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==User:EdgarAPoe== |
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'''O'''nce upon a midnight dreary, while I patrolled V and A'fC<p> |
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Over many a glib and random volume of encyclopedic |
Over many a glib and random volume of encyclopedic lores,<p> |
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While I nodded nearly CAPPING, suddenly there came a zapping<p> |
While I nodded nearly CAPPING, suddenly there came a zapping<p> |
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As of some one gently lapping, lapping at my user door.<p> |
As of some one gently lapping, lapping at my user door.<p> |
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'''A'''h, distinctly I remember it was in the ArbCom blender,<p> |
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And each separate trying member wrought its shadow on the floor.<p> |
And each separate trying member wrought its shadow on the floor.<p> |
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Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow<p> |
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow<p> |
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'''A'''nd the rapid mad uncertain changing of each watchlist entry<p> |
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Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt outdoors;<p> |
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt outdoors;<p> |
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So that now, to still the bolding of my heart, I stood repeating<p> |
So that now, to still the bolding of my heart, I stood repeating<p> |
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'''P'''resently my rage grew wronger, hesitating then no longer,<p> |
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Pal, said I, `or Misses truly your good faith I implore;<p> |
Pal, said I, `or Misses truly your good faith I implore;<p> |
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But the fact is I was flagging, and so gently you came nagging,<p> |
But the fact is I was flagging, and so gently you came nagging,<p> |
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'''D'''eep into that history peering, long I stood there searching, leering,<p> |
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Doubting, diffing diffs no man ever dared compare before;<p> |
Doubting, diffing diffs no man ever dared compare before;<p> |
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But the language was unspoken, and the response gave no token,<p> |
But the language was unspoken, and the response gave no token,<p> |
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'''B'''ack into the 'rticle turning, all my ire within me burning,<p> |
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Soon again I heard a lapping somewhat louder than |
Soon again I heard a lapping somewhat louder than the 'fore.<p> |
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`Surely,' said I, `surely that is something on my talk page notice;<p> |
`Surely,' said I, `surely that is something on my talk page notice;<p> |
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Let me see then, what threat is, and this contrversy explore -<p> |
Let me see then, what threat is, and this contrversy explore -<p> |
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'''O'''pen here I waited, shuddered when, with many a poke and flutter,<p> |
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In there stepped a stately virgin of the slimly days of yore.<p> |
In there stepped a stately virgin of the slimly days of yore.<p> |
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Not the least obeisance made she; not a minute stopped or stayed she;<p> |
Not the least obeisance made she; not a minute stopped or stayed she;<p> |
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But, with mien of 'crat or steward perched above my |
But, with mien of 'crat or steward perched above my user door -<p> |
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Perched upon a bust of Jimbo just above my user door -<p> |
Perched upon a bust of Jimbo just above my user door -<p> |
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Perched, and sat, and nothing more.<p> |
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.<p> |
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'''T'''hen this wise girl coying my sad fancy into smiling,<p> |
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By the grave and stern decorum of the signature it wore,<p> |
By the grave and stern decorum of the signature it wore,<p> |
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`Though thy name be short and shaded thou,' I said, `art sure no |
`Though thy name be short and shaded thou,' I said, `art sure no Jayen.<p> |
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Ghastly grim and ancient maiden |
Ghastly grim and ancient maiden wading in the WP lore-<p> |
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Tell me what thy lordly name is |
Tell me what thy lordly name is of the Wiki's tempestuous lore!'<p> |
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Quoth the maiden, 'Edit War'.<p> |
Quoth the maiden, 'Edit War'.<p> |
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'''M'''uch I ogled this famely gal to hear discourse so plainly,<p> |
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Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore;<p> |
Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore;<p> |
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For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being<p> |
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being<p> |
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Ever yet was blessed with seeing maiden above his user door -<p> |
Ever yet was blessed with seeing maiden above his user door -<p> |
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Gryphon or gnome above the sculptured bust above his user door,<p> |
