I find it interesting that a user defends a condescending comment to another user with the novel argument that a dead author has used the same words (probably before he died; and almost certainly not in addressing the same user). I think the idea that any words attributable to dead authors are wikipermissible because they have intrinsic literary merit is really rather witty. The purveyor of the literary gem in question promises to leave the project if this argument is not allowed to prevail. I fervently share the hope that it wins the day. Then we can all start condescending to each other with literary quotes of unimpeachable provenance and high merit. I'm thinking "You're an asshole" (from Norman Mailer's ''The Executioner's Song'', for anyone who didn't instantly recognize the provenance). Not to mention Shakespeare's "Thou misshapen dick!" or "You are a tedious fool." Or Vonnegut's "If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off." Or Hemingway's "I misjudged you. You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.” Or... You get the idea. What fun if this glorious new frontier of literary wikidiscourse opens up!
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I find it interesting that a user defends a condescending comment to another user with the novel argument that a dead author has used the same words (probably before he died; and almost certainly not in addressing the same user). I think the idea that any words attributable to dead authors are wikipermissible because they have intrinsic literary merit is really rather witty. The purveyor of the literary gem in question promises to leave the project if this argument is not allowed to prevail. I fervently share the hope that it wins the day. Then we can all start condescending to each other with literary quotes of unimpeachable provenance and high merit. I'm thinking "You're an asshole" (from Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, for anyone who didn't instantly recognize the provenance). Not to mention Shakespeare's "Thou misshapen dick!" or "You are a tedious fool." Or Vonnegut's "If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off." Or Hemingway's "I misjudged you. You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.” Or... You get the idea. What fun if this glorious new frontier of literary wikidiscourse opens up!
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Hi. This edit changed the meaning of a sentence. You changed "Since the war this classification was no longer relevant" to "Since the war this classification has been relevant". In any case, I think the sentence should be removed since it's unsourced and I'm pretty sure that some people in the RS still consider themselves Yugoslav. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch. Thanks, you're right, I forgot to type the prefix, shoulda been "irrelevant"; and I agree the sentence should be removed. Writegeist (talk) 00:05, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thread referenced at RfC
The Collect thread
For the benefit of those taking an interest in the RfC, here is the thread that I referenced there. I've copied it here from his Talk because he deleted key responses as it unfolded there. Below is the thread with the deleted material restored.
Diffs please...
...for my calling you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more'[1]. Also, please, diffs for my 'friends', as you refer to them, who you allege made the same accusations. Thank you! Writegeist (talk) 20:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Do a WP search, and also read the names of those whom you contacted at the time. Meanwhile note the Scrambled{?} charge of socpuppetry. Then offer your apology. Thanks! Collect (talk) 20:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. You're more experienced at WP searches than I am, so if you're refusing, as it seems you are, to post the diffs and names (which presumably you have, otherwise you wouldn't have made the allegation) please tell me how to do a WP search for instances where I and these alleged 'friends' called you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more.' Incidentally I didn't know Scramblecase had made a charge of sock puppetry. Against? A diff for that too would be helpful. Thanks. Writegeist (talk) 20:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have looked up 'wikibreak'. I have looked at the WQA on Ratel. Neither contains any evidence or reference for my having called you a 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more.' I asked you to direct me to instances of the accusations that you allege -- either in the form of diffs, or in the form of directions to perform the WP search that you advised. Please help as requested. Thank you. I note that although you posted a wikibreak template to this page, you have made numerous posts since. So I trust that providing this information won't inconvenience you any more than posting evasions, as you have already done twice. Thank you. Writegeist (talk) 21:10, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I note that you have not been on your advertised "Wikibreak" for some time now and that you have been posting to various pages. I would be grateful for the courtesy of a civil and informative reply on this page (or on my Talk if you prefer) to these perfectly reasonable requests:
1) Diffs to support your accusation that I called you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more.'
2) Diffs to support your additional accusation, namely that other editors, the ones you refer to as my 'friends', made the same allegation.
IIRC, I have only ever flown one sock kite here: nothing whatsoever to do with you, and obviously not serious, it was a satirical suggestion that WP's administration might be nothing more than the two cartoon characters Dumb and Dumber plus their socks. (Cf. Eddie Izzard's crack that WP is actually written by "three people in a toilet.") Understandably therefore I'm concerned by your accusations -- not least because, if they're true, I must start worrying about my memory. Not to mention you'll have to start worrying about yours if we discover that you simply made up any or all of this socky stuff!
3 posts a day is a Wikibreak for me. Especially since the person I asked to be my proxy in mediation declined on account of time. Ikip made the allegations, even though he is an admitted sockpuppeteer, and had over a dozen blocks and innumerable warnings) , you are an admitted sockpuppeteer, GreekParadise is an admitted sockpuppeteer, and so on. Buster wrote "Ferrylodge was "spring-cleaning" the Sarah Palin article 5 (FIVE) weeks before she was asked to join the ticket. A truly remarkable co-incidence!!! To pretend that operatives don't exist and to take editors to task for stating the obvious is improper behavior.--Buster7 (talk) 12:33, 1 October 2008 (UTC) " Others who have butted heads are Abbarocks (banned) and Spotfixer (caught as sockpuppeteer). IIRC, you had an indef block at least. " he topic of this mischievous alert should actually be Collect/Scramblecase, who is disrupting several pages on wikipedia at the moment as well as wasting my precious time. ► RATEL ◄ 00:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC) " specifoca;;y calling me a sockpuppeteer. Thus showing that you and your firends are, indeed, admitted sockpuppeteers, and that I have been falsely charged several times. That a person who has had an indef block can berate a person who has 2 3RR violations in over 7K edits is astounding. A person who wrote: "And it led me to wonder who might be whose sock over there. Writegeist (talk) 20:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)" "The quiet patience of a saint illuminating a manuscript; the tenacity of a terrier hunting a rat. — Writegeist (talk) 07:02, 12 December 2008 (UTC)" "I don't know whether or not "Fcreid" is a sockpuppet. It's plausible." ""Warning" from one of a WP:TAGTEAM? That's rich. Writegeist (talk) 23:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC) " Your friends? "I am a Cubs fan. The pain is unbearable at times. I would no more consider watching the "fillies" win the Whirrled Series than I would....um.....a......consider Collect a good faith editor...:')....--Buster7 (talk) 13:04, 30 October 2008 (UTC) " "rIGHT....I have been the one that has been arguing with c_____t about paid operatives. It started 3/4 weeks ago...It just seemed like an obvious statement of fact that Both parties would be present to make sure that they had their say in matters. AND IT WASN'T JUST VOLUNTEERS, BUT PAID STAFFERS. I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT, I WAS MERELY MENTIONING IT..If I was running a campaign I would certainly want to know what was going into the Sara PALIN article. It just made sense. WELL>>>>>C_____t got all upset and said I was reprehensible for even thinking that. He/she made a big todo about it...in the hopes of shutting me up, I guess. She was the only Palin editor to have a problem with it. Ferrylodge was OK withit. No-one else got into a snit....just C_____t. Which made me suspicious. so......I started to sniff around and see if something fragrant would surface. You know the rest....see you at the Palin pages!--Buster7 (talk) 19:28, 14 October 2008 (UTC)" "I am trying to improve the article by attempting to force Collect to stop having anything to do with it. --Buster7 (talk) 02:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)" So much for rational fairmindedness. But wait -- there's more! "It would seem that Cummulous Clowds was not alone in his paranoia. Maybe, had I known of our mutual situation, we could have compared notes.--Buster7 (talk) 05:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)" And then, of course, "Using a tag-team is not a way around 3RR, nor is 3RR a way around NPOV, Verifiability, etc. Warn away.Factchecker atyourservice (talk) 22:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC) " "Thanks But I have a feeling these guys are getting a paycheck for this. I wonder how long they will try to keep it up.Factchecker atyourservice (talk) 22:47, 8 November 2008 (UTC)" and of course, the "best of edit summaries" from him ... "Utterly, utterly ridiculous. Black is white! Up is down!) This is pretty amusing, and around and round we go. Black is white! Up is down! Take the red pill.) Undid WP:Tagteam This material was added by consensus in talk. It will not be removed unless there is a consensus to do so in talk.) Undid Undoing vandalism. Persist in this and I will seek to have you blocked.) This is now abusive vandalism and deliberate ignorance of consensus. You've been warned repeatedly.) Lying" is not the same as "rebutting") " Introman did over twenty reverts in his first twenty edits on WP -- a record. And finally [2] showing your status as a meatpuppet at nest. Thanks! Now back to Wikibreak. Collect (talk) 15:10, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
More from GreekParadise: "At any rate, I feel like you should check whether Kelly, Hobartimus, and/or Collect are sock puppets of each other or somehow connected with the McCain campaign. ... GreekParadise (talk) 16:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)" "But I'd simply ask that you check to make sure he is not a sockpuppet of Kelly or Collect, and if he's not--and there's no way to check if he's a political operative--I'd let it go.GreekParadise (talk) 20:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC) " One more example of a totally false, egregiously false, sock accusation made against me. Do you really want more such posted? I would be glad to post these anywhere you like. Collect (talk) 19:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The following response was deleted by Collect:
That's just silly. There's no such accusation there. Just queries. Also, I have no "friends" on WP; just co-contributors. What other people say about you is irrelevant. Your attempt at some kind of guilt by association is not appreciated, and it does you no good here.
I asked for diffs to support, specifically and most importantly your serious accusation that I called you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more'.
Not only did you fail to provide the diffs I asked for. You added two more gratuitous insults, the first being that I’m "an admitted [4]" and the second that a post from another editor proves my "status as a [5]] at nest" – the former WP:PA totally untrue (and of course unsupported by any diffs) and the latter unsupported by the diff you provided.
