worry, she didn't send me to talk to you or anything. She's blocked and that's that as far as I'm concerned. In fact, I was astonished by the lenience shown her, what with being unblocked half a dozen times or so by different administrators.
What I wanted to ask you was, is there any way this could have been prevented? This is the second or third time I've seen a newbie editor (well, *ahem*, newer than me ^_^;) flame out and get blocked over personal attacks and rude behavior. I spent quite some time, and probably several thousand words, trying to advise Maggie against doing the sorts of things she did, which as far as I can tell she went right on doing. :(
The next time I see this start to happen with a new user, is there something you can recommend I do, other than just pointing them at WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA and praying they read them? Kasreyn 03:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Miles. Sorry, I only have a Bishzilla answer to give about your valiant efforts to present TWS with a clue. It's the first impulse of the best users... but, sadly, I'm coming to the conclusion that Aggressive Clueless Newbie Syndrome is a serious condition with poor prognosis. :-( I've never seen an ACNS case in remission. And there's a logic to it: they discover the site and that Anyone Can Edit. They read the articles on their favorite subject --politics, or religion, or their pet branch of pseudoscience-- astrology, Bigfoot, Cryptozoology. They see that the articles are full of "lies", and set out to "fix" them. They're happy and feel useful, and expect praise; imagine the shock when their edits won't stick because an obvious liberal mafia or sceptics conspiracy or atheist cabal VANDALIZES their work! And if the user was already in a bit of a troubled state when they arrived, well... I won't go on. But nothing good follows, and I agree with Unca Bunch that Knowing the Truth has a lot to do with it. The nightmare outcome is when these "contributors" stick around for so long that they become familiar with policy and are able to wikilawyer it to some effect, as opposed to brandishing irrelevant guidelines at random the way TWS does. Because then you have... shudder ... the rare but monstrous Aggressive Clueless But Wiki-Savvy Old-Timer. Bishonen | talk 17:24, 10 May 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for dropping a line on my page concerning Thewolfstar's AN/I thread. I spent the past two days driving from North Carolina to Texas, which was the longest break I've had from Wikipedia for a while... sad. At any rate, it seems that the issue has already been settled. I agree with the admins and support the decision (although I hope to review in a few months if possible), but at the same time, it comes with disappointment. She had potential to make some great contributions, but... got distracted. At any rate, I appreciate your seeking community consensus before indef blocking, and taking the time to notify concerned parties. There's probably an admin barnstar somewhere that I'd give you for doing all that, but I'm too lazy to track it down. Just consider yourself having received it, along with my thanks. Have a good one. Tijuana Brass ¡Épa!- E@ 07:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence
For diligently pursuing every means possible in attempting to deal with a disruptive new user, and following every step in gaining input from the community prior to enacting serious measures. KillerChihuahua ?!? 13:10, 10 May 2006 (UTC) |
LOL. Thanks, guys, for the compliments and the star and the ....hmmmm ... ahhh... the lovely boils. Bishonen | talk 17:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC).
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Thanks so much for voting! Thanks so much for voting on my
request for adminship. I have decided to withdraw my nomination as it seems that consensus will not be reached. If you voted in support, thanks for putting your trust in me to be a good admin. If you voted in opposition, thank you as well for your constructive criticism as it will only help me be a better Wikipedian and perhaps help if/when I apply for adminship again sometime in the future.
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Bishonen, sorry to bother you again - I don't really know whether you are the appropriate person to point out vandalism to - but there's a guy who has been repeatedly dropping a block of rightwing drivel onto the Socialism and Criticisms of Socialism page over the last few days.
I just checked his edit history and it appears he's been deleting entire Wiki pages and vandalizing others. He's changed his IP at least once but this is his latest version: 130.216.191.184 Here's a link to his edit history http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Contributions&target=130.216.191.184 . Check the edits to the Helen Clark page, the Wiki Sock Puppety page, and the Egyptian Revival architecture page to name but three. Thanks, Gatoclass 04:02, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Dammit I thought I had the guy by the short and curlies. Obviously if he's posting from Auckland Uni there is no way of knowing whether he is responsible for the vandal edits.
However, he does also post under another nic and IP, they are Michael40 and 60.234.157.64. I'm guessing the last is his home IP.
