User talk:Human

The 2008 election night party is enshrined at this dump. Thank you all for popping in, it was a blast!

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Somewhere around here I usually express my preference for avoiding table-tennis conversations. If I muck up your talk page, I'll stalk you until you reply there. If you defame my lovely estate of ones and zeros here, I'll add some random non sequitur to it here. Cheers! ħuman

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Fund raising template thing

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WHY MUST YOU DO THIS --מְתֻרְגְּמָן וִיקִי ^{שְׁלֹום!}

Hehe. Feel free to undo it if you think it improovs the article! ħuman 17:02, 6 November 2008 (EST)

He's right! Why the revert?! Took my a long time to assemble that page. Ace McWicked^{The Liquid Room} 17:04, 6 November 2008 (EST)

We lost good IPs getting it there ... also, since when in chivalry did Bohdan get your unblocking past the others?--מְתֻרְגְּמָן וִיקִי ^{שְׁלֹום!}

Thanks for removing that tag. It was gonna cause me problems with making this edit. ='D JuanK 17:27, 6 November 2008 (EST)

Hehe, @ Interpreted, it wouldn't last long anyway, would it? And as far as my unblocking, the infi-block of May 07 was undone by some priviged user snapping and going berserk, when it was reinstated it was for a more reasonable period (like six months?). Anyway, when B went to unblock me, he discovered I wasn't blocked. But my IP still was. Then through some fluke, comcast assigned me a new IP address, and voila! Human once more reigns supreme on CP! ħuman 18:06, 6 November 2008 (EST)

Spain

Yes, maybe I should have a coffee before editing. Good job I didn't fix the Spanish history as well. :-) --Bob^{bing up} 02:56, 7 November 2008 (EST)

Hang On St. Christopher

You're a Tom Waits fan? Awesome! A Writer of Vaudevilles 04:21, 8 November 2008 (EST)

Oh yes indeed... I'll tell you all my secrets but I'll lie about my past... ħuman 12:29, 8 November 2008 (EST)

I'm a rain dog too! --Kels 12:35, 8 November 2008 (EST)

Fund drive thing

Think it is almost ready? tmtoulouse 12:41, 8 November 2008 (EST)

Pretty close, yeah. Although, that text I moved over to the left to make it "less tall" looks a little lonely. I haven't looked over the "slogans" much since fixing some typos there, though. ħuman 13:39, 8 November 2008 (EST)

I think we should move forward with it pretty soon. tmtoulouse 00:04, 10 November 2008 (EST)

Thanks, fella :)

Good to have you back, btw. --Robledo 17:16, 9 November 2008 (EST)

Er, you're welcome... what did I do? Oh, you mean the caption thing? You're welcome! And it's nice to be back, thank you! ħuman 21:05, 9 November 2008 (EST)

Party affiliation

I loved it:

R-South Africa

Hehe, thanks... it's an old joke, one of my little favorites that I first heard as "Strom Thurmond, the Senator from South Africa"... ħuman 17:30, 10 November 2008 (EST)

Tomb of the unknown topic

Was that an Ibsen reference? Diego001 18:45, 11 November 2008 (EST)

I don't know. Probably not, but you never know. By the way, I also have no idea what you're talking about... :) ħuman 19:04, 11 November 2008 (EST)

Oh, it's a play by Henrik Ibsen called A Doll's House. It's a fairly disturbing piece about traditionalist roles of men and women in society. You said "Welcome to the Dollhouse" on my talk page and I thought it might've been an Ibsen reference. Diego001 19:36, 11 November 2008 (EST)

Ah, now I see! No, it's just a reference to the fairly disturbing movie. Heck, I can't even spell Henrik! But thanks for thinking I might be smert. ħuman 19:48, 11 November 2008 (EST)

Ah, I always think that of people. Diego001 21:52, 11 November 2008 (EST)

More disturbing is Happiness, written and directed by the same guy. Corry^{Dr. Funke's 100 Percent Natural Good Time Family Band Solution} 21:59, 11 November 2008 (EST)

Yes, excellent fucking movie. I found Dollhouse via Happiness. Happiness was moer "professional", as I recall (PS, funded my Michael Stipe?). Now I'm thinking of this totally sick German movie... talk about your family values... I'll dig out a title. ħuman 23:10, 11 November 2008 (EST)

share 'em z Worldle cloud...

