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*Every bit helps, and you did more than I did the first time around. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies#top|talk]]) 18:44, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
*Every bit helps, and you did more than I did the first time around. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies#top|talk]]) 18:44, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
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**Heh, okay, you're most welcome! :) I hope you're doing well, Drmies, — '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:51, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
**Heh, okay, you're most welcome! :) I hope you're doing well, Drmies, — '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:51, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
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:::Your work easily deserved a barnstar too cirt. There's about a million hits for Chonga but not many are on topic, so few would have found all the good sources you came up with. [[User:FeydHuxtable|FeydHuxtable]] ([[User talk:FeydHuxtable|talk]]) 21:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Thanks for my barnstar. You're too kind, no doubt you would of expanded it at least as well if you'd had a couple of hours free. Say, do you do DYK? If it survives AfD and you used a hook like this, you'd catch about 30k hits and probably be in the top 3 for November: |
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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Chonga]]''' ''(pictured)'' has became a [[Miami]] icon, influencing fashion in [[South Florida]] and beyond? |
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:Readers will be like "Who knew?" and we can be like "We know all that there is to know..." LOL! [[User:FeydHuxtable|FeydHuxtable]] ([[User talk:FeydHuxtable|talk]]) 21:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Wikipedians
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You may wish to join the category Category:Wikipedians working towards even enforcement of civility.
Kiefer.Wolfowitz 10:28, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks Kiefer. It's not as catchy though. The delete voters in that discussion should join, though, since they seem to be at the forefront of equitable enforcement. I am sure that we will be able to call on them to punish any infractions. Drmies (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Its dull name reflects its source, for better and for worse. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 14:08, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- My god, what a bunch of .... never mind. Drmies (talk) 14:54, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Mark that I did not write "You may wish to join the discussion at its entry at Categories nominated for deletion"! Kiefer.Wolfowitz 14:59, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- My god, what a bunch of .... never mind. Drmies (talk) 14:54, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Department of killing the goose that lays golden eggs: Kiefer.Wolfowitz 15:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
About a year later, Hilbert attended a banquet and was seated next to the new Minister of Education, Bernhard Rust. Rust asked, "How is mathematics in Göttingen now that it has been freed of the Jewish influence?" Hilbert replied, "Mathematics in Göttingen? There is really none any more."[1]
- ^ Reid 1996, p. 205.
- Then, blessing all, 'Go, children of my care!
- To practice now from theory repair. 580
- All my commands are easy, short, and full:
- My sons! be proud, be selfish, and be dull.
- Guard my prerogative, assert my throne:
- This nod confirms each privilege your own.
Kiefer.Wolfowitz 16:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe you should instead join the Category:Wikipedians who are members of deleted categories (forever to stay red). Bongomatic 11:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Generalized abstract nonsense
My favorite Wikipedia category. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 21:54, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Interesting article needing DYK help
Myra Clark Gaines was the plaintiff in the longest lawsuit in U.S. history. It ran 58 years and appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court 17 times. She finally won six years after her death. Bgwhite (talk) 23:32, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Do right, please
Hey Doc,
Please forgive me for arriving at your talk page somewhat fashionably late, what with you having archived the conversation you were having with my better half not so long ago. Yes, I tend to stay away from WP when I have work commitments. As in I am turrrble at multitasking. Also, I’m still very much addicted to getting together with my real-life friends. And yes, I was angry with you for saying that you don’t like “Kolbe” anymore without looking at the context. Then again, you probably don’t know what a fine person JN466 is when you’re around him on a daily basis, and I should have taken that into account. Also, I did resent how, in my opinion, you were trying to get some kinda groveling apology out of DC on their talk page. I can’t say I know DC, but I don’t think they’re the groveling kind. And why would they have to be? Their heart seems to be in the right place, and they are more than willing to take risks in order to stop this place from turning into a pit of corruption. I don’t participate much, but I do observe. My gorgeous hubby and the equally lovely DC seem to be among a small minority who, while caring deeply about the project, will catch flak over and over again for being honest about its flaws. You are among the better people I’ve come across around here. Sometimes the better people will have to take a stand, and that includes giving the benefit of the doubt to folks who may not always seem to be toeing the party line but are a net benefit to the project in the long run. Thank you also for removing those horrible pictures from the article on you-know-what. And for bumping up Pym from a C to a B. Just in case you’re about to get serious about literary fiction, “Hunting in Harlem” is still my favorite by Johnson, so you may want to get that one first. And no, I didn’t come here to make a name for myself on the internet this late in my life. But you’re probably wise enough to have figured that out already. I am however still fascinated by people’s life stories, hence my interest in BLPs and in protecting living people from the darker elements that are drawn to this project for their own sordid reasons. You’re in a position to do a great deal of good. Please use it while you can. DracoE 21:40, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
- Draco, just a quick note before I leave this place to its own devices again: I was not looking for a "groveling apology". If DC had said they'd observe the interaction ban, that would have been good enough. Heart is one thing, but there was an interaction ban, simple as that. Now, I'm not going to claim to be lovely or useful, but I do find it remarkable how much flak I get for sticking my neck out: you may have noticed that I was the only one, at least for a while, who even paid attention to DC. And for all that YRC defense, you can go check my RfA: he opposed it, in the silliest of fashions, because I refused to consent to a block for another editor, one who didn't tow the party line (that's all water under the bridge and is here to serve as an example--I have since defended Rob in various places, until recently). Guess who the other naysayer on my RfA was? The other editor. So if anyone knows something about getting bitten by the cat and the dog, it's me.
