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Why do you keep removing my edit? JoanneSavidge ( talk) 00:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
No, no, no, don't apologize, it was not a poor one; and yes, it was obvious. Mathglot ( talk) 07:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
The article Edmund Hillary you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Edmund Hillary for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap ( talk) 16:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Can a stalker experienced in DYK reviews do a favor and volunteer Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Edmund_Hillary. Also, anyone (or any two) experienced in prep building might want to look in at Wikipedia_talk:April_Fool's_Main_Page/Did_You_Know#Easter_in_2018 because time's running short and I worry we're headed for a chaotic time if things don't start coming together soon. E Eng 18:17, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Over at DYK there is a discussion on the inclusion of "interesting to a broad audience" as a requirement for a DYK hook. You may have an opinion on the subject. However, what I was really posting here about was this hook. You are very clever with hook suggestions and could probably come up with something better. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 09:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
"The Alfred Kinsey Memorial Barnstar of Shame" | |
For making 2,700 year-old coral just that little bit
more interesting.
Martinevans123 ( talk) 09:52, 12 June 2015 (UTC) |
The Casey Jones " Cannonball Express" Barnstar Whistle of Railroadery | |
"Look out folks! There's a huge pile of
ballast on the track up ahead!!" REMEMBER: |
From your adoring fans everywhere. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:16, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
I am extremely tempted to go click-happy with OneClickArchiver on your talk page...-- 3family6 ( Talk to me | See what I have done) 19:01, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
EEng Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year! BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 15:11, 23 December 2015 (UTC) |
... because Christmas has 12 days. Here ya go, picked out just for you, because you've been such a good boy: [1]. -- Softlavender ( talk) 03:00, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
"C'mon now dude, don't be a douche". Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:00, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
On 1 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edmund Hillary, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hillary's portrait is now being printed on the $5 bill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edmund Hillary. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Edmund Hillary), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih ( talk) 12:02, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
As most here knows, I've been plotting for a while to run the following set of three Did You Know hooks together on April 1:
Everything's on track for that. But I've had a sudden brainstorm, which is to add a fourth hook:
That will require getting the linked article to GA pronto. I've got a GA reviewer lined up, but there may be work to be done to get the article into shape first. Is the team up for it? I've looked the article over and it seems pretty good. Any volunteers to look take a pass at it? It would need to be ready for GA review by the end of next week at the very latest.
Remember, this is GA not FA, so while of course we'd like to get it as good as possible in the time we have, focus on WP:Good_article_criteria. E Eng 20:36, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Article has not been created or expanded 5x or promoted to Good Article within the past 10 days (2462 days) DYKcheck does not account for previous versions with splits or copyright violations.You're recruiting expansioners to accomplish the 5x goal? Atsme 📞 📧 21:53, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
I do hope your exasperation is feigned: I for one am deriving more laughter out of the ineffectual rhetorical flailings of the IP than I ever got from the edit itself. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:05, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Your comment in this edit was a little snarky, when I meant only that it was obvious from the reference who issued the stamps. You could have figured it out instead of tagging it "by whom". Akld guy ( talk) 04:20, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Akld guy: sorry but persistence in that belief is incorrect, observe the real morons...
Did you know that the WMF gets $30 million more per year than it spends, and that only 3% of the WMF's expenses are spent on hosting the servers? Thats right, only $2 million goes towards hosting all of Wikipedia, the other expenses the WMF has come to $67 million! They actually spend more on processing the donations ($3 million) than on hosting wikipedia ($2 million).
$11 million is simply given away in grants and awards (I want some!), but $33 million goes on paying staff (who?), $6 million on professional services (what?) and $2 million on travel expenses... they even spent $112,000 on office furniture!
