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I am a Misplaced Pages editor. Just a blip in a database. I am a Misplaced Pages editor. Just a blip in a database.


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=== Other wisdom === === Other wisdom ===
* ''The opposite of ] is not ]; rather, the opposite is '''contribution'''.'' * The opposite of ] is not ]; rather, the opposite is '''contribution'''.
* ''] is a paradox. One is expressly failing to "ignore all rules" by citing ].'' <br> In other words, if you do something and justify it with IAR, you are implicitly acknowledging that there are rules. * ] does not mean "Fuck the rules".<br />Citing ] isn't something to get you out of giving a good explanation. Its an apology you give when keeping track of the rules got too unbearable and you just wanted to write an encyclopedia.
* <jwales> There are people who have good sense. There are idiots. A consensus of idiots does not override good sense. Misplaced Pages is not a democracy. * ''<jwales> There are people who have good sense. There are idiots. A consensus of idiots does not override good sense. Misplaced Pages is not a democracy.''
* '']'' * '']''
* ''You don't have to like your subject to write a sound article about it. Sometimes it's better not to like it, as there's a greater incentive to be neutral.'' - * ''You don't have to like your subject to write a sound article about it. Sometimes it's better not to like it, as there's a greater incentive to be neutral.'' -
* ] * ]
* Let he who is without POV cast the first {{tl|cn}}.
* ''The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.''


== Wikibrags == == Wikibrags ==
* ] from ] * ] from ]
* 2004: Inventor of infobox , such as (now {{template|Infobox person}}) and . * 2004: Inventor of , such as (now {{Template|Infobox settlement}}, ({{template|Infobox person}}), and even the base ] now used on ~7% of all articles.
* 2004: Initial proposal for the * 2004: Initial proposal for the
* 2004: ] the death of an ].
* 2005: Chief complainer about ], a problem which eventually inspires ] * 2005: Chief complainer about ], a problem which eventually inspires ]
* 2006: I killed a pretty leet ]. * 2006: I killed a pretty leet ].
* 2014: Improved the quality of a particular article 625772189%, but then the rats nibbled it down and made it a mess again.
* 2016: After about two years of effort, finally attended the funeral of the atrocity that was {{Template|Cite doi}}.


== Hilarity ensues == == Hilarity ensues ==
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* Disambiguation can be a funny thing: ], ], ], ]. ] to ]
* "'''O Baby''', ''']''', '''Ooh Baby''', '''Ooh Baby Baby''', or '''Ooh Ooh Baby''' may refer to:"
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== Other stuff == == Other stuff ==
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File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif|For your contribution to ]<hr>]<br> File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif|For your contribution to ]<hr>]<br>
File:Biography Barnstar Hires.png|For diligent sourcing, editing and restless battles in making ] article a shining star it is now<hr>]<br> File:Biography Barnstar Hires.png|For diligent sourcing, editing and restless battles in making ] article a shining star it is now<hr>]<br>
File:Original Barnstar Hires.png| Thanks for many helpful improvements to articles and titles.<hr>]<br>
File:Rescue Barnstar Hires.png|For your great work improving ] and the crucial argument you submitted at AFD.<hr>]<br>
File:Yogo2783 Close crop.JPG|This user has been identified as an ''']''' {{nowrap|on ].}}<hr>]<br>
File:Special Barnstar Hires.png|For your 40,000 + edits on Misplaced Pages and very nice quotes on the top of your talk page. ^_^<hr>]<br>
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 1 April 2021

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I am a Misplaced Pages editor. Just a blip in a database.

Wikiphilosophy

Netoholic's Law

As a wiki discussion grows longer, the probability of an accusation by one user of another acting unilaterally approaches one.

Look, I've made thousands of "unilateral" edits, so probably have you. It's a wiki. Get over it.
Corollary: One can substitute any of the following for "unilaterally", and the law still works -- "against consensus", "mindlessly", "carelessly", "out of process". Any of these words indicates you might be facing off against a wiki-warrior.

Other wisdom

  • The opposite of deletionism is not inclusionism; rather, the opposite is contribution.
  • Misplaced Pages:Ignore all rules does not mean "Fuck the rules".
    Citing WP:IAR isn't something to get you out of giving a good explanation. Its an apology you give when keeping track of the rules got too unbearable and you just wanted to write an encyclopedia.
  • <jwales> There are people who have good sense. There are idiots. A consensus of idiots does not override good sense. Misplaced Pages is not a democracy.
  • It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
  • You don't have to like your subject to write a sound article about it. Sometimes it's better not to like it, as there's a greater incentive to be neutral. - Peridon
  • /Admins
  • Let he who is without POV cast the first {{cn}}.
  • The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Wikibrags

Hilarity ensues

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More cowbell.
Jennablurrs7575 (talk) 21:58, 6 June 2019 (UTC).

Other stuff

Barnstars