...when you have it.... Sterile^vote! 18:26, 12 November 2008 (EST)

Here it be! ħuman 21:03, 12 November 2008 (EST)

Pretty... Sterile^rationalize 08:30, 13 November 2008 (EST)

Hehe, yeah... if I had the patience, I would have removed a lot of trivial words, but still. I should try again using all the text in the article... ħuman 14:16, 13 November 2008 (EST)

Vandal

I've put TK into the vandal group. We don't want him being disruptive here. Proxima Centauri 02:32, 15 November 2008 (EST)

Probably a good move... Wait, did he turn up here???? (checks to see) ħuman 03:27, 15 November 2008 (EST)

Do we need to warn new sysops that they may get emails from TK where he pretends to be very nice? I hope I'm not overreacting. If there is any email campaign the first we will know is when a number of naive new sysops start complaining that we shouldn't be horrible to nice TK. He may set out to put people against me because I alerted everybody and put him into the vandal group. I'm a bit uneasy. Proxima Centauri 04:47, 15 November 2008 (EST)

I would hope any sysop who hasn't been witness to TK would at least research him. I mean, it's not like there's a lack of evidence of his "unpleasantness." I think you're safe :-) --Arcan ¡ollǝɥ 05:18, 15 November 2008 (EST)

I think y'all shouldn't be so horrible to nice TK. :-( --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 05:25, 15 November 2008 (EST)

Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Proxima Centauri 05:28, 15 November 2008 (EST)

Again, TK is a nice addition both here and in CP. He has served his times away, he has got the longest blocks in RW. When someone will start complaining about his behaviour, then consider him a vandal. Editor at CP^{Oh, Finland! Why?} 06:05, 15 November 2008 (EST)

If TK starts another email hate campaign we can't monitor it. We may not realize its going on till things break apart and Rationalwikiwiki is laughing at us again. Proxima Centauri 06:20, 15 November 2008 (EST)

So who are these innocent new Sysops that TK will lure into his power? At least they'll check him out. An e-mail has never killed anyone ^{[citation needed]}, nor has anyone fallen to TK's evil strategies - apart from me, of course. Editor at CP^{Oh, Finland! Why?} 06:23, 15 November 2008 (EST)

Speaking as a (relatively) new Sysop, it took me quite a while to understand just who TK was and what his role was on the site. Evidence of his jerkdom does abound, but it's fragmented at best. The Newcomer's Guide blurb on him is ambiguous--it makes him seem almost as though he's genuinely broken with Andy, repented, and reformed as a decent RWer. Because he's been so inactive on CP, he hasn't shown up very much on the newer WIGO pages or on recent CP speculation. Because the average page on CP has a life span of, like, a month before it's wiped, and because of his fondness for chatrooms/email/IM, it's hard to dig up damning records of his actions like you can with other Sysops. So, most of the information on TK's past comes from you senior RW editors--and secondary sources like that, especially to an ex-CPer used to untrustworthy sysops, might not be enough to convince new editors that TK actually is hostile and not just a a misunderstood user or the victim of a vendetta. If I hadn't gotten really bored one afternoon and decided to figure out just what the hell this guy was about, I daresay he might have been able to fool me for a while. So, yeah, I think it could happen. A Writer of Vaudevilles 07:12, 16 November 2008 (EST)

Probably the best history is on RWW RWW - TK. It may not be entirely impartial. --Bob^{bing up} 07:47, 16 November 2008 (EST)

Writer, thanks for chiming in to answer Ed@CP. And, yes, it is very hard work to "catch up" on the TK story. Bob, thanks for pointing out the RWW article on him, it's actually pretty accurate and covers the story well. ħuman 18:31, 16 November 2008 (EST)

just think of TK as the serpent in the Garden. _and marmite 19:08, 16 November 2008 (EST)

I think the phrase that describes him best is "destructive rules lawyer". Anyone who's ever gamed knows that type. --Kels 19:35, 16 November 2008 (EST)