Now, I don't believe I can do a lot of good. I created one little category, for user space only, and the next thing you know a bunch of folks who don't even know what an article edit looks like are accusing me, in one personal attack after another, of tearing up this beautiful project. I'm sick to my stomach of it, and I'm not the only one. So, if there's anything good to be done here it'll have to be done by others. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 14:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
- Pooh, you'll continue to do good for this project or I'll haul your ass to ANI/ArbCom or some other lofty forum and ask that your tools be refreshed (an admin spa treatment accorded only to a select few, much better than botox).--Bbb23 (talk) 15:27, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
- You know, Bbb23, I’ve been considering getting botox of late, just to know what that feels like, given that I seem to be the only one among my circle of lady friends who hasn’t had any “work” done yet. Alternatively, I could just get more involved with this here project, cos that’s bound to stop me from acquiring any more smile lines.
- Doc Mies, don’t you dare slink away at a time like this ;) DC didn’t technically break their interaction ban (a ban that they’d asked for to begin with), since they never mentioned the other party’s name. What DC said needed to be said. And ain’t it funny how it’s always DC getting hit with the block stick while the other party gets away with a gentle slap on the wrist whenever they break it. There were other examples on Elen of the Road’s talk page at the time, if memory serves, but they seem to have magically disappeared. Or maybe that's just me growing old, losing marbles, as they say in the UK. And Doc and Bbb, please don’t think for one second that I’m here to defend YRC. I used to believe that YRC was a good egg until recently, when an account on Wikipediocracy whom I believe to be YRC (I may be wrong) posted an incredibly homophobic rant involving Cirt that's since been mercifully deleted. I have no warm feelings about Cirt’s trolling of various Wikimedia sites, but I care deeply about my fabulous friends and the rights they are being denied to this day in various corners of this world. I believe that DC does, too, but then again, what do I know. Doc – I very much appreciated you sticking your neck out, but I wish you’d have been a little more bold. Please don’t leave now. DracoE 17:07, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
- drmies, don't let the current shitstorm sour you on the whole project. I know you aren't one of these divas who just flies off the handle so that people will ask them to come back, so I assume the reaction to this whole incident has really gotten to you. But you already knew things were far from perfect here, and that sometimes the smallest thing gets blown way, way out of proposrtion and becomes a forest fire of epic proportions. This nine-days-wonder will fade soon enough into the background noise of endless wiki-drama. I find it best to just unwatch any discussion that is causing me to feel wiki-stress. Practice not giving a flying fuck and such things are much easier to deal with. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:31, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
- Or do have a flying fuck... was that too much? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:35, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
- We can always count on you, Crisco, to elevate the discussion. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 01:37, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, I am out of this world - check out the caption on the lede image. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Have a second look
I've removed nearly all the crap from Natural breast enhancement, and replaced it with reliable sources with significant coverage. Can you have a second look at the AfD, to either confirm your choice, or change your mind? Cheers, IRWolfie- (talk) 23:12, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
- After stalking, I voted a conditional keep myself, based on a rename to "supplements". Can't really use "non-invasive", as there are actually other methods that are non-invasive, such as pumps, which I linked at the AFD. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 10:53, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Sort of a Barnstar!