To support your allegation that I accused the SPA newcomer Fcreid of being a sock, you submit my statement, in dialogue with him at his Talk, that I couldn’t possibly know whether he was one! And you omit my explanation for raising the subject in the first place, which came later in the same post: "There's always a possibility of sockpuppetry where SPAs are concerned. Please see WP:SPA again: While a new user [new user "Fcreid" for example] who immediately participates in a discussion without an edit history [again, new user "Fcreid" for example] may be an illegitimate sock puppet, it remains possible that a new user’s contributions are alternatively the product of a disinterested third party wishing to improve the Wikipedia project [e.g. as "Fcreid" claims]... (Please note there are no remonstrations, much less the officiousness SPA's can encounter here, in my responses. Just good-natured joshing.)" [6] Dirty pool, Collect.
My reference, in the same thread, to other editors at Sarah Palin at that time acting, IMO, as some kind of "stooges" for the GOP and puppets of McCain and Palin self-evidently has nothing to do with sockpuppetry (should you be tempted to play dirty pool with that one also).
Please now provide diffs for:
1) your accusation that I called you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more' [7]
I supported the exact statements that I made -- that you and your friends made unfounded charges. Now you are on the edge of abusing my talk page. Kindly refrain from such abuse. Collect (talk) 21:08, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The following response was deleted by Collect as "vandalism":
Your accusation was not general as you now pretend; it was particular: you attacked me very specifically for calling you 'a sock for Kelly, Ferrylodge, Fcreid, THF and a few more.' [10] It is not true that you "supported that exact statement." You provided no diffs for it.
As you have now proved that you cannot, in fact, support it, I think it’s reasonable to ask you to withdraw it as an unwarranted and unsubstantiated personal attack.
I note you deleted my previous post in this thread (although fortunately it remains in the thread’s history[11]). As it comprehensively refutes your claim of support for your accusation, and as it also requests diffs for the latest in your series of wild and unfounded accusations (i.e. that I am an "admitted sockpuppeteer" and a "meatpuppet"), your deletion of it is significant. Needless to say, you have not provided diffs for your latest personal attacks on me either.
Please note: "I would never accuse anyone of anything ..." Collect (talk) 04:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC) [12][13] Hm.
I note that your latest line of attack is to respond to my requests for substantiation of your other personal attacks on me, and also to my observation that you cannot produce it, with yet another accusation -- of "talk page abuse".
Sorry about your cat. Writegeist (talk) 00:48, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Significantly, Collect chose to delete responses that drew his – and any other reader’s – attention to his failure to provide any diffs to support his very specific personal attacks on me. Deleting this information from the thread serves to bolster his false claim to have provided the diffs.
The MO here: unsupported statement(s)/attack; refuting argument(s) ignored; diversions created; waters muddied with random diffs or WP policies that do not address the issue at hand; refuting arguments deleted where possible; original unsupported statement/attack reasserted as if it has been supported; dissenting view denigrated and, where possible, deleted as "vandalism".Writegeist (talk) 17:14, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How tedious. As is clear, I have not "interpolated" any material (interpolate: 1: to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter 2: to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation). I have copied and pasted the thread exactly as it unfolded. I have not altered it in any way. In fact I have undone two alterations made to the thread by Collect: I restored two posts that he deleted, apparently to bolster his false claims and accusation. I have added some observation and analysis after, and completely separate from, the text of the thread.
Collect, you have shown that you've come here to peddle more distortions and innuendo. That behaviour is not welcome here. If you wish to respond to my post here (i.e. of the thread that you altered to support your unfounded personal attack, which you still fail to support with any diffs despite my numerous requests), please do so in the appropriate section of your RfC's discussion page. Fyi I shall summarily delete any future posts you make here, regardless of their content. Writegeist (talk) 21:14, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Buster Baiting
@Editor:WG. Thank you for providing a place for Collect to rant. Since much of the above is about me, I am surprised that Collect has not visited my talk page. Don't mis-understand...he is NOT welcome at my Talk Page either.
He is well aware that you and I, along with dozens of other editors, spent months together at Talk:Sarah. We read each others edits and agreed or disagreed. Some made us laugh...some brought us to tears of frustration. Editors:Factchecker and GreekParadise, even Editors:Ferrylodge and Freid, earned my respect, if not for their tactics, at least for their presentation. This is true of MOST of the editors envolved at SARA.
Collect, I have been patient with your personal attacks on me. I have merely noted them, protested them, refuted them and once, IIRC, made a request for you to withdraw them which you ignored. I have made allowances: the stress of your RfC/U; the interactions at Sarah Palin long ago; my long-ago rude remarks to other editors etc., etc. I have given you the benefit of every possible doubt, and hoped that you might simply give up these unwarranted attacks of your own volition.
Now you produce this post [14] -- the latest in your string of unsubstantiated accusations of sock- and meatpuppetry -- which clearly insinuates that user:Brendan19 is my sockpuppet. So it seems that these gratuitous personal attacks will very likely continue unless something is done to stop them.
Hitherto, as I said, I’ve resisted taking steps beyond protesting and refuting your numerous and ongoing accusations. Now, for the last time, I ask you to post a retraction to your Talk page. Writegeist (talk) 16:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Your threats are duly noted. I have earnestly sought to make no personal attacks on you, and apologize if you feel that the statements are personal attacks. Thank you most kindly. Collect (talk) 17:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Explanation....Collect takes zero responsibility for making personal attacks. His apology is for something you are doing....(feeling)....rather than something he is doing...(attacking).... Sound familiar? BTW...Happy Mothers Day....(Thats code for "Happy Mothers Day")--Buster7 (talk) 03:56, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes indeedy. And I'd forgotten the darned Scramblecase account. Oh joy! Its sudden arrival on the scene, and its blatancy, gave me a good laugh. (Not least this hilarious affectation of hurt pride: "On a side note: no offense meant to Collect, but as a published, professional writer, I'm somewhat unnerved by Ratel's assertion that I 'am' Collect, having now seen a sampling of Collect's writing style." The "professional writer" bit piqued my interest and I tried to believe it--but not for long, because Scramblecase soon disclosed that what he wrote for a living was just computer code.) Seems the darned account was conveniently lost at the laundromat shortly afterwards, never to reappear <g>... Beers (and sorry if the <g> is, er, "outre" (sic) or "non-utile"), Writegeist (talk) 23:53, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One more before closing time
I hope you don't mind my post re:Collect's RfC. I referred to you as a Wikifriend there. I hope you don't mind that either.
"I plan on addressing the concerns raised and working to improve in the next several months".....an anonomous editor.
I don't mind your post at all, and neither do I mind the Wikifriend reference, as (1) it reflects the fact that we have a cordial editing relationship here and (2) I consider us both friends of the Wiki project -- another meaning that's implicit in the term. I agree it's sad that not even a scintilla of the cited sentiment has been expressed. While its absence is all too predictable in light of so much past performance, it's also tiresome to have the prediction confirmed over and over again by the resolute refusal to reform. However I like to think that one or two admins may be keeping watch. . .
If so, they will see that little, if anything, has changed. E.g. the persistent attacks about sockpuppetry. And e.g. also here. Incidentally it looks like Manticore has a good handle on the shenanigans there. :~) Thank you for dropping by! Writegeist (talk) 07:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
collect
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"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
— George Carlin
Thank you Buster! I'll pass it on to my mother, she's a great Carlin fan. Belated thanks also for that gorgeous red barn star and the kind thoughts. Back at ya! (Careful, we're in danger of High Fives now.) I just heard news that SP is resigning from her hugely important job of looking out of the window to warn the Amairkins of any clapped-out old Russian bombers trying to trundle in over the tundra and under the radar. Apparently she wants to make a play for the even more important post (yes, it seems there is one) of 'Great Republican Decider You Betcha' in 2012. Not being a great decider myself I'm not sure whether this move is extremely funny or deeply scary. Both? Some of our old friends at the article will already be in danger of stroking out from excitement at the prospect of the sainted, unblinking Sarah buying a few truckloads of cheesy new Neiman Marcus outfits, reopening Gitmo and sending Katie Curic there. Take care. Writegeist (talk) 22:16, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Will coincidences never cease!!!! [16] I once owned a Chevy Vega (hot little #)...and, then, LessVHTY, a great admin shows up.
Haha, you're a brave man to make a public admission of ever owning a Chevy Vega :~) . But hey, I had two Trabants . . . I will check out your Incivility thoughts; also the poll. Been away and just got back, so catching up. Apropos of nothing: Owner to dog: "Sit!" Dog to owner: "Oh - bad news?" Writegeist (talk) 09:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Threat from Long Island IP
I'm gonna tell you something mister. I can't wait to get to the conference. Hopefully there's gonna be some changes. YOU are hurting this site. Just wait.71.167.61.206 (talk) 12:05, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Long Island IP, as you can see I have created a new section for the post which you had appended to the George Carlin section above. When you post about a new subject, always start a new section. Meanwhile I urge you to step away from the computer and take what looks to be a much-needed rest. Writegeist (talk) 18:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Vegavairbob (and Co.?)