Radioactive afikomen took TK out of the vandal group. I'll put him back if you want me to. You can put him back yourself. From his userpage I guess that Radioactive character is getting at you as well as at me. Proxima Centauri 15:01, 17 November 2008 (EST)

I'd say only put him there if he causes any trouble. --Arcan ¡ollǝɥ 15:17, 17 November 2008 (EST)

He's only made one edit here. He's concentrating on Conservapedia. If he does more those who know about him will certainly tell the others. Proxima Centauri 04:40, 18 November 2008 (EST)

I've paroled TK. If he causes trouble we can do a review. Proxima Centauri 09:24, 19 November 2008 (EST)

Side by side thing

I'm thinking of trying to a side-by-side to explain to meaning of some of the obscure gags in Essay:Wiki Parable. I believe there is a template for this? But I can't find it. Any ideas?--False Flag 15:41, 17 November 2008 (EST)

It's not a template in the wiki-sense, but a boiler-plate thing you can adapt to your needs: RationalWiki:Side-by-Side_Template ħuman 16:24, 17 November 2008 (EST)

Thank you. I'll have to play with it later.--False Flag 16:45, 17 November 2008 (EST)

Plagiarism

Our article on Jesus has replaced the official Conservapedia article. There is no reference as that would risk it being found faster. Naughty naughty Fuck and RationalWiki trigger the spam filter unless removed. Proxima Centauri 15:11, 18 November 2008 (EST)

How long will this stay? SandraD has already been blocked presumably for writing sensible stuff stuff about teenage pregnancy. The Jesus article seems to be staying. I'[ve lost another sockie. Proxima Centauri 15:19, 18 November 2008 (EST)

Another vandal added something else. Ed Poor reverted the secondvandal and left the RationalWiki article. Tomorrow I'll put all this onto Conservapedia talk:What's going on at. At the moment Conservapedia is less likely to notice it here. It lassted twenty minutes. ROTFL. Proxima Centauri 15:27, 18 November 2008 (EST)

Hehe.... Ed Smeg found it and reverted to teh Assfly's last version and protected it. Oh well. ħuman 17:07, 18 November 2008 (EST)

I’ve added it here. Proxima Centauri 09:21, 19 November 2008 (EST)

The Right Reverend Father Human

You spent some time in a seminary? Corry^{Dr. Funke's 100 Percent Natural Good Time Family Band Solution} 17:49, 21 November 2008 (EST)

Hmmm, I doubt it... what did I miss? ħuman 20:39, 21 November 2008 (EST)

Forum

I get this message:

You have been banned from this forum.
Please contact the webmaster or board administrator for more information.

While I wouldn't fault the wisdom of such a move soem warning I faced expulsion woulda been a nice touch. CЯacke®

I see nothing that would indicate you are banned - did someone else fix it since you left this message? ħuman 13:42, 22 November 2008 (EST)

Nope, I can access it if I spoof an IP but cannot log in under "Cracker". It's not really a big deal. Nothing ever goes on there anyways. CЯacke® 14:43, 23 November 2008 (EST)

When I checked what wa s"blocked", there were no user names - but a boatload of IPs. I guess someone went nuts and caught yours up in the net? As you say, not much happens there anyway these days. I check every few days, and half the time there aren't even any new posts. ħuman 18:33, 23 November 2008 (EST)

Wikiindex

There is an edit war in progress at Wikiindex. Conservapedia doesn’t like the criticism that I and other RationalWikians wrote about teh Schlalfly website. Both sides asked for an impartial administrator. It looks possible, perhaps likely that the criticism will be replaced by links to our website with its even greater wealth of information and criticism. Someone wants an article with Constructive criticism of Conservapedia. Now since when has Andrew Schlafly PhD listened to constructive criticism? Any amount of work that RationalWikians have put into criticizing Conservapedia risks being deleted there. I’ve copied it here so it won’t be lost. See The Conservapedia RationalWiki War. When we know better what’s happening at Wikiindex we can decide what to do with it. A good bit of the discussion is at Conservapedia, RationalWiki etc. There is much more in the 2 articles, Conservapedia and RationalWiki. The Conservapedia RationalWiki war is deleted. See also the talk pages to the articles above. Proxima Centauri 09:21, 23 November 2008 (EST)