Hello Drmies. I've been stalking your talk page ever since it came to my watchlist. Quite an interesting place you have here; it's only missing a Dylan record playing in the background. At any rate, you seem stressed, and I'm in the mood to advertise my favorite god. So perhaps you'd like to wind down with a little read about a "vigorous, young, graceful and athletic deity marching forward." ;) Cheers. Yazan (talk) 15:11, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
- Or read an article which would give him fright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:26, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Update
Today, Mrs. Kelapstick found our five-year-old reading my (c. 1960s edition of) DuPont's Blaster's Handbook. Fortunately all the detonators are hidden. The good news is for $2.50 DuPont will send me an updated copy of the book. Or so it reads. --kelapstick(bainuu) 11:59, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Invitation to help out...
I'm inviting you to help out in my Channel Listings Wiki. I tried to invite Plasticspork and Magog to help, but they didn't come and most likely refused, so I'm asking you to help instead. ~~LDEJRuff~~ 20:50, 5 November, 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, but that's not something I'm really interested in. Drmies (talk) 02:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Dr. Blofeld has retired.
Dr. Blofeld has retired. Bgwhite (talk) 21:49, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Chonga
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Election day has come and gone
But I just wanted you to know that you got my vote. more as a protest against the electoral college system, which makes non-battleground-state votes meaningless, but still. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:45, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
- I appreciate that, Writ. You're a good man, and clearly a person of above-average intelligence. You'll have noticed that my state is not that smart, though 63% of my county voted Obama. Our state, unfortunately, chose to prefer Roy's Rock over a real judge for chief justice. Drmies (talk) 15:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
- You forgot "devilishly handsome". See if I vote for you again. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:07, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
- Nothing rolls out the welcome mat for Jews like a bunch of self-identified Christian fundamentalists talking about "Judeo-Christian values". Kiefer.Wolfowitz 20:22, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- 'James Potts, a Bibb County financial professional seeking the GOP gubernatorial nod, said displays from all faiths should be allowed on government property -- except if they're Muslim.
- "Either you accept our way of life or you go back to another country that is Muslim," Potts said.'
- God damn it. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:43, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Take it easy, Writ Keeper--just another Alabamian speaking. It means little once it crosses the Mason-Dixon line. The grammar of "go back to another country that is Muslim", that's the real crime. I have a student this semester who, it appears, might be writing on depictions of Muslims in Western lit (e.g., Inferno 28.22). Change comes one reader at a time, but will probably never come to James Potts. Drmies (talk) 20:45, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- It's just that...I had such faith in the future of America and humanity after question 6 passed. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- God damn it. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 20:43, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of Chonga for deletion
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"civil war"
If you don't like that users crazy plan for reform you may appreciate this alternative approach. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:21, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- It had to happen, didn't it, that ArbCom things would pop up on my talk page. If there's a lot more of it I might jump back into my sock drawer again. I noticed that Count Iblis makes 250 article edits per year--that's one reason I closed that thread. Beeblebrox, take me to the nearest watering hole please. Drmies (talk) 01:40, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- 250? That's way too high for any self-respecting non-content contributor. Nobody Ent 02:40, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Unfuckingbelievable. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, it makes you wonder. Or me. The Count did create a half a dozen articles, some of which in English (the others are in math). Ent, that movie, Cover Story, that's possibly the least notable movie ever made--your Amazon link is the most reliable and informative source I could find. Drmies (talk) 05:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Rats!
- I thought this was about comic books!
- ;)
- Lately, WP has reminded me too much of Dark City, which is a great movie, btw.
- My marriage still stands, despite passage of issue 6 in Maryland. I trust yours does too. Maybe it's time to develop glaucoma and work on the West Coast.... Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:58, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Voting yes for question 6 was the only reason I voted at all; the good doctor here got my vote for President, despite his astounding lack of flattery. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:01, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- That's good to hear. You could just move to Colorado, or Amsterdam. My marriage stands as well; let's hope Roy's Rock won't be an obstacle for too many Alabamians. I love Dark City--great movie, though it must have suffered commercially in comparison with The Matrix. We watched it in a graduate seminar on Lacan. Congratulations to Maryland! And Maine! Condolences to us. Writ Keeper, I wrote an incredibly flattering sonnet dedicated to you: I have no doubt it will receive high marks and great popularity when Poetry.com publishes it. Drmies (talk) 19:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Rereading Lacan could make me pine for WP:ANI.
