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::Sigh... Policy is foolish? Not in my world. '''<span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">[[User:Winkelvi|-- ψλ]]</span>''' ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">[[User_talk:Winkelvi|✉]] [[Special:Contributions/Winkelvi|✓]]</span> 01:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
::Sigh... Policy is foolish? Not in my world. '''<span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">[[User:Winkelvi|-- ψλ]]</span>''' ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">[[User_talk:Winkelvi|✉]] [[Special:Contributions/Winkelvi|✓]]</span> 01:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
::As is so often the case, that wise and mature editor, [[User:EEng]]'s predictive faculties are spot-on. I have no issue at all with other editors correcting howlers or typos I make with my own talk page posts - how could I have, when tolerant and erudite editors like he and [[User:SMcCandlish]] have had to put up with my own nit-picking and compulsive copyediting tic for some while now?
::I do apologise to all parties for being the blundering proximate cause of this spat - especially when I should know better. (My only excuse was the ease of using copy and then paste, but I do now take [[User:Newyorkbrad]]'s point about how distracting such sloppiness can be.)
:[[User:Winkelvi]]: Although it can be so tempting to use a ready-made template (with appropriate internal links pre-formed and language committee-edited to be bland and diplomatic), there are times when just the act of using a templated comment comes over as irritating, pointy and largely inappropriate.
:Perhaps the time has come that you should make every effort to avoid interacting with [[User:Nagualdesign]] at all, and especially with a template, unless such action is absolutely unavoidable and imperative.
:We both know that you often have pertinent points to make, Winkelvi, '''but the very act of making them''' to Nagualdesign has perhaps reached the stage that it is completely counter-productive. --[[User:BushelCandle|BushelCandle]] ([[User talk:BushelCandle|talk]]) 17:38, 15 July 2018 (UTC)


:::{{ec}} FFS! {{U|BushelCandle}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=thanks&user=BushelCandle&page=nagualdesign&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= thanked me] for that edit immediately after I made it. Using somebody else's signature is against WP policy ([[WP:SIGFORGE]] - '''Never use another editor's signature''') and although BushelCandle wasn't committing forgery ''per se'' he obviously got the message and appreciated my edit. It's about time you got the message too. Your constant jibing at me, including following me around wherever I go and trying to stir up shit, and posting outright lies about me, is growing ''extremely tiresome''. What you don't seem to realize is that each and every edit you make can be seen by everybody and I'm compiling a list that will demonstrate a pattern. I warned you that I was going to throw the book at you and I meant it. Please take as much [[WP:ROPE|rope]] as you wish.
:::{{ec}} FFS! {{U|BushelCandle}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=thanks&user=BushelCandle&page=nagualdesign&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= thanked me] for that edit immediately after I made it. Using somebody else's signature is against WP policy ([[WP:SIGFORGE]] - '''Never use another editor's signature''') and although BushelCandle wasn't committing forgery ''per se'' he obviously got the message and appreciated my edit. It's about time you got the message too. Your constant jibing at me, including following me around wherever I go and trying to stir up shit, and posting outright lies about me, is growing ''extremely tiresome''. What you don't seem to realize is that each and every edit you make can be seen by everybody and I'm compiling a list that will demonstrate a pattern. I warned you that I was going to throw the book at you and I meant it. Please take as much [[WP:ROPE|rope]] as you wish.

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One for the road.

Crap days, bro. Take good care. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 13:27, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Been there & done this. Don't let an asshole get to you. Wikipedia needs you. Rowan Forest (talk) 15:34, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A pie for you!

... to go with the pints. Hope to see you back one day; in the meantime, be well. Sam Sailor 18:10, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(pictured)

I don't know how to take care, - hope he'll survive. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:18, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I moved Die Fliege down, because s/he displaced the next image in my design (our rather, br'er's design). Do you have a solution for that? Then move the creature up again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Give me an hour or so, Gerda. I'm a bit busy writing a long post for the Commons at the moment... nagualdesign 20:16, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I only wanted to explain the move to lower, no disrespect for Die Fliege, just a design matter. I'm licking my wounds from the last call to the commons, so please understand that I won't add that scene to my concerns. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Happy you see your well-designed signature again. Can you take Fliege in your care? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I really don't think I'll be sticking around, Gerda. I just want to finish this last task and then get on with my life. I may feel differently in 6 months. Who knows? nagualdesign 12:58, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As you wish, - I'll try to take care then. If you listen to me, you just call it "semi". There are always thistles, and I think their colour goes well with your signature ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Ass kicking"?