I deleted the war article over there. 2 users wanted it deleted. I've also put external links to RationalWiki into the Conservapedia article and the RationalWiki aticle. There's also a link to the RationalWiki article The Conservapedia RationalWiki War. Please bear that in mind if you consider deleting that one here. If the Conservapedians try to get those links deleted as well I hope other RationalWikians will support me over there. Proxima Centauri 12:43, 23 November 2008 (EST)

That shouldn't have been put in the mainspace. Thanks for the updates on the wikiindex wars... ħuman 18:21, 23 November 2008 (EST)

Stupid Obligatory Headline

Why are we so cavalier with block rights? Bastard bastard Phantom Hoover!

Because we don't block people except for fun, and it's useful for them to be able to unblock themselves. ħuman 18:24, 23 November 2008 (EST)

Hmm... A case of your finest block rights, if you please. Bastard bastard Phantom Hoover!

O Great Homo Sapien

I saw this quote written on a kettle, and I laughed far too hard for my own good:
"Gentlemen-at-another-website-look-where-I-pimped-my-article-now-ZOMG".
May I put it in my random quote thingy on my user page? It is made of win. --Yossie^{Spring in Fialta} 21:04, 23 November 2008 (EST)

I don't know what I have to do with it, but I don't see why not... ħuman 21:48, 23 November 2008 (EST)

I just thought you captured the absurdity of Ken's Batphone calls quite nicely, and would have felt remiss if I didn't ask first. --Yossie^{Spring in Fialta} 23:31, 23 November 2008 (EST)

No problem at all to quote (it's a wiki, after all), but what did I say and where that you want to memorialize? Just curious... about why American isn't curios!!! ħuman 23:41, 23 November 2008 (EST)

Oh, the line I quoted above aping Kenservative's "Gentlemen" ramblings (this one: "Gentlemen-at-another-website-look-where-I-pimped-my-article-now-ZOMG") on Kektklik's talk page. It produced some major guffaws...at least I assume it was you who said it. No other humans wandering around here...--Yossie^{Spring in Fialta} 02:27, 24 November 2008 (EST)

Ah, I found it. It helps to use the little "search" box in firefox... sure, go ahead and use it, fine with me. ħuman 18:31, 24 November 2008 (EST)

Uh..

Hey! I was looking through the list of Sysops and saw "town crier." What exactly is that (or is that just a faux billet that sounds funny)?--MAstEr oF pUPetS^talk! 01:32, 25 November 2008 (EST)

I think it's just a billet-doux put there to confuse you. The "user rights group" known as "town crier" carries with it no useful functions that I know of. Do you wanna be one? ħuman 01:33, 25 November 2008 (EST)

Lol! Sure... sounds like loads of fun!--MAstEr oF pUPetS^talk! 01:36, 25 November 2008 (EST)

Done... enjoy! ħuman 16:55, 25 November 2008 (EST)

By all that's holy

You must stop him. Norseman^{Cyser Melomel} 23:02, 25 November 2008 (EST)

If he thinks he can eliminate all knowledge of donuts from the homskollar universe, he's got himself another stink coming. When is he going to write the AFD page with his "reasons", I wonder? ħuman 23:10, 25 November 2008 (EST)

I dunno, but the history gives even Conservative an innocent playful side that shouldn't be forgotten. :( Norseman^{Cyser Melomel} 23:49, 25 November 2008 (EST)

MarkR started it (in defense of the article), and also added a bunch to the article. Who knows what TK's gripe was? We may never know. ħuman 00:59, 26 November 2008 (EST)

He is trying to suck the only remaining memory of the happy times on Conservapedia before people like him poisoned the water there forever? - User $\scriptstyle -i\ln(-1)$ 01:06, 26 November 2008 (EST)

Sounds about right, if one is that obsessed. And I guess he is? ħuman 03:37, 26 November 2008 (EST)

vandal help

AuH20 is a vandal (replaced life with "life begins at conception" or something), so I reverted his changes and blocked him for 3 hours. I don't know if I handled it correctly, can you let me know what I should have done? Alecwh 16:15, 30 November 2008 (EST)

I moved him or her to the vandal group... Sterile^rationalize 16:18, 30 November 2008 (EST)

You move fast Sterile! Thanks, I'll remember to do that next time. Also, sorry for my gender specifying, there is no excuse. Alecwh 16:23, 30 November 2008 (EST)

?