If he isn't perpetrating outright vandalism I'm not sure what to do about him. What he is doing is making continual, blatantly POV rightwing edits on a number of articles, including Socialism, Criticisms of Socialism, Hugo Chavez, Criticism of Hugo Chavez[ [5]] etc. I note also that while he was lecturing us on allegedly trying to "filter...valid, relevant, verifiable" information, he hypocritically went to the Central Intelligence Agency page and whitewashed [ [6]] a number of well established facts from the "Historical Operations" section.
The problem I have is that I don't know how to deal with a user like this. He isn't an outright vandal, so I can't get his IP blocked at the Wiki page you mentioned above. But he's clearly inserting outright POV/scuttlebutt into articles. And while he's responded on the Talk pages a couple of times, it hasn't stopped him in the least from repeatedly inserting his POV rants into articles regardless of consensus. Basically he just ignores consensus.
Now my understanding of Wiki is that we are supposed to make every effort to integrate a new user into the system, but this guy is showing little if any interest in co-operating. I'm also pretty sceptical, quite frankly, that someone with as clear an agenda as this can ever be integrated into a consensus framework.
So what do I do? Do I just continue to revert him, hoping he eventually goes away? (this seems problematic to me for a number of reasons). Should I get a formal or informal RfC started on the guy? I mean, what's the usual way of dealing with this sort of problem?
Thanks, Gatoclass 10:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your watchful eye and attention in the recent AOL/IP issue. That was a particularly bad sequence of blocks. I appreciate your efforts. Best wishes. WBardwin 08:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last! Geogre 14:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
I went on IRC last night to tell you that I had discovered that I'm immortal. The way I figure it, if this last session didn't kill me, nothing can. If you're off to see the Street Urchin and Jenny Diver and all the rest sing about that notorious German cuthroat Captain Macheath, that at least is some recompense for future burdens. Me, I'm just waiting for paychecks. I endured their crime, and now I want pay for my time. Geogre 14:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen. I've been hit by the autoblocker again -- not a dull moment. Information below if you get a minute. Sorry to muddy your page with someone else's unimaginative language. WBardwin 06:00, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you -- got to me before I even sent you a note. Appreciate your help. WBardwin 06:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen the recent John Warburton (herald) article? There is more on him in the ODNB, which actually names the cook. u p p l a n d 16:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I see you restored some deleted content on User talk:Tarret and left a message about it. I happened to be watching his talk page because a comment of mine was summarily removed from there as well, recently. It seems he likes to remove people's comments from his talk page, always marking them as minor edits, without responding to them — and apparently he sometimes does so as an anon edit. It seems very rude to me, but whatever... - dcljr ( talk) 17:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Bishonen... I finally posted a Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Kven users RfC. The page is currently covered by statements from the problematic user in question and I don't know how to proceed. I asked Uppland for some input but he didn't respond. Since I know you have experience with RfCs and dispute resolution, I would just like to ask for a suggestion how to proceed?
Thanks, Fred- Chess 17:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Jimbo hates junior highers like you. And "Schvatjester". — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 23:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I know I should listen to Admins, it's just it kinds make me mad since he said it was just an opinion that God made the earth, when the Theory of Evolution is an opinion too, it's just someone else's opinion. Uweretheone 00:43, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
So there. + + Lar: t/ c 01:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
NO! The noble cause of Science must come first, and it is my Duty to try to make Tiktaalik more accurate and less cheesy. With limited success as you can see from the image at the start of all this tosh. However, community spirited as I am, yours truly has bowed to public pressure and a cuddly Barney the Bishapod with a remarkable resemblance to your old cheery pal should now appear to the right. I demand a cut on any sales! .. dave souza, talk 18:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Care to fill me in? I am kinda curious what 'evil' you have supposively done. :) -- Cat out 01:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, I hate to ask you every time I think something needs attention, and I have asked Geogre to take a look, but hopefully there is someone among the people with either page on their watchlist who knows something about German literature. The author of Erich Heller has asked for comments on the talkpage. It is a fairly specialized topic and I don't know if there is any point in taking it to peer review, as I see that most requests there get ignored. u p p l a n d 09:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
...Now here's the answer:
Ways are what people will do in order to ensure advantages for themselves, while won'ts are the opposite, although commonly people do not conduct this in a manner that will lead to disadvantageous situations; it frequently occurs without realization.
Also posted at WP:AN/I. — Eternal Equinox | talk 18:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. Bishonen | talk 18:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC).
But I think I found it. Geogre 15:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC) (I'm referring to my socks. I wanted to know where they were after last night. Turns out, they're in Sweden.)