All this and more creative ways to spend far too much money are detailed in this report from their auditors, which is one of the reports linked https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports here]. (nb, I rounded some figures slightly). -- Prince of Thieves ( talk) 21:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I added an article to the list on Harvard College today, having forgotten that I already did the same thing back in December 2017. I saw after posting it again that you had removed it the first time. Could you help me understand what is the threshold for notability on the list? I certainly do not intend to add an article that doesn't belong. Since December, I improved Ungar's article. He was a long-time college president and a director of Voice of America among other things. Cheers! Thsmi002 ( talk) 20:41, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
{{Joke warning that may be misleading to some people}}
... are cordially invited to participate at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Trump_Street_-_a_controversy-sparking,_ticking_time_bomb..._right_where_we_don't_need_it. This is not canvassing because I don't even know which among you think Trump's a psychopathic narcissist idiot, and which do not. E Eng 23:29, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Following on from Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators and Vaginal steaming, this just turned up on NPP - " Dodil is a Swedish company and brand developing and manufacturing sex toys which the user can by hand design into personal shapes with preferred dimensions as an aid for masturbation." You can't make this stuff up. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:38, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
we're not a company by default as we are sponsored by the Swedish Government...[3] AHHHH. Prince of Thieves ( talk) 22:59, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
What is your strategy for archiving your talk page, noticeably your third archive looks much greater than the other two, I need your guidance. Cards84664 ( talk) 03:00, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi. I've done enough looking around on the web to know that DCB is a unnotable talentless self-deluded poseur, the type that survives on the fringes of the art world just because someone has to fill the empty spaces in group shows in unknown galleries in insignificant places. There's really no point in expending any energy on him beyond keeping track of his insertions and deleting them on sight. He's never going to amount to anything, which is probably one of the reasons he's driven to make up all sort of untrue shit about himself -- including that he has a degree from Harvard and is an "honorary alumnus" of Johns Hopkins ( [4] "About the Foundation") -- and to attempt to publicize himself on Wikipedia. It's actually rather sad, because by now the Chevalier probably believes much of what he's made up about himself. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:56, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
( Buttinsky) An add in Craigslist published in Readers Digest:
“$40K a Year to Attend Harvard University as Me.” Requirements include a 4.0 GPA in high school or a 3.5 GPA in college. Only males need apply, since, as the listing tells us, “I have a male name.” The lucky person tapped for the gig doesn’t have to do much other than “attend all classes, pass all tests, and finish all assigned work while pretending you are me.” Don’t worry about having to actually get into the Ivy League school: “I’ve already taken care of that,” he says.
Atsme 📞 📧 14:29, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi EEng, I thought I should let you know that I have started a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know on the Trump hook and image issue. I thought it was worthwhile retesting community consensus on this issue now that we have three "faux politician" hooks rather than one. Because of that, I took the liberty of redacting your post on April Fools set order since the poll raises the possibility that the Trump hook may be moved. We can of course restore the thread later when that issue has been resolved. Apologies for the lack of notice, but with only a few days left to April Fools there was no time for prior discussion. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 11:51, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Level-headed, DYK-experienced editors are needed to (1) build the two prep sets for April 1 (looks like we'll be running 2 sets of 8 for 12 hours each) and (2) promote the preps to Q. The latter has to be an admin, of course. See links above. E Eng 06:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Your hook for Olim L'Berlin got more hits than I've ever gotten for an article I worked on. Thanks! Yoninah ( talk) 11:44, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
It would have been nice when you did not use PAs to blemish a nominator on an article. The article was rotten, unsourced and seemed to fail WP:GNG. Thanks to your work to add all kinds of related sources the article is now just rotten and seems to fail WP;GNG. Congratulations with that achievement. The Banner talk 20:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Just curious: You added {{anchor|behold}} to The Mikado. What does that do? -- Ssilvers ( talk) 21:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
The Harvard Glee Club sang [[The Mikado#behold|"Behold the Lord High Executioner"]].
{{anchor|behold}}
, where that particular song is discussed.OK, I understand. Thanks for the explanation. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:33, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Any view? Martinevans123 ( talk) 23:20, 18 November 2015 (UTC) ... assuming, of course, that you haven't earned yourself a MOS:NUM topic ban by now...