What's the matter, man? Have you no seen the main page? Are you asleep at the switch? DickTurpis 00:32, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Looks fine to me, as usual. What did I miss? ħuman 02:37, 3 December 2008 (EST)

You discussed me.

You always have and you always will. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 19:16, 3 December 2008 (EST)^{— Unsigned, by: Ajkeldsen / talk / contribs}

Buah-huh? Pinto's5150 ^Talk 19:22, 3 December 2008 (EST)

What he said. _and marmite 19:25, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I feel as if I missed something. Carptrash 20:28, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Me too... must investigate this... ħuman 20:31, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I can't find where I discussed you, Andreas dearest. Could this be a donut-related issue? ħuman 20:40, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Fafuxsake; look @ teh HISTORY Ajkeldsen =/= AKjeldsen. _and marmite 20:48, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Someone should block a few of Bohdan's socks and force him to edit as himself, whatever that is... ħuman 20:55, 3 December 2008 (EST)

This is too deep for me but I think I agree with you if you mean that one of any of us is probably enough. More than enough in some cases, but more of any of us is too much. Carptrash 20:58, 3 December 2008 (EST)

@Human. That was my instant identification too, but I had considered one or two others. _and marmite 21:01, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Uh oh, is that a headless chicken running around? --

Narr! It's a brainless Bohdan! _and marmite 21:09, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I neither endorse nor condone V's comments, except say that a mistake was made. Javasca₧ Who said anything about fair?!

Hermann, did you actually think that the post was made by Kjeldsen? Clym Yeobright 21:34, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I didn't care one way or the other. ħuman 22:11, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I know what you mean. Who really cares about what Kjeldsen thinks anyway? Clym Yeobright 22:14, 3 December 2008 (EST)

I didn't care that it was deleted. Don't you trust me? ħuman 22:22, 3 December 2008 (EST)

What are you talking about? What was deleted? Clym Yeobright 22:24, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Well said! I certainly never have! --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 06:10, 4 December 2008 (EST)

A very important email.

I have just sent you one. PFoster 21:04, 5 December 2008 (EST)

Got it, thanks. Ken will be very sad, hehe. ħuman 21:18, 5 December 2008 (EST)

In all seriousness,

I need a bit of help finding the image of Teh Dancing Assfly, but have been unable to do so, much to my dismay. I started by searching on the Sysop page for Kendoll, but was unable to locate the image, and have been scouring the wiki trying to find it. Placed in one simple word... HALP! Javasca₧ Who said anything about fair?!

P.S, did I manage to log you out?

I don't think you manged to log me out, no - how would you do that? Which image are you looking for? Not the clog dancing Irish girl... was there a modification of that? Can you describe it better, I'll try to help you find it. ħuman 00:16, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Grunt work: where to start: http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&from=&namespace=6 ħuman 00:21, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Ah, I see you, or some IP pretending to be you,[1] found it?[2] Good work, sorry I didn't have an instant answer, but you're welcome for the "nudge". ħuman 01:18, 6 December 2008 (EST)

Philip J. Rayment

The bottom of Conservapedia:Sysops/Philip J. Rayment doesn't show. Why? Proxima Centauri 03:08, 9 December 2008 (EST)

Fixed. Runaway ref tag.[3] --Shagie 03:23, 9 December 2008 (EST)

Take over

You take over. I'm shutting down. Proxima Centauri 15:21, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Take over what? Blocking new users with one or even no edits? I don't understand... ħuman 15:22, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Deleted articles don't show as contribs. It's Lay down again. _and marmite 15:29, 10 December 2008 (EST)

No, nothing was deleted. Fall down

Actually, FD, "bitch" was. ħuman 15:34, 10 December 2008 (EST)

