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Then why was the RFA under the name ForestH2? Shouldn't it have been the other user's name who it was under? And under some previous circumstances, you have compared ForestH2 sockpuppets by ways of television articles. I didn't notice Trebor Rowentee (was that his name) had any edits with SpongeBob ones. And ForestH2 sockpuppets contribute to political articles? Where? By the way, nice job with the Signpost. Carpet9 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I got your message about the Signpost and I'd love to help. I won't always be there to help, which is why I'd suggest that I just do the "filling in the cracks" stuff. So if I find stories/stuff that seems interesting/pertinent to the project, I'll work on that. └ Jared┘┌ talk┐ 23:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd also like to note the following things. Just because User:Squirepants101 told [1], [2], and [3] you that someone needed to check the users out because they were supicious does not mean you block them right away without a checkuser result and talking to them. The following blocks are an abuse of power as from what I know:
So they are sockpuppets of ForestH2? You know they are? They were proven by the Checkusers? No. We don't know. You blocked them on hint and you could have blocked really innocent users. Unless, I don't know something, I demand you unblock them right now, get a checkuser to checkuser them or this could go along the lines of abuse of power. I know this happend a while ago, but I am sure that it still counts as abuse of power now that the ForestH2 thingy is back and up. By the way, lastly, I've been doing a rather large reasearch on ForestH2 sockpuppets and would you want to look at User talk:Sir James Paul, at the bottom. WuC looks like a sock of Forest, because apparently he is hi, because he is talking about himself on [4]. Carpet9 00:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for the Wikipedia Signpost and especially I am very grateful for delivering it into my local wikipedia. I am sorry I can not answer your ask for help. -- SMP - talk (en) - talk (ca) 17:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Excuse me, Ral. Could you please explain why you did this? I undid your version because I couldn't get the point. Pea ceNT 08:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Is anyone actively working on setting up an RSS feed for the Wikipedia Signpost? I've started working on the problem, but I'll only push for a finished product if there's nobody else further along. Thanks, -- dantheox 08:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
If you do require any more volunteers for the Wikipedia Signpost in any way, I am gladly interested. For further contact, please use my talk page. Many thanks, Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 00:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Would you consider announcing articles that have been promoted to GA? I don't know how much work this would be, but it would be very useful. (watchlisted you) -- Ideogram 01:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Would you be able to stick me back on the signpost spam list? I've forgotten exactly where it was, and I've been inactive recently, so you took me off. Thanks! Jude ( talk) 13:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Ral315. You mentioned the user Dr. Pda in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-19/News and notes, but that username has no contributions. I tried several variations on the name, but I did not find one with contributions. -- Kjkolb 22:16, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I know it was confirmed as unrelated, but I was just reporting a few users because their suspucious behavior, which included this. Can you explain to me what this comment is supposed to mean: however, at worst, it would clear Squirepants101 of any connection. Squirepants101 02:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you nominated this for deletion. I created it so that admins can tag it with a reference to the webpage so that users can see why the article was deleted and salted. Don't worry, though. I wouldn't mind if it gets deleted. I copied it to subspace. BuickCenturyDriver ( Honk, odometer) 21:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
One further question, as the deadline is around 3am my local time, is it alright if I submit it at around 11:00 UTC? If there is any updates prior to the deadline, you might have to quickly add them in for me. Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 08:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I saw the RfA talk page for Trebor Rowntree. I appreciate your willingness to quickly concede defeat and apologize unconditionally once you saw you'd made a mistake; many people wouldn't do that. Also, had your allegations been correct, it would have been a bad thing to have a puppeteer as an admin.
