Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 19:41, 3 December 2014

Welcome

Welcome to Misplaced Pages! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page – I'm happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.

Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...

Finding your way around:

Need help?

How you can help:

Additional tips...

ReynTime, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi ReynTime! Thanks for contributing to Misplaced Pages. Come join experienced editors at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a space where new editors can get help from experienced editors. These editors have been around for a long time and have extensive knowledge about how Misplaced Pages works. Come share your experiences, ask questions, and get advice from experts. I hope to see you there! Osarius (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the TeahouseThis message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:19, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi there

This comment of yours should probably not be put in the section that has only been edited by administrators. Please remove it and place it in a separate section that looks like the "Statement by " sections above the "Result concerning Ryulong" section.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 04:31, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, someone else did it for you.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 04:32, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, did I put that on the wrong page? This mess has forked into at least four different places NOT including the talk pages of various users, so it's getting very hard to track it. I can't even tell where my question got moved to.

In any case, since you're at the heart of this, can you answer the question? What exactly is the quid pro quo that's being claimed here? I'm really not following the argument of why Misplaced Pages should care that some random Redditor set up a GoFundMe to help you get your luggage back. (As "bribes" go that's really pathetic, frankly.)ReynTime (talk) 04:42, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

I've moved your response from my page to yours. I just prefer to have responses remain on one user's page. If you need to get my attention again, you can type {{ping|Ryulong}} (I guess it's like going /u/whatever on Reddit or @whatever on other social media).

You put your post on the right page, just not on the right part of the page. Your question was just moved slightly higher up on the same page into its own section. You can see it here (as of my posting here).

I'm not really sure what this quid pro quo is either. I mentioned my financial issues, someone said I should make a gofundme, I did, it got posted to Reddit, one person gave me everything I asked, and I'm getting my stuff back soon (I hope).—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 05:35, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Oh, I'm glad things got where they belonged (both with my edit and with your stuff.) I'm still in a bit of a post-Turkey Day coma and I had three different WP pages up. I thought that discussion was on the Gamergate talk page not the sanctions page. In any case I hope Wordsmith answers because I don't understand what his concern about "promoting a fundraiser" was all about. It wasn't a fundraiser, it was an Internet convenience, that's all. If someone had just mailed you a check no one would be the wiser -- which, if you were up to no good, would obviously be the way you'd go about it, so the fact that everything was right out there in the open just shows that nothing nefarious was going on. Typical Gamergate "This tiny molehill is really a HUGE MOUNTAIN!" nonsense.ReynTime (talk) 05:45, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom page

Just a tip - when an arbitrator removes something from a page, don't put it back. There's a reason they did that. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 12:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, did what? I noticed an edit was gone (replying to DSA) but it looked like Ryulong removed it, I'm assuming accidentally, when he took down his own post about the sea lion charity. Was that actually done by an Arb? Because the next diff was Ryulong's so maybe I misread something, unless this is something completely different. In any case, why did they leave DSA's stuff up there? Let's see if I can get the newfangled PING thing to work... {ping|NorthBySouthBaranof} ReynTime (talk) 13:04, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

No, it was removed by Roger Davies. See this diff. Put two curly-brackets around the ping and it'll work. Double curly-brackets is the standard Misplaced Pages syntax for templates. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 13:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

So what's this then? Was Roger one of the "five intermediate edits"? I've never worked on a Wiki page that was changed so damned often. Also why was DSA's irrelevancy kept, any idea? I think WP:V definitely applies since Gamergate has no official structure or membership, so how could anyone confirm "Gamergate" gave to charity, even if that were actually relevant to the controversy, which it isn't of course...? @NorthBySouthBaranof: ReynTime (talk) 13:12, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

WP:GS/GG/E

Threaded discussion is not allowed at this page. Please move all your comments into your own section, or I will do it for you. There is a 500 word limit. RGloucester — ☎ 13:30, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Fixed it, thanks for the heads up. ReynTime (talk) 14:01, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

FYI, I have requested Oversight of the link in question, and have contacted the college to request a takedown. That student OpEd was a mashed-up repetition of some of the worst of the scurrilous accusations against Quinn. If the editor who posted it cannot be sanctioned under GG because of a technicality, then the full weight of WP:BLP should come down instead, IMO. Tarc (talk) 14:02, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, I'm sure the Amherst article will be removed shortly (cue the cries of "CENSORSHIP!!!" to follow immediately after) but this bad behavior on WP isn't going to let up until it's called out and dealt with, somehow. ReynTime (talk) 14:09, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

NLT

I'd suggest you refactor your gamergate comments that allege what Avono posted is "illegal" or that a third party "will be sued." Those can be construed as legal threats and we have a zero tolerance policy. See WP:NLT. I don't believe you have standing or authority to make good on those threats (whence another reason they should be refactored into non-legal language). Legal threats is a chilling argument style to use in collaborative environments. --DHeyward (talk) 18:05, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Wow you bunch are predictable. I have no grounds to sue for libel, of course, since I'm not the subject of the article. (LOGIC! HOW DOES IT WORK?) The one who would be suing would be Zoe Quinn and she would win big time. ReynTime (talk) 19:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)