In regard to your edit summary, "It's ass kicking time" left here [1] -- I'm going to caution you against anything you may be planning that will equal disruption and pointy contributions in order to seek some sort of revenge. Such behavior will probably end up getting your account blocked. Your user page says you've retired. Then let it be that. Don't go out under a shadow of negativity. If you choose to return, you'll want to do it in a manner that equals positive contributions. -- ψλ 19:29, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Surprise surprise. How did I know that you'd say exactly that, I wonder? Well, don't you worry, Winkelvi. Sit back and have some popcorn. I promise that I'm going to do the right thing, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't interfere. I understand that you have a hard time parsing these sort of things, and that's fine. When the dust settles I'll buy you a drink. Sincerely, nagualdesign 19:37, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One final task

Thank you all. Before I go for good I need to unpick some of the bullshit and I'd appreciate it if the people who watch this page, who I consider as friends, lend their support. I realize now that I should have just asked for help in the first place and ignored short-sighted rules like WP:CANVASSING. I think I've been far too polite.

If you haven't done so already, please add my user pages on Commons to your watchlists and keep a close eye on proceedings while I clear my name and expose some of the bullshit that goes on around here. Sincerely, nagualdesign 19:33, 8 July 2018 (UTC) (And please, call me Joe.)[reply]

It seems the "vanishing" dissociated the name nagualdesign, as I only get a red link. An url to the relevant Commons page will be useful to me. Thanks and good luck. Rowan Forest (talk) 20:56, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I misunderstood how vanishing would work. Seems like I've basically renamed myself to a load of random characters, which seems rather pointless. Anyway, here's a link. nagualdesign 21:05, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

July 2018

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Information icon Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Talk:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Warning is in regard to this disruptive and premature close of discussion [2] -- ψλ 19:39, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to leave that discussion open, that's your prerogative. nagualdesign 19:40, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker)@Winkelvi: I seem to recall on at least two occasions defending you out of an indefinite block here, and spending considerable time getting the community to let you off with a 1RR restriction. Turning up here and badgering an editor who's considering jacking it all in is therefore a misguided move. Think before you hit submit. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 00:28, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ritchie333, did you look at the edit to which I was referring? Did you see the talk page discussion on NeilN's page regarding what was starting to look like a meltdown by this editor that included threats and disruptive behavior? Adn then this a few minutes ago from ND [3]. I get what you're saying re:my situation, but this is a whole different ballgame. And I can't help but think you're not seeing the whole picture (including what's been going on at Commons in relation to all of it). -- ψλ 00:37, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I read through the whole shenanigans on Commons this evening, shook my head and thought "life is just too short to get caught up in this sort of stuff anymore". I think everyone needs to calm down and take a deep breath. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 00:41, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. That said, my warning here was left long before everything went in the toilet. It was left as I sensed things were about to spiral out of control, which is why I left the message I did with Neil. Who then also came here to ask ND to take a breath. He did not. What happened next had nothing to do with me. My warning was merely a formality to log that something was noticed, it was inappropriate, and that taking a moment to stop and think would be a good thing to do. Even after Neil tried to talk him off the proverbial ledge, he continued down the wrong path. And it still hasn't gotten any better when you look at the diff I provided above, his comments to me, and him striking my comments. There's something more afoot beyond getting caught up in the emotional side of the whole shebang and I'm thinking it lies in part with WP:IDHT and WP:COMPETENCE. That's my take on it, anyway. -- ψλ 00:49, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Winkelvi: I archived the discussion at Talk:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster#Concerning the frequent edits because it appeared to have run its course and was nothing more than a tit-for-tat argument over something so trivial as to be considered disruptive, and as an uninvolved third-party I was well within my rights to do so. You undid the archiving part and that's your prerogative. Both of us acted within proper guidelines. Coming here to issue the warning shown above was hypocritical and misguided, but I consider you such a small fry petty tyrant that I let it pass.
The post I left on NeilN's talk page was to thank him for his level-headed approach. If you think that was "starting to look like a meltdown" you're not very perceptive, and I defy you to produce any diffs featuring threats and disruptive behavior.
Your partial reverting of my edit on Commons, along with the edit summary, exemplify your self-importance, your inability to comprehend simple situations and your discourteous attitude. The comments I struck on your behalf are indeed libellous, and I suggest once again that you strike them immediately.
Since you insist on continuously popping your head above the parapet, without comprehending that you're not exactly covering yourself in glory, I'll also point out the moment that I appeared on your radar, so that others can play Whack-a-mole! with you: It was when I made this post on MjolnirPants' talk page, wasn't it? You may not be very perceptive but I am, and I can see right through you. You read that post and had enough wherewithal to realize that it was at least in part about you. What you're too thick to realize is that I was praising MjolnirPants for treating you with kindness and patience, because I think that that's the right thing to do with people who suffer from Asperger's. I sympathise with you. It was also a way of letting MjolnirPants know that I was grieving for a friend who had died, but that bit seems to have escaped you completely. I'm going to go out on a limb here and presume that you've never lost any close friends or relatives, and you have very little life experience (the alternative here is to presume that you're a heartless, mindless, malicious a-hole who deserves a good slap).
If I encounter you again you'd better watch your step, because I'm done playing nice or excusing you because of your disability. And no, that isn't me being threatening. To be clear, I'm saying that I won't put up with one iota of your self-indulgent shit, and I'll throw the book at you if you take a single step out of line. Now fuck off and don't come back. Sincerely, nagualdesign 01:36, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Note

