Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
"The Cunctator" >> And still people can't spell my username! "cuncTator". Hm. "[[Fabius Maximus]]' cognomen Cunctator (akin to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War." In our defence, the context of scholarship here makes the resemblance to "cuncation" semantically prominent, the "t" after the "Cunc" has all the elements of a silent "t," and a kind of built-in cognitive linguistic variant of AGF tells us you are neither referring to "tater tots" nor "cun[c]ts," even though the former may be tasty. -Stevertigo ;-) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
But I think "tater tot" when I think of you. Crunchy but yummy. :P so I mis-spell it "Cunctater". - Original Message - From: "The Cunctator" To: "English Wikipedia" Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary > And still people can't spell my username! "cuncTator". > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:20 PM, stevertigo wrote: > >> stevertigo wrote: >> >>> "Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if >> >>> permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere >> >>> here." - Larry Sanger >> Steve Bennett wrote: >> >> Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, >> >> Steve? >> The Cunctator wrote: >> > Ah, the good old days. >> >> In case anyone doesn't get the injoke, Cuncator wrote at [[User:The >> Cuncator/How to destroy Wikipedia]]: "I'm sick and tired of being >> attacked by Larry, both verbally and by the deletion and erasure of my >> work. I'll probably leave Wikipedia soon." That was from seven years >> ago, and Thə Cuncator is still here. So with certain notable and >> ironic exceptions, I think things worked out nicely for Wikipedia. >> >> IEHO, >> -Stevertigo >> ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
And still people can't spell my username! "cuncTator". On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:20 PM, stevertigo wrote: > stevertigo wrote: > >>> "Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if > >>> permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere > >>> here." - Larry Sanger > Steve Bennett wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, Steve? > The Cunctator wrote: > > Ah, the good old days. > > In case anyone doesn't get the injoke, Cuncator wrote at [[User:The > Cuncator/How to destroy Wikipedia]]: "I'm sick and tired of being > attacked by Larry, both verbally and by the deletion and erasure of my > work. I'll probably leave Wikipedia soon." That was from seven years > ago, and Thə Cuncator is still here. So with certain notable and > ironic exceptions, I think things worked out nicely for Wikipedia. > > IEHO, > -Stevertigo > > ___ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
stevertigo wrote: >>> "Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if >>> permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere >>> here." - Larry Sanger Steve Bennett wrote: >> Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, Steve? The Cunctator wrote: > Ah, the good old days. In case anyone doesn't get the injoke, Cuncator wrote at [[User:The Cuncator/How to destroy Wikipedia]]: "I'm sick and tired of being attacked by Larry, both verbally and by the deletion and erasure of my work. I'll probably leave Wikipedia soon." That was from seven years ago, and Thə Cuncator is still here. So with certain notable and ironic exceptions, I think things worked out nicely for Wikipedia. IEHO, -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
Steve Bennett wrote: > Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, Steve? This sounds like an insult disguised as flamebait. Two-dimensional variant - very nice. - Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
Ah, the good old days. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: > On 10/3/09, stevertigo wrote: > > '''Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if > > permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere > > here.''' - Larry Sanger > > Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, Steve? > > Steve > > ___ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
On 10/3/09, stevertigo wrote: > '''Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if > permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere > here.''' - Larry Sanger Out of curiosity, on which side of the door do you see yourself, Steve? Steve ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
PPCP: stevertigo wrote: - of thuglodyte admins everywhere (that one just doesn't work) + of bully-esque admins everywhere - growing frustrated with types of people + growing frustrated with certain types of people -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
[WikiEN-l] Classic commentary
'''Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here.''' - Larry Sanger I found this classic comment again, while looking through the history of WP:DISRUPT -- digging around to find out who the genius was that first misconstrued the concept of an "edit" to mean "edits and|or comments," and thus had blurred all canonical, traditional, and logical distinctions in the minds of thuglodyte admins everywhere. (WP:DE, by the way, should be "No disruptive editing"). Larry's above comment came as one of his recommendations upon his exit. In the same message he prophetically forewarned us Wikipudlians to to "be open and warmly welcoming, not insular." Larry had been growing frustrated with types of people, and had been making some quasi-draconian overtures. In retrospect, these seemed to have had a large influence in his subsequent sudden funding restrictions. ITEHO, -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