Most of all, I was impressed by your investigatory skills, resourcefulness and tenacity. Can I talk you into getting involved with WikiProject Spam? We can really use your skills there; some of the discussions on the talk page, WT:WPSPAM, will give you a feeling for just how complex and sneaky some scam schemes can be. Another is this example of a spammer raising a stink about how shabbily he was treated and how much he and his colleagues had contributed to many articles:
along with my response:
Investigating and blocking complex spam schemes is interesting and important work with too few people doing it. We could really use your skills and time if I can talk you into this. -- A. B. (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I would respectfully ask you to undo your last edit to the protected page of "the noob". The closing administrator is currently under RfC for his percieved unilateral actions on that very DRV. The article is not completely gone, it is under revision in my userspace at User:Timmccloud/The_noob, where it has been substantally rewritted as prose, with much of the objectionable content brought up in the AfD removed. The link to the article was intentionally placed in the deletion box, and I feel it deserves to be restored. Timmccloud 00:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Features and admins is complete and ready for inclusion in the Signpost. Sorry I couldnt submit it later, but its 10pm where I am, so its a bit difficult. Any changes made before 17:00 UTC will have to be included in next weeks edition. Cheers! Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 10:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm interested in helping out. What do I need to do, what needs to happen for me to get this done? - Ta bu shi da yu 08:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Ral315, I am one of the readers of the Wikipedia Signpost. I noticed in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-26/Peppers pickle that a link is not correct. I am not sure whether I can edit the page, however, the page is not protected, so, I was bold and corrected the link to point directly to the intended page as can be seen here. I didn't change anything. If what I did was was wrong, please yell at me! Thank you. -- Meno25 09:22, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that all the newbie arbitrators appointed in January were interviewed by the Signpost, but that I (and I assume, Mackensen) have not been...*Sniff* ;) Essjay (Talk) 09:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I've done it! I'm currently struggling with subversion to make a diff to submit as a patch. David Mestel( Talk) 19:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at my talk page about a suggestion for the Features and admins section of the Signpost. I think it would be best if you could handle this one because its my first Signpost publish and I don't really know if its necessary. Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 20:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
You could fashion the page after Wikipedia:Changing username. Create a similar template for the anon to fill out, put up the link to check the status of the name, and put a link to make new requests their own section. This won't necessarily facilitate handling ineligible requests, but may cut down on such request from occurring. -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I am interested in being a At Large person who writes about the stuff that doesn't fit. G e o. Talk to me 01:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
My Signpost RSS feed looks like it's working fine. Feel free to include a link to http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikipediaSignpost in future editions. I made a little writeup on my blog [5] if you want something to link to. Thanks, -- dantheox 06:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Following my own suggestion above, I've created a new version that crimps off the Changing Username design, making very clear the steps that need to be taken.
Feel free to ad on or ignore. The template, which I ripped off from Template:Renameuser isn't very good, but it meets our needs for now, I guess.
-- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Ral. For some reason I didn't get the last edition. Any way you could check what the matter might be? Thanks,
Mmounties (
Talk)
21:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer. The two that need doing are:
Regards -- Golden Wattle talk 10:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi - on the talk page of the Request page I also suggested an evaluation. Only one of those for whom an account has been created has actually edited from it (or that was the case when I checked earlier today). Maybe it is a service which doesn't work, as although potential editors nominate an account they aren't really interested.-- Golden Wattle talk 10:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to say well done for moving that monstrosity to the correct place. :) -- Spartaz Humbug! 22:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. Thanks for your vote, I've received an overwhelming 96% support and successfully took a copy of bucket-and-mop from the main office!
School graduation exam and HKCEE are both pressing in, so I might become inactive for a while. But soon after that, I look forward to working with you! -- Der yck C. 03:27, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Good afternoon ( GMT time); hope you're well. I've noticed you're opposing the three requests that I've made over the past 6 months, namely RfA, ORTS and MedCom so I'd like to ask if there is any reason so? I'd love to hear the advice you have for me, so if there's any please get in touch!
Otherwise, thanks for your opinions and happy editing.