Hi, Writegeist. I'm having a little trouble parsing the message you left me; can't tell if I'm under- or over-thinking. Obviously VVB still doesn't get it. There's an added new twist in the sudden appearance of 71.167.61.206 (talk·contribs), who left you a threat (as I type this it's ↑just above↑), did a very VVB-like revert with no edit summary of Chevrolet Vega (thus reinstating POV material, ungrammatical text, overly-long captions, forced thumb sizes, spelling errors and other deliciousness), and made a couple of VVB-like edits to (surprise!) Talk:Straight-four engine. I did a quick IP2location check; can you guess where 71.167.61.206 resolves to? Right: Long Island. A lot of people live there…including Vegavairbob. Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice said. —ScheinwerfermannT·C16:28, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"And lo, as it was written so it hath come to pass: Vega, who did scorn the warnings of the children of Wikipedia, nay and of the elders also, did go forth and dwell with the tribe of Sock, and wert banished from ye House of LessHeardvanU . . ." Writegeist (talk) 08:31, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's nice to hear from you again. While we've often had opposing viewpoints in the past, I've always enjoyed your special brand of humor and insight from a different point of view. Not just serving as a break in the monotony, your good humor is always laced with "something to think about" for the rest of us, and I thank you for that. Zaereth (talk) 23:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Zaereth! Warm greetings. A pleasure to have your company for a moment or two at my humble talk page! I must say I enjoyed our exchanges, and have reason to be grateful for your sporting generosity where others took a more censorious view.
Incidentally of late I seem to have quite lost the knack of getting blocked. Lack of protein in the diet, I reckon.
You and I evidently have a common interest in flying fighters, and I much enjoyed your piece on dogfighting. I had an uncle who died (still in his teens) in his Hurricane in the WW2 Malta campaign. More prosaic, as an erstwhile ultralight pilot myself I've always found it poignant that in the slow-moving melées of 30 or 40 aircraft which were not uncommon in WW1 the greatest dangers were from (1) bumping into someone and (2) stalling near the ground.
Anyway, a very pleasant surprise bumping into you here, and thank you for your kind words. I look forward to meeting again in the skies over another WP article! Writegeist (talk) 09:16, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, fighter planes, swords, and lasers are some of my big interests. Does it show that I grew up a Star Wars fan?
There is an interesting quote from the Red Baron in his book, where he describes the mid-air collision that killed Boelke, "Suddenly I noticed an unnatural movement of the two German flying machines. Immediately I thought: Collision. I had not yet seen a collision in the air. I had imagined that it would look quite different. In reality, what happened was not a collision. The two machines merely touched one another. However, if two machines go at the tremendous pace of flying machines, the slightest contact has the effect of a violent concussion." It's an interesting autobiography, at http://www.richthofen.com/ .
Aside from that, a few planes, such as the Sopwith Camel, had a rotating engine that created a huge amount of gyroscopic force. This caused the plane to move 90o off of the stick movement. (eg: to turn right the pilot would push forward on the stick, and to dive the stick would have to be moved to the left.) More pilots were killed during take off in these planes than in combat.
Bless you for birthday wishes (with flaming candles:)
Birthday wishes (and kind words re diffs) much appreciated.
re diffs etc: Without your plot twist (re CIV), the "story" would not have been half as interesting ... or clear. :) I.E., if not for your comment, hard to imagine that "interesting" topic at AN would have appeared. :)
re legal writing (must be sonnetized:)Oh, and if you missed it, I composed a sonnet about the resolution posted here. :)
Big picture: This is a great little study (a few days span in the context of current events wrangling) ... which illuminates a lot of issues, and hence worth my pausing to extract the juice from it ... and a much better story because of your unexpected comment ... which helped structure the story beautifully. etc etc :)
Sorry to disappoint, but I had second thoughts and withdrew. I found I just didn't feel comfortable as part of something quite so, well, worthy. (And I have a deeply ingrained Groucho Marxist aversion to clubs.) But I appreciate the worthiness of those who are made of sterner stuff. Needless to say I dread the question from my future grandchildren: "What did you do in the Great Wikipedia Dramaout, gramps?" Writegeist (talk) 02:18, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Debt
Thank you! I am indeed indebted to you for your tweaking of that Barnstar. If my humble self can ever assist you in any way, please just let me know. Thanks again and happy editing, Doc Tropics16:48, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Awhile back, amidst other documentation, you left ""...wittily redolent of John Stonehouse's attempted vanishing act"". A visit to that page shows a photo from "Private Eye" with the caption Missing Member Held.................. My question----->Is it possible to hold a missing member? --Buster7 (talk) 18:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, not unless you're Lorena Bobbitt. On the other, er, hand I believe it is possible to hold a policeman's ball once a year. But only if you're very, very brave. Incidentally I just checked out the sainted fishwife after a long time away. It's even more hilarious now than I'd dared hope -- an object lesson in the long-term comic benefits of giving the fans total freedom to do her entirely their own way. Articles like that are so much more fun when they're funny. And the main picture is a hoot to boot! Writegeist (talk) 08:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Zaklopaca
Thanks for the message, Writegeist. I'm afraid I'm a Facebook-phobic, so I'm grateful for the reference. I've seen other pictures about the burial of the remains from the mass grave but I'd not seen that moving compilation before. Nida who posted it I assume to be the same person as NIDa who commented at Srebrenica Genocide Blog, correcting the author about the age of the youngest victim, a little girl who wasn't five years old, but three - she was NIDa's cousin. There were another nine children among the victims. The Zaklopaca killings are among the atrocities that Radovan Karadzic was charged with.
I try to be as honest as I know because basically the reality speaks for itself. It doesn't need any trickery or embellishment. My big problem is that after years and years of dealing with the misrepresentations and denials, I do occasionally lose my temper. Fortunately in a way, not so in others, the ICJ judgment in 2007 ended a lot of the "chaff" deployment. Unfortunately Karadzic's upcoming trial seems to have resulted in a new apologist effort.
Thank you for your kind words. I have created the Čemerno massacre article, which is one of the few massacres of Serbs during the Bosnian war currently described on Wikipedia. I understand that most of the massacres were against Bosniaks, but I always think of the uninformed reader - if he or she is to stumble upon the Bosnian war template, that person should not get the impression that only Serbs and Croats were committing atrocities. There is currently not a single massacre against Croats in Bosnia described on Wikipedia. The Bosniak forces (not to mention the Mujahedeen who came in their aid) were not "angels" in this war. --CinémaC20:39, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Čemerno massacre
Thanks for the message. I'm afraid I won't be able to help any time soon - I'm going on holiday in a few hours' time - but the massacre was certainly a real event (see this contemporary NY Times article). I'll see what I can do when I get back, since I should have time then to look at more archival news sources. -- ChrisO (talk) 07:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Buster! Just how many balls does this secret policeman possess? Or to put it another way, how many secret balls does this policeman possess? Here's hoping 2010 brings you happiness, prosperity, and a flak jacket (for visits to the temple talk page of the Palinites). Writegeist (talk) 22:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
very keen
Let me tell you something...with the amount of time I spend making some of these car articles worthy of this site with no gratitude whatsoever, the last thing I need is to waste time reading your comments. (Vegavairbob (talk) 03:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC))[reply]
Siege of Sarajevo gallery
Hello,
The gallery in the article was quite large and Wikipedia policy re. galleries is that they be appropriately used. I created a Commons gallery of the exact same images, all of which are already on Commons, and linked to it, so those images are still available as they were on the article. --BrokenSphereMsg me01:08, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How kind. Thank you, it feels good to be appreciated. But I have to say, usernames don't come any more awesome than True Pagan Warrior! Writegeist (talk) 18:11, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Tee hee. A username is a combination of inspiration and availability, and this one took some balancing to get right!--~TPW19:32, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Way back when you had a discussion with SBJohnny about a sockpuppet accusation that a so-called editor was making about you. I think Lars got involved. Do you recall the result and can you share the info? That same editor is making false claims on other pages regarding editors that were involved in an RfC a while back. wwAs--Buster7 (talk) 22:09, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings good Sir, and I hope all is well. I dimly recollect a user from the prehistoric Palinite era making repeated tendentious accusations of socking. I've checked the fossil record. The only imprint I can find that remotely resembles what I have in mind is here: [19] . I'm hugely surprised of course to learn that the user referenced in the linked dialogue is repeating the same behaviour. Anyway, here's hoping the link is of some use. Writegeist (talk) 17:59, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
Hey Writegeist, sorry I missed you at Christmas, but I was rushed to get out of town. I hope it was a good one. I just wanted to wish you a great new year. Zaereth (talk) 03:32, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well I took no part in the discussions and expressed no views on the outcome - clearly a reprehensible attitude. And you, equally deplorable, are guilty of unshakable equanimity in your interactions there regardless of provocation. Apparently, displaying no attitude is evidence of an undesirable attitude. Writegeist (talk) 04:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
TFD is an incisive, knowledgeable, productive and constructive editor who values - and demonstrates - intellectual rigour above ideology, and who has already made valuable contributions to the project's talk page. The reactions of certain other editors give cause for concern about WP:OWNership issues, and imply a strategy to gag and/or drive off an editor who is not, as Thatcher might have put it, "one of us." The admonishments, and the wholly unwarranted accusation of trolling (an egregious personal attack) are inappropriate, and far from conducive to a collegial editing environment. They would be best deleted or struck. If anyone seriously thinks an editor is being disruptive, take it to the appropriate forum (which isn't the project's talk page). Put up or shut up. Writegeist (talk) 02:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Don't get me wrong: he's a good editor. But it appears he may not play well with others. 1 question: have you read the talk page archives? – Lionel(talk)02:45, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Troll (internet): a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community.