Gryphon or gnome above the sculptured bust above his user door,<p> |
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With such name as 'Edit War'<p> |
With such name as 'Edit War'.<p> |
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'''B'''ut the maiden sitting lonely on the placid page, spoke only,<p> |
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That one word, as if her bowl in that one word she did pour.<p> |
That one word, as if her bowl in that one word she did pour.<p> |
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Nothing further then she uttered - not a wiki feather fluttered -<p> |
Nothing further then she uttered - not a wiki feather fluttered -<p> |
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'''S'''tartled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,<p> |
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`Doubtless,' said I, `what she utters is its only template and chore,<p> |
`Doubtless,' said I, `what she utters is its only template and chore,<p> |
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Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster<p> |
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster<p> |
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'''B'''ut the maiden still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,<p> |
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Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of maiden and bust and user page,<p> |
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of maiden and bust and user page,<p> |
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Then, upon the linen sinking, I betook myself to linking<p> |
Then, upon the linen sinking, I betook myself to linking<p> |
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Term unto term, thinking what this ominous maiden of the cabal core<p> |
Term unto term, thinking what this ominous maiden of the cabal core<p> |
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What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous girl of the cabal core<p> |
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous girl of the cabal core<p> |
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Meant in croaking 'Edit War'<p> |
Meant in croaking 'Edit War.'<p> |
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'''T'''his I sat engaged in typing but no syllable a'griping<p> |
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To the girl whose fiery eyes now burned and into my bosom bore<p> |
To the girl whose fiery eyes now burned and into my bosom bore<p> |
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This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining<p> |
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining<p> |
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'''T'''hen, methought, the air grew denser, filtered from an unseen censor<p> |
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Swung by Seraphimblade whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.<p> |
Swung by Seraphimblade whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.<p> |
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`Wretch,' I cried, `thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he has sent thee<p> |
`Wretch,' I cried, `thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he has sent thee<p> |
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''''S'''ysop said I, `thing of evil! - sysop still, if girl or devil! -<p> |
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Whether temper sent, or whether temper tossed thee here ashore,<p> |
Whether temper sent, or whether temper tossed thee here ashore,<p> |
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Desolate yet all undaunted, on this wiki land addicted-<p> |
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this wiki land addicted-<p> |
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`'''S'''ysop!' said I, `thing of evil! - systop still, if girl or devil!<p> |
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By that Founder that mends above us - by that God we both adore -<p> |
By that Founder that mends above us - by that God we both adore -<p> |
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Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant maiden,<p> |
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant maiden,<p> |
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`'''B'''e that word our sign of parting, girl or fiend!' I shrieked reverting-<p> |
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`Get thee back into the backlog and the village pump tempestuous bore!<p> |
`Get thee back into the backlog and the village pump tempestuous bore!<p> |
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Leave no red sign as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!<p> |
Leave no red sign as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!<p> |
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'''A'''nd the maiden never flitting, still is typing, still is typing<p> |
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On the stubbly bust of Jimbo just above my user door;<p> |
On the stubbly bust of Jimbo just above my user door;<p> |
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And her eyes have all the seeming of an icon's that is teeming,<p> |
And her eyes have all the seeming of an icon's that is teeming,<p> |
Revision as of 02:43, 7 June 2011
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What I do
- Track down copyright compatible images on Flickr
- Copy-edit long articles
- Mediate content disputes in alternative medicine, pseudoscience, social science and humanities
- Add content and help regulate Middle East articles
- Provide feedback on policies
- Develop guides for new users
- IRC help chat, particularly Articles for Creation
- Push for intelligent broader adoption of gadgets and tools such as STiki
Tools and tips
JavaScript tools
This is what my .js userpage looks like. You can access yours at Special:Mypage/skin.js. To make it work, just copy and paste any tool (import script... ;) on it's own line.