Kind regards,
Anthonycfc [
T •
C
15:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I assumed bad faith because he technically lied by saying I would lead Arbcab, as none of the pages show me saying such a thing. G e o. Talk to me 22:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello again, I'm just writing this to let you know something. Always save your work every 5 minutes or less. Why am I telling you this? Well, about 5 minutes ago I was about 80-90% finished on this weeks Features and admins - and I then saw the BSOD. It was pretty depressing as it has all gone. Have a great day, Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 23:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I've made a statement at the above page, for your particular attention. Might I just say again, I only recently noticed your contributions to my ORTS request - as in, minutes before I sent the email :)
anthonycfc [ talk 23:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I suppose the 'policy' says they should have gone thirty days; I think this is excessive. Nobody has carried out officially-sanctioned usurpations before, though when I was running WP:CHU I was accustomed to fulfill such requests immediately if the target account had no edits, on the principle that it's all reversible anyhow. I guess I am setting precedent. If any complications arise I will be glad to deal with them. Regards — Dan | talk 07:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I just stopped by to say hello. Jimmy was in India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions#WikiCamp_in_India
Perhaps it deserves a mention in our sign post :) -- Bhadani 19:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
The meta account Ral315 is my account. Ral315 » 08:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
That edit has been haunting me, I made it in haste and forgot where I got the info. I am not surprised you should have noticed - it was only a matter of time. But you have driven me to look it up, and I was lucky enough to find it again - in Montgomery Hyde's book, The Love That Dared not Speak its Name, p.9. My quote on line is pretty much verbatim. It is in a section detailing the reasons many find buggery odious, physical harm and venereal disease being among them. I'll add the cite in the article. If it is any consolation, Schwob himself was a fan of apocrypha in biographies:
But biographies can do more, Schwob argues, with oddities
and idiosyncrasies, than “historical science” can:
That such-a-one had a crooked nose, that he had one eye higher than the other, that he had rheumatic nodules in the joints of his arm, that at such-an-hour he customarily ate a blanc-de-poulet, that he preferred Malvoisie to Château Margaux—there is something unparalleled in all the world. Thales might just as well have said [Know thyself] as Socrates; but he would not have rubbed his leg in the same way, in prison, before drinking the hemlock. (Hermione Lee: Virginia Woolf's Nose, Ch. I) Haiduc 12:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I have listed this template at requests for unprotection. I thought I should let you know, since you are the admin who protected it. I would like to know what the reason was - it doesn't seem "possibly high-risk" to me as an obscure user-talk canned message. -- Random832 17:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello, would you mind explaining your removal of the paragraph on the Skutt Catholic High School lawsuit on the article's talk page, for the many people who have been monitoring it? I don't see yet how it fails WP:A or WP:NPOV—in my opinion it's a huge deal, even the Signpost has an article on it which was worded as the school itself was suing the editors—however you must've had a relevant reason to remove it that I'm not seeing, or consensus to remove it was reached elsewhere. Regards, Tuxide 22:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! After taking the bar, I have started my new responsibilities. Unfortunately, I can't make the commitment to write "In The News" each week. Let me know if I can do anything to help you find a new person to write the weekly column. -- Trödel 14:36, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
No worries, just so long as the Signpost has an RSS feed I'll be happy. -- dantheox 06:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
![]() | This user would like to wish you a happy St. Patrick's Day. |
Trampton 22:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
Will attempt to do the current issue over the Weekend..
Please keep me informed in relation to the next issue :-)
ShakespeareFan00 17:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I see, I thought Tra was an admin, so I didn't see why he kept those. John Reaves (talk) 08:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
you probably get hundreds of suggestions... but did you do Dumpster Diving Yet? Lazy Laces 14:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Game (game). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
What's the big deal about listing the rules of the game. It was listed a while ago and was a good resource to give to the other counselors at my camp to explain it to them by posting a link to it on the camp list-serve. I've recently been told it was taken down and requested to put it back up. It's been played at every camp I've ever worked at, and for new counselors the Wikipedia page is helpful. Isn't Wikipedia supposed to be a helpful source for research?