I found these with a glance at the archives and the MFD:
"merge them all into a politics project"[20] -- his suggestion would've resulted in the elimination of WPConservatism
"there is no reason for a project [conservatism to exist]"[21]
"Sounds good. We can eject Reagan and Thatcher"[22] -- extremely divisive
"Supporters of the Conservative Party may consider it offensive that we are grouping them with Sarah Palin"[23] -- creating a wedge between British & Americans
"an airhead American politician"[24] -- inflamatory remark referring to Palin
As I already said, I have followed the project's discussions. Please don't post - at least not here - any more "troll" smears about TFD. The attitude you convey at the project's talk page tends towards downright nastiness when contributions that raise valid points present you with intellectual challenges and expose the fact that the project is not yet fully thought out. (I'll spare you my thoughts on your posts in the wake of the MfD.) There's no shame in the thinking behind the project being less than fully formed - it's in its infancy. But your reaction to having its shortcomings pointed out is a real shame (for you), because your hostility doesn't bode well for the project's future. It seems that being challenged makes you uncomfortable, and you take offence. Your instinct, it seems, is to reach for the ad hominems, and to complain (btw I note you don't have the balls to take your complaints to a noticeboard), e.g. about TFD driving wedges between Brits and Americans etc. (In fact, to take just that point alone, it's a racing certainty that Conservative Party supporters will find it offensive to be grouped with Palin, as anyone familiar with British politics would know.)
And now you are pursuing the same smear tactics here. Please stop.
I respectfully suggest it would better serve the project if you focus more on your behaviour and less on TFD's. And also if you read WP:OWN, and learn more about "Conservatism". Then you'll be ready to knuckle down to some genuine, properly inclusive collaboration - without which the project will founder, and your regrettable and wholly unwarranted post-MfD triumphalism will look even sillier and uglier. Oops, sorry, I was going to spare you that! Writegeist (talk) 19:59, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
For the record I was directed here, and then challenged to "put up or shut up." I obliged. FYI I am not the only editor who takes issue with TFD's behavior, admittedly the most vocal, and other editors characterize his behavior as trolling. Your "note" is inaccurate: I did report TFD to a noticeboard... 2 days ago I reported him to ANI for his Palin insult. Since you expressed interest in my genitalia, my testicles are quite huge. Some might say humongous. In any event I act in the best interest of the project. Always. If I need to report behavior to a noticeboard I will not hesitate.– Lionel(talk)21:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on your testicular fortitude! I'm appropriately awed, and I sincerely apologize for the underestimation. I note that your super-ballsy thread at ANI was closed without a single post in support of your accusation, which was variously deemed "not actionable", "not libel", "not even close", "not actionable", and "neither libelous, nor . . . offensive". (Never mind, it's hugely - one might almost say humongously - in your favour that you were not directed to WP:DICK.) Furthermore, your posts at the project talk page contradict the claim that you always act in the best interest of the project - but apparently you can't see that. Similarly, and evidently, you just don't get it where "trolling" is concerned: here as at ANI, you have failed to put up any evidence that validates your accusation, which remains nothing better than a gratuitous personal attack. Time to shut up now (on that subject, at least). Good luck with the project. Writegeist (talk) 00:14, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You have a great sense of humor! Something sorely lacking around here. I appreciate your sincerity, even though we don't see eye to eye. Thanks and good luck to you, too. TTFN – Lionel(talk)01:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You too Lionel - I enjoy your dry humour. Therefore may I commend this splendid publication to you? It is produced expressly for the delectation of the fortunate few among us who are blessed with gargantuan gentlemen's appurtenances and an appreciation of coarse tweed. Indeed Mrs. Writegeist always remembers to give me a copy of The Chap at Christmas, so that I may keep abreast of the latest advances in male grooming, sock suspenders and tweed headgear. The Chap, I find, is the gift that most elegantly complements the tube of Badcock and Gusset Extra-Firm Moustache Wax which Mrs. W. tucks into my Christmas stocking. Quite the rascal after a brace of Christmas Eve eggnogs, she deftly conceals it under a large pouch of Madame Veronika's Hand-Rubbed Latvian Reserve Old Shag tobacco for my trusty briar.
Rest assured, a warm welcome and a hot toddy (sadly not to be confused with a hot totty - one of the curses of this being a family encyclopaedia) always await you here. Writegeist (talk) 03:06, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vega
Nice work on Chevrolet Vega. We did have a pop at improving it earlier in the year, but one especially problematic editor turned it into the mother-of-all-edit-wars so a lot of us lost the will to carry on. See the article's talk page archive (which may even help you if you are suffering from insomnia or constipation). Luckily that person seems to have disappeared off the radar so now is probably a good time to get the article sorted out. Your changes are a very welcome start. --Biker Biker (talk) 18:15, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Biker, thank you; good to hear from you. Ah, Bob. Yes. I remember. Even trying to fix the lead was like trying to start a Vega in winter. Maybe others will pitch in now and perform aditional lyposuction... Writegeist (talk) 18:28, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Have you lost your mind? You just added 15 bytes to the article. More of this and the article is in danger of becoming bloated! Seriously though, it is looking good now. What are your feelings about the Cosworth article? Do you think my proposal to merge should be abandoned now the main has been trimmed to almost normal standards, or do you think it gives the merger extra validity? I can't decided if I should withdraw the proposal / change my mind. --Biker Biker (talk) 22:09, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
OMG I've been hypnotized by a blocked user! Re. the merge, I fully supported it but now, like you, I'm not so sure. Maybe it works to have separate articles now? Are two reasonably slim ones better than a single fat one? I'll look over the Cosworth later, maybe tomorrow, and try to decide then. (I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.) Writegeist (talk) 22:39, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As we all sit down at the dinner table and say our thanks today, I would like to give thanks to you for your wonderful contributions and wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. May your turkey, ham or beast of choice satiate you until next year! TRA! Buster Seven Talk17:03, 22 November 2011 (UTC)}[reply]
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
A belated thank you, Buster. I was in England at the time, where they only give thanks for the summer - a day in August when the sun puts in a ten-minute appearance - and mushy peas, a marvellous invention for the dentally challenged. I've always been somewhat confused by the White Man giving thanks to people who have been dead for centuries mainly on account of the the White Man doing his damnedest to wipe them all out. Happy Christmas! Writegeist (talk) 23:12, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A belated comment to your belated TY....The White Man sounds so ominous. We have alot to thank The White Man for at Thanksgiving. French style green beans for example. The ability to be blind to the beauties and uniqueness of other cultures thereby freeing up mental space for more IT stuff. Global warming...no more snow boots or those thick woolen coats and hats. TV...need I say more. So, the next time you cast aspersions at The White Man you should browse thru Alister Turnbuckles If You're not Albino. You're Not White. TRA!---Buster Seven Talk15:44, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Personal attack - scumbag tactics
Continuing discussion from your talk, Darkstar1st:
Another disingenuous post from you. You wrote that you regarded the matter of your scumbag personal attack as closed "pending...a new thought" on my part. Therefore you were clearly open to my posting new thoughts. I did so. (And now, of course, you complain I didn't understand your previous comment. I understood it perfectly well. If you meant something else you should have said something else.) Now to answer your whine about a personal attack: characterizing your lying, defamatory posts as "scumbag tactics" is not a personal attack; calling you a scumbag would be. Are you able to distinguish the difference? And to answer your whine that "blocked is a threat": informing another user that persistent personal attacks are blockable is hardly a threat. It's a simple statement of fact. (I have not threatened to take any action that might get you blocked. I think blocking is a total waste of time, and anyway puts way too much power in the hands of the more infantile administrators). I have treated you as an adult. An equal. I have not threatened you. I have called you on your dishonest personal attack. You have complained about some elephant in the room that upsets you. I note that you are persisting in your scumbag personal attack on TFD. That is all. Writegeist (talk) 01:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Here is the immediately preceding discussion, Darkstar1st, for your convenient reference:
New summary of your tactics (I'll try to make this simple for you):
(1) You posted the defamatory lie that TFD wrote the edit summary "Jesus fucking Christ". (2) You have repeatedly pretended that the lie is the truth, and you have pretended to furnish a supporting diff -- one that does not, in fact , support your lie in any way whatsoever. (3) Your lie is apparently intended to justify your own behaviour by dishonestly discrediting TFD. (4) You have been asked repeatedly to strike the lie, yet you have not done so. Therefore (5) you have made clear your intention to persist in this dishonesty, thus perpetuating (6) a derogatory lie which is a personal attack on TFD.
New thought: these are scumbag tactics and you can be blocked for the persistent personal attack. Is my thinking correct?
Hey - sorry, I've pretty much decided to leave Wikipedia or else greatly wind down my participation here, but I just noticed your post to my talk page (from 3 weeks ago). You're certainly welcome to cite, copy, or otherwise re-use the "Cynic's Guide to Wikipedia" from my userpage. Sorry for the delayed response, and happy editing. MastCellTalk23:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(EC)...Writegeist...The test is how I respond. Do I attack, in kind. Tit for tat. Stone for pebble. Blow for blow. Or do I learn about my 'self' and my spiritual growth. The attacks are meaningless and, while momentarily hurtful, they do little harm. They are only words on a screen. They and the source are of little consequence compared to other more important matters. I've taken to defending myself in this world of faceless attackers but more than that would be counter to my goals here. I'm human. I make mistakes. But I learn each day to work toward peace. Sometimes you get waylayed on a back road, off the beaten path, and you get attacked by the walking dead. But friends call out to you and guide you back from the abyss. Always a pleasure to visit. I like where you put the couch. ```Buster Seven Talk07:51, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Scotch or Bourbon? I see the little doggie is still toddling along behind you, snapping at your heels. Ignore it and it might go away. Writegeist (talk)
Check out Jimbo. He is coming down hard on paid editing. There is a discussion about who is in the minority position. Ediotrs need to speak up. As usual, it is the "What's the BIG deal" voices that shout the loudest.
For Giving Your Two Cents Worth. Again.