And now I've spread my thunder all over the place. If I keep on rumbling, people will stop believing that I'm an Frost Giant (or troll or Ogre of the Earth or Ge-Ogre) and think I'm just another battling admin. Still, the targets were tempting, and the rhetoric came (I lisp'd in numbers for the numbers came). Geogre 19:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I seem to swing my mighty hammer best when there is an RfAR workshop page to aim at. I don't know why that is, but I've risen to my greatest rhetorical heights and delivered sharpest blows in such cases. Go figure. Everybody needs a talent, I guess. Geogre 02:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Place your questions below, please.
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Request for Arbitration
I have brought a request for arbitration naming you as an interested party. [13] — WCityMike ( talk • contribs • where to reply) 04:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I hope you can reinstate me from my ban. As you might've noticed, I already posted an apology on Elc's talkpage. thanks-- Bonafide.hustla 06:42, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, did you miss my post to you above? Under the "More Vandalism" heading. If you don't have a suggestion that's fine. I guess we'll eventually work out something collectively if he continues to make a nuisance of himself anyhow. Regards Gatoclass 10:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
So altogether I see an RfC as being a lot of trouble with most likely little result. Mediation might be better. Mind you, I think he'd be unlikely to agree--why would he, presumably the present situation is fine by him--but at least there you'd have the advantage that requesting mediation is dead easy, you wouldn't be investing a lot of time and frustration, and who knows, it might go somewhere. You might take a look at Wikipedia:Mediation and Wikipedia:Requests for mediation.
But my most practical advice to you is to discuss the issue with the other editors of the articles. CBerlet comes to mind as a highly experienced and dedicated editor, who's been through the wars on the politically controversial articles. (I haven't--I know my temperamental limitations--I'm very interested in the articles as such, but I can't stand trying to work against the hostility and filibustering one always encounters at them. I try, and then I leave, like a coward. :-() I hope you find some way of either working with, or dealing with, that guy. Bishonen | talk 12:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC).
Have you seen this image, as used on sv:Lundakarnevalen and de:Lundakarnevalen. It seems they missed the origin of the phrase (but I added it to the Swedish version). u p p l a n d 14:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Hello!
As an established Wikipedian, I was hoping for your assistance regards a particular article. Specifically the article on NPA Personality Theory - it is a new article, but was submitted in a very much complete state. It now has properly sized imagery, is professionally written, expansive and all emcompassing regards it subject, is NPOV, of a good length - and cites references. The subject matter is, to my mind, interesting. Thus, should it be nominated as a Good article? Or, as a featured one? If you feel the former, then by all means add the "Good" article tag - along with some advice if you can. If you believe the latter should be appropriate, again any advice regards this would be great - if you could leave a response on the linked articles Talk page, that would be great. Thanks! -- D-Katana 22:25,14 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually, urine is used by some yogis as an aid to meditation, and medical science has shown that there is indeed a chemical in urine that (from memory) distorts the sense of time, thus allowing longer meditation sessions. These urine drinking yogis also prefer the urine from children, which has been demonstrated to have higher concentrations of this particular chemical. Gatoclass 07:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
:) Gatoclass 07:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
My apology and withdrawal: [14]. — WCityMike ( talk • contribs • where to reply) 22:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Seriously, you can't be for real! "we can pretty much assume you are not a troll, vandal, or clueless newbie"?? "I hope you still enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian, and won't get mad over something stupid and leave!"?? "don't get all grumpy and leave over nothing"?? The stuff is bizarre. I can't possibly welcome people with that! Should I create oldwelcome2 with normal wording, or can we agree to put this monster out of its misery? - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 01:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I copyedited much of the Erich Heller article not long ago. All my edits were immediately reverted by an IP number editor. Ach! I don't want to discourage the editor hard at work on the article; but the issues of NPOV and house style might actually be as well covered by going back. Also, we need to have a word about using edit summaries. Charles Matthews 11:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
The entity Bishbot has been traced to this account. Desist running any and all unauthorised automata at once. Fill out form thirty-seven-slash-two schedule B to apply for permission to seek limited feet/bird-bot authorisation. Failure to comply may result in termination. Thank you. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 19:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I feel the need to make this my final response because of what you posted on my talk page. One: no more communication would be pleasant. Two: an RfC was filed against you before, yes, I see. But there is no mention of HW there, so, uh, I don't understand. Three: I promise this is my last post since I felt the need to respond to you. But this is it, this is it, this is absolutely 100% it. Now if everything really you conducted was under the assumption of good faith, then excellent effort. I cannot argue with those words.