I don't believe that was created by Autumn flowers, though. Fall down

Well, thanks :) Here's one for the scientists here: Could it be that whatever is causing CP is actually contagious? You appear to be immune to it so far though. --Rose Pedals 15:34, 10 December 2008 (EST)

The answer is quite easy, my dear misogynist troll: Proxima works on many different wikis, most of which have much tougher attitudes towards vandals and trolls. She never really got immersed in our rather laissez-faire blocking policy here at RW. So when she encounters assholes spewing shite, she does what she would on any other wiki and blocks them for what seems to her to be a reasonable period given the luser's history, taking into account all user names, etc., that they have used. ħuman 15:40, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Rose Pedals is not me; I always sign myself. Fall down

Well, thanks :) Here's one for the scientists here: Could it be that whatever is causing CP is actually contagious? You appear to be immune to it so far though. --Rose Pedals 15:34, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Hate to say this, but now you have all gone batshit insane. "Also, he was a sock of Hitler." was certainly a silly edit, but misogynist? MISOGYNIST? Are you sure it means what you think it means? Or is it something about my user name? Care to enlighten me? Apparently CP is contagious, after all. Godspeed to you all. --79.31.237.20 15:52, 10 December 2008 (EST)

No, you silly BoN, that was the "slightly funny" edit that I couldn't see why someone was blocked for. FD & co. is the misogynist I refer to. ħuman 16:05, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Well, then I still don't get why I, "Rose Pedals", am again blocked for a year. But as I stated over on PC's talk, I guess I know what's going on... the trolls are winning. Sorry... --79.31.237.20 16:12, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Hi Rose. I must say that your "Charles Darwin was a sock of Hitler" edit did look a little like a vandal.--Bob^{bing up} 16:39, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Yesterday there were 2 accounts for User:Rose Pedals. Computers could distinguish they had different contributions. Humans couldn't tell them apart so easily. What happened? Proxima Centauri 06:12, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Probably one of them was spelled with a capital "i" (I),which in sanserif looks very similar to a lowercase "L" (l). Fortinbrass 06:27, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Correction: no -it wasn't that they both appear to be spelled identically. Fortinbrass 06:31, 11 December 2008 (EST)

I blocked him for several reasons.

1. He turned up in the middle of a vandal attack.

2. The name, Rose Pedals was similar to User:Spring flowers, User:Summer flowers and User:Autumn flowers. Those three are socks of the vandal.

3 The first contribution this new user made looked like vandalism.

4 When the second Rose Pedals came up that confirmed this user is setting out to confuse us and I blocked again without hesitation.

I still think it's more likely than not that the Rose Pedals accounts are socks of the vandal. I think we should leave one of the two accounts open just incase he wants to edit constructively. If there's more trouble block him. Proxima Centauri 10:18, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Thanks for the update, yes, there was a lot of confusion going on. Hopefully it is all settled out now. ħuman 14:01, 11 December 2008 (EST)

On an associated technical question, how come we have two different users with what looks like exactly the same name "Rose Pedals"? Look at the user creation log and the talk pages - they are different. Or are my old eyes playing tricks?--Bob^{bing up} 14:24, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Is probably using a different Ascii letter for one of the letters - no idea which one - it's not cap i & lc L though. Or the space might be involved " " and "_" ? Fortinbrass 14:29, 11 December 2008 (EST)

"Rose Pedаls" "Rose Pedals" Hmmm. Firefox is marking the first "Pedals" as mispelled, so although even in a serif font it looks the same, obviously one of the characters is not. Copied into Word, changed font to "wingdings", the "a" is different. The "wrong one" is the one with the short talk page. Yup, copying the url shows the "a" is really %D0%B0, whatever that is. Should we rename them to something innocuous? ħuman 14:31, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Well, they are pretty innocuous already. But it does rather indicate a knowledge of block circumvention, proxies, and trickywikying on the part of the innocent Miss Rose. Still - assume good faith, presumption of innocence and all that.--Bob^{bing up} 14:41, 11 December 2008 (EST)