... to uplift humanity and celebrate the season. Randy Kryn 5:10, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Does anyone know a way to make Template:Graph:PageViews display as a bar graph instead of as a smoothed line? -- Tryptofish ( talk) 18:27, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Thought you'd like this one : Template:Did you know nominations/Trump Street Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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Re your recent edit, it may be better to restore the original text re Katz which gives the situation more context. This was the version of the article at promotion to GA status. I think that first paragraph about Katz should be restored. Mjroots ( talk) 08:46, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Just came by to say eh. I downvote. (the same "'broad' is a sexist term for a woman, and someone just said 'broad' in a different context" joke happens on a near continuous basis on Reddit).
PS: Took about a minute anda half for Chrome to finish loading this page to the point it allowed me to click on new section... — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:47, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
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This caught my attention as something you might find interesting, if you didn't already know about it: Jean Berko Gleason's disgusting word list. — David Eppstein ( talk) 17:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this revision of yours, I thought it was an error. Why was it intentional? Is there a specific reason you used four colons instead of two? Interqwark talk contribs 06:48, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
FWIW, the ArbCom case was mentioned in the second sentence. ~ Amory ( u • t • c) 18:58, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
Your presence is requested at the pump before mass panic breaks out. Serious discussion as well would be appreciated. Thanks, cinco de L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 20:57, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Please don't commit wholesale reversions of technical edits done by others. Your claim of "wasting time" is specious, when it wasn't your time to begin with. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum) T @ 23:35, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
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Sandy's mad that I added the image seen at right to a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style -- says it was a "smear". E Eng 23:56, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
You can't include the entire lyrics of a Randy Newman song. Copyright reasons, you know. Take it down; maybe include a small excerpt. DS ( talk) 16:12, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
I, for one, will be raising a glass to your new Oompa-Loompa Overlord... -- Hillbillyholiday talk 05:35, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
Don't you think that, in this context, you should have put quotation marks around the words "professional" and "wrestling", as I have done here? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:10, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Go through various noticeboards, and catalog the subject area that produced complaints for some thousands of random threads, which can be normalized by the number of articles/edits in mainspace articles of that subject. Should make for an interesting read - hopefully someone does it, and we can get support for your proposals. Someguy1221 ( talk) 06:14, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Have you ever considered making a userbox template that would track how many dollars you have in the game? Some of them are obviously untrackable (like editor review, R.I.P), and others hard to track, like third opinion, but most of the user rights can be done, and also probably the FAC's and related. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 02:16, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 23:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Do you really think the definite article improves the hook? To me, it just makes it obvious that "the horney dicks" is a nickname given to some group of people. Gatoclass ( talk) 11:56, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in this development. David in DC ( talk) 13:56, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Since you seem to think engineers are mindless robots blindly applying rigid rules,
- After I said, "I'm the engineer type"? Logic fault. ―
Mandruss
☎ 05:02, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
About this, wow! I may not have seen nuttin, but I sure am seeing a nutter! -- Tryptofish ( talk) 21:59, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
Where, exactly, is Falls Creek? Is it near Davis or not? -- bonadea contributions talk 10:21, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I noticed recently you were accused on the MOS TP of hiding behind an "internet persona". If this is true, does that make it an EEngVAR issue? Primergrey ( talk) 05:11, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
I'll stop replying. Sometimes, I know I'm being goaded and still can't stop rising to the bait. Thank you for your reminder. Unless there are problematic edits to articles (as opposed to talk pages) the matter merits no further response. Feeding the beast is an apt metaphor.
It's good to have a voice of reason around.