I wish you no harm either. Just please ask your friends to refrain from conversing about me here on out on Wikipedia; obviously I do not really care what occurs outside of these walls. — Eternal Equinox | talk 19:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Cat out 20:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry Neko, I'd like to help if I could, but you assume wrong. :-( Bishonen | talk 13:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
Wikipedia:Song/The RfA Candidate's Song Geogre 21:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Mmm. OK. Thank you. Bishonen | talk 13:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
Hello? I insult you on my page! Wake up! Bishonen | talk 13:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
We're not funny. See, I even tried passing on a link to an RFA song, and all I got was a condescending sniff. Can you blame Giano, after what happened to me, for not wanting to expose himself? Geogre 03:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Have I been exposing myself? I type naked, my heart on my sleeve, which I'm not wearing, where it gets stomped and used as a cigarette ashtray by all la belle dames sans merci. The sight of it would make a sadist cry. O misericordia, everyone is so mean to me! Geogre 03:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
My poor heart is broken, so you're all too late, it's already torn. Why do you think I'm working on articles about whores and whore hunters and celebrating misgynystic poets? Womens are viscous as a species. Geogre 11:10, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Would you mind looking into a user dispute? I have a rather lenghty evidence I posted at ANB/I that has been siting there for some time now. I assumed you would volunteer to investigate. ;) -- Cat out 19:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know but I already added comment back. I have been reverting and rolling back Amorrow sockpuppets to the point of that I'm going brain dead! FloNight talk 01:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Please see my message at User talk:Charles Matthews. I think CM was insensitive to the situation and expressed himself in a way which got him off on the wrong foot with Prof02. Prof02 is now asking to have the article transferred to userspace. u p p l a n d 10:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes, my vote, but made by someone else. I would not have put up the proposal if I did not intend to vote for it. Fred Bauder 16:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
You have any books with decent images of Nell Gwyn to scan? The internet hasn't coughed up anything good; I don't have a scanner myself. I know Howe's The First English Actresses has a plate of this one; maybe it's better quality? I'll take almost anything, happily. — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 20:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Right, so what's a "sleeveless errand" ? ... Charles Sackville was sent on a sleeveless errand into France to be out of the way. (from his article) presumably so that the king could have his way with Nell + + Lar: t/ c 22:09, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
...I'm an "encourager" now? I'd be kind of flattered if this wasn't connotative. XD. After all, it's not every day that I get promoted from regular user to encourager. Maybe I'll put it in my sig. Hmm. Anyway, I just wanted to remind you that while I do believe that some administrators are megalomaniacal and corrupt (although the jury is still out on you, LOL!), I originally defended Thewolfstar because I believed that people were not assuming good faith on her part, and also because she was a fellow Esperanzian. Because of paralanguage, this comment probably reads like it's annoyed and frustrated, but in honesty I'm just very amused. I can't wait to see what happens next! Besides, someone with a name like Bishonen must be one of the good guys. - Corbin Be excellent 15:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Eeps. Gomenesai. Just came back from the shower, and realized how rough the above comment sounds. Of course, it's too late to take it back, but I can at least apologize a bit. Also, was the primary reason for User:Dot Bitch's block the username or the suspected sockpuppetry? Just curious. Happy editing! - Corbin Be excellent 16:04, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not editing Wikipedia if you're present. So goodbye. For good. — Eternal Equinox | talk 22:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
None of that matters. See Licensing Act of 1737. See the talk page. It's time to run WHOIS and go squish some IP editor. Geogre 00:04, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Bishonen, Please take note that Beckjord is still pretty much active. Even though you've protected Bigfoot, he's still editing the article on himself ( Jon-Erik Beckjord) at least 3-6 times each week, so he has yet to give up totally. I wonder whether the latter article will have to be protected as well at some point in order to make Beckjord vanish and/or stop vandalism... 15:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
File:Removed, award no longer supported.