- Was I having a bad dream when I heard "Some feminists have trouble with Lacan, because he states that women cannot reason abstractly because we don't have" square-roots of negative one?
- In These Times once ran a cartoon on the breakfast cereal "Foucault Flakes: It's French, it must be good". Kiefer.Wolfowitz 23:05, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- Lacan? As in, the five stages of loss that shape identity? You know, I wonder if some editors ever reached the Oedipal stage. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Some people really hate Lacan, that's a fact. I guess y'all won't be reading my dissertation. Drmies (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- We had him forced down our throats. The fun of poststructuralism. Mind you, he was easier to understand (in brief) than Derrida. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:41, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Barnstar
Many thanks for the barnstar and the kind words – they're very much appreciated. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- I appreciate good writing, and the effort you have devoted to our too-often dysfunctional project. Drmies (talk) 20:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
RT
I see that you closed my discussion on ANI...which is fine b/c at least I have the attention of an administrator to whom I can explain this situation. You say that the changes I've discussed on the ANI are a matter of WP:CONTENT and should be discussed on the relevant talk page, but not only has the content in dispute already been discussed on the talk page already but I've already went through DNR. The problem is that when I tried to add the material back in the RT article, I was handed a block of one week for edit warring, even though most of the content I was putting into the article already had consensus. At this point, I'm at a loss for what to do, I've went through the dispute resolution process and came out with consensus for my edits, but if I put the content back in the RT article again, I run the risk of getting blocked indefinitely. Is this something you can help with? Festermunk (talk) 23:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- What I see at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_52#RT_.28TV_network.29 is that no consensus was reached. I can't tell whether there is consensus on individual points or not. You should probably follow the advice given at the closure of that thread. All of which you know, since you linked to that thread, and all of which begs the question of why you'd run to ANI the moment your block expired. Drmies (talk) 23:49, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- The reason why I went to ANI once my block expired was because I thought that that was the next step in the dispute resolution process for the kind of issue that I'm encountering.
- You're right overall there was no consensus reached on DNR, but consensus was reached on individual points, especially the ones referred to on the ANI. The problem is that if I follow your advice that I, "follow the advice given at the closure of that thread" I'll risk an indefinite block...thus the catch-22. I'm not sure how to proceed, perhaps if I make the changes on the RT page and then you go through the edits to make sure they conform to the DNR and points raised by User CarolmooreDC? Festermunk (talk) 23:56, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think that's a good approach. On the article talk page there is a section you started called "Reception section", which seems to relate to the individual points on which you think some consensus was reached. Why don't you list the points, with some support as to consensus, and get some confirmation of consensus there? Editing the article itself and asking Drmies to review them is (a) too much work for Drmies and (b) the wrong way to resolve a content dispute that Drmies isn't really a part of.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- But that's exactly what I'm talking about, the changes that I propose to add (as explained on the ANI) already have confirmation via the DNR or the talkpage As the DNR itself was initiated by this paragraph, I really can't see what the point of trying to reach the consensus again. Festermunk (talk) 00:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- If you've already listed the points on which you believe consensus has been reached at ANI (I ain't gonna read it all), then it should be easy for you to list those points on the talk page. Obviously, I can't speak from knowledge, but it is just barely possible that you and others might disagree as to whether consensus was actually reached on particular points.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- I can (and upon your persistent suggestion will) list them but again what good will that do? There's already consensus on the specific edits I'm making, so I don't see why it would be necessary to find consensus again. Perhaps you can elaborate further in the reception's section. Festermunk (talk) 01:25, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- If you've already listed the points on which you believe consensus has been reached at ANI (I ain't gonna read it all), then it should be easy for you to list those points on the talk page. Obviously, I can't speak from knowledge, but it is just barely possible that you and others might disagree as to whether consensus was actually reached on particular points.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- But that's exactly what I'm talking about, the changes that I propose to add (as explained on the ANI) already have confirmation via the DNR or the talkpage As the DNR itself was initiated by this paragraph, I really can't see what the point of trying to reach the consensus again. Festermunk (talk) 00:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you Bbb--also for your concern for my health. The people to involve in this matter are the original participants in the discussion and any other interested party (that's not me--not yet anyway), and follow the suggestion of the last thread--which is to start a new thread or a new forum. ANI is never that forum. Bon appetit and cheers everyone, Drmies (talk) 00:28, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think that's a good approach. On the article talk page there is a section you started called "Reception section", which seems to relate to the individual points on which you think some consensus was reached. Why don't you list the points, with some support as to consensus, and get some confirmation of consensus there? Editing the article itself and asking Drmies to review them is (a) too much work for Drmies and (b) the wrong way to resolve a content dispute that Drmies isn't really a part of.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:07, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