On another matter: I'm no good at finding lost minds. But here's the Ming you were looking for:
Happy trails,
David in DC (
talk) 04:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I must thank you for one of the best (and funniest) scenarios of Wikipedia editing I've read. I'm going to be chuckling all day. The cleanup you're doing on MoS is making it actually useful, and I thank you for that as well. I should probably appreciate that more, but it doesn't make me giggle with joy. htom ( talk) 15:52, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Would you consider re-reviewing as there has been several ALTs submitted. I was hoping for a tick. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 18:29, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor | |
This made me smile :) Gilderien Berate| List of good deeds 22:58, 18 July 2014 (UTC) |
...whether this page lacks dignity. EEng ( talk) 14:41, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
You didn't like the picture for this. I didn't see the problem but de gustibus non est disputandum so I have added a gallery of other choices. Enjoy. Andrew ( talk) 13:45, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
You're missing some excellent fulfillment of the prophesy on ANI: [11]. Softlavender ( talk) 01:48, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
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Please source your edits at Harvard University, so the information you're adding may be verified. Thanks. X4n6 ( talk) 08:23, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
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Skittles. Yep. [12] Doc talk 07:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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(cont) 15:21, 27 September 2016 (UTC)Hello EEng. I just wanted to say thank you for your various museums. They have helped me immensely in living through this craziest (the nicest word I could think of - the others are much darker) of elections. Well, the day is finally here and a fellow wikipedian dropped this gem off on my talk page. I thought I would share it with you in appreciation of your sage sensibilities. Thanks again. MarnetteD| Talk 16:09, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
We've had this little Brexit incident where we voted to leave the European Union. Ah, not that most of us wanted to of course, no no. It was just those people who bothered to vote. Poppycock, you regressives wanting to undermine the democratic process. You had your opportunity, and despite the largest voter turnout for anything in who knows how long (if ever), you lost. You self-righteous buggards. Democracy may be the worst system,
except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. I get that this is meant to be a joke, so no hate directed towards anybody, except for "SavetheDay" as they seem to genuinely believe the hogwash they spread. Mr rnddude ( talk) 17:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
[I]t's apparently that many or most of those voting for "Brexit" didn't understand the implications of doing that, I don't think you could be more wrong. The proof will be in the pudding - if it ever gets baked. The EU is looking more like a trojan horse to me everyday.
[A]n educated and informed electorate- you'll only ever see a voter as "informed" if they think like you do. There's plenty of informed voters who voted for and against Brexit and whether you like it or not, there's plenty of informed voters voting for Hillary and Trump. Same info, different outcome. Mr rnddude ( talk) 18:37, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
you'll only ever see a voter as "informed" if they think like you do. I don't know whether that's the way you operate, but it's not the way I do. However, facts are facts, and since the overwhelming majority of self-described Trump supporters still think that Obama was born in Kenya, there would seem to be a severe informedness gap. As for Brexit, interviews post election show that many, if not most, Yes voters could not describe coherently what the EU is or does, or even pick it out on a multiple-choice list of descriptions of important international organizations.
I don't know whether that's the way you operate- If it were I'd be utterly confounded as to your support of Clinton. As it so happens I am not. Mr rnddude ( talk) 19:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
I don't think you meant to do this. Eman235/ talk 22:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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DYK needs more humor! Best, Yoninah ( talk) 21:55, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi, EEng. I believe you have a typo
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My word, that was brave. But his article gives no indication that he ever travelled further north than London?? If the Humphry Davy vs George Stephenson safety-lamps-at-dawn is any guide, it must have been some canny Geordie, not some posh softie Cornwallite, who was the true inventor? But I'm happy to leave as is, pending more research! Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
The Ritchie333 request service is asking for a witty riposte for some of the banter on the AfD, particularly the reference to Hitler's testicles. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:34, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Hope this will help bring light to those dark November nights... Robevans123 ( talk) 18:23, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
You wouldn't want me on decaf, since that would make me cranky from lack of caffeine. (I'm actually far less cantankerous than people think I am; they seem to assume I'm always being dead serious, and imagine me scowling, when I may be laughing). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 23:26, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
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I sort of doubt I'll be able to get through election night without drinking heavily. But I'll give it my best effort. GAB gab 15:50, 1 November 2016 (UTC) |
EEng, may I briefly lift your spirits with news that Trump may be getting indeffed ... kind of Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:14, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
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Why do you keep removing my edit? JoanneSavidge ( talk) 00:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
No, no, no, don't apologize, it was not a poor one; and yes, it was obvious. Mathglot ( talk) 07:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
The article Edmund Hillary you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Edmund Hillary for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap ( talk) 16:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Can a stalker experienced in DYK reviews do a favor and volunteer Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Edmund_Hillary. Also, anyone (or any two) experienced in prep building might want to look in at Wikipedia_talk:April_Fool's_Main_Page/Did_You_Know#Easter_in_2018 because time's running short and I worry we're headed for a chaotic time if things don't start coming together soon. E Eng 18:17, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Over at DYK there is a discussion on the inclusion of "interesting to a broad audience" as a requirement for a DYK hook. You may have an opinion on the subject. However, what I was really posting here about was this hook. You are very clever with hook suggestions and could probably come up with something better. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 09:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
"The Alfred Kinsey Memorial Barnstar of Shame" | |
For making 2,700 year-old coral just that little bit
more interesting.