I noticed you've been changing IPs in order get around the account creation limit. I'm not very techno-literate, but is there an easy way to do this? Would it still be possible to do this with cable internet? John Reaves (talk) 08:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey Ral; how's things?
anthonycfc [ talk 19:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
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Then why was the RFA under the name ForestH2? Shouldn't it have been the other user's name who it was under? And under some previous circumstances, you have compared ForestH2 sockpuppets by ways of television articles. I didn't notice Trebor Rowentee (was that his name) had any edits with SpongeBob ones. And ForestH2 sockpuppets contribute to political articles? Where? By the way, nice job with the Signpost. Carpet9 23:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey there. I got your message about the Signpost and I'd love to help. I won't always be there to help, which is why I'd suggest that I just do the "filling in the cracks" stuff. So if I find stories/stuff that seems interesting/pertinent to the project, I'll work on that. └ Jared┘┌ talk┐ 23:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd also like to note the following things. Just because User:Squirepants101 told [1], [2], and [3] you that someone needed to check the users out because they were supicious does not mean you block them right away without a checkuser result and talking to them. The following blocks are an abuse of power as from what I know:
So they are sockpuppets of ForestH2? You know they are? They were proven by the Checkusers? No. We don't know. You blocked them on hint and you could have blocked really innocent users. Unless, I don't know something, I demand you unblock them right now, get a checkuser to checkuser them or this could go along the lines of abuse of power. I know this happend a while ago, but I am sure that it still counts as abuse of power now that the ForestH2 thingy is back and up. By the way, lastly, I've been doing a rather large reasearch on ForestH2 sockpuppets and would you want to look at User talk:Sir James Paul, at the bottom. WuC looks like a sock of Forest, because apparently he is hi, because he is talking about himself on [4]. Carpet9 00:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for the Wikipedia Signpost and especially I am very grateful for delivering it into my local wikipedia. I am sorry I can not answer your ask for help. -- SMP - talk (en) - talk (ca) 17:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Excuse me, Ral. Could you please explain why you did this? I undid your version because I couldn't get the point. Pea ceNT 08:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Is anyone actively working on setting up an RSS feed for the Wikipedia Signpost? I've started working on the problem, but I'll only push for a finished product if there's nobody else further along. Thanks, -- dantheox 08:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
If you do require any more volunteers for the Wikipedia Signpost in any way, I am gladly interested. For further contact, please use my talk page. Many thanks, Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 00:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Would you consider announcing articles that have been promoted to GA? I don't know how much work this would be, but it would be very useful. (watchlisted you) -- Ideogram 01:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Would you be able to stick me back on the signpost spam list? I've forgotten exactly where it was, and I've been inactive recently, so you took me off. Thanks! Jude ( talk) 13:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Ral315. You mentioned the user Dr. Pda in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-19/News and notes, but that username has no contributions. I tried several variations on the name, but I did not find one with contributions. -- Kjkolb 22:16, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I know it was confirmed as unrelated, but I was just reporting a few users because their suspucious behavior, which included this. Can you explain to me what this comment is supposed to mean: however, at worst, it would clear Squirepants101 of any connection. Squirepants101 02:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you nominated this for deletion. I created it so that admins can tag it with a reference to the webpage so that users can see why the article was deleted and salted. Don't worry, though. I wouldn't mind if it gets deleted. I copied it to subspace. BuickCenturyDriver ( Honk, odometer) 21:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
One further question, as the deadline is around 3am my local time, is it alright if I submit it at around 11:00 UTC? If there is any updates prior to the deadline, you might have to quickly add them in for me. Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 08:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I saw the RfA talk page for Trebor Rowntree. I appreciate your willingness to quickly concede defeat and apologize unconditionally once you saw you'd made a mistake; many people wouldn't do that. Also, had your allegations been correct, it would have been a bad thing to have a puppeteer as an admin.