Cents for Sense
Sometimes two cents is worth alot more than it seems. Your comments broaden the base for communication and discussion, widening the circle. Thanks for giving yours and providing some personal insight at WP:Paid Operatives. ```Buster Seven Talk14:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
J Wales: "There are a few vocal supporters of paid editing - some of them, paid editors - who post in every forum about this issue that they can with the same tired re-hash of nonsensical arguments. And a few who are bamboozled by them." Fortunately there are still more than a few who aren't.
Thank you for the Cents for Sense, B7. You're more deserving of recognition for helping to bring the blight of paid operatives to the community's attention, sometimes in the face of sneering, abusive and disruptive opposition from the bamboozlers' suck-ups (bamboozlees?). Writegeist (talk) 15:19, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Paid operatives
Essay contents should not be contentious. Because they are supposed to represent opinions rather than being binding policy decisions, their content should only be substantially edited by those who agree with the stance espoused therein. If you disagree with the position taken by an essay, you're always permitted to write a counter-essay. Nyttend (talk) 06:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"I think by now all good editors realize that they're just waiting their turn"
User:Wnt posted the following text and barnstar to Will Beback's talk page on February 27, 2012, and it perfectly reflects my thoughts:
I think by now all good editors realize that they're just waiting their turn
Reading over the decision, I still don't see the basis for blocking you for a day, let alone longer. I'm afraid this is not Officially Recognized, but I'll award it anyway:
The Indefinite Barnstar
Honoring those who have been indefinitely blocked on Wikipedia for productive, reasonable and well intentioned efforts conducted in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines. For violating a policy contradiction even ArbCom admits it can't figure out
I seem to recall a move afoot to start a petition to reconsider the BAN of Editor Will. I thought it was on my talk page. but no such luck. Perhaps you remember? ```Buster Seven Talk11:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Lol. R-41's imagination has got the bit well and truly between its teeth now: the latest accusation, that you and I "have had long-term relations", will come as quite a surprise to my beloved. Writegeist (talk) 20:03, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Excess liquids from your kidneys". Is there a connection to General Ripper's paranoid belief that there is a communist conspiracy involving water fluoridation and contamination of everyone's "precious bodily fluids"?. ```Buster Seven Talk07:00, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Uric apocalypse! Oh wait---it's excess liquids from his "kindneys", he says. Maybe he means kind knees? Mine are very kind, if a little knobbly; and contain no excess liquids as far as I know. The shoes of innocent bystanders are safe. Writegeist (talk) 08:24, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Now the very same gentleman who threatened to piss and fart on me (!) starts a thread at ANI ostensibly to complain about three users having a robust exchange of views somewhere; then switches to repeatedly complaining about me (without bothering to notify me, natch); [25] then, after I post a (IMO) commendably light-hearted response to the ANI thread, he comes to my talk page to abuse me with fantastical accusations of despising and hating him, and demanding I give him free rein to discuss me at the noticeboards without responding! [26] And then at ANI he posts yet more repetition of the same complaints about me that he's posted two or three times in the thread already; huffs and puffs about how much he dspises me; and accuses me of wanting him to quit Wikipedia! Surrealism lives! Writegeist (talk) 18:26, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Snot and fart department
Don't talk to me anymore on Bryonmorrigan's talk page, never post on my talk page - don't worry I will never again post on yours no matter what snotty response I imagine you will give to this.--R-41 (talk) 23:13, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sincere apologies, I posted an invitation at your talk before I saw this note. Nevertheless, the invitation still stands. I'll put the kettle on the hob just in case. Writegeist (talk) 23:34, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And btw, I much preferred the original version of your note, with the "humour" included, i.e.:
"I am saying that you are not superior to everyone else, like you snobbishly try to pretend you are like to IRWolfie-. How about you try not acting like a snot. Oops, I'm sorry, I farted in your general direction."[27]
I wonder why you altered it? Nothing wrong with a little humour! And it's not often we get to see "snot" and "farted" in the same post. So it also has rarity value. Well done. Writegeist (talk) 23:50, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As someone who cant control himself and sulks when he doesnt get his way, this is certainly uncivil, crude, threatening, NPA eeven and he should be reported. Happened before that he then reads my user page and throws a hissy fit looking for a complaint. eHe then threatened to elave WP and came back in less than a week ;)(Lihaas (talk) 02:45, 4 June 2012 (UTC)).[reply]
FWIW (and to any talkstalker present) As any one can plainly see by "trolling" (a fishing term meaning to slowly pass over) the long history of this page, User:Writegeist and I have been "WikiFriends" for quite some time now. We appreciate each others humor and probably find agreement with each others comments here and there. We are not fellow members of any Cabal, Alliance, Confederacy, Allegiance, Union, Accord (not the Honda), Team, Plot, Conspiracy, or any other form of hidden agenda promotion. Quite simply, we are like-minded. The motives of anyone striving to see more than that should be questioned. ```Buster Seven Talk18:54, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW also, we are not members of the AMC Pacer Owner's Club, the Flat Earth Society, Boodle's or any 2012 Olympics squad (we'd win gold in the Maker's Mark Double Lift And Guzzle, but the sport is not yet recognized by the IOC). We may both be members of AAA, which, if so, will probably be held against us by a talkstalker. Writegeist (talk) 04:01, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Will power
I love reading the "back pages", like a tiny wren , flitting from branch to branch, and investigating the page for tidbits of useless information (but interesting nonetheless). You get to appreciate certain editors for their clear thoughts and ability to express themselves. What this site is getting low on is Will power. I miss what's not there:insight and reasonableness. ```Buster Seven Talk16:38, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Totally, Cisto. Even in the face of the most gratuitously contemptuous (and contemptible) posts and edit summaries, Will remained resolutely cool, calm and collected. Writegeist (talk) 00:31, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe we could just get the page semi-protected? The 'new' editors seem awfully contentious for 'new' editors.842U (talk) 10:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
rather not just "lol" .. but lmao .. even lmFao. I absolutely howled at your Armageddon Sikkahim!, post. Of course my dog now thinks I'm completely bonkers for laughing at a computer screen .. but then again - she's probably right. — Ched : ? 15:21, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
When I spotted your distinctive sig my first thought was that I'd been blocked, so you can imagine how my hand trembled as I reached for the whisky, and how the other took the automatic precaution of checking the fit of the incontinence pads. Which all added to the positive relief and pleasure of reading your note. And from an eminent Wikipedian who quotes Lytton Strachey to boot! Thank you.
Btw when the drama gets really depressing I find it helps to imagine some of the players as characters in a Christopher Guest film, or some sort of Wikipedian version of The League of Gentlemen or The Fast Show... I recommend it. I don't have a dog but if I did it would have turned me in by now. Oh wait, that's more of a cat thing isn't it. Writegeist (talk) 04:24, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Back at you Sir with knobs on, as they so nearly say here in the colonies where I reside. The award is much appreciated. As soon as I find my Mappin & Webb bone-handled Jungle Chum pocket knife in the heirloom clutter of my, ahem, "condo" (sincere apologies for the vulgar American vernacular, and by the way please note: no "m") I shall slice the handsome bronze star out of the screen and wear it with pride on the lapel of my finest Cholmondeley and Ramsbotham Number 2 Thornproof Tweed hacking jacket. Writegeist (talk) 02:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Re. rant at DRN
Please. "Grossly insulting", "telling a volunteer to get a desk job", "reported...for your personal attack" are exaggerations so extreme (and in the second example really quite Pythonesque) as to be fabrications. As for your allegation that TFD "has literally gone mad" (an egregious personal attack--hefty blocks are dispensed for less), and all the other fanciful allegations in your rant at DRN, they serve only to distract from the serious issue at hand there. As a key element of the article, it warrants sober, accurate and respectful attention. TFD is a hugely experienced editor who evidently possesses in-depth knowledge of the subject as well as considerable intellectual acumen. I advise you not to indulge further in wild allegations against him or any other editors posting at DRN. Writegeist (talk) 00:25, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So you lied when you said "By all means raise your personal issues at my talk page", you deleted everything I posted here. Good to know, reveals your false intentions at the dispute resolution noticeboard.--R-41 (talk) 02:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You posted here, as you were invited to. I read your post, as you wished. I then deleted it, as I am permitted to. If you're not clear why I deleted it, please refer to the edit summary. But please don't come here just to repeat the same old accusations or, as this time, to accuse me of lying--which itself is a lie. I find that obnoxious (YMMV). If you want to post here other than to insult me, you are perfectly free to do so. If you continue with the insults, I shall continue deleting your posts. It's your choice. Can't say fairer than that. Writegeist (talk) 03:05, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just posting this here from what I posted on the dispute noticeboard, so you'll be sure to read it. Ha ha ha. It sure must be funny to you that I don't like sexual jokes--R-41 (talk) 04:47, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you must feel crushed. But who knows, give it time...?
As for me, of course being someone who was voted Best-Dressed Wikipedian every year from 1929 (with a short break for the dust-up with Johnny Foreigner) until the advent of the nylon shirt (which I refused to wear, even under threat of the Chinese Water Spaniel torture), I'm always ready for an elegant bash. You'll already know the theme of this one -- The Wikihound of the Baskervilles -- and that I'm guest of honour (I know! Moi! When the invitation came I kept pinching moiself and saying, "Guest of honour, guest of honour!"). Naturally my first thought was "what to wear?" Moments later I was dusting off the distinctive royal corgi-fur cape which poor Princess D had made for me after she took to poisoning the royal fam's ankle-biters.
I can appreciate you feeling left out, and yes I do think you should fire that useless Quentin Quimby (he drinks Milller Lite for Heaven's sake) and get Max Clifford (vintage champagne). But the gossip is SO dreary, it's like getting stuck in an episode of Mrs Dale's Diary, a radio programme they made when the world was still in black and white and the only truly interesting thing was the pointiness of brassières.