importScript("User:PleaseStand/hide-vector-sidebar.js"); // hides the sidebar gives you 20% more page importScript('User:Cacycle/wikEdDiff.js'); //better diffs importScript('User:Magnus_Manske/less_edit_clutter.js'); //hugely valuable cleanup for the edit page, less junk and separated templates/references
importScript('User:Alex Smotrov/histcomb.js'); //combines same edits by a user on the page history for a better overview importScript('User:Joshua Scott/Scripts/pendingchanges.js'); //for reviewers, sidebar feed of pages with pending changes
importScript('User:Ale_jrb/Scripts/igloo.js'); //vandal patrol, sidebar link to collaborative anti-vandal program importScript('User:Philip Trueman/recent2.js'); //vandal patrol, sidebar link to anti-vandal program
importScript('Wikipedia:AutoEd/complete.js'); //automatic markup fixer, for page cleanup importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/rollbackSummary.js'); //for rollbackers only, lets you give a different summary importScript('User:Anomie/unwatch.js'); // Linkback: User:Anomie/unwatch.js... quick button to unwatch pages from watchlist importScript('user:js/watchlist.js'); //watchlist enhancements importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/refToolbar 2.0.js'); //editing toolbar enhancements importScript('User:Magnus Manske/HighlightEditSections.js'); //nifty highlight function to make clear which section you are editing importScript('User:Anomie/pagestats.js'); // Linkback: User:Anomie/pagestats.js... sidebar link to page stats
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toolserver.org/~magnus/wysiwtf/wysiwtf.js"><\/script>'); //WYSIFTW, Magnus Manske's beta WYSIWYG editor, cool! |
Preferences
I set up my preferences to maximize efficiency and enhance vandalpatrol, pending changes, new editor welcoming, page tagging, etc. You can set your preferences with the link at the top right of every page.
(columns 100, rows 24, show preview before edit box, enable section editing via [edit] links, widen edit box to fill the entire screen, show edit toolbar, show the difference between the latest accepted version..., warn me when I leave a page, enable enhanced editing toolbar, enable dialogs for inserting links)
(days to show 2, max number of changes 1000, expand watchlist to show all changes, hide bot edits, add pages I edit to my watchlist, add pages i move to my watchlist, add pages I create to my watchlist, add pages I review to my watchlist)
(image annotator, navigation popups, friendly, hotcat, reftools, twinkle, proveit, add page and user options to drop-down menus on the toolbar, The revisionjumper creates an interface which allows you to jump between different revisions, Change the "new section" tab text to instead display the much narrower "+". Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time, Display an assessment of an article's quality as part of the page header for each article, Open external links in a new tab/window, Widen the search box in the Vector skin, Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page, Allow up to 50 more characters in each of your edit summaries. Works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, Make text fields (e.g. the edit form) use a sans-serif font instead of a monospace font.) |
Pages I watch
Alex Konanykhin Alyson Court Amy Winehouse BBC Radio 2 BP Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy Blanche Lincoln Blood Will Tell Budder Chartalism Chhh Chiropractic Chiropractic controversy and criticism Clothing Confessions on a Dance Floor Criticism of Julian Assange Dahiya doctrine Daniel Domscheit-Berg Economics of religion Electrotrichogenesis Ethiopian National Defense Force Far East Movement Focal infection theory Ghada Abdel Moneim Involvement of the People's Republic of China in Africa Isaac Peral Israel Israel/Talk Jenny McCarthy Johnny Murtagh Julian Assange Leo Frank Linked Data List of important publications in computer science Marywood-Palm Valley school Measurement Mermaid Open Society Institute Operation Payback Outrage (2009 film) Part-time learner in higher education Pasquale Cafaro Plato Pseudoscience Quackwatch Ranbir Kapoor SM City Marilao Smears, accusations and threats against Julian Assange Sports chiropractic Stephen Barrett Tengkorak The National Council Against Health Fraud Torture Trail of Tears Vertebral artery dissection Warren Sapp Weston A. 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Wikilawyering: A guide for aspiring tendentious editors