Martinevans123 ( talk) 09:52, 12 June 2015 (UTC) |
The Casey Jones " Cannonball Express" Barnstar Whistle of Railroadery | |
"Look out folks! There's a huge pile of
ballast on the track up ahead!!" REMEMBER: |
From your adoring fans everywhere. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:16, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
I am extremely tempted to go click-happy with OneClickArchiver on your talk page...-- 3family6 ( Talk to me | See what I have done) 19:01, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
EEng Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year! BoringHistoryGuy ( talk) 15:11, 23 December 2015 (UTC) |
... because Christmas has 12 days. Here ya go, picked out just for you, because you've been such a good boy: [1]. -- Softlavender ( talk) 03:00, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
"C'mon now dude, don't be a douche". Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:00, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
On 1 April 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edmund Hillary, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hillary's portrait is now being printed on the $5 bill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edmund Hillary. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Edmund Hillary), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih ( talk) 12:02, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
As most here knows, I've been plotting for a while to run the following set of three Did You Know hooks together on April 1:
Everything's on track for that. But I've had a sudden brainstorm, which is to add a fourth hook:
That will require getting the linked article to GA pronto. I've got a GA reviewer lined up, but there may be work to be done to get the article into shape first. Is the team up for it? I've looked the article over and it seems pretty good. Any volunteers to look take a pass at it? It would need to be ready for GA review by the end of next week at the very latest.
Remember, this is GA not FA, so while of course we'd like to get it as good as possible in the time we have, focus on WP:Good_article_criteria. E Eng 20:36, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
Article has not been created or expanded 5x or promoted to Good Article within the past 10 days (2462 days) DYKcheck does not account for previous versions with splits or copyright violations.You're recruiting expansioners to accomplish the 5x goal? Atsme 📞 📧 21:53, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
I do hope your exasperation is feigned: I for one am deriving more laughter out of the ineffectual rhetorical flailings of the IP than I ever got from the edit itself. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:05, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Your comment in this edit was a little snarky, when I meant only that it was obvious from the reference who issued the stamps. You could have figured it out instead of tagging it "by whom". Akld guy ( talk) 04:20, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
@ Akld guy: sorry but persistence in that belief is incorrect, observe the real morons...
Did you know that the WMF gets $30 million more per year than it spends, and that only 3% of the WMF's expenses are spent on hosting the servers? Thats right, only $2 million goes towards hosting all of Wikipedia, the other expenses the WMF has come to $67 million! They actually spend more on processing the donations ($3 million) than on hosting wikipedia ($2 million).
$11 million is simply given away in grants and awards (I want some!), but $33 million goes on paying staff (who?), $6 million on professional services (what?) and $2 million on travel expenses... they even spent $112,000 on office furniture!