So far I've seen only two guests I could have had intelligent conversations with. Sadly, when they saw the way people were dressed (you'd see more sartorial elegance at Walmart), and heard the squabble with a ghastly little gatecrasher in the corner, they ran screaming for the exit. Yes, god, the CLOTHES people go out in these days. What an insult to the Corgi Cape. I was quick to shield its eyes (sometimes I wonder if D's couturier was wise to leave the little head on, undeniably cute though the whiskers are), but even so I swear it gnashed its pointy little teeth in an agony of existential angst.
There's also an unpleasantly sharp and vaguely familiar smell in the venue, something toxic perhaps, that makes my eyes water, so I'm eternally grateful to Mrs Writegeist for remembering to pop the handkerchief in my breast pocket (along with the discreet nasal hair emergency clipper kit). Is it OK for a guest of honour to leave early? (I already did.) What does Emily Post say? Of course I should never have gone. Note to self: In future, never go when the word "incident" is on the invitation. Writegeist (talk) 19:27, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I took your advice and have fired Quentin. He didn't take it well and has decided to pursue his dream job---furniture re-upholstery. I wish him well. Luckily, thru my Hollywood connections, I discovered that Ted was available. Granted he is a little rough around the edges and his previous job (grocery store manager) may not be a perfect fit for a publicist but what the heck---everyone deserves a chance. One small problem. His hygiene is not the best and small gnats buzz around him constsntly. He has convinced me that it's part of his charm. We'll see! TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk08:35, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Ted is not working out. First, he's hard to reach. He insists on only using a rotary dial phone for all his business. Second, whenever I DO get in touch with him, he is impossible to understand. Its not the spittle or the drooling. I can put up with that. Its the arcane, archaic words he uses. I rarely know what the heck he is talking about. I contacted that Max guy you suggested. He didn't take my call. Maybe I should do my own publicity. Anyway. HaND. ```Buster Seven Talk15:07, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Having read your interview in the Wiki Gazette I was going to refer you again to MC but then I saw this. I can't help wondering if it might have something to do with his being too busy to take your call in July. Writegeist (talk) 21:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I told you to stay away from me. We despise each other, there is no chance you will have a neutral observance of me.
Writegeist, stop interjecting in noticeboard discussions involving me. We despise each other, you know that. Your contributions about me are affected by your hatred of me. You and your friend need to stop talking about me on your talk page as both of you have done here [31] and as both of you have done with User:Collect. I and User:Collect have indicated to you that we do not want you discussing us on your talk page or your friends' talkpages. Stay away from me, do not discuss with me, do not get involved in discussions about or involving me.--R-41 (talk) 17:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You made repeated, tedious complaints about me (I mean repeated in the sense of gratuitously repeating the same complaint, almost verbatim, over and over again) in an ANI report you filed against three other people. I had not contributed one word to the thread. (Needless to say, you didn't have the courtesy to notify me that you were complaining about me there.) Then, when I respond at ANI, you come to my talk page to complain about that also, with ludicrous accusations of "hating" and "despising" you, and demanding I allow your complaints free rein. And then you repeat the same complaint about me at ANI yet again, this time adding that you "despise" me. I am tempted to tell you to piss off. Oh, and I also note you feel free to discuss me with another user at your talk pages, but you command me not to mention you here.
I do not "hate" or "despise" you. I have not the slightest desire for you (or anybody else, for that matter) to "quit" Wikipedia -- your latest accusation at ANI. Neither (unlike you in respect of numerous users) do I have any desire for you to submit to any restrictions at the noticeboards or at any users' talk pages.
While this response is not an invitation to further discussion, you are free to post here. Please remember, I am also free to remove your posts. Writegeist (talk) 19:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You and your friend need to stop talking about me on your talk page, no more of this: [32]. TFD brought up my ANI report of you, so I responded to that, I did not initiate it. I will gladly not talk about you, I do not want to, I will do that once you and your friend stop talking about me on your talk page.--R-41 (talk) 19:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
TFD mentioned it in passing and in a much wider context. You banged on and on and on and on about it without even having the courtesy to let me know. Please get a grip. I don't care in the slightest whether you talk about me or not (in future kindly notify me when you do so at the noticeboards). I have no interest in making any deals with you that restrict the freedom of either of us to post whatever and wherever we like. It is enough that I don't post to your talk page. Writegeist (talk) 19:59, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Don't talk about me on your talk page, as you and your friend did here: [33], nor on your friends' talk pages, I do not want to be either a topic of conversation, or mentioned in a conversation by you or your friends, oblige this simple request and we will be done with this.--R-41 (talk) 20:38, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Why is it impossible for you to not talk about me on your talk page? Is it really a major hindrance to you to simply avoid talking about me?--R-41 (talk) 20:54, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
TFD, I do not engage in regular conversation with Nug, I even disliked the fact that Nug seemed to be attempting to win my favour against you when you accused me of POV with no evidence that started this tension between us, I told Nug that I did not appreciate what I saw her/him as trying to do, you can see my very stern response to Nug's attempt to buddy up to me here: [34]. Frankly I am surprised that I have agreed with Collect recently, me and Collect have very different views on politics - Collect is right-wing, I am left-wing, I have strongly disagreed with Collect on left-right politics. I did not send Collect an e-mail, nor do I have any desire to have any personal friendships on Wikipedia, this is a place that I seek to utilize to help expand public knowledge, I am not interested in making friends here with people I do not know in person. Unlike this user here, I have held you in high regard in the past and have cooperated with you in the past for several years, but in the past year or so you have become cynical and have made assumptions about me.--R-41 (talk) 06:44, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wait. I'm confused. Am I the editor/friend that is talking about him and needs to stop or is it User:TFD? If it's me I should point out that I haven't started to talk about him (R-41) so it may be difficult for me to stop. BTW...I see you friend from RIO is off his meds again. Why does he do that? DB is one of the good ones. O Well! TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk18:45, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Re: "I am surprised that I have agreed with Collect recently". Wrong, Collect has been agreeing with R-41 recently, whenever I am in disagreement with R-41. TFD (talk) 18:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to circulate this to anyone you think should know about it, but please recognize that it hasn't agreed upon by either PR organizations or WikiProjects or the wider community. It's also just a draft, so any/many changes can still be made. Thanks and cheers, OcaasiEdwardsBot (talk) 15:02, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
COI+ certification proposal
I've thought of an idea that might break our current logjam with paid editing. I'd love your sincere feedback and opinion.
Feel free to circulate this to anyone you think should know about it, but please recognize that it hasn't been agreed upon by either PR organizations or WikiProjects or the wider community. It's also just a draft, so any/many changes can still be made. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi15:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Warning
Should you assist in any of the varied political articles regarding the up-coming US Presidential Election, here are a few guidelines you will need to consider regarding proper decourum:
Any cross-party hugfest can be initiated only by The Right,
Any internal hugfest (or support of one another) within The Right should NOT be construed as anything more than friendliness and cheerful editorial banter,
Any internal hugfest (or support of one another) within The Left could, should and will be considered "cabal-esque" and will result in immediate topic bans to the active participants, and severe reprimands to any editors that were seen smiling in the general vicinity of the hugfest.```Buster Seven Talk14:26, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for donating the Mormon underpants and the Romney mask. Well-wishers told me it was the scariest zombie outfit they'd ever seen. One mother reported to a policeman (or at least, someone dressed as a policeman) that a fleeting glimpse had traumatized her child. All in all a great success. Writegeist (talk) 00:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Alternit a count
i am the alternit acount 4 Buster7. i was born in a petri dish 3.5 years ago. i am a half-wit. most things i do r half-assed trys. i like to eat so i way half a ton. i donut get owt much...i cant get thru the door. b7 sed u r a good friend. Due u have any food? i'll be back in half an hour. Buster3.5 (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Petri dish . . . half-wit . . . half-assed . . . 3 1/2 years old -- the user that comes to mind is one quite other than my good friend B7 :) . Writegeist (talk) 00:32, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Credit where credit is due
Please see Collect's talk. Prominently displayed at the top of the page is a four year old comment I made to User:FactChecker@YourService related to editing Drama at the Saint Sarah article. I have asked him to either remove the quote or give me credit. I would prefer attribution. It seems so petty. As usual, he takes a minor 4 year old incident and blows it completely out of proportion, making something otherwise insignificant into something bigger to suit his own agenda. What else is new? ```Buster Seven Talk08:18, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Same card, different year!
Happy Thanksgiving, Writegeist!