If you like it, call it consensus. If you don't like it, name your policy and call whatever happened IAR. If no one responds to your idea, call it no objections. If no one responds to your opponent's idea, call out silence does not equal consensus. If you like the views in one forum, cite them as consensus. If you like the views of another forum better, cite those. If you like the views of involved editors, call them relevant. If you prefer the views of uninvolved editors, consider them overriding. If you like it, cite V. If you don't like it, call it OR. If you don't like, call it OR. If they cite V, call it Plagiarism. If you like it, cite Weight. If you don't like it, cite Weight. If they make it about NPOV call out their RS. If they defend the RS, call them out on OR. If they defend the OR, call them out on NPOV. Repeat. If someone responds to your argument, don't answer them, just repeat your original criticism or choose a new one. Whatever you do, don't engage the merits of an argument. If someone doesn't agree with you, repeat your initial point. Keep doing this. If you have a reason, don't share it. Just make claims as if your saying so makes it true. If you are going to compromise, act like you're suffering a great injustice for the good of the encyclopedia. If you are going to perpetrate a great injustice, call it a compromise. If you have an idea which has already been roundly rejected by other editors, offer the same, but do it casually and graciously, as in 'see if this works'. Know exactly which acts are likely to result in blocks. Do as much as you can within those bounds but never actually cross them. This shows other editors you care about policy. If you can't convince another editor to see things your way, just broadly write them off as a of POV pusher, SPA, COI, or other unmentionable. This is not a real guide, although it may be useful to identify the tactics of editors you struggle with. Instead of repeating them, try better ways to improve articles. If you find yourself doing one of these things, Wikibreak? |
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User:EdgarAPoe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I patrolled V and A'fC Over many a glib and random volume of encyclopedic lores, While I nodded nearly CAPPING, suddenly there came a zapping As of some one gently lapping, lapping at my user door. `'The sum total of,' I muttered, `human knowledge passed before - Only this, and nothing more.'
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the ArbCom blender, And each separate trying member wrought its shadow on the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my diffs suitcase of sorrow- sorrow for the long Before- For the rare and radiant version whom the angels named Before- Nameless here for evermore.
And the rapid mad uncertain changing of each watchlist entry Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt outdoors; So that now, to still the bolding of my heart, I stood repeating `'Tis some template tagger posting at my user door - Some late template tagger posting at my user door; - This it is, and nothing more,'
Presently my rage grew wronger, hesitating then no longer, Pal, said I, `or Misses truly your good faith I implore; But the fact is I was flagging, and so gently you came nagging, And so faintly you came tagging, tagging at my user door, That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door; - Stubs were there, and nothing more.
Deep into that history peering, long I stood there searching, leering, Doubting, diffing diffs no man ever dared compare before; But the language was unspoken, and the response gave no token, And the only letters there quoted was the whispered word, 'Before'. This I whispered, and a reply talked back the word, 'Before'. Merely stubs and nothing more.
Back into the 'rticle turning, all my ire within me burning, Soon again I heard a lapping somewhat louder than the 'fore. `Surely,' said I, `surely that is something on my talk page notice; Let me see then, what threat is, and this contrversy explore - Let my heart be still a moment and this contrversy explore; - 'Tis the stub and nothing more!'
Open here I waited, shuddered when, with many a poke and flutter, In there stepped a stately virgin of the slimly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made she; not a minute stopped or stayed she; But, with mien of 'crat or steward perched above my user door - Perched upon a bust of Jimbo just above my user door - Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then this wise girl coying my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the signature it wore, `Though thy name be short and shaded thou,' I said, `art sure no Jayen. Ghastly grim and ancient maiden wading in the WP lore- Tell me what thy lordly name is of the Wiki's tempestuous lore!' Quoth the maiden, 'Edit War'.
Much I ogled this famely gal to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing maiden above his user door - Gryphon or gnome above the sculptured bust above his user door, With such name as 'Edit War'.
But the maiden sitting lonely on the placid page, spoke only, That one word, as if her bowl in that one word she did pour. Nothing further then she uttered - not a wiki feather fluttered - Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown a'shore- On the morrow she will leave me, as my hopes have flown a'shore. Then the bird said, 'Edit War'.
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, `Doubtless,' said I, `what she utters is its only template and chore, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster till her songs one burden bore - Till the bottoms of her mop that motto dripped and poured Of "Edit War."'
But the maiden still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of maiden and bust and user page, Then, upon the linen sinking, I betook myself to linking Term unto term, thinking what this ominous maiden of the cabal core What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous girl of the cabal core Meant in croaking 'Edit War.'