"Courtesy vanishing is discretionary and may be refused. It is not intended to be temporary. It is not a way to avoid scrutiny or sanctions. It is not a fresh start and does not guarantee anonymity. Any of the deleted pages may be undeleted after a community discussion. If the user returns, the "vanishing" will likely be fully reversed, the old and new accounts will be linked, and any outstanding sanctions or restrictions will be resumed."

I also really don't want to block you so knock it off with the attacks please. --NeilN talk to me 19:58, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can assure you, Neil, that I have no intention for my courtesy vanishing to be temporary. I'm leaving Wikipedia, but before I go I think it's only right that I defend myself, and I'll do so in accordance with all the rules and regulations, I promise. What you call "attacks" are merely an exposé of Sladen's ill-behaviour which, if you permit me, will become clear. I have proof! nagualdesign 20:13, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Hi nagualdesign, Sorry bud but the whole "Before I go I think it's only right that I defend myself" no longer applies, You had that right before vanishing, The whole point of Vanishing is exactly that ..... Walking away and never looking back ..... You can't vanish and then return to defend yourself as like I said you lost that right when you obviously vanished. –Davey2010Talk 20:33, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well that wasn't at all clear to me. If it's all the same with you I think I'll just crack on. nagualdesign 21:07, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
PLEASE just take a break, ND. This will end with everyone feeling awful, including you. Please. EEng 21:52, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry EEng, I'm done for the evening. If you think I've said anything that I shouldn't over on Commons then please let me know. I'm trying my hardest here under extremely difficult circumstances, as you know. nagualdesign 22:01, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe because of the name change I can't even find your talk page at Commons. Whatever you did or said there, please just post a followup saying, "Look, I'm not myself lately, I'm gonna take a month off and then we can sort all this out." This is not to say that you bear any fault in what led up to this, but if you're doing anything in response to burn your bridges, please stop. EEng 22:12, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:User talk:Renamed user g5r8c5h8j5g2f55v5h2h5g5d2s2c5b5

As I've just explained to someone else via email, I'm not interested in personal disputes or burning bridges, but I'm very interested in highlighting procedural irregularities with a view to those procedures being tightened up, or the people tasked with applying them being properly (re)trained.