All this and more creative ways to spend far too much money are detailed in this report from their auditors, which is one of the reports linked https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports here]. (nb, I rounded some figures slightly). -- Prince of Thieves ( talk) 21:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I added an article to the list on Harvard College today, having forgotten that I already did the same thing back in December 2017. I saw after posting it again that you had removed it the first time. Could you help me understand what is the threshold for notability on the list? I certainly do not intend to add an article that doesn't belong. Since December, I improved Ungar's article. He was a long-time college president and a director of Voice of America among other things. Cheers! Thsmi002 ( talk) 20:41, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
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... are cordially invited to participate at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Trump_Street_-_a_controversy-sparking,_ticking_time_bomb..._right_where_we_don't_need_it. This is not canvassing because I don't even know which among you think Trump's a psychopathic narcissist idiot, and which do not. E Eng 23:29, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Following on from Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators and Vaginal steaming, this just turned up on NPP - " Dodil is a Swedish company and brand developing and manufacturing sex toys which the user can by hand design into personal shapes with preferred dimensions as an aid for masturbation." You can't make this stuff up. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:38, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
we're not a company by default as we are sponsored by the Swedish Government...[3] AHHHH. Prince of Thieves ( talk) 22:59, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
What is your strategy for archiving your talk page, noticeably your third archive looks much greater than the other two, I need your guidance. Cards84664 ( talk) 03:00, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi. I've done enough looking around on the web to know that DCB is a unnotable talentless self-deluded poseur, the type that survives on the fringes of the art world just because someone has to fill the empty spaces in group shows in unknown galleries in insignificant places. There's really no point in expending any energy on him beyond keeping track of his insertions and deleting them on sight. He's never going to amount to anything, which is probably one of the reasons he's driven to make up all sort of untrue shit about himself -- including that he has a degree from Harvard and is an "honorary alumnus" of Johns Hopkins ( [4] "About the Foundation") -- and to attempt to publicize himself on Wikipedia. It's actually rather sad, because by now the Chevalier probably believes much of what he's made up about himself. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 03:56, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
( Buttinsky) An add in Craigslist published in Readers Digest:
“$40K a Year to Attend Harvard University as Me.” Requirements include a 4.0 GPA in high school or a 3.5 GPA in college. Only males need apply, since, as the listing tells us, “I have a male name.” The lucky person tapped for the gig doesn’t have to do much other than “attend all classes, pass all tests, and finish all assigned work while pretending you are me.” Don’t worry about having to actually get into the Ivy League school: “I’ve already taken care of that,” he says.
Atsme 📞 📧 14:29, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi EEng, I thought I should let you know that I have started a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know on the Trump hook and image issue. I thought it was worthwhile retesting community consensus on this issue now that we have three "faux politician" hooks rather than one. Because of that, I took the liberty of redacting your post on April Fools set order since the poll raises the possibility that the Trump hook may be moved. We can of course restore the thread later when that issue has been resolved. Apologies for the lack of notice, but with only a few days left to April Fools there was no time for prior discussion. Regards, Gatoclass ( talk) 11:51, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
Level-headed, DYK-experienced editors are needed to (1) build the two prep sets for April 1 (looks like we'll be running 2 sets of 8 for 12 hours each) and (2) promote the preps to Q. The latter has to be an admin, of course. See links above. E Eng 06:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
Your hook for Olim L'Berlin got more hits than I've ever gotten for an article I worked on. Thanks! Yoninah ( talk) 11:44, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
It would have been nice when you did not use PAs to blemish a nominator on an article. The article was rotten, unsourced and seemed to fail WP:GNG. Thanks to your work to add all kinds of related sources the article is now just rotten and seems to fail WP;GNG. Congratulations with that achievement. The Banner talk 20:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. Just curious: You added {{anchor|behold}} to The Mikado. What does that do? -- Ssilvers ( talk) 21:02, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
The Harvard Glee Club sang [[The Mikado#behold|"Behold the Lord High Executioner"]].
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, where that particular song is discussed.OK, I understand. Thanks for the explanation. Happy editing! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 23:33, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Any view? Martinevans123 ( talk) 23:20, 18 November 2015 (UTC) ... assuming, of course, that you haven't earned yourself a MOS:NUM topic ban by now...