Most of all, I was impressed by your investigatory skills, resourcefulness and tenacity. Can I talk you into getting involved with WikiProject Spam? We can really use your skills there; some of the discussions on the talk page, WT:WPSPAM, will give you a feeling for just how complex and sneaky some scam schemes can be. Another is this example of a spammer raising a stink about how shabbily he was treated and how much he and his colleagues had contributed to many articles:
along with my response:
Investigating and blocking complex spam schemes is interesting and important work with too few people doing it. We could really use your skills and time if I can talk you into this. -- A. B. (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I would respectfully ask you to undo your last edit to the protected page of "the noob". The closing administrator is currently under RfC for his percieved unilateral actions on that very DRV. The article is not completely gone, it is under revision in my userspace at User:Timmccloud/The_noob, where it has been substantally rewritted as prose, with much of the objectionable content brought up in the AfD removed. The link to the article was intentionally placed in the deletion box, and I feel it deserves to be restored. Timmccloud 00:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Features and admins is complete and ready for inclusion in the Signpost. Sorry I couldnt submit it later, but its 10pm where I am, so its a bit difficult. Any changes made before 17:00 UTC will have to be included in next weeks edition. Cheers! Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 10:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm interested in helping out. What do I need to do, what needs to happen for me to get this done? - Ta bu shi da yu 08:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Ral315, I am one of the readers of the Wikipedia Signpost. I noticed in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-26/Peppers pickle that a link is not correct. I am not sure whether I can edit the page, however, the page is not protected, so, I was bold and corrected the link to point directly to the intended page as can be seen here. I didn't change anything. If what I did was was wrong, please yell at me! Thank you. -- Meno25 09:22, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that all the newbie arbitrators appointed in January were interviewed by the Signpost, but that I (and I assume, Mackensen) have not been...*Sniff* ;) Essjay (Talk) 09:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I've done it! I'm currently struggling with subversion to make a diff to submit as a patch. David Mestel( Talk) 19:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at my talk page about a suggestion for the Features and admins section of the Signpost. I think it would be best if you could handle this one because its my first Signpost publish and I don't really know if its necessary. Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 20:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
You could fashion the page after Wikipedia:Changing username. Create a similar template for the anon to fill out, put up the link to check the status of the name, and put a link to make new requests their own section. This won't necessarily facilitate handling ineligible requests, but may cut down on such request from occurring. -- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I am interested in being a At Large person who writes about the stuff that doesn't fit. G e o. Talk to me 01:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
My Signpost RSS feed looks like it's working fine. Feel free to include a link to http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikipediaSignpost in future editions. I made a little writeup on my blog [5] if you want something to link to. Thanks, -- dantheox 06:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Following my own suggestion above, I've created a new version that crimps off the Changing Username design, making very clear the steps that need to be taken.
Feel free to ad on or ignore. The template, which I ripped off from Template:Renameuser isn't very good, but it meets our needs for now, I guess.
-- Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Ral. For some reason I didn't get the last edition. Any way you could check what the matter might be? Thanks,
Mmounties (
Talk)
21:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer. The two that need doing are:
Regards -- Golden Wattle talk 10:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi - on the talk page of the Request page I also suggested an evaluation. Only one of those for whom an account has been created has actually edited from it (or that was the case when I checked earlier today). Maybe it is a service which doesn't work, as although potential editors nominate an account they aren't really interested.-- Golden Wattle talk 10:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to say well done for moving that monstrosity to the correct place. :) -- Spartaz Humbug! 22:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. Thanks for your vote, I've received an overwhelming 96% support and successfully took a copy of bucket-and-mop from the main office!
School graduation exam and HKCEE are both pressing in, so I might become inactive for a while. But soon after that, I look forward to working with you! -- Der yck C. 03:27, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Good afternoon ( GMT time); hope you're well. I've noticed you're opposing the three requests that I've made over the past 6 months, namely RfA, ORTS and MedCom so I'd like to ask if there is any reason so? I'd love to hear the advice you have for me, so if there's any please get in touch!
Otherwise, thanks for your opinions and happy editing.
