Re: [WikiEN-l] Newbie recruitment idea: missing article lists

2009-12-06 Thread Soxred93
I feel inadequate. 32. :'( -X! On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote: Thanks! I thought 807 was quite a lot, but then I saw David has created 1224... :-) I daren't ask how many redirects we have in

Re: [WikiEN-l] WIKIPEDIA FOREVER

2009-11-16 Thread Soxred93
And I've said a hundred times that there's nothing wrong with cubic zirconia. Just don't let your girlfriend/wife hear you. -X! ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] WIKIPEDIA FOREVER

2009-11-12 Thread Soxred93
Maybe the Foundation is trying to teach us a lesson. Maybe they want us to stop complaining about ads, so they intentionally run a bad one. In the next few years, we'll have this to look back on and say, it could always be worse. IT'S A CONSPIRACY! :D -X!

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Article metadata separation from main wikitext

2009-09-17 Thread Soxred93
Maybe have something like this: {{reflist|begin}} becomes references {{reflist|end}} becomes /references {{reflist}} says as references / -X! On Sep 17, 2009, at 7:55 PM, David Gerard wrote: 2009/9/18 geni geni...@gmail.com: 2009/9/18 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: Hey kids! Sort out

[WikiEN-l] Thwackum-and-Square-like pedantry? Huh?

2009-09-08 Thread Soxred93
http://asterling.typepad.com/incipit_vita_nova/2009/09/wikipedia- ludicrously-sexist-and-racist-part-ii.html Just another person complaining that Wikipedia is s POV in this way... and that way, wikipedia is full of idiot writing useless articles, and it's horribly sexist and racist! I

Re: [WikiEN-l] How to Not Bite was Positives to publicity

2009-08-28 Thread Soxred93
Nice signature... I found this in my spam box. :) -X! On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:31 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: Welcome Wagon, we used to have one didn't we? I don't know what happened to it, it seems like stale news. Free Tutor Program - new users can choose to sign up for tutoring for

[WikiEN-l] Jimbo Wales For Speaker Of House Of Representatives 2012!

2009-08-14 Thread Soxred93
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10309840-71.html? Despite the fact that this guy has many of his facts are wrong, he does have some element of truth. Oh, Lordy. It's just like the Senate, isn't it? The bigwigs know best, control the most important committees, and generally swan around in limos

Re: [WikiEN-l] [WIKIEN-l] It's probably nothing, but ...

2009-05-24 Thread Soxred93
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 And besides, it's not like a compromised admin could do permanent damage. Unlike a few years ago, everything can be reverted. - -X! On May 24, 2009, at 7:18 AM [May 24, 2009 ], FT2 wrote: Er... yes. And by the magic power vested in this rock and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Microsoft kills Encarta

2009-03-30 Thread Soxred93
I just took one of those quizzes. I think a 1/5 is bad, right? X! On Mar 30, 2009, at 6:36 PM [Mar 30, 2009 ], Scientia Potentia est wrote: Same here. This and the World Book Encyclopedia 2001 CD that I still have. I did like taking the quizzes Encarta had on their site. bibliomaniac15

Re: [WikiEN-l] How to ignore wikien-l.

2009-03-28 Thread Soxred93
I use apple mail to automatically move wikien-l messages to a separate folder. In addition, threads with the same title get automatically highlighted, so that's how I can follow it. X! On Mar 28, 2009, at 8:02 AM [Mar 28, 2009 ], David Gerard wrote: 2009/3/28 Guettarda guetta...@gmail.com:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Interesting remark in Guardian blog

2009-03-16 Thread Soxred93
I was just going to post that analogy. Then you did. :( Oh well. :) X! On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:12 PM [Mar 16, 2009 ], Carcharoth wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sam Blacketer sam.blacke...@googlemail.com wrote: snip

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-29 Thread Soxred93
The problem with that is that many articles we have would not be found in any dictionary. X! On Dec 29, 2008, at 6:02 PM [Dec 29, 2008 ], Ian Woollard wrote: On 29/12/2008, Joe Szilagyi szila...@gmail.com wrote: Allow blocking on a more granular level, if we know his ISP, and lock out

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-29 Thread Soxred93
See [[User:Crispy1989]]. ClueBot is being rewritten, so it has an artificial neural network now. In other words, it has a brain. This enables it to learn about current vandalism strategies, and start reverting them without Cobi directly programming in heuristics. X! On Dec 29, 2008, at

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-25 Thread Soxred93
, Soxred93 soxre...@gmail.com wrote: If we rangeblock all of Verizon, we're giving Grawp exactly what he wants. He wants to cause disruption, and causing a huge rangeblock is success for him. It doesn't matter what he does or doesn't want. It only matters what the wikipedia wants. Probably

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-25 Thread Soxred93
Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.com wrote: On 25/12/2008, Soxred93 soxre...@gmail.com wrote: If we rangeblock all of Verizon, we're giving Grawp exactly what he wants. He wants to cause disruption, and causing a huge rangeblock is success for him. It doesn't matter what he does or doesn't

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-24 Thread Soxred93
If we rangeblock all of Verizon, we're giving Grawp exactly what he wants. He wants to cause disruption, and causing a huge rangeblock is success for him. X! On Dec 24, 2008, at 5:10 PM [Dec 24, 2008 ], Martijn Hoekstra wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Jay Litwyn brewh...@edmc.net

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-21 Thread Soxred93
Wait until he is at a press conference to throw your shoes at him. -X! On Dec 21, 2008, at 11:11 PM [Dec 21, 2008 ], Charlotte Webb wrote: On 12/21/08, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.n...@gmail.com wrote: Or we could hire someone to throw him a shoe or perhaps a pretzel ;) - What, so he

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-16 Thread Soxred93
It would help if the list is posted somewhere, so others who are reporting can use the list too. X! On Dec 16, 2008, at 8:58 PM [Dec 16, 2008 ], Jay Litwyn wrote: The red tape never ends. Going the other way, from Canada to Virginia, my local EPS (Edmonton Police Service) referred me to

Re: [WikiEN-l] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-13 Thread Soxred93
Let's remember that we may have to do something about Grawp and ED, as he is harassing users there too. On Dec 13, 2008, at 8:45 PM [Dec 13, 2008 ], Durova wrote: Okay, what's the best venue for a petition? On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 4:14 PM, William King williamcarlk...@gmail.comwrote: I