As we all sit down at the dinner table and say our thanks, I would like to give thanks to you for your wonderful contributions and wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. May your turkey, ham or beast of choice satiate you until next year! TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk14:18, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In the 14th Century, one of my ancestors was a famously notorious Pirate. He was the first to place catapults on board ships to facilitate easier maurauding. My image of him is File:Jack Sparrow In Pirates of the Caribbean- At World's End.JPG. This may not be far from the truth if one considerd that my relatives surname is also the name of a living creature. Did the authors of the Pirates franchise use my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather as the basis for their character? I think they did!!!!! Someday I'll write an article and take it to FA. ```Buster Seven Talk16:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My great-great etc. grandfather was Terence Trebuchet so they may have known each other! It's an interesting story. Terry had acquired a very early Sopwith Plummet aeroplane:
The wings were somewhat lacking in lift, but Terry realized the contraption had potential for weekend marauders to throw rocks and rotten vegetables at people whose stuff they wanted for themselves, and he deftly adapted it to the new purpose. Then full-time professional maurauders took it up, and the rest is history. Without Terry, WW2 would almost certainly never have been brought to an end by America's development of those giant trebuchets that could lob multiple grand pianos over distances of hundreds of miles. Europe owes its freedom to Terry, the Sopwith Plummet and the Underwood Corps! I think you should sue the studio for ripping off your pirate ancestor's story. Writegeist (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree; a lawsuit is in order. Do you know a good Personal Injury lawyer? I know someone of questionable integrity and character who is tremendous at obfuscation. Problem is he is not a lawyer: he is an Oldenwoordenboekenmaker.```Buster Seven Talk13:31, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
May I recommend my personal injury lawyer Sammy "Batman" Malignanti? His lawyering credentials (certification from the Gambino School of Law) may not be of the highest order but he comes from a good family and his ability to inflict personal injury with a baseball bat is unrivaled. Writegeist (talk) 18:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sammy's reputation preceeds him. If it's the same Sammy Malignanti from Taylor Street in Chicago? I didn't know that a felon could become a lawyer. But...hey...who cares. Does a hi-jacker need a drivers license?? Does a "vulture" capitalist need a heart to do business? Is a baseball bat just used to hit baseballs???? Chores! ```Buster Seven Talk12:22, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings, Wateresque, and welcome to my humble abode. Any friend of Buster's is a friend of mine, and I hope you'll swing by whenever you have a mind to. Thank you for taking off your shoes. The cleaning lady has just been -- the place isn't always this clean and tidy. Don't trip over the cat, it won't move out of the way, it's stuffed. Feel free to browse the books. And yes, it's a real Hockney and the insurance is killing me. Are you a firefighter? If so, you'll have plenty to do on Wikipedia. Writegeist (talk) 21:30, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well a fake cat is better than no cat, as I always say. No, unfortunately I'm not a firefighter, just an engineer who hastily found the best picture of casually removed shoes on W.Commons. Although I imagine that if I tried I could fight a few wikifires. Wateresque (talk) 14:08, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
And tomorrow's 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Psychics and Astrologists has been cancelled owing to unforeseen circumstances. Writegeist (talk) 16:22, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The supportive editor I am about to carefully select (I shall canvasse him on his talk page) is invited to support my view in this Request for Comment/Underwear: Should editors be permitted to contribute to Wikipedia while naked?
My view is that such editing is clearly contrary to the section of Wikipedia's Sixth Pillar that reads "Editors shall not edit in the nude. They must be attired in underwear de minimis, as anything less is outre [sic] and contravenes WP:IDON'TWANTTOSEETHAT. Any other random policy or guideline that springs to my mind may also be cited, along with some fatuous bluster about "how Wikipedia works", as it's traditional for anyone demonstrating they haven't a clue how it works to bang on and on about how it works.
Indeed! Buster3.5 (talk) 17:17.5 22 December 2012 (UTC)
@Ediotr Geist. Your desire to promote nude editing has been determined to be first sign of Web-sanity. In our continuing effort to safeguard ALL Wikipedia Editors, special arrangements have been made to provide for your well being pursuant to your current mental health issues. A special safe room has been prepared for your immediate use by The Foundation. It is just down the hall, third door, on the left side. A palm print scanner will allow only access by yourself and neccesary Foundation personnel (The folks you see with the white lab coats and the golden shoulder epillettes. The folks without the epillettes are Security). Come as you are; no suitcase or garments are required. Proper Institutioal attire will be provided. Your use of the room is completely self-determined by you and any consequences of your decision to enter our outside the perview of The Foundation. Once you enter, assistance will be provided within 24 hours (They are short-staffed). Just make yourself comfortable in the middle of the room. The padding and the lack of furniture are for your protection. Someone will be with you shortly. Have a nice day! ```Warden Ward D. En)
Thank you Buster!
Your unique blend of kind-heartedness, generosity of spirit, patience and good humour, not to mention the monogrammed speedo you wear over your tights, are unique assets to ye olde pedia, and your friendship is a blessing to me. I greatly appreciate your support. I shall always wear it. We are all well, and hope the same applies in the Buster family. Our friend Cartier-Bresson sends his regards. Herewith also mine (in black and white, like C-B's!). Visit again soon. Make yourself at home—push the (stuffed) cat off the (overstuffed) arm chair; help yourself from the drinks cupboard. Feel free to check out the Cézanne in the downstairs toilet and compare it with yours (the Cézanne, not the toilet). Writegeist (talk) 16:33, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Your mention of cat and toilet reminds me. We have adopted a cat, unstuffed. He arrived at out backdoor Christmas morning. I think Santa was over "cookie and milk"ed and just started to leave stuff willy-nilly. We named him Star as in "Christmas Star". He is black with a white medallion star on his chest. We got him a litter box and the best cat food a fixed income could buy. He has been neutered (ouch!) and had shots. Also... He has shit and pissed in every corner of the house which, BTW, began to smell like the Lincoln Park Zoo. We love him. He currently lives in the basement until he learns how to flush the toilet. We have re-named him. His new name is Star-R, Starr...after Ringo. Buster Seven Talk
Good to hear of the Christmas addition to the Buster family. Aptly renamed. Years ago, when God was a boy, Ringo came to visit for a weekend and I had to lock him in the basement for the same reasons. Well, that and he kept drumming with his knife and fork on the Louis XVI dining table. He asked to borrow ten shillings and promised ten percent of all his future earnings in return, but I could see he'd never make it as a drummer and turned him down. Writegeist (talk) 16:45, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Dogs are stupid while Cats, on the other hand, are cunning. Starr has convinced Sadie to start sleeping on the outdoor grill instead of her comfortable doggie pillow. ```Buster Seven Talk13:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ex-Gov Grizzly will no longer be a political commentator (?) on Fox News. Her relationship with CEO Roger Ailes – who hired her because “she was hot and got ratings” – is reported to have been "prick-lish". Makes one wonder which one was the "prick-lier" of the two. ```Buster Seven Talk09:16, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes indeedy. Always good to see examples of cool, measured reasoning presented with an undercurrent of mockery—a pleasant change from the revisionists' habitual huffing and puffing, interspersed with the occasional screech as they herniate under the weight of the buckets of whitewash they drag from article to talk page to notice board. Oh joy! Writegeist (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Senator John McCain was at a meeting in Arizona with his constituents yesterday. One man yelled that only guns would discourage illegal immigration. Another man complained that illegal immigrants should never be able to become citizens or vote. A third man said illegal immigrants were illiterate invaders who wanted free government benefits. Reading this in the Press made me think of the Rights Newest Darling and how, if he were of Mexican descent instead of Cuban, he would most likely be a very good landscaper, making below minimum wage and hiding from every policeman he saw. He would not have recieved financial aid for his education. He could not vote so how on earth could he run for office, state or National. ANY opportunities for career advancement would not exist. And the 3 gentlemen in Arizona would either shoot him or put him on a bus "back to Mexico". They wouldn't send him to make the SOTU rebuttal speeach! Or 'sell"him as the next possible candidate for POTUS.```Buster Seven Talk15:29, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Rewired
I see you have updated the security system. Nice. Is it a McAfee 2000?. Just dropped by to relate a little story I uncovered as I wandered here and there...
There once was a little boy named Johnny who had a wonderful dog named Laddie. Johnny was prone to emotional outbursts, and his mother was concerned by his overreactions. One day while Johnny was at school, Laddie was killed in an unfortunate accident. The mother took Laddie's body and put it in the backyard. She was very worried how Johnny would react to the news of his dog's death. When Johnny returned from school, his mother said to him, "I'm really sorry, Johnny, but Laddie died in an accident." Johnny responded "Okay" and went upstairs to change his clothers. The mother was quite surprised at the calm reaction. After Johnny put on his play clothes, he went out to the backyard. All of a sudden, the mother heard Johnny screaming. She rushed out to the backyard and saw Johnny prostrate over the dog's body and wailing. The mother said, "But, Johnny, I told you Laddie died." In between sobs, Johnny sputtered, "I thought you said Daddy."
....in accordance with your open door policy. In the words of J. Wales, "I do not consider alerting me to any topic to be canvassing."```Buster Seven Talk 12:17, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Always a pleasure to read your interpretation of ongoings here in WikiWorld. You so correctly call out many (over half) of the opposes for just registering their gripes about what basically is "You have filled out the wrong form. You must re-submit a RfC-1099-t Form...in triplicate before we can comment on the Meat of your proposal. In the meantime, we will revel in our righteousness". Thanks, ```Buster Seven Talk21:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry asshole, I am putting on a permanent Wikibreak via Wikibreak Enforcer for 100 years, see you in hell
As said above, in response to your query of me retiring, I have obsessive compulsive complications with depression and because of having smoking-like addiction to Wikipedia, and not wishing to talk with assholes such as yourself, I am initiating a long 100 year Wikibreak via Wikibreak Enforcer, I am trying to get help putting it in place at Village pump, so I guess I'll see you in hell asshole!--R-41 (talk) 18:31, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It took a while to get through--something to do with Easter--but I've at last heard from God that he has me down for a really super place (comfy cushions!) and I'll be given 72 houris. He asked if I wanted to change this arrangement. Sure the Devil has the best tunes but hey, 72 houris is 72 houris, right? Sorry about that. I passed on your comments (posted elsewhere) about wasting sperm. God said he'll look into it. He's keen on conserving precious resources. Writegeist (talk) 02:31, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hello stalkers! With a single outstanding exception, the April Fool's jokes on Wikipedia lived down to expectations again this year. (Check the April 1 DYK panel on the main page.) In a class of its own was the gem from my dear old friend Collect, delivered—with typically good-natured humour—in the form of a deadpan comment at a talk page.