My only knowledge of this topic is this very thread, but reading it makes me think that mediation is the logical next step. It doesn't sound to me like that's been tried yet.(?) LadyofShalott 18:20, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think you're right--but see ANI. Now I'm going to eat some soup. Drmies (talk) 18:32, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
DC block
The AN thread concluded with the reduction of DC's block to its original two week term [1]. Nobody Ent 11:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! Well, that settles that nicely then. Ent--am I that interesting to you? :) Drmies (talk) 15:32, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- My areas of interest are primarily the dispute resolution venues, and I frequently update my watchlist based on recent activity therein. Nobody Ent 19:10, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
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- Whether you are "interesting to" me or not is orthogonal to whether you are special. I have no reason not to believe you are special, regardless of my relative interest in you at any time. Additionally, based on my sporadic, non-random (not statistically valid) observation, it appears you have a (well-deserved) number of wiki-friends, so it's unclear to me why whether I'm a member of the set of Drmies' friends is important to you. Actually, I was wondering if I was particularly interesting to you, as your suspect assertion about Cover Story -- surely Bloody blender [2] is even less notable? -- and edits of Carly Foulkes surely aren't coincidental? Nobody Ent 22:57, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Mweh, I'm all over the place, like a little bird, and trouble finds me everywhere. I wish I had the energy and concentration to actually do some useful work. BTW, I don't know what I did to deserve anyone's friendship here, but I'm fortunate enough to have gotten to know some real nice people, and some real fine editors. Drmies (talk) 02:16, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Comment
Sorry, Dr. Mies. I'm not at all feeling well about the turn things have taken. I'll take the rest of the day off, I think, and try to cool off a bit. Kraxler (talk) 16:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- I figured you may have gotten carried away. I don't know where you are, but if you were here, you could take the dog for a walk on a cold but sunny day, that often helps me out. All the best. Drmies (talk) 16:48, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Trayvon Martin Move
Hey, you have been involved in the article in the past. A new (to the article) editor just moved the page. As this has been very controversial in the past, I reverted the move. You may want to keep an eye out in case this starts another flare up in the article. See you on the flipside! Gaijin42 (talk) 21:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, I move-protected it; hopefully in the future they'll take it up on the talk page. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Please don't encourage drive-by scoldings on AN/I and get Niteshift36 off of my talk page
When you act like you did after my posting on AN/I to encourage people who call others nazis and to enbolden editors who don't contribute but take the opportunity to scold,[3] you encourage behavior like Niteshift36's current badgering on my talk page.[4]
If you were less concerned with social networking on Wikipedia and more concerned about creating an encyclopedia you might see that not encouraging ;;8Niteshift36 to harass editors who are correcting crap on Wikipedia could benefit the encyclopedia.
Thank you for using your admin status to create a hostile atmosphere for editing. Now gather up your friends committee, and get them off of my talk page, please. Thank you. And please don't respond to this, just stop. -Fjozk (talk) 22:34, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Although I don't agree with Niteshift's comments, I've noted before that you may want to watch your tone and read WP:AGF and WP:BATTLEGROUND. I strongly suggest you follow that suggestion. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
- Actually sunshine, you never told me to stop posting on your page until your last little rant. Now you've told me, I've acknowledged it and instructed you to avoid mine as well. Now that you've had your opportunity to play the victim again, you should be satisfied. I do have to admit my error earlier. I was incorrect to say you looked whiney. It's not a look...... Niteshift36 (talk) 00:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -Fjozk (talk) 00:51, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I didn't encourage nothing. You are hereby ordered to stay off my talk page, forever. If you feel the need to open another thread against me somewhere, you can tell anyone around and they can find me. Sheesh. Niteshift, are you in education, by any chance? Drmies (talk) 01:47, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I am partially in education, but I know I'm not going to be able to teach anything in this instance. 02:10, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I do have to say that I think it's tacky and a bit wrong for someone to tell me to not post on their talk page, insist on it in various forum and still talk about me on said page where my response would likely earn me a block. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:56, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Eh, maybe, but just take it in stride, I'd say. Just ignore it. Be like the honey badger: honey badger doesn't give a shit. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:00, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't want to be like this honey badger. I was unfamiliar with The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger--thanks! Drmies (talk) 18:47, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
The Crying Game: Chapelle, Klinefelter, or double dosage?