This I sat engaged in typing but no syllable a'griping To the girl whose fiery eyes now burned and into my bosom bore This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the couch's linen lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose couch's linen lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, edit war!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, filtered from an unseen censor Swung by Seraphimblade whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. `Wretch,' I cried, `thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he has sent thee Respite - respite and wikibreak from thy memories of Before! Quaff, oh quaff this kind wikibreak and forget this lost Before Quoth the raven, 'Edit War'.
'Sysop said I, `thing of evil! - sysop still, if girl or devil! - Whether temper sent, or whether temper tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this wiki land addicted- On this page by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore - Is there - is there calm on metawiki?- tell me - tell me, I implore!' Quoth the raven, 'Edit war'.
`Sysop!' said I, `thing of evil! - systop still, if girl or devil! By that Founder that mends above us - by that God we both adore - Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant maiden, It shall clasp a sainted version whom the angels named Before- Clasp a rare and radiant version whom the angels named Before?' Quoth the raven, `Edit War.'
`Be that word our sign of parting, girl or fiend!' I shrieked reverting- `Get thee back into the backlog and the village pump tempestuous bore! Leave no red sign as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my user door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my user door!' Quoth the raven, 'Edit War'
And the maiden never flitting, still is typing, still is typing On the stubbly bust of Jimbo just above my user door; And her eyes have all the seeming of an icon's that is teeming, And the lamp-light o'er her streaming throws her shadow on the floor; And my account from out that shadow that lies floating on the user door Shall be blocked for - Edit War! User:Dcoetzee came up with the refrain. Edgar Allen Poe did the heavy lifting. |
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A cupcake for you!
Thanks! Ocaasi c 15:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Some more help, please.
More suport wanted
Hi Ocaasi, could you please have a last little look at my DAX Rush page, and give me some advice on how to publish.
Thanks!! Wiki Thomas 12:18, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Game
Also...please see Wikipedia_talk:Wiki_Guides/Archive_1#IRC_chat_with_Chzz - expand it (SHOW), look at the chat. Chzz ► 11:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
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- I just wanted to stop by and say that I'm very interested in your ideas here and plan to come by a bit later today to read up on them and the feedback you've been given. I can't put myself down as a "participant", exactly, but I'll let you know if I see any way that I may be able to assist. :) --Maggie Dennis (talk) 14:54, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
- Cool. Whatever capacity you can help in, your input will be great. Ocaasi c 15:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
TB Pearlasia Gamboa DYK
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98.234.235.21 (talk) 20:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Stay Safe
Allied Artists and Kim Richards - http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z61PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d1MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4598,1097763&dq=allied+artists+bugging+murder&hl=en
Allied Artists and PG - http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7261
I did not send you the LA TImes and other articles you requested because I thought you would post in the Allied Artists and United Assurance Company Limited articles without using an anonymous IP.
All of this is unbelievable when first seen, and not taken seriously. Stay safe and help other editors stay that way. PPdd (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
- Okay, i'll keep an eye out. If this is a big concern you need to wait it out anyway. Cheers, Ocaasi c 21:09, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, as you can see from my recent contribution history in the past month or so since KDR made his legal threat, roughly "this is not a legal threat, but someone could hunt down yor IP serve you legal papers if you write anything in the LA Times about our AA with its history of fraud", a nearly big zero, that's what I have been doing. But I am concerned for some very bad things happening to Louis Lesser, as the images of the specific medical documents linked to in this thread show. - http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7178. Posters at that board at first thought this was all a hoax.
- Now in this thread http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7261 that came later, no one knows what to do, and most communictation is being done by private messages.
- Also, editors not in the know are threatening to delete all of the posts of documents here at WIkimedia Commons, like a typical petty wikilawyering fight. But no one there knows about all the other stuff. Can you help at commons here? I am too inexperienced to know how to respond. I do have an adequate response, but I do not know how to make it within their wikimedialegal system. PPdd (talk) 01:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
- PPdd, I don't think i'm going to get more involved with this. Wikipedia is not here to play cop or jury or muckraker. We're an encyclopedia. Talk to a journalist, write a book, go into hiding. But don't bring this drama here, please. Focus on simple sources and wait for the real world to take care of the rest. Ocaasi c 01:08, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Review my article
Hi!