True. PS, by "renaming them" I only meant the one with the weird character in it. Perhaps Rose signed on using a mucked up character first then re-signed using normal letters? (The weird one was first, IIRC). ħuman 14:46, 11 December 2008 (EST)

OK. Yes that could be the explanation. I'd put the first account in the vandal bin (for the "Darwin was a sock of Hitler" edit) when the second one was created, so I think her IP should have been blocked as well. Presumably Rose has a dynamic IP and she logged of and logged back in, was automatically given a new IP, and created the new account - without, what she suddenly realised was, a strange character. Isn't "assume good faith" a wonderful thing?--Bob^{bing up} 16:06, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Not naming sections could be quite lulzy if used properly. Totnesmartin 15:32, 10 December 2008 (EST)

In theory, yes. Let's see how it works in practice! ħuman 15:43, 10 December 2008 (EST)

In practice you can't jump to the section from the TOC. I just tried. Totnesmartin 16:31, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Just a general questions, do we use Checkuser on this wiki? SirChuckB^{A product of Affirmative Action} 18:27, 10 December 2008 (EST)

No, Trent disabled it because we thought it was creepy having access to it. Theoretically he could do the equivalent by digging into the database, but he also takes months-long wiki breaks (ok, he does wander though in drag to see how the peasants live, and do things like relocate the server in the middle of the night). ħuman 18:31, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Ah, I figured as much as nobody ever seemed to use it :) but that is good to know. SirChuckB^{A product of Affirmative Action} 18:34, 10 December 2008 (EST)

thanks for the clean-up

You've always been good to me. Carptrash 18:21, 10 December 2008 (EST)

No problem. I live for fixing typos ;). You seem to have settled in here quite well, despite having to leave some of yourself at the door - I hope you're having fun! ħuman 18:26, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Stay warm!

If "leaving some of myself at the door" is the same as "playing without a full deck" - then absolutely yes. I'm pretty happy just offering here what I feel no attachment to. Carptrash 18:38, 10 December 2008 (EST)

Hehe, well, yeah, there that, too. I know that to play here you have to hide some of your lights under a bushel or two, although of course even there you've figured out ways to have fun with it ("Is this where I put my UFO sighting?"). Also, those Carpchives are sure coming in handy! Got any Carpgarlic or Carppeppers to go with them? ħuman 18:44, 10 December 2008 (EST)

S, did you happen to catch my UFO story? it was on my user page for a day. Longer than I'd intended, but with no power there was not much that i could do. Anyway, it went up pretty much for you, so you might as well catch it. Carptrash 03:29, 12 December 2008 (EST)

I have followed through on your clever plan...

"Anonymous User" (obviously your parents were unbelievers to give you such a pagan name), moral relativism is so prevalent among feminists that Wikipedia has gone to great lengths to bury the connection. I wasted time with your unsubstantial additions and like most liberals you act like you're smarter than every one else and hope that people will agree with you because you seem smart and "reasonable", so whether you admit it or not, I can tell you're not here to think and learn. You are in complete denial that that religion prevents language devolution. Do yourself a favor and admit that conservative words don't disappear. --aschlafly 02:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for helping straightening me out. - though my talk page might be a better place to meet. Carptrash 12:01, 12 December 2008 (EST)

That looks impressive, exactly what I had in mind but couldn't voice as well as Human. Pinto's5150 ^Talk 12:26, 12 December 2008 (EST)

Have you considered taking a speech or writing class at your local community college? Carptrash 12:39, 12 December 2008 (EST)

It's more my way of saying I had the general idea in my head, but had no clue in hell how to actually do something about it as I am, still to this day, a minor wikinub. Pinto's5150 ^Talk 12:49, 12 December 2008 (EST)

So, check back after your 18th birthday and we'll talk. Before then however, do not cross any state line to do this. Carptrash 13:01, 12 December 2008 (EST)

This conversation makes no sense. Banana Montgomery. JazzMan 13:35, 12 December 2008 (EST)

I'm just not sure how my name got at the top of all this. --Kels 13:48, 12 December 2008 (EST)

The template automatically puts the name of the user reading it. So I see my name. That's why I read this conversation at all, I thought they were talking about me! JazzMan 13:50, 12 December 2008 (EST)