- Fjork seems to be planning to take you to arbcom. He also thinks you are a lady. So... if I may ask... How You Doin'? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Obviously, she/he/it hasn't seen a photo of Drmies. Whew, he is ugly enough as a man, but a woman? On the other hand, Drmies does become quite bitchy. Hmmmm.... :) Bgwhite (talk) 07:58, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- That ANI thread was more coherent, more satisfying, but ultimately more confused than usual---and that was a remarkable accomplishment.
- The Mrs. confirmed that "XX" chromosomes are conventionally female. Maybe somebody was referring to your swinging two dicks? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 10:42, 10 November 2012
- Obviously, she/he/it hasn't seen a photo of Drmies. Whew, he is ugly enough as a man, but a woman? On the other hand, Drmies does become quite bitchy. Hmmmm.... :) Bgwhite (talk) 07:58, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- My favorite part was when the ANI thread literally descended into "You are", "no you are". Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 12:12, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Even this ANI thread read like the Wisdom of Solomon after the TLTR community discussion on Wikipedians who are not a Wikipedian. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 13:19, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'll have a looksee, I suppose. Well, I appreciate Fjozk not jumping to conclusions, that every Wikipedian (or not-Wikipedian), or admin, or human being should be male. I'm a big fan of singular they myself, and used it on the Dutch wiki the other day--it sounds very odd in Dutch. Bgwhite, I'm not going to pay attention to your usual insults, except, of course, to say that I've seen hemorrhoids prettier than you. I understand what it is: for you there is only One, and she is fictional and dead, and I want you to know you have my sympathy, what little sympathy I have, since you did make at least one very true statement. Drmies (talk) 15:07, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Ali Hammadi
Just so you know, Ali violated your 4im, and then went on to vandalize my page five times after I re-CSD'ed him. Just in case you get this before someone responds to the AIV notice. It's been fun tag-teaming with you! — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 05:15, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update. They're gone; sorry they had to come by and vandalize your user page. Kids! :) Drmies (talk) 05:30, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Haha it's fine. Nothing tells you you're doing a good job patrolling like a battle wound or two! — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 05:40, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Alright Francophonie, a la prochaine. Hey, it's late here: care to hold the fort? I know you're going to invite your young and lively friends in, but please don't let them take the silver or break the china. Drmies (talk) 05:42, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Bien sûr, Madame. Bonne nuit. — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 05:45, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Madame, encors? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:27, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, you know. Mrs. Drmies isn't always so sure either, I suppose. She mentioned the other day that I'm 3/4 female. Drmies (talk) 14:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
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- One would think the lower-middle. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:03, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- [ec with a misogynist] I'll tell you when I'm done doing the dishes and vacuuming the rugs. In the meantime, why don't you read up on the Spade-toothed whale? There are still things to learn in the world, which is why Wikipedia is so kewl. I kind of want to move to New Zealand now, given that it's "surrounded by massive oceans". Just the sound of that, "New Zealand is surrounded by massive oceans". Did you see my unblock screw-up, below? A tad embarrassing. Drmies (talk) 15:04, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- A mysogenist, eh? Perhaps that explains my fascination with Frank's Cock... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:07, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Crisco, that looks like a fascinating flick. I'd never heard of it; thanks. But I'll put you at ease: I am convinced (and scholarship on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Marie de France bears this out, in my opinion) that homophobia and misogyny go hand in hand. Or, to put it funkier, those who hate women hate men also. Anyways, that's ESSAY/OR/SYNTH. Ladies, I have an essay on werewolves to finish, so I'll leave you all to it. Sometime later I'll share an anecdote on talking homosexuality in the classroom, involving Nisus, Euryalus, and Southern boys. Well, it sounds like I'm promising too much, it really wasn't all that big. Drmies (talk) 15:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- LOL, this has got to be fun to hear. And here I am writing about postcolonialism in a work by Armijn Pane. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- My apologies! I (along with, perhaps, the other [less friendly] editor who mistook you for a woman) was going off of the userbox that states "This user is totally owned by
