Hi -
(I am second-guessing myself because for some odd reason I have something to
offer to the world's arbiters of information. But I do.)
I'm a mod on a little tiny forum out in the middle of nowhere that is
invite-only, and I too got sucked into a poetry duel for some odd reason. I
managed
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
--B. Dylan
Durova, perhaps taking some cue from Gwern, wrote some poetically
critical and even ugly things above. But while Gwern mostly attacked
the concept of poetry on wikien-l (oh-so-cleverly I might add), Durova
appeared to have made it personal, and, for lack of a better word,
ugly. I don't quite
Wow, hadn't realized this gave offense. It was simply a commentary on
doggerel and toilet humor. No intention to belittle, and apologies for
having inadvertently ruffled any feathers.
-Durova
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote:
Durova, perhaps taking some cue
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/14 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com:
All is now forgiven. We disembodied online beings can now go and do
other and maybe better things. With all apologies.. for the poetry.
Oh, I think it's a rich field with vast
stevertigo wrote:
Durova, perhaps taking some cue from Gwern, wrote some poetically
critical and even ugly things above. But while Gwern mostly attacked
the concept of poetry on wikien-l (oh-so-cleverly I might add), Durova
appeared to have made it personal, and, for lack of a better word,
Durova wrote:
There was no prior conflict as far as I know. Just good faith
misunderstanding.
Excellent
All in the pursuit of good doggerel.
Caterwaul in pursuit of doggerel bites its own tail.
Ec
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Let's stop fighting like caterwauls and doggerels. ;)
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote:
Durova wrote:
There was no prior conflict as far as I know. Just good faith
misunderstanding.
Excellent
All in the pursuit of good doggerel.
Caterwaul in
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Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread
To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 7:31 PM
Let's stop fighting like caterwauls and doggerels. ;)
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net
wrote:
Durova wrote:
There was no prior
of fun is strictly forbidden, on order of the cabal. I mean,
seriously, why would we edit it for FUN?
bibliomaniac15
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread
To: English Wikipedia wikien-l
Poets and the soldiery
Enjoy a certain property
When mixing company with whores
You're likely to inherit sores
This feature of the occupation
Stems from shared degradation
Now I rise to protest
This bad poetry contest
Will Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental
I'll start her off:
If you come to rule them all,
And people look like ants,
Remember being one foot tall,
and crapping in your pants.
SV
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:01 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll start her off:
If you come to rule them all,
And people look like ants,
Remember being one foot tall,
and crapping in your pants.
SV
Countless bathroom walls
For you to scribble upon -
Except for this one
--
Stvertigo thought he would rhyme
And began prompting others to chyme
But reviews were nonplussed
So it promptly got flushed
Where it swirled in the waters of time.
Anyone have paper? My roll’s empty.
-Durova
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote:
On
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