I've also been reading through the archives of the Roadster talk page and there's a pattern of behaviour by Sladen, along with another user saying that they had also noticed his gaming the system. If he's going to talk smack about me in my absence, convincing everyone that I plagiarized that image, I think he deserves to be brought to account. Exercising my right of reply is not the same as indulging in a personal dispute.

Were you, me and others indulging in a personal dispute when we tried to hold Sebastian to account, or do you think we were trying to do the right thing? nagualdesign 22:35, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

High-handed admins on parade

Note: Subthread heading by EEng
I was just banned from Commons indefinitely, and without a chance to appeal in my Talk page or contact an administrator there. Complete block in 100% commons. Why? Because I posted in your now deleted page a request to the administrator Yann to please review your car/rocket diagram and lift the ban if proven yours. I said please and thank you. You are in the hands of a rouge administrator on a "road rage". Very irregular actions of Yann, and he is covering his tracks by deleting my message/request too. I can't stick my neck any longer, even if I wanted. There is a loose beast (or loose system) after you. Sorry. You were right all along. Rowan Forest (talk) 01:29, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I just posted this strongly worded rebuke [4], which I'm copying here since I have the odd feeling it may get revdel'd as well:
Christ, over here at Commons the lunatics really do seem to have taken over the asylum. WP admins can only dream of getting away with such imperious bullshit. Shame on you, Yann. Now, I understand Rowan Forest posted a comment to a discussion here which appears to have been deleted; I formally request that it be restored so that we may all see its content. The deletion smells very strongly of someone trying to suppress criticism of himself or his fellow admins. Or will you block me now too for talking back to my betters? EEng (talk) 02:06, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
EEng 02:10, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What the fuck?! I'm so sorry that you've been dragged into the thresher while trying to pull me out, Rowan. This is exactly the sort of bullshit that I'm railing against, and I hope that thanks to your sacrifice others can now see that I'm not on some sort of misguided personal vendetta but simply trying to clear my name and hold other editors and admins to account. Fear not, Rowan; by acting like this Yann has actually stuck his head above the parapet and made it much easier to highlight his errant behaviour. And thank you very much for sticking your neck out for me! Sincerely, nagualdesign 09:17, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cooler heads have prevailed

Thanks to Commons admin Guanaco, the picture in dispute has been undeleted, and we can now have a proper discussion about its authorship and copyright status. Walk this way → c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tesla Roadster Falcon 9H.pngJFG talk 03:10, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath

You are vanished[5] and supposed to no longer edit. If you are not going to comply with WP:VANISHED then it will be enforced by block. Look at this example[6] for getting some idea. Capitals00 (talk) 12:58, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like there was a combination of a temper and a misunderstanding of the consequences of WP:VANISH. I would suggest that the best course of action at this stage would be to un-vanish Nagualdesign (looks like it's just a rename?), let him go through the proceedings at c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tesla Roadster Falcon 9H.png, let the RfC about his work run its course, and perhaps later he can decide with a clear head whether he wants to vanish or just take an ordinary wikibreak. — JFG talk 13:09, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Capitals00: Then un-vanish me. As far as I'm concerned another editor was waging a smear campaign against me after I had declared my retirement from editing. I should have right of reply, even though I may have misunderstood the consequences of WP:VANISH. nagualdesign 13:18, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)@Capitals00: See also Nagualdesign's remark today on NeilN's page[7] highlighting the misunderstanding: Either way there will remain a trail of breadcrumbs leading to my account, which will remain extant in perpetuity. Now that I know that, the whole idea of vanishing seems rather pointless. Reversing the WP:VANISH action would look best imho. — JFG talk 13:20, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Requesting un-vanishing would be the correct solution. Capitals00 (talk) 13:48, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Capitals00: How would I do that? nagualdesign 14:02, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Notifying Xaosflux who participated in the vanishing.[8] Capitals00 (talk) 14:58, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. nagualdesign 15:21, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
While logged in on this account just go to Special:GlobalRenameRequest and request your name be changed back. Once completed if you want to resume old account flags you can request review at WP:PERMxaosflux Talk 15:32, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, thank you. nagualdesign 15:41, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I've just !voted at Commons to desysop the admin who created this mess there, which has very little chance of actually happening, because the culture at Commons is kind of like "F.U. en-wiki". Nagual, I hope that both you and Rowan will stick around here at en-wiki and not feel any need to be driven off the site. As far as I can tell at the moment, everyone has been unblocked. I think a good strategy to deal with the maligned image is to upload it locally here at en-wiki, which gets you out of the morass of satisfying the licensing rules at Commons. As for how the image is used here at the Musk car page, that's for the ongoing RfC to decide. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:18, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some noncontroversial work?