... to uplift humanity and celebrate the season. Randy Kryn 5:10, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Does anyone know a way to make Template:Graph:PageViews display as a bar graph instead of as a smoothed line? -- Tryptofish ( talk) 18:27, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Thought you'd like this one : Template:Did you know nominations/Trump Street Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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Re your recent edit, it may be better to restore the original text re Katz which gives the situation more context. This was the version of the article at promotion to GA status. I think that first paragraph about Katz should be restored. Mjroots ( talk) 08:46, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
Just came by to say eh. I downvote. (the same "'broad' is a sexist term for a woman, and someone just said 'broad' in a different context" joke happens on a near continuous basis on Reddit).
PS: Took about a minute anda half for Chrome to finish loading this page to the point it allowed me to click on new section... — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:47, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
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This caught my attention as something you might find interesting, if you didn't already know about it: Jean Berko Gleason's disgusting word list. — David Eppstein ( talk) 17:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this revision of yours, I thought it was an error. Why was it intentional? Is there a specific reason you used four colons instead of two? Interqwark talk contribs 06:48, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
FWIW, the ArbCom case was mentioned in the second sentence. ~ Amory ( u • t • c) 18:58, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
Your presence is requested at the pump before mass panic breaks out. Serious discussion as well would be appreciated. Thanks, cinco de L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 20:57, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Please don't commit wholesale reversions of technical edits done by others. Your claim of "wasting time" is specious, when it wasn't your time to begin with. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum) T @ 23:35, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
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Sandy's mad that I added the image seen at right to a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style -- says it was a "smear". E Eng 23:56, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
You can't include the entire lyrics of a Randy Newman song. Copyright reasons, you know. Take it down; maybe include a small excerpt. DS ( talk) 16:12, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
I, for one, will be raising a glass to your new Oompa-Loompa Overlord... -- Hillbillyholiday talk 05:35, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
Don't you think that, in this context, you should have put quotation marks around the words "professional" and "wrestling", as I have done here? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:10, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Go through various noticeboards, and catalog the subject area that produced complaints for some thousands of random threads, which can be normalized by the number of articles/edits in mainspace articles of that subject. Should make for an interesting read - hopefully someone does it, and we can get support for your proposals. Someguy1221 ( talk) 06:14, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Have you ever considered making a userbox template that would track how many dollars you have in the game? Some of them are obviously untrackable (like editor review, R.I.P), and others hard to track, like third opinion, but most of the user rights can be done, and also probably the FAC's and related. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 02:16, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 23:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Do you really think the definite article improves the hook? To me, it just makes it obvious that "the horney dicks" is a nickname given to some group of people. Gatoclass ( talk) 11:56, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Thought you might be interested in this development. David in DC ( talk) 13:56, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Since you seem to think engineers are mindless robots blindly applying rigid rules,
- After I said, "I'm the engineer type"? Logic fault. ―
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About this, wow! I may not have seen nuttin, but I sure am seeing a nutter! -- Tryptofish ( talk) 21:59, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
Where, exactly, is Falls Creek? Is it near Davis or not? -- bonadea contributions talk 10:21, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I noticed recently you were accused on the MOS TP of hiding behind an "internet persona". If this is true, does that make it an EEngVAR issue? Primergrey ( talk) 05:11, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
I'll stop replying. Sometimes, I know I'm being goaded and still can't stop rising to the bait. Thank you for your reminder. Unless there are problematic edits to articles (as opposed to talk pages) the matter merits no further response. Feeding the beast is an apt metaphor.
It's good to have a voice of reason around.