For this edit [17], a mighty reply to a farewell message, I award you the most sought after Wiki-award, Raul's Brick of Common sense. Display it with pride. Raul654 17:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I have an issue here that maybe you could be of help with? It's about restoration comedy! Pearls! Swine! — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 02:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I think your willingness to give Thewolfstar a second chance, and your patient advice in the face of abuse, does you a lot of credit. Some people just can't learn from experience, can they? I suppose this means the mailing list's going to suffer another torrent of her complaints... -- ajn ( talk) 14:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I want to add my thanks as well. Some may think it's a waste of time, but I agree, always give editors the benefit of the doubt. Even if a disruptive user just goes back to his or her old ways 95% of the time (an arbitrary number, of course), we still gain the 5% as members of the community. Besides... there's always reverts and edit histories to correct any mistakes. I think you did the right thing and fully support your decisions. Tijuana Brass E@ 23:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Diligence
From CorbinSimpson to Bishonen for excellence in personal conduct, May 23, 2006. - Corbin Be excellent |
This is for being excellent to others, assuming good faith, and being a truly good administrator. For being one of the kindest, most honest, and yes, most awesome administrators, I award you the Barnstar of Diligence. Thank you. - Corbin Be excellent 01:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, I did check it on the web but could not figure out why it was so big. I even tried to upload more than once. Thank for warning me, sorry for the mess I made. :) -- Aleph73 17:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I know this dispute of mine is taking to much time but you may want to consider taking a look at WP:ANB/I#Sock_investigation.
What other evidence in your view would be more convincing?
-- Cat out 07:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Since everyone is expressing undying love and admiration for you these days, I bring you Charles Molloy. Now that is how to marry. Geogre 19:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Aye, but ha' you got a £20,000 inheritance (x30 for year 2000 values)? I just got A Miscellany of the Wits. Alas, it has The History of John Bull, which is happy happy, but it doesn't have the Treatise on Political Lying. Then again, it has quite a bit of William King (the funny one, not the Jacobite one), but not his funny stuff. This is what you get when the book has gothic typeface and was edited by someone "M.A." in 1920. The unfunny bits of funny people. Still, beggar's mustn't be choosers. (The book came to me from a Houston bookstore, and it got to them from a Special Collections, of all things. It's a 1st ed. Sic transit gloria mundi. Geogre 23:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I was in a bad mood due to my impending high school graduation, but your talk page never ceases to amuse me, and given your sense or humor and love of bizarre accolades and slightly strange praise, I hope you appreciate this thank you as well. Have a nice/pleasant/suspiciously frog-free (insert appropriate time element here), and keep up the good work. RyanG e rbil10 19:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Blocked for 1 week. You had blocked it for 48 hr. It came back with two vandalism attacks on your talk page, then removal of warnings from its own page. I therefore upped the block to a week. Geogre 23:53, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I got in late today again. Therefore, here are pictures of kitty, before and during kissy (my face is blanked for extrakissy secrecy!). El_C 04:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
There's a face! Let's all have kisses and fresh sardines for breakfast!
Bishonen |
talk 08:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for taking care of the vandalism on my user page. A merry band of Smugface dwarves have taken it upon themselves to deface it, something that I've found far, far more entertaining than frustrating. Part of me hopes that he won't give up too soon because I'm enjoying the usernames so much. Tijuana Brass E@ 17:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Bish, your Mood Rouge Admin means Red Admin. If you meant Rogue, you've done a typo. :) Bo-Lingua 20:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
There is no way this qualifies as a speedy. Please restore it. -- SPUI ( T - C) 22:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
You are welcome, it was a pleasure.
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Dakota
~ 17:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Would tomorrow be OK? I'm going to be out of the house. Geogre 19:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I was a little too sarcastic in my response to the image tagger on my talk page. (Someone doesn't like the picture of Benedict Joseph Labre because it's too sissy looking, I think.) And people wonder why I go ape over taggers. Geogre 02:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
You are right, dear Bishonen - I was extremeley blind, and now, after further review, I see why. This is so wrong. I'll change my vote immediately, and I hope this "noticeboard" is deleted for good. Kisses, Phaedriel ♥ tell me - 11:18, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
>mail< — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 00:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Oh, lordy, imperatives again. <sigh> Geogre 02:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking more romantic and nostalgic like:-
Hey Bishonen. I really appreciate the help that you gave me in the Plano Senior High School peer review. Your eyes helped me to see the US-centrism with which I was writing. I am hoping to send PSHS up for FAC soon and I would appreciate if you could take a brief look at the article, particularly the lead, as it is the part that has changed most since you saw it last. I really appreciate any help you could give. Thanks so much! — Scm83x hook 'em 00:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)