Could you please review my article, as I have published it DAX Rush. Thank you sooo much! Wiki Thomas 08:29, 30 May 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki Thomas M (talk • contribs)
BLP VIOLATION ON Juice Plus
yes hello: i see that you added this to the article for Juice Plus. just in case you do not know, simpson was acquitted, and claiming otherwise, even on this article, is against several wikipedia policies, and perhaps against the law. please be more careful next time. Badmachine (talk) 02:19, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
- My bad. I was retyping the sentence in a paraphrase and mixed them up. No covert slip-in-a-Simpson-diss. Cheers, Ocaasi c 02:20, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Oops
Not sure how I arrived at a subpage of yours with my previous post. Anyway, thanks for answering my question about the content noticeboard. TimidGuy (talk) 10:29, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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RE: Hamza
Hey Ocaasi, How are you? Hope you are doing well. I could not find the original aljazeera arabic video on their youtube channel but I managed to find every video they have posted that mention Hamza in it:
- صور مروعة لآثار تعذيب في سوريا meaning Horrific images of the effects of torture in Syria
- إستمرار مسلسل القتل بيد القوات السورية meaning The continuation of series of killings by the Syrian forces
- سوريا : أزمة بلا حلول ... وسجل القتلى يطول meaning Syria: A crisis unresolved ... While the death toll keeps on rising
- إستمرار الاحتجاجات ضد نظام الأسد meaning The continuation of protests against Al-Assad the regime
- مظاهرات في سوريا ترفض عفو الأسد meaning Demonstrations in Syria, rejecting Al-Assad's amnesty
- مقتل أكثر من 60 شخصا في الرستن والحْراك meaning Killed more than 60 people in Rastan and Harak
- تصعيد في الرستن قبل جمعة أطفال الحرية في سوريا meaning Escalation in the Rastan before the Friday of Children of freedom in Syria
I also found 2 videos by Aljazeera English regarding the topic [6] and [7]. I have talked to Abrazame about Hamza about a week ago when I fist heard about what happened to the kid from a blog by one of my activist friends We are all Hamza Ali El-Khatib , Syria’s Khaled Mohamed Saeed "Extremely Graphic" :( I later tried to get in touch with his father to get more details about Hamza, but a friend of mine in Syria told that the Dad has been arrested by the Syrian forces. I did managed however to find these sources about Hamaza:
Hope all of this information helps you. I would have written about him myself but I didnt think I can do it with a NPOV. Im too angry to do it so Im you (someone I personally trust) have started the page about him. Let me know if you need anything else -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 06:04, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. The article is as complete as I can make it right now, but new news comes out daily. The anger is not helpful to the writing, but I notice it. I can't talk more if I will work on it. Good luck with whatever you're up to. Syria will be a peaceful place one day. User:Ocaasi c 06:08, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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A question on a potential new article
I might as well ask you too. I already asked Binksternet, but he hasn't responded yet. Do you think it makes sense to make a separate article at 2011 Ahwazi protests? This is in reference to the April 15-18 section in the 2011 Iranian protests article. These Ahwazi protests are involving separate people from the other protests that occurred and they aren't protesting for the same results, as far as I can tell. The article would of course have a summary section and main link in the appropriate place in the Iranian protests article. The sources I would be using would include Al Arabiya, Al Bawaba, Los Angeles Times, another Al Arabiya, Human Rights Watch, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and The Guardian. SilverserenC 04:56, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
- I'll be honest--i have no idea what's going on in Iran or with the Ahwazi protests. So I'm not sure that I can comment on it. It looksl ike you have good sources. I'd lead away from a separate article and just go for a separate sub-section in the Iranian protests article. If it grows/spreads, a new article can be made. Ok, those are my thoughts. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 01:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- The issue is that a user is removing and minimizing info in the article, saying that it's giving undue weight to the subject. They tried to actually remove the information earlier, saying that Al Arabiya is unreliable and Al Bawaba is a blog with no editorial oversight. Any information I try to add to the article about these protests just get reverted by him as undue weight. SilverserenC 01:43, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Find more better sources. Draft it on the talk page. Give me a heads up and I'll leave a comment. A new article isn't the right fix for a Weight debate. More editor input and more sources should be. Ocaasi t | c 01:48, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know if there are any other sources that exist. Those above were found after a thorough search of the internet. The Iranian government has the media thing on total shutdown around Ahwaz, considering they have it blockaded. The media in general has been suspiciously avoiding discussing it. SilverserenC 01:50, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Find more better sources. Draft it on the talk page. Give me a heads up and I'll leave a comment. A new article isn't the right fix for a Weight debate. More editor input and more sources should be. Ocaasi t | c 01:48, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- The issue is that a user is removing and minimizing info in the article, saying that it's giving undue weight to the subject. They tried to actually remove the information earlier, saying that Al Arabiya is unreliable and Al Bawaba is a blog with no editorial oversight. Any information I try to add to the article about these protests just get reverted by him as undue weight. SilverserenC 01:43, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- I'll be honest--i have no idea what's going on in Iran or with the Ahwazi protests. So I'm not sure that I can comment on it. It looksl ike you have good sources. I'd lead away from a separate article and just go for a separate sub-section in the Iranian protests article. If it grows/spreads, a new article can be made. Ok, those are my thoughts. Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 01:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Barnstar!
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Sonia and I award you this barnstar for your work on making Wikipedia easier for new users. Pine (GreenPine) t 09:52, 4 June 2011 (UTC) |
- More specifically, for the huge amount of effort you've put into the scripts etc for the tutorial, and how quickly we've been able to sketch out something solid together when nothing before has gotten this far. sonia♫ 09:54, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
- It is a pleasure and an honor to be noticed by good folk like yourself, Sonia, and editors so eager to add their chisel to this project, Green Pine. May the next barnstar I receive be the "barnstar of successful version 6 rollout to the Wikipedia ambassador program's online interactive gaming experience with support from Jimbo and Wired.com". I accept this with WikiWit and actual appreciation. Thanks to both and all the people adding their contributions to the project. They will be increasingly essential to getting it up in the air. Ocaasi t | c 17:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Re: Idea
Sounds like a good idea for a wiki project. I don't know if, or how much, I would help though. I can sign up as a member of the project.
Great quote you currently have posted at the top of your talk page:
"I call this Revolution 2.0. Revolution 2.0 is, is — I say that our revolution is like Wikipedia, OK? Everyone is contributing content. You don't know the names of the people contributing the content ... This is exactly what happened. Revolution 2.0 in Egypt was exactly the same. Everyone was contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And that picture — no one is the hero in that picture."
-- Wael Ghonim on the peaceful protests in Egypt that lead to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak:
- http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7349173n --Timeshifter (talk) 00:59, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for that link! I'll give you a heads up when I make the project page. Ocaasi t | c 01:34, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey dude, The idea sounds good but I think the only articles that we can get to GA/FA right now are:
As for Khaled's and Hamza's articles, they are still ongoing to I dont think we will be able to get to GA/FA right now. I think we should start Mohamed Bouazizi's article and see where we can go from there but overall the idea is pretty cool and I think its away to honor their memories and highlight their impact on the future of their countries.
Your timing is perfect, Khaled died a year ago. I was wondering if you can help me put it in the DYK section? I have never done it before. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Ditto, great idea. Those articles are not exactly within the scope of my usual work, and I think I am a little over committed in Wikipedia stuff at the moment, so I will have to turn down participating :( Best of luck, Sadads (talk) 08:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Request for input
As someone whose views I respect and who I know to be independent minded, I would be most grateful for your input in a discussion at Talk:Linklaters#Offices_Section, which concerns the removal of a long-standing list of that law firm's offices from that article. The discussion could set a precedent for the inclusion of lists of offices in other law firms' articles, or at least embolden certain editors to go on a removal campaign, and I believe it to therefore be of wider impact than is first apparent. Many thanks in advance. Rangoon11 (talk) 19:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)