It's all about MEEEEEEEEEE!!!! --Kels 13:51, 12 December 2008 (EST)

Yes Kels. Aaaaaaaaaall about you. JazzMan 14:01, 12 December 2008 (EST)

Vandal 2

I can't put User:Wilhemia "Wil" Grimlock Roberts "Rob" Farfenugin Spackletack Georgio Flimfam Oddrasia, Jr. II into the vandal group. The computer treated that as a valid name when I blocked the character. When I tried to put the long name into the vandal group the computer insisted that's not a valid username. Proxima Centauri 13:47, 14 December 2008 (EST)

Have you tried renaming them? I suspect the quote marks in the name are causing the difficulty. ħuman 13:20, 15 December 2008 (EST)

Have you been hit by the New Hampster Power failures we've heard about on t'news? Wrap up warm. Frohlich 13:23, 15 December 2008 (EST)

I've been running my generator since midnight Thursday, yes. Internet & cable TV were dead from sometime Friday until sometime today, too. So I have heat, and water, and a working fridge, etc., I just have to spill gasoline all over myself at twelve hour intervals. Friday was the worst, so much power was out finding a gasoline station with electricity to run their pumps took hours. And an hour wait in line to fill up my jugs for the generator. Things are a lot better now, but my street still isn't turned back on. Thanks for asking :) ħuman 13:28, 15 December 2008 (EST)

Stock up on petrol, tarpaulins, and guns, Human - this is only the beginning. --מְתֻרְגְּמָן וִיקִי ^{שְׁלֹום!}

Petrol doesn't last long, and guns need ammo. I'm a'stocking up on gerbils. I can sell them to people and stay alive that way. Seriously, if one were to stock up for the 'pocalypse, it should be powder, shot and balls, food seed, and livestock. Oh, yeah, and a tank. ħuman 01:07, 16 December 2008 (EST)

I just got home

tonight

from a library steering column meeting and it looks like this.
I did get a fire going and do have power, which is nice. Hopefully still will tomorrow morning. How is it going with you? I gave up t.v. years ago, so loss of cable is well, a pro-choice move for me.
Stay warm. Carptrash 22:43, 15 December 2008 (EST)

I heard you are expecting a "little" snow... like a foot or two? Best of luck, hope the power stays on. Cable for me is not all about tv. It's my innertubez. Looks very pretty, by the way, nice house, attractive aliens (or are those ghosts?) floating around in the air... sheesh, we haven't even had snow yet this year and we've already had a "disaster". Just refilled the generator, good til tomorrow afternoon. I hope they fix the damn broken pole up the road and turn our street back on before then. Anyway, snuggle in for a long one! ħuman 01:02, 16 December 2008 (EST)

Boredom

Since I'm stuck in an area deeply hit by the recession, and hunting for a job through the muck, I'm stuck here with very little to do during most of the day. If you have any pages that need a start in snarkiness, feel free to link them up on my Talk Page. I'll start them as best as I can, and at least give others enough rope to hang themselves, too. --Irrational Atheist 15:55, 19 December 2008 (EST)

Wanted pages is a good place to start - just ignore all those bible things, they are linked by a template, that's why they have so many in-links. http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Special:Wantedpages ħuman 16:22, 19 December 2008 (EST)

Will do. BTW, can you figure out what's wrong with the caption on the Jim Webb page? I can't figure it out. --Irrational Atheist 16:25, 19 December 2008 (EST)

You need to use "thumb" or "frame" to add a caption (I think frame allows it, anyway). "Thumb" defaults to the right and to user-preference specified width, which I prefer to allow. ħuman 16:28, 19 December 2008 (EST)

Email confirmed

I've confirmed it now. Proxima Centauri 01:50, 20 December 2008 (EST)

Thanks. I have sent you a Very Important Email. Hehe. ħuman 03:32, 20 December 2008 (EST)

A request (of sorts) Episode 1

Please may i (son of Philip DOUGHBRAIN Venson) be a sysop around here? (i gave PhilipV teh blockie once (check his block log, and look at the first one mwahahahaha)Samurai Fish 05:24, 22 December 2008 (EST)