In case you'd like to change your mind, there is an interesting map to simplify and improve there: Talk:List of military occupations#Improving the map. I pinged you, but not sure you got it due to the vanish-unvanish shenanigans. — JFG talk 18:11, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I spotted that earlier and added the page to my watchlist, and I've been following the conversation. I appreciate you considering me, but right now there are more shitstorms going on than I can keep up with. Hopefully one of the original creators of the map will step in, if not.. I may consider it. Sorry to be so vague but I'm pretty exhausted. Regards, nagualdesign 18:16, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No worries; this was just a friendly suggestion to clear your mind of the "shitstorms". — JFG talk 18:54, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you've got things covered over there. Looks good so far. nagualdesign 15:39, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Some progress, but not very good yet. I'd appreciate your input. — JFG talk 17:53, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alaskan wooly-back log spider

Does the Alaskan wooly-back log spider really exist? or is it just a hoax you made up, I suspect it is the latter because I can't find anything about it on Google. If it were real I would be able to find at least one article about it because you can find even the most obscure articles on the most obscure things on Google, just type in the key words and there you have your results. Blank search results means the Alaskan wooly-back log spider either does not exist or the research paper doccumenting it's existance have not been released yet.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 22:46, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

PMSL... Wow. I laughed for a long time at that one, and I'm still laughing as I type this... So funny! For those of you following along at home, Spidersmilk is referring to this post I left on his talk page, bless him.
To put you out of your misery, the entire paragraph was a spoof (ie, a hoax, prank or joke). There's no such thing as an Alaskan wooly-back log spider or an Appalachian forest spider. I don't think there are any spiders that weigh as little as 0.1 milligrams, or give birth to only one spiderling in any given season. Spiders do not give birth, they lay eggs, so they don't have birth canals. There's no such thing as "the spider kingdom" - spiders belong to animalia - unless of course there's a spider with a crown somewhere! (There isn't.) Spiders do not produce milk or suckle (they are not mammals). And I'm guessing that Rowan didn't really base his PhD thesis defense on those 'facts'.
Thank you for a hearty belly laugh, my silky friend. nagualdesign 23:27, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I read that paper on Gravity as a fluid dynamic phenomenon in a superfluid quantum space, by the way. Thank you for the link. Very interesting stuff.
May I ask you an honest question (and I'm really not joking this time, I promise), are you autistic? nagualdesign 23:32, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Witch runs in my family.