On another matter: I'm no good at finding lost minds. But here's the Ming you were looking for:
Happy trails,
David in DC (
talk) 04:00, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I must thank you for one of the best (and funniest) scenarios of Wikipedia editing I've read. I'm going to be chuckling all day. The cleanup you're doing on MoS is making it actually useful, and I thank you for that as well. I should probably appreciate that more, but it doesn't make me giggle with joy. htom ( talk) 15:52, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Would you consider re-reviewing as there has been several ALTs submitted. I was hoping for a tick. Thanks.-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 18:29, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
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This made me smile :) Gilderien Berate| List of good deeds 22:58, 18 July 2014 (UTC) |
...whether this page lacks dignity. EEng ( talk) 14:41, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
You didn't like the picture for this. I didn't see the problem but de gustibus non est disputandum so I have added a gallery of other choices. Enjoy. Andrew ( talk) 13:45, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
You're missing some excellent fulfillment of the prophesy on ANI: [11]. Softlavender ( talk) 01:48, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
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Please source your edits at Harvard University, so the information you're adding may be verified. Thanks. X4n6 ( talk) 08:23, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
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Skittles. Yep. [12] Doc talk 07:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
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(cont) 15:21, 27 September 2016 (UTC)Hello EEng. I just wanted to say thank you for your various museums. They have helped me immensely in living through this craziest (the nicest word I could think of - the others are much darker) of elections. Well, the day is finally here and a fellow wikipedian dropped this gem off on my talk page. I thought I would share it with you in appreciation of your sage sensibilities. Thanks again. MarnetteD| Talk 16:09, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
We've had this little Brexit incident where we voted to leave the European Union. Ah, not that most of us wanted to of course, no no. It was just those people who bothered to vote. Poppycock, you regressives wanting to undermine the democratic process. You had your opportunity, and despite the largest voter turnout for anything in who knows how long (if ever), you lost. You self-righteous buggards. Democracy may be the worst system,
except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. I get that this is meant to be a joke, so no hate directed towards anybody, except for "SavetheDay" as they seem to genuinely believe the hogwash they spread. Mr rnddude ( talk) 17:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
[I]t's apparently that many or most of those voting for "Brexit" didn't understand the implications of doing that, I don't think you could be more wrong. The proof will be in the pudding - if it ever gets baked. The EU is looking more like a trojan horse to me everyday.
[A]n educated and informed electorate- you'll only ever see a voter as "informed" if they think like you do. There's plenty of informed voters who voted for and against Brexit and whether you like it or not, there's plenty of informed voters voting for Hillary and Trump. Same info, different outcome. Mr rnddude ( talk) 18:37, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
you'll only ever see a voter as "informed" if they think like you do. I don't know whether that's the way you operate, but it's not the way I do. However, facts are facts, and since the overwhelming majority of self-described Trump supporters still think that Obama was born in Kenya, there would seem to be a severe informedness gap. As for Brexit, interviews post election show that many, if not most, Yes voters could not describe coherently what the EU is or does, or even pick it out on a multiple-choice list of descriptions of important international organizations.
I don't know whether that's the way you operate- If it were I'd be utterly confounded as to your support of Clinton. As it so happens I am not. Mr rnddude ( talk) 19:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
I don't think you meant to do this. Eman235/ talk 22:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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DYK needs more humor! Best, Yoninah ( talk) 21:55, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
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My word, that was brave. But his article gives no indication that he ever travelled further north than London?? If the Humphry Davy vs George Stephenson safety-lamps-at-dawn is any guide, it must have been some canny Geordie, not some posh softie Cornwallite, who was the true inventor? But I'm happy to leave as is, pending more research! Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:09, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
The Ritchie333 request service is asking for a witty riposte for some of the banter on the AfD, particularly the reference to Hitler's testicles. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:34, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Hope this will help bring light to those dark November nights... Robevans123 ( talk) 18:23, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
You wouldn't want me on decaf, since that would make me cranky from lack of caffeine. (I'm actually far less cantankerous than people think I am; they seem to assume I'm always being dead serious, and imagine me scowling, when I may be laughing). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 23:26, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
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I sort of doubt I'll be able to get through election night without drinking heavily. But I'll give it my best effort. GAB gab 15:50, 1 November 2016 (UTC) |
EEng, may I briefly lift your spirits with news that Trump may be getting indeffed ... kind of Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:14, 8 December 2016 (UTC)