"This is offtopic, " You fucking got that right.
"but your recent emails reminded me about it, I beg the indulgence of the list." O, I see. Now, for someone who complains about me lecturing, I clearly remember *YOU* lecturing me and everybody else about making off-topic posts on the lists. Even to the point of talking about banning, and that it's not allowed, and infantile, and it couldn't be allowed, etc. But, once again, we see your typical hypocrisy: while you have no problem lecturing others about it, when it's *you*, then suddenly it's allo right, and the list should 'indulge'. Aparently, the rules are for everyone, exept High God Ian. You're the first one to complain and lecturing if others post off-topic posts, but hey, you are way above those whining non-coders, so the same rules don't apply for you, don't they. Speaking of hypocrisy.... "Before I add you to my /dev/null list again, one thing I wanted to say. Please please stop spamming Wikipedia with links to your blog, it is *really* uncool." If it was spamming, I would be inclined to agree with you. However, since it was a reference to an explicit quote asked for by another poster, since a link can't constitute spam anyway (maybe you should look up the word 'spam' one day?), and since it was relevant to the topic at hand, your argument fails to adres anything that exists anywhere but in your contorted imagination. "Before you embarrass yourself by denying it, lets look at the headers...(blablabla)" Nice try for making a straw-man argument, but I won't bite. All your obessive cyberstalking, comparing this IP and that IP, and then trying to put me in a position as if I would be inclined to deny something which wasn't my argument in the first place, will simply not work. I never denied anything, nor am I ever going to be inclined to deny or confirm anything which constitutes an ad-hominem attack. The reason is simple: contrary to you, I value *the arguments* given, and I do not take the position of refuting any arguments based upon the person who argues them. You, however, as you have proven already on slashdot, on the mailist, and on wikipedia, are a keen proponent of ad hominem, which is a rather dispicable and childish way of trying to get your point through (which is because you have no actual point). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem if you need any references. "But seriously, Wikipedia is a really useful site, but this kind of self-serving behavior ruins it for everyone, and it *really* annoys me when I discover it. I would like to say that I was surprised to see that you were doing this, but frankly I wasn't." I agree totally with that statement, but then reversed towards you. It's a noble reminder of what Wikipedia is about: the assembling of knowledge by all people ('experts' or not), not the extension of emotional attacks of elitist ninkenpoops who can't get passed their own animosity and who think they are better then anyone else. It's only a pity you don't follow your own lectures...but then again, neither do you on the maillists; or on your site, or anywhere else. You are simply wallowing in hypocrisy, and I sometimes I wonder if you are aware of it yourself. "Could you please stop abusing this valuable resource to attract undeserved attention to your rants? Thanks." Could you please stop abusing this valuable resource to continue your biased animosity and expand your irrational and childish behaviour? Thanks. And, for that matter: it's not only uncool to use the wikipedia for the continuation of your personal dislikings, it's almost even un-cooler to use this maillist to YET AGAIN continue your irrational animosity on this list, even when you are fully aware that it has no place here. I mean, what? You couldn't cope with limiting yourself to the discussionpage of the wikipedia-article? You just *had* to appease your ego here as well? You are *such* an infantile egotripper. Grow up, will you?