Been diagnosed with many possible things, Asperger's, High functioning autism, ADHD, OCD, possibly Manic depressive, witch seems to run in my family. I have a high visuospatial and logical-mathmatical iq but a low verbal iq, which makes it dificult for me to both learn from verbal lectures and to comunicate my ideas.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 01:45, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see. The reason I thought you might be autistic is the fact that you didn't realize I was obviously joking even after I'd explained that it was a joke, yet you're able to digest some pretty serious scientific literature. Reminds me of one of my cousins who's high-functioning autistic. Many years ago when he was a little boy and on holiday in Egypt (actually, I think they lived there for a short while) he went missing and his parents were distraught. They were eventually contacted by the police (not the other way around) because he'd somehow managed to order a taxi and give the driver directions in Arabic but when they arrived at the apartment he had no concept whatsoever of having to pay the driver for the ride, so the driver called the police!
Take care, nagualdesign 02:05, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So you didn't know there were still theories that ether exists?SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 02:31, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Having read the paper, I wouldn't characterize it as an aether theory. The luminiferous aether was supposedly the medium through which light propagates. This superfluid quantum space theory is more of a theory of gravity, and maybe explains the properties of fundamental particles themselves. Light, they say, is like a phonon travelling through the SQS. Also, any theory has to be invariant to moving frames of reference and allow for accelerating reference frames, which wouldn't be possible if there was some sort of aether (ie, a fixed metric).
To be honest, I don't know enough to even fully comprehend what they're saying, but my hunch is that it's probably wrong. For starters they accept that superfluidity (something that happens in a plenum) has a non-zero viscosity, so I'd be surprised if they can model, say, a single electron that would persist for any great length of time before decaying, yet we know that electrons are extraordinarily long-lived. They also seem to be implying that the theory only works properly when things are moving, but no particle can be said to be moving in its own co-moving reference frame, by definition. And it's full of spelling mistakes (lenght was mentioned a few times), and they use the word theory when they should be saying hypothesis. If I were a betting man, my money would be on entropic gravity.
By the way, I've just been watching one of my favourite YouTube channels, which you might be interested in: PBS Space Time (and in particular, videos featuring Matt O'Dowd). nagualdesign 02:55, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The hypothesis says that the superfluid has a non linear viscocity, meaning that as one approches the speed of light, viscocity increases until it becomes infinite for all things containing mass. I have heard people hypothesise that particles absorb energy from somewhere, in such a way that if the speed is far enough below the speed of light, it (the particle) will be able persist. I have heard that Hydrogen likely becomes very unstable and undergoes radioactive decay at close to light speed.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 13:01, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You should also note that that is by far not the only version of Superfluid vacuum theory. Others exist in which the vacuum has absolutly no viscocity.SpidersMilk, Drink Spider Milk, it tastes good. (talk) 17:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

July 2018 (2)

Enough drama, already. — JFG talk 13:15, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Talk:Donald Trump baby balloon. Such edits are disruptive, and may appear to other editors to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Warning is in regard to this edit. If someone needs to change something they added, let them know and allow them to fix it - do not take it upon yourself to make the change. See WP:TPG for more. You were warned about this recently on Commons and know better. -- ψλ 01:22, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Winkelvi, BushelCandle is perfectly capable of objecting if they want (though I have every confidence they won't). At Commons you defended the indefensible, and now here you're faulting the faultless. Stop playing the fool. EEng 01:57, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh... Policy is foolish? Not in my world. -- ψλ 01:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As is so often the case, that wise and mature editor, User:EEng's predictive faculties are spot-on. I have no issue at all with other editors correcting howlers or typos I make with my own talk page posts - how could I have, when tolerant and erudite editors like he and User:SMcCandlish have had to put up with my own nit-picking and compulsive copyediting tic for some while now?
I do apologise to all parties for being the blundering proximate cause of this spat - especially when I should know better. (My only excuse was the ease of using copy and then paste, but I do now take User:Newyorkbrad's point about how distracting such sloppiness can be.)
User:Winkelvi: Although it can be so tempting to use a ready-made template (with appropriate internal links pre-formed and language committee-edited to be bland and diplomatic), there are times when just the act of using a templated comment comes over as irritating, pointy and largely inappropriate.
Perhaps the time has come that you should make every effort to avoid interacting with User:Nagualdesign at all, and especially with a template, unless such action is absolutely unavoidable and imperative.
We both know that you often have pertinent points to make, Winkelvi, but the very act of making them to Nagualdesign has perhaps reached the stage that it is completely counter-productive. --BushelCandle (talk) 17:38, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) FFS! BushelCandle thanked me for that edit immediately after I made it. Using somebody else's signature is against WP policy (WP:SIGFORGE - Never use another editor's signature) and although BushelCandle wasn't committing forgery per se he obviously got the message and appreciated my edit. It's about time you got the message too. Your constant jibing at me, including following me around wherever I go and trying to stir up shit, and posting outright lies about me, is growing extremely tiresome. What you don't seem to realize is that each and every edit you make can be seen by everybody and I'm compiling a list that will demonstrate a pattern. I warned you that I was going to throw the book at you and I meant it. Please take as much rope as you wish.
EEng is right; you do play the fool. You appear to believe that you can use your Asperger's as a get out of jail free card. Well, I've encountered quite a few people on the autistic spectrum in my life and I can honestly say that none of them are quite like you. The negative traits you exhibit have nothing to do with Asperger's and everything to do with you being immature, self-absorbed, self-important and rather transparently having double standards.[9] (There's plenty more diffs where that came from.) Saying, "Waah! Asperger's!" every time someone picks you up on your tiresome bullshit is an insult to people with Asperger's. nagualdesign 02:46, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve restored the edit. Incorporating a signature’s font and color in the middle of a talkpage comment is unnecessarily distracting. (Using the word “no-no” in an edit summary seems a bit patronizing, however.) Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't patronizing, it's a simple way of expressing that it's verboten while acknowledging that BushelCandle wasn't wantonly breaking the rules. BushelCandle obviously didn't find it patronizing. I could argue that your post is a little patronizing, couldn't I? Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of it. nagualdesign 02:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that’s my thanks for agreeing with you. I think my work here is done. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:51, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. No offense intended. Let's just leave it there. nagualdesign 03:14, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Newyorkbrad: Thanks for taking the trouble, and please excuse ND's teechiness – as you may know he's been run through the wringer lately.
  • Nagualdesign: Slow down. When someone takes the trouble to back you up, don't make them regret it.
  • Winkelvi: You're now graduating from playing the fool to being a fool: your understanding of WP:TPG is unsubtle; if it's true what's said about you above you need to recognize your limitations and stop trying to police the interactions of others; and it's patently obvious that you're sore about events at Commons. Now stop playing with fire before you get burned.

