Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods |
A beer for you!
all it's doing is making me depressed about WP in general yet againBeer may not cure depression, but it's always worth a try. Redeemable for a real one. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:41, 20 February 2021 (UTC) |
- Thanks Hawkeye7, that's kind of you. But I think I'm going to take a few days/weeks off and see if my perspective changes; right now the happy/sad ratio here is too low. I continue to fail to understand why there are so many mean/selfish/aggressive/unwilling to just say "sorry my bad"/non-self-aware people online, and in the news, but I run into almost none of them in real life. All my friends IRL are pretty chill. Wish I could just go out for a drink with them again. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:27, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- I second all of the above. Shearonink (talk) 17:46, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Further down on the page, there are conversations about the current arb case request - I feel I have to stay away - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers (that are already archived) are actually blooming, thinking of you ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:54, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the beer. Back in April 2011, you helped me. I still remember it. --Anneyh (talk) 15:28, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for visiting Shearonink, Gerda, and Anneyh. Logging out and turning off notifications does improve one's outlook, but I thought I'd sneak a peek and make sure no one was waiting for me to do something. Re-engaging cloaking device for now, but I'll see you all in a while; feeling somewhat better. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- look at what Brian worded - from today's TFA - the project has great moments --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- Indeed it does. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:35, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- like Bish's lead --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC) ... and Giano's --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
- ... seeing you busy on ITN: what do think about Bashkirov, 7 March? - DYK that I have a good news item in the DYK section, Peter Wollny? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'll take a look at Bashkirov, but on the few occasions where I do something at ITNC, it's usually just to evaluate consensus. I don't like going out on a limb there, I don't think my thoughts on ITN-worthiness match everyone else's. I mostly did it now because we had 3 blurbs over 2 weeks old, and the page was getting stale. I don't think RD has that problem; if anything, the opposite. And yes, I did know about Wollny, I addressed an error report on that one.... --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:35, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Worthyness depends on being well-sourced for a Recent death, nothing else - decades of piano teaching in Russia and Spain don't count. He sits there for a day with zero comment, and I'm afraid he'll go stale soon, because we go strictly by day of death, not day of being entered (which I think is not a good idea ...) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Well, he's one the Main page now, almost 4 days after he died, - that section should also be retitled. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not sure it's just being well-sourced, I think they expect some comments that there's a consensus that it's well sourced - not just my opinion. Anyway I see someone else commented and El C handled it. If it was up to me, we'd have much less stringent standards for the Main Page, allowing us to be much more timely. But I'm in the minority. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- Well, he's one the Main page now, almost 4 days after he died, - that section should also be retitled. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:35, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- Worthyness depends on being well-sourced for a Recent death, nothing else - decades of piano teaching in Russia and Spain don't count. He sits there for a day with zero comment, and I'm afraid he'll go stale soon, because we go strictly by day of death, not day of being entered (which I think is not a good idea ...) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- I'll take a look at Bashkirov, but on the few occasions where I do something at ITNC, it's usually just to evaluate consensus. I don't like going out on a limb there, I don't think my thoughts on ITN-worthiness match everyone else's. I mostly did it now because we had 3 blurbs over 2 weeks old, and the page was getting stale. I don't think RD has that problem; if anything, the opposite. And yes, I did know about Wollny, I addressed an error report on that one.... --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:35, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
- Indeed it does. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:35, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- No, no-one's waiting for you to do anything - except take charge of AE due to the lack of admin participation there.-- P-K3 (talk) 20:32, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- Geez, what did I ever do to you lot? (scrambling password in progress...) --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- look at what Brian worded - from today's TFA - the project has great moments --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for visiting Shearonink, Gerda, and Anneyh. Logging out and turning off notifications does improve one's outlook, but I thought I'd sneak a peek and make sure no one was waiting for me to do something. Re-engaging cloaking device for now, but I'll see you all in a while; feeling somewhat better. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the beer. Back in April 2011, you helped me. I still remember it. --Anneyh (talk) 15:28, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
a dog puppy
I'm going to have no idea what this is about in a few months, so for posterity, it's regarding the edit I refer to here: [1]. I thank-button thanked you, DFO, but while I'm here I'll text-thank you too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Ditto, Xeno; this is in addition to the thank-button thanks I sent earlier. But I suspect they meant one of these
. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
The Assam Barnstar
I award this Assam Barnstar to Floquenbeam for their great efforts contributing to WikiProject Assam. |
--Fygib (talk) 19:15, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
- Not sure what to make of this; I don't think I've done anything related to WP Assam, and I don't know if this is related to the Bihar stuff or not. And this is your only edit. I'm a little puzzled, but I'll assume the best, so thanks. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:44, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Request for page protection
If possible, seems indefinte protection (ie, autoconfirmed or confirmed access) on the "Earliest known life forms" page may be helpful - due to intermittent, but persistent vandalism, over time - thanking you in advance for your help with this if possible - in any case - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 02:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Drbogdan: it appears I'm to slow; EdJohnston protected it a little while ago. Hope you're safe and healthy too. Mrs. Floquenbeam got her first shot yesterday, so we're making slow progress here. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Floquenbeam: Thank you *very much* for your reply - and comments - no problem whatsoever - the newly added page protection should help a lot at the moment - Thanks again for your reply and all - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 15:49, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Drbogdan: it appears I'm to slow; EdJohnston protected it a little while ago. Hope you're safe and healthy too. Mrs. Floquenbeam got her first shot yesterday, so we're making slow progress here. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Return of serial IP vandal
Floquenbeam, you were kind enough to issue a three-month block to IP 82.28.161.139 after they returned back in early December to repeat adding false information to articles—the same reason they'd been blocked in the first place. I've just discovered that they're doing it again, three months to the day after your block, and has been doing so for four days without being reported. Can you please take a look? I reverted the edits on Strictly Come Dancing (series 18), which were done earlier this week, and will be looking into other edits, but it would be wonderful if further damage could be prevented. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:30, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- Many thanks for taking such quick action! BlueMoonset (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- (e/c) That's ... persistent. I've reblocked for a year, but I'm afraid I'm about to go offline for the weekend and can't help review all their edits this month. I'll try to do a couple of pages before I go, working from their earliest March edits. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:36, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
- I think you (and a few others) got all but 2 pages, which I've rolled back. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)