On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Casey Brown wrote:
In the end, it should matter what
is written and how it's supported -- not who wrote it.
This idea sounds great. Is there a policy or rule for it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:UCS? :-)
Doesn't work. Any rule which says to use common sense will
I see appeals to common sense as a way to jolt people out of
rules-lawyering.
If only more admins had any common sense... I mean no [[WP:ATTACK]] of course:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Foswikidiff=prevoldid=268623922
Dan
2009/4/3 Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com:
Not quite. If someone disagrees with you, you can explain why they are
wrong, and at the end of the argument, you can appeal to common sense.
Sometimes, if that person steps back and considers things with that
mention of common sense in mind,
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Dan Dascalescu
ddascalescu+wikipe...@gmail.com wrote:
In the end, it should matter what
is written and how it's supported -- not who wrote it.
This idea sounds great. Is there a policy or rule for it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:UCS? :-)
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Casey Brown
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Elias Friedman elipo...@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Earth_(2nd_nomination)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Earth_%282nd_nomination%29
I can't find a single reference on it which
2009/4/1 Elias Friedman elipo...@gmail.com:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Earth_(2nd_nomination)
And before anyone gets too outraged, do make note of today's date.
One of these days people will learn to be original.
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geni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Earth_(2nd_nomination)
And before anyone gets too outraged, do make note of today's date.
Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P ⚕
אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי
elipo...@gmail.com
http://elipongo.blogspot.com/
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Generally, I'm not a fan of this sort of joke. They give the impression of
we get to break the rules when we want to, as long as it's funny.
Meanwhile, everyone else has to follow them.
(And WP:COI really does seem to say it's a conflict of interest for an
article about the Earth to be made by
2009/4/1 Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
Generally, I'm not a fan of this sort of joke. They give the impression of
we get to break the rules when we want to, as long as it's funny.
Meanwhile, everyone else
So far each april fools thread I've seen has had at least one buzzkiller in
it.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
Generally, I'm not a fan of this sort of joke. They give the impression of
we get to break the rules when we want to, as long as it's funny.
In a message dated 4/1/2009 9:45:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
arrom...@rahul.net writes:
(And WP:COI really does seem to say it's a conflict of interest for an
article about the Earth to be made by Earthlings.
If we really need the article to be made by people from other planets, I
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
(And WP:COI really does seem to say it's a conflict of interest for an
article about the Earth to be made by Earthlings. It's easy to invoke IAR
and say that that's not what it's supposed to mean, but it's not all that
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Brian brian.min...@colorado.edu wrote:
So far each april fools thread I've seen has had at least one buzzkiller in
it.
Personally, I've never understood why deliberately misleading people
is supposed to be funny. I don't particularly enjoy having my time
wasted
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 13:08, Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Ken Arromdee arrom...@rahul.net wrote:
(And WP:COI really does seem to say it's a conflict of interest for an
article about the Earth to be made by Earthlings. It's easy to invoke IAR
and
Don't get me wrong, I like April Fools, but there is so much unfunny stuff
around...
Man, whoever takes the cleanup job at the end of today has my condolences.
- Chris
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Sam Korn smo...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Brian
George Herbert wrote:
We have standards, people.
{citeneeded}
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 14:06, Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, that's a sad reality. :-( Wikipedians respond too crazily to
COIs... what we usually suggest is that people don't tell others that
they have first-hand knowledge. :-)
Here is dmoz.org's policy on insider editors:
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