hisher two daughters and one boy." And aside from having absolutely loved the Lais and hated Sir Gawain, I failed to notice any homophobia in either (which makes sense, since at that time I'd also failed to notice any homosexuality in myself!)... what did I miss?! (The misogeny in either work being a given.) I did read them the same year I read The Canterbury Tales, and I have a teacher who's absolutely convinced that Chaucer meant to imply a (not wholly consensual) homosexual relationship between Chanticleer and the Fox. Then again, I go to a school where one (rather conservative) teacher assigned us a lesbian love poem to memorize in our second week of sixth grade, and then, four years later, Honoré de Balzac's Père Goriot (an 1835 work featuring a rather openly gay quasi-villain). — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 00:12, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- 'tis late here, so in brief--think of Guinevere in Lanval: "I've heard it say that you have many young men with whom you take your pleasure". Then, consider--what if the Lady had had sex with Sir Gawain? How would Gawain "return" that gift to the Lord? Who'd be top, bottom? The door is opened at a crack and closed immediately since Gawain (in complete contrast to the Gawain of just about every other Gawain romance) does not have sex with her. There's a fascinating essay, "A Kiss is Just a Kiss: Gawain and the Consolations of Heterosexuality" by Carolyn Dinshaw, which places this in a historical context, and look at Gawain's manuscript context--the MS contains a text whose sole purpose is to argue against sodomy. Anyway, then note how Gawain at the end of his story blames woman for his downfall (typical of misogynist clerks) and how in Lanval the fairy lady has to prove her beauty in a swimsuit contest. This is all shorthand, of course, but I find it remarkable that stereotypical attitudes toward woman and sometimes violent accusations of homosexuality go hand in hand. Hence my all-too quick and easy law: men who hate women hate men as well. Translate as something like "stereotypical (and of course heterosexual) men who hate women in the traditional misogynist way are also apt to exhibit a kind of fear of homosexuality that typically translates in violence against gays". I'll spare you some of the details I got from, you know, football players in my freshman comp class at Tennessee, for instance. Was the poem Goblin Market? "Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices"? Drmies (talk) 04:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Misogynists = misanthropes? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:43, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- My apologies! I (along with, perhaps, the other [less friendly] editor who mistook you for a woman) was going off of the userbox that states "This user is totally owned by
Edit on your behalf...
[5] JamesBWatson (talk) 11:40, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I have reiterated the conditions, but they probably should have been clarified in the accepted unblock (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:08, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Oops--thanks so much, gents: you are absolutely correct. I guess I don't do unblocks often enough to get the routine right. I left a note. Thanks again. Drmies (talk) 14:51, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Special Barnstar | |
Boy, that was an annoying episode, wasn't it? I told Fjozk that I won't hold a grudge, so I won't, but I can still breath a sigh of relief now. AutomaticStrikeout 15:39, 10 November 2012 (UTC) |
- Well, thanks, I suppose, but I can't say I feel good about how I acted there. In general that may not matter given that I'm not the only one they tried to rub the wrong way, but I should have behaved with better decorum. No good deed goes unpunished, that's a fact, but I wish I could take that in stride and just move on. Drmies (talk) 15:42, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- There was some unpleasantness on both sides, as Writ Keeper kinda noted above. Still, if Fjozk is going to accuse me of bullying and you of harassment (and his allegations are at least overblown), he should at least first bother to make sure that he isn't guilty of both things himself. AutomaticStrikeout 15:45, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- I warned him the second I saw his tone... and he's still planning on bringing you to ArbCom, through email. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:36, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update, Crisco. What can I say--I trust ArbCom to have enough sense. See, I'm essentially a sheep. I still don't rightly understand how the process works, what was enacted against Malleus and how, and I think I don't really agree. But in the meantime, well, they're sort of my boss, I reckon. Drmies (talk) 19:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Nah, bosses pay you more. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:14, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- It seems he's not interested in an unblock, so I guess he just wants me cut. Well, we'll see, or not. All this does remind me of a couple of previous editors and the whole "admin abuse" accusation, pointing to a kind of blue wall. Funny thing is, there is some kind of truth to it: often admins do tend to stick together, but in most (probably not all) cases because they're reading policy correctly, for instance. On another note--we should have some kind of article on the importance of Indonesia in Dutch culture, shouldn't we. I was telling someone about the Chinezenmoord the other day and it occurred to me that if I, as a schoolkid, had had access to (and interest in) Wikipedia I might have asked some questions during class. Drmies (talk) 23:17, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Now that would be an undertaking. Right now I'm still polishing Theory of Literature, which is taking longer than I expected. Who'd have thought that New Criticism could be so dry? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:25, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- There was some unpleasantness on both sides, as Writ Keeper kinda noted above. Still, if Fjozk is going to accuse me of bullying and you of harassment (and his allegations are at least overblown), he should at least first bother to make sure that he isn't guilty of both things himself. AutomaticStrikeout 15:45, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
