User talk:JRM
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- Regardless of (the absence of) any policy, please don't edit anyone's comments but your own, not even to fix a typo. It tends to upset people, and I don't want to upset people over my talk page. Thanks.
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Archives
- –December 14, 2004: /Archive1
- December 15, 2004–March 11, 2005: /Archive2
- March 12, 2005–April 10, 2005: /Archive3
- April 11, 2005–May 31, 2005: /Archive4
Anonymous editing
I was a little confused by your comment on IRC a couple of weeks ago, but now all is clear! I would say that it's a cool idea, but a shame that Wikipedians have such set notions about anonymous editors... Reminds me of a certain fiasco with a certain user page-less RFA candidate! Anyway, nice to know that I was nice, and nice to know what's going on (for once). smoddy 19:53, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Well, you did make [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3A82.92.119.11&diff=0&oldid=12970751 these edits. They do kind of give the game away. It shows, I guess, that there are but two types of people in the world. Wikiholics, and those who are about to be... Cheers, smoddy 08:41, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Nazi Punks Funk Off
I'm glad to see my user page attracts at least some visitors. If I were to award myself that internet insignia in a non-"deceptive" manner, can I keep it? Or, in light of your constant vigil and (dubiously) stringent policies regarding self-mocking material that can grace a user's page, perhaps you are more deserving of it than I, and I should be presented with a yellow star. OnwardToGolgotha 02:47, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello
Thank you for at least trying to to defuse the tension between Ambi and I. It was appreciated! Dan100 18:33, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
Wiki e-mail
It's not very reliable, so I gotta ask: did you get my message? Bishonen | talk 20:42, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Logical fallacies
It is on the list in a sense, as just a special (and particularly popular) case of making a valid argument from a false assumed premise, where the assumed premise p is "If you understand it, you will like it" and q is "you do not like it", and from there on it's a valid (if unsound) modus tollens. I don't know if there's a particular name for that specific case, which is probably what you were looking for, hence my failure to answer on the refdesk—although I might propose "argument from pretension". Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:23, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- That's not the wiki way—it's like saying you failed to make a perfect article and are therefore keeping it in your sandbox. Since this is arguably a better answer than nothing, it should be on the RD, really. :-)
- This indeed seems to be a case of a false premise. If that's the most specific name we've got so far, than that would seem to be the answer. Maybe someone will pop up and say "of course, that's the ol' argument from pretension" yet, but it's good enough for me. This is just my banal curiosity asking "and have we named this yet?", not something that truly serves a purpose... JRM · Talk 21:51, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't expect I'd be telling you anything you didn't already know, but I may as well put it up since I've bothered to write it, then. It doesn't appear that mostly-useless answers are discouraged on the refdesk, after all, but I prefer not to add to the noise if I don't have anything useful (or amusing... my restraint isn't that strong!) to add. Oh, and I *do* sandbox articles for far too long, a few half-baked and moderately embarrassing additions to the contrary. I know, I know, the wiki way, but no article is ever finished, and I like to always leave things in a presentable state, at least... Mindspillage (spill yours?) 23:12, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Wiki e-mail II
Sorry to be a pest, but again, e-mail? Bishonen | talk 14:49, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Message relay
- Hi JRM... I've recently moved house and can't get online until I get the telephone line hooked up. Would it be ok with you if we postponed our match until I can get back online? I'd hate to forfeit. Thanks! -- jasabella
Message received via IRC. -- Cyrius|✎ 02:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Not that you're concerned, JRM, but just for interest: I merged Criticism of Wikipedia into Wikipedia and made it a redirect. The redirecting was briskly reverted, while Wikipedia remains fattened with the new material, so now you can really talk about overlap. OK [shrug], I shot my bolt and half of it got unshot. Maybe the reverter plans to complete the operation, or else the Invisible Hand of the wiki principle (=somebody else) will clear up the mess some day. Bishonen | talk 23:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Okay with you?
Hi, JRM. One of your subpages has been tagged for deletion. I was wondering if it was okay with you to delete it? User talk talk:Filiocht/European toilet paper holder on wheels/Anti 'T' bias poll on a pogostick SWAdair | Talk 06:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Judging by the redlink, I'm too late now, aren't I? :-) Seriously, though, while we could have a long debate on how to interpret the CSD policies in this particularly intricate case, I doubt Wikipedia is worse off from just having it deleted. With some bemusement I notice that the thing was dragged off to VfD for "being in the wrong namespace". Now with that sense of humor going around, this page really is better off deleted. JRM · Talk 17:54, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
The power of the Wiki
(from Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Rogue Administrator RickK)
- Don't be too proud of this editorial terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a vandal is insignificant next to the power of the Wiki. JRM · Talk 19:43, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
- That was a great one! Thanks for the laugh. --cesarb 20:34, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Stole it! I did!
Hey JRM! I stole your "Wikipedia:Babel" table for my userpage, and as my pennance, I am hereby awarding you this plenary indulgence! Pax tecum! Essjay (talk) 06:02, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
- For your honesty in admiting that I wasn't the first to steal the table, I say you get to keep the indulgence. (In fact, I'll give you another, and if you tell me when you want it, I'll give it to you after you commit some particularly fun sin...Being a heretic is such fun!). However, if you really, really feel you can't accept an indulgence, then I award you a big gold star! Essjay (talk) 11:28, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Nemine
Oh, get over yourself, Joost. Click on that username, Fredy-whatever-it-was, see how he spent one minute on the whole thing: creating an account, creating a talkpage, creating that comment. Symmetry demands that you and I together spend at most one minute considering him. (Pete's delightful rebuttal deserves more, of course.) Thanks for editing my list. Oh, no, it's not mine, it's Wikipedia's, etc, etc! Bishonen | talk 21:51, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Get over myself! That's a good one. If I had a nickel... but anyway. The mere fact that someone would go to the trouble of creating such an account just to post that one comment is enough to really sour it for me. I know we have jerks on Wikipedia, but why do they have to be in my sight? :-) JRM · Talk 22:07, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure what "get over yourself" means, but I've always liked it..! Yeah, it's sour, but I'd think you'd be used to it? If you want to be inoculated against sourness forevermore, go talk with user:82.35.37.118, or just read his post "The 'purely factual' version is inaccurate" on my page. The reference is to my protecting his talkpage, but please don't go look at that, you'd only have to de-admin me. Remember how you hate it when Elizabeth and I put you in those kinds of positions..? Bishonen | talk 22:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- No, I have no particular problems with persnickety prickmedainties who will exit the stage, bemoaning the harsh welcome of teh kabal, clasping their bosom and going "alack! alack!", but I don't have any intention of becoming one myself either. (How's that for getting over myself?) I'm just venting steam at pettiness, and going "it should have been I" at you, because I damn well feel like it. There is nothing that could cause me to leave Wikipedia for good, except, perhaps, if we ever disallowed anonymous users from editing. But that, fortunately, is not likely to happen. JRM · Talk 22:32, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure what "get over yourself" means, but I've always liked it..! Yeah, it's sour, but I'd think you'd be used to it? If you want to be inoculated against sourness forevermore, go talk with user:82.35.37.118, or just read his post "The 'purely factual' version is inaccurate" on my page. The reference is to my protecting his talkpage, but please don't go look at that, you'd only have to de-admin me. Remember how you hate it when Elizabeth and I put you in those kinds of positions..? Bishonen | talk 22:19, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)