Another editor had written: 'assholes like User:Writegeist [. . .] That scumbag [. . .] doesn't give a shit about anything [. . .] trolls like Writegeist who don't give a shit about anything [. . .] It's too bad for the world that that Writegeist wasn't aborted before birth, he's a waste of sperm.' Realizing I might still be unconvinced about how super-nice he thinks I am, the same fan extolled me as a 'miserable trolling fucker' and assured me that 'if I ever decide to kill myself, I will say that "YOU" and "only YOU" are responsible for me killing myself.' Collect, quick to spot the opportunity for an April Fool, informed an administrator that the gentleman airing these views is 'not one who goes around posting how nasty any editor is.' Congratulations to Collect for setting the bar at a challenging height for next year's pranksters! Writegeist (talk) 17:23, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Talking of April Fools reminds me of these warm and fuzzy comments addressed to me by dear R-41 on April 1st: "Now read this loud and clear: I hope for the day that a transport truck runs you over and leaves you dying in agony, if I were there I would stand there, do nothing to help you, and laugh at you as you die in extreme pain from having your chest half-crushed, just as you are laughing about me having serious problems with depression." Obliging as always, I immediately stepped outside (so as not to frighten the stuffed cat) and read it very loudly and clearly. My neighbor has an even more nervous disposition than the stuffed cat. Thinking I was shouting malevolent fantasies at him, he called the cops. Well the nearest officer was of course me. Ever ready to protect and serve, I composed my features into one of stern authority, switched on my Crown Vic's lights and siren, and drove out to see myself. (There was no traffic in my driveway so I was there in a trice.) When I explained the situation to myself we—me, myself and my neighbor—shook hands and got together on the porch to sip Manhattans as the sun went down. All's well that ends well! Writegeist (talk) 19:35, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
IMHO, you have a great deal to offer Wikipedia - and remember "Illegitimi non carborundum" still applies. Cheers and take care. Collect (talk). If I'm not mistaken I think Collect has called you a bastard. (In his usual under-handed way). I'm reminded of the jock itch I use to get in my younger athletic days. The tried and true method for relief was 1) Clean the area of all foul smelling agitating bacteria 2) sprinkle baby powder judiciously but abundantly and completely over the infected area, 3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the rash goes away. It worked...temporarily. But, inevitably, the rash returned. O Well..as they say, "Every dog has it's day". ```Buster Seven Talk04:16, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
He has indeed called me a bastard—he tends to project. Probably something his mother taught him. Interesting you mention jock itch, and quite a coincidence, because for some time now I have thought of Collect's comments as the utterances of an imaginary and very lonely Scotsman called Jock Itch who is always angry because he suffers from chronic sporran rash and rotten teeth. Writegeist (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Which reminds me of Les Dawson, who said: "In 1846, my great great-uncle, Peregrine Cattermole Dawson, found the secret of eternal life in a disused cobbler's in Rhyl. In 1895, the entire forces of the now despised Eurasian despot Wahong Chang Arkwright caused a minor diplomatic affrontage when they invaded a bring and buy sale in Ormskirk. And in 1914, there occurred a nasty outbreak of sporran rash among the 37th Foot and Mouth Highland Regiment." Dawson, who liked a bottle of whisky and 50 cigarettes a day, died not as one might expect from cirrhosis of the liver or lung cancer but from a heart attack just after a health check for insurance. There were many nice things about him. Not least, he never took himself seriously or stooped to seeking sympathy for his physical infirmities. Writegeist (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies - serious apologies, I have failed in human dignity to you, I am discussing procedures with an admin to leave the Wikipedia project.
Hello Writegeist. Look, as I have said I have very serious depression problems. I have exploded multiple times in extreme anti-social rage. I don't mean this lightly, but it is pretty obvious that I need to talk with my psychiatrist about this.
Because I have been so irresponsible, narcissistic, and ill-intentioned towards you, I have lost any ability for you to appreciate anything that I have said. I recognize that. My clearly violent-sounding comment was the worst combination of narcissism, rage, and animosity imaginable. I am truly a horrible person to have posted that. I urge your mercy in understanding in how bad of shape I was in to say that.
With all the horrible things I have said to you, and how terrible of a person I can be, please forgive me. And please respect that yes indeed I am a mentally-ill person.
I know you have no reason to trust me, let alone believe me. I am working with an administrator to leave Wikipedia. I have become too arrogant and too narcissistic to be able to do anything good here, I have utterly failed in the Wikipedia project, my comments have violated your personal security in spirit, you deserve justice for my wrongdoings, I will self-block, if you want to block or ban me, please do so - I will support your decision.--R-41 (talk) 02:03, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your apologies, which I acknowledge and accept even though I don't think you owe me any. I do not share your judgments (irresponsible, narcissistic, ill-intentioned, horrible, terrible, arrogant, failing, mentally ill) about yourself. In fact I make no judgments at all about you personally. As for the anger expressed in your messages I am certain that, like all anger, it was triggered by unmet needs. (Not an original idea, of course. It is elucidated by psychologist Marshall Rosenberg, originator of Nonviolent Communication, in his book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, and in his videos which are now on Youtube.) The first step is to identify what precisely those needs are, and what feelings exactly--the feelings under the anger--you experience when they go unmet. If you're interested in learning about nonviolent communication Rosenberg's book is on Amazon and costs about $11.
I do not want you blocked or banned; or for you to be subjected to any kind of "justice" (which is often a euphemism for injustice, IMO). I note you're working with DB. I'm sure he will help you find and implement whatever strategy best meets your needs re. Wikipedia. Also DB has great teeth. Writegeist (talk) 15:36, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@ R-41. I DO owe you an apology for remarks I made here a bit ago. They were unkind and completely uncalled for. The conversation we have with ourselves is the most important. My good friend, Writegeist, gives you good advice which is not a surprise. Because ALL editors are face-less entities, dealing with the abnormal condition of no personal contact, we can let our anger get the best of us. But...We all Commit Forgivable Sins. The best to you in whatever you Choose to do. There are many many things to do here at WP. Rather than get yourself banned, perhaps you might just do some of the tasks taht are gratifying and rewarding in and of themselves. Anyway, Good Luck to you. ```Buster Seven Talk17:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Scandinavian Corn Roast
Just got bach from the 21st Annual. I'm not Scandanavian. I like corn. The parade of half-eaten corn cobs was special. Ate too many Corn dogs, heard too many "corny" jokes. TRA! ```Buster Seven Talk11:36, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I left an extra parasol in the umbrella stand. Hope you don't mind.
Precious
Zeitgeist
Thank you for capturing the movement of the Zeitgeist in precise wording, realising that "Wikipedia is a humorous parody of Uncyclopedia and Conservapedia" to be edited "boldly, satirically and immediately", for doing so, for knowing about Fucking and Socks, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
Thank you both for the kind words, which give me a lovely shot of dopamine each time I read them. Also, Gerda, for the marvellous sapphire. I have cut it out of my laptop monitor* and wear it on a silver chain around my neck on special occasions. In fact it was much admired yesterday when I had a pint or three of Old Ferret Royal Reserve Dark Ale with my friends William and Kate in celebration of the arrival of George, their new Shar Pei puppy. *Please be assured I remembered to put duct tape over the hole in the screen to stop the Internet leaking out. Writegeist (talk) 16:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
And here is a photo I took of Willie and Kate's little new bundle of joy: Liz was so smitten by her great grandpuppy that she totally lost interest in the corgis, which have now been donated to a very nice family from Korea.
. . . I regret spurning your advances all those years ago, when you made the tragically mistaken assumption that we were brothers in arms fighting in the same noble cause. (I treasure the note.) I can see you're still troubled. I've thought it over. Let's get a room. What say you? (Please don't email. My wife may see it.)
Hm. I could have sworn that my post to the project talk page was titled "Bentley Speed Six" and wikilinked to the article titled, um, Bentley Speed Six. Writegeist (talk) 03:03, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well old bean I have no advice to offer (I certainly wouldn't take my advice so I could hardly expect you to), but plenty of plaudits—for the guileless honesty as well as the several other qualities you displayed, qualities all desirable in an admin yet often conspicuous by their absence from the behaviour of most. By contrast, I thought numerous of the oppose votes exemplified the authoritarianism, nitpickiness, sanctimony, and most notably in one case the oh-so-predictable small-minded misrepresentation and spin, that rather blight the project.
You acquitted yourself honorably, as expected. Also as expected (and deserved), you won support from a lot of very clued-up and apparently decent Wikipedians. (Not to mention me and the stuffed cat.) I applaud you and send you best wishes. The cat would if it could. Feel free to swing by for a Manhattan any time. The door is always open. Which of course is why the dear little Van Gogh sketch, the Georgian silver, and the Louis XV chamber pot disappeared. Writegeist (talk) 18:12, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
, flitting from branch to branch, and investigating the page for tidbits of useless information (but interesting nonetheless). You get to appreciate certain editors for their clear thoughts and ability to express themselves. What this site is getting low on is Will power. I miss what's not there:insight and reasonableness. ```Buster Seven Talk 16:38, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Ted is not working out. First, he's hard to reach. He insists on only using a rotary dial phone for all his business. Second, whenever I DO get in touch with him, he is impossible to understand. Its not the spittle or the drooling. I can put up with that. Its the arcane, archaic words he uses. I rarely know what the heck he is talking about. I contacted that Max guy you suggested. He didn't take my call. Maybe I should do my own publicity. Anyway. HaND. ```Buster Seven Talk 15:07, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Dogs are stupid while Cats, on the other hand, are cunning. Starr has convinced Sadie to start sleeping on the outdoor grill instead of her comfortable doggie pillow. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