Your comment at RfA
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—Northamerica1000(talk) 21:44, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
"...riding with Napoleon toward Waterloo"
Just saw that I was the object of discussion at ANI, and got a snicker out of your comment. More proof that no good deed goes unpunished. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 15:23, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, you know, you're kind of a nice guy. I must admit to another screw-up: in my edit summary I confused Le Rouge et le Noir with The Charterhouse of Parma. Fortunately both involve Napoleon, and both are mandatory reading (for all you talk page stalkers). I should be more careful. Good seeing you again here, Dennis. You're balm on the Wound Of Football. Drmies (talk) 18:58, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
- Good to be back at more or less full pace. I needed a break, was getting grumpy. I need to work a little less at SPI and ANI, ie: take my own advice about not staying in contentious areas all the time. It is important that I keep a positive attitude, both for myself and for those who actually benefit from some of the things I try to do. I'm going to try to spend at least 1/3 of my time on actual articles. I've been admin long enough now to understand better how someone can get cynical in this job, and I'm going to make sure I'm not one of those that do. Once January gets here, I will be more scarce for a few months, the seasonality of my long time profession, but at least I can plan for it. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 04:19, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- I left you a couple of redlinks at Q & Q. It would be helpful if you learned Dutch--do you have the day off tomorrow? Drmies (talk) 04:24, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- I've seen an essay somewhere that has a dab along the lines of This article is about admins who are content editors; for content admins, see Oxymoron. - Sitush (talk) 04:26, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, it is Wikipedia:Content_admin. - Sitush (talk) 04:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Who you callin' moron? Drmies (talk) 04:46, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Coming from Nikkimaria, that' remarkably unexciting writing. That's what happens when one writes bureaucratically acceptable, maybe, though it's not as bad as the drivel I splatter all over the admin noticeboards. Drmies (talk) 04:48, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
I think this is brilliant
I couldn't possibly do it but I think this is just a beautiful idea: eat fruit to avoid sin and sustain life. Being a bacon lover etc does not stop me from appreciating the sentiment. - Sitush (talk) 06:07, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Fruit has evolved to be pooped, e.g., by bears, the better to sow seeds.
- "We sow the seeds, then nature grows the seeds, and then we eat the seeds". Kiefer.Wolfowitz 09:12, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
re A barnstar for you!
Thank you for the barnstar but I must admit I only did a bit of research, and it appears others did some very good editing and sourced expansion from there. — Cirt (talk) 18:09, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Every bit helps, and you did more than I did the first time around. Drmies (talk) 18:44, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
- Your work easily deserved a barnstar too cirt. There's about a million hits for Chonga but not many are on topic, so few would have found all the good sources you came up with. FeydHuxtable (talk) 21:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
Addition Of World Terror Attacks having Global Impact on Indian Army Chief , General Sundararajan Padmanabhan's Page.
World terrorist events which had an impact on India and were a prelude to what is planned for the Indian State of Tamilnadu by same terrorists by bombing with W88 .That is why I have included in the page of General Sundararajan Padmanabhan all those events which were part of the axis of evil planned by the terrorist organization called Palestine Liberation Organization.If you still think that the lives of so many people by nuclear holocaust on an Indian state is of no concern to you then you can revert my edits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W88
Mamtapolicedhody (talk) 20:41, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
For the Chongas!
Thanks for my barnstar. You're too kind, no doubt you would of expanded it at least as well if you'd had a couple of hours free. Say, do you do DYK? If it survives AfD and you used a hook like this, you'd catch about 30k hits and probably be in the top 3 for November:
- ... that the Chonga (pictured) has became a Miami icon, influencing fashion in South Florida and beyond?
- Readers will be like "Who knew?" and we can be like "We know all that there is to know..." LOL! FeydHuxtable (talk) 21:10, 12 November 2012 (UTC)