Kind regards,
Anthonycfc [
T •
C
15:51, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I assumed bad faith because he technically lied by saying I would lead Arbcab, as none of the pages show me saying such a thing. G e o. Talk to me 22:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello again, I'm just writing this to let you know something. Always save your work every 5 minutes or less. Why am I telling you this? Well, about 5 minutes ago I was about 80-90% finished on this weeks Features and admins - and I then saw the BSOD. It was pretty depressing as it has all gone. Have a great day, Extranet ( Talk | Contribs) 23:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I've made a statement at the above page, for your particular attention. Might I just say again, I only recently noticed your contributions to my ORTS request - as in, minutes before I sent the email :)
anthonycfc [ talk 23:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I suppose the 'policy' says they should have gone thirty days; I think this is excessive. Nobody has carried out officially-sanctioned usurpations before, though when I was running WP:CHU I was accustomed to fulfill such requests immediately if the target account had no edits, on the principle that it's all reversible anyhow. I guess I am setting precedent. If any complications arise I will be glad to deal with them. Regards — Dan | talk 07:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I just stopped by to say hello. Jimmy was in India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions#WikiCamp_in_India
Perhaps it deserves a mention in our sign post :) -- Bhadani 19:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
The meta account Ral315 is my account. Ral315 » 08:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
That edit has been haunting me, I made it in haste and forgot where I got the info. I am not surprised you should have noticed - it was only a matter of time. But you have driven me to look it up, and I was lucky enough to find it again - in Montgomery Hyde's book, The Love That Dared not Speak its Name, p.9. My quote on line is pretty much verbatim. It is in a section detailing the reasons many find buggery odious, physical harm and venereal disease being among them. I'll add the cite in the article. If it is any consolation, Schwob himself was a fan of apocrypha in biographies:
But biographies can do more, Schwob argues, with oddities
and idiosyncrasies, than “historical science” can:
That such-a-one had a crooked nose, that he had one eye higher than the other, that he had rheumatic nodules in the joints of his arm, that at such-an-hour he customarily ate a blanc-de-poulet, that he preferred Malvoisie to Château Margaux—there is something unparalleled in all the world. Thales might just as well have said [Know thyself] as Socrates; but he would not have rubbed his leg in the same way, in prison, before drinking the hemlock. (Hermione Lee: Virginia Woolf's Nose, Ch. I) Haiduc 12:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I have listed this template at requests for unprotection. I thought I should let you know, since you are the admin who protected it. I would like to know what the reason was - it doesn't seem "possibly high-risk" to me as an obscure user-talk canned message. -- Random832 17:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello, would you mind explaining your removal of the paragraph on the Skutt Catholic High School lawsuit on the article's talk page, for the many people who have been monitoring it? I don't see yet how it fails WP:A or WP:NPOV—in my opinion it's a huge deal, even the Signpost has an article on it which was worded as the school itself was suing the editors—however you must've had a relevant reason to remove it that I'm not seeing, or consensus to remove it was reached elsewhere. Regards, Tuxide 22:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! After taking the bar, I have started my new responsibilities. Unfortunately, I can't make the commitment to write "In The News" each week. Let me know if I can do anything to help you find a new person to write the weekly column. -- Trödel 14:36, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
No worries, just so long as the Signpost has an RSS feed I'll be happy. -- dantheox 06:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
![]() | This user would like to wish you a happy St. Patrick's Day. |
Trampton 22:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
Will attempt to do the current issue over the Weekend..
Please keep me informed in relation to the next issue :-)
ShakespeareFan00 17:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I see, I thought Tra was an admin, so I didn't see why he kept those. John Reaves (talk) 08:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
you probably get hundreds of suggestions... but did you do Dumpster Diving Yet? Lazy Laces 14:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Game (game). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
What's the big deal about listing the rules of the game. It was listed a while ago and was a good resource to give to the other counselors at my camp to explain it to them by posting a link to it on the camp list-serve. I've recently been told it was taken down and requested to put it back up. It's been played at every camp I've ever worked at, and for new counselors the Wikipedia page is helpful. Isn't Wikipedia supposed to be a helpful source for research?
I noticed you've been changing IPs in order get around the account creation limit. I'm not very techno-literate, but is there an easy way to do this? Would it still be possible to do this with cable internet? John Reaves (talk) 08:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey Ral; how's things?
anthonycfc [ talk 19:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)