EEng 03:31, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Point taken. I really should have put a on the end of that post. Not to worry, Newyorkbrad has already excused my tetchiness by thanking me for my subsequent edit. All is well, and thank you for the oil, EEng. nagualdesign 03:39, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
nagualdesign taking a break from WP editing to go into full-time rope production
"Sore" about Commons? What an idiotic statement and completely off the mark. Sorry to disappoint you, however, I feel nothing but one giant eye-roll about the Commonsgate cluster-eff brought on by a bunch of drama queens and divas on a mission of disruption who came over from en.wp. But, in case you didn't notice, that whole basket of deplorable behavior wasn't centered around me, but the person by whom this talk page is maintained. My participation there was minimal, therefore, I can't even imagine what I would have to be "sore about". And, once again, if insisting on appropriate behavior as described by policy is foolish, I'll accept that label, no problem. -- ψλ 03:47, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
*facepalm* nagualdesign 03:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Winkelvi, do you not see that a sitting arbitrator has already stopped by to undo your meddling? Do you not see how this will end for you if you don't cut the crap right now? EEng 04:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I saw it and honestly, I couldn't care less (about the "undo"). -- ψλ 04:09, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
*facepalm* X 2. In that case do carry on: the sooner you get yourself blocked the less trouble for everyone. EEng 04:24, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for what? Doing something someone (or three someones) disagreed with? Surely you know not a day goes by in Wikipedia where that doesn't happen to numerous editors. Including you. -- ψλ 04:27, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to throw you a bone here and suggest that you read Wikipedia:Harassment in its entirety. Or don't, it's up to you. nagualdesign 04:35, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
To which I will add: "There once was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway. Upon hearing on the radio (over the honking horns) that there was a drunk driver who was driving the wrong way on the freeway, he peered through his windshield, noticed all of the headlights heading toward him, and exclaimed 'My God! There are dozens of them!!" [10]
At this point I suggest we let Winkelvi say whatever he's going to say, without responding, in the hopes that he will meditate on what's happened here and perhaps mend his ways. EEng 04:43, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)"You appear to believe that you can use your Asperger's as a get out of jail free card. Well, I've encountered quite a few people on the autistic spectrum in my life and I can honestly say that none of them are quite like you. The negative traits you exhibit have nothing to do with Asperger's and everything to do with you being immature, self-absorbed, self-important and...Saying, "Waah! Asperger's!" every time someone picks you up on your tiresome bullshit is an insult to people with Asperger's."
So, I need to read the article on harassment because...your comments ^^^above^^^ about my unchangeable condition (which is officially considered a disability) is so incredibly tolerant and understanding and not harassment? Got it. -- ψλ 04:45, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]