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Welcome to RationalWiki! Тytalk 01:51, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

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Contents

References

Please read Help:References -- Nx / talk 19:01, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Thythop

You have it. Be good. If you can't be good, be good at it. MtDPinko Scum 04:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

That's not

what hiderevision is for. Why did you do that? Nutty Roux100x100 anarchy symbol.svg 20:38, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

I've unhidden it. Totally over the top revision hide. Scream!! (talk) 20:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Also, if you want to test something, there's a little button with the word "preview" on it that might help you with that... --ʤɱ sinner 20:45, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm terribly sorry for that whole issue. I was trying to add a citation for where I found that mtEve lived 150,000 years in Kenya in the Great Rift Valley, and I was having some difficulty because the bottom section was entitled "References" instead of "Footnotes". It took me a while to figure out what was going on. Seeing as my struggles ultimately did nothing and that the only other changes I made were typo fixes, I didn't see them as really being important enough to include in the page history. Thanks for mentioning the "preview" button: I never paid any attention to it before. Nothing malicious. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 20:50, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
I figured that was why. It's a natural impulse. I'm sure at this point you're wondering why 3 people immediately jumped on your talk page to tell you how it is. That's how it is. Lamentable, but true. So yeah, have a look at the sysop guide for more complete guidance on how that tool is used. Have a nice weekend. Nutty Roux100x100 anarchy symbol.svg 20:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Article rating tip

If you go to preferences > gadgets > editing gadgets, you can enable HotArticleRate for an easy way to rate articles Picon small.pngAcer Blue 20:16, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

A clue from Blue

Blue clue.png

I appreciate that you've devoted time to improve the mainspace on this wiki, which is, contrary to what people might tell you, a fantastic use of time, especially when you have other work to do in real life. However, being a sysop does not confer the prerogative to delete articles without a discussion and vote, especially when the article (Iron Age, for instance) hasn't been nominated for deletion and/or has been around for a while. Picon small.pngAcer Blue 02:58, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

And that's not to say there aren't some things you can -- even should-- delete right away and without comment. But it's really asking yourself "what is this artcile for". if you come up with ANY idea at all, you should post to the talk page. The other reason people delete without comment is if you have moved the content to another page. Had you built a page on "ages" and said "the individual pages were too stubby, this brings them all together", then copied what was in "iron age", you'll likely not even get notices or even get pats on back. But just uniformaly deleting is usually a bad thing to do. Hell, ask Blue, but even our attempt to clean up fun space met with lots of challenges. and those articles were as bad as they get!Pink mowse.pngGodotIf you google 'Google', you'll break the internet. 16:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Eve

I posted a rather lenghty comment about the kinds of things we need to do to Eve, to get her up to shape for a Silver article. Mary Magdalene not even a bronze, has a start to the kinds of questions that make a good Silver article. But she, too, has never really been developed. --Pink mowse.pngGodotIf you google 'Google', you'll break the internet. 16:23, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

This is how

you create a new wiki --Mikalosa (talk) 02:36, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Anyone wanna take bets on how long it takes before this turkey plays the "I thought this was supposed to be RATIONALwiki" card? B♭maj7 (talk) Member of the Kara Duhe fan club since 2010 02:39, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Oh, be nice. He makes some contributions, everybody reverts them. He defends his contributions, and everybody shits on him. He's upset. He's new. It's understandable.--"Shut up, Brx." 02:41, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
see, brx, here's my issue. it's not that he shouldn't be upset, it's that he really doesn't see what people were saying. I've written more than my share of shit that was flat out removed by Human back in teh day. it stings. i get that. but i didn't try to say it was good, i asked why it was removed, and reworked it. ok, i'm cleary worse off for being on this already failed diet. i'm bitchy as all go. No wonder i was whining so much about AD's removal of my temptress stuff on Eve. you all are out to fuck with women, i can tell. heh.--Pink mowse.pngGodotNo, That's not the same thing. You just don't get it". 02:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Give him a day or too, he'll come around. Also, Human edits like a drunk rhinoceros and generally refuses to consider improving on the contributions of others--"Shut up, Brx." 02:46, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
I both love and hate Human. And not knowing him, but listening to the rumor mill, i suspect my views of him probably align with his particular um... 'state of mind'? Pink mowse.pngGodotNo, That's not the same thing. You just don't get it". 02:48, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Human is wise and kind. Aceace 02:50, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
ec PS - though that is where I learned to "win" in an edit war by just shutting up, and coming back 2 months later. heh. Usually, when other people have opinions, I just back off. Cause i rarely care that much about an article. In the case of, say "eve and the temptation issue", i think that will be something i work out through an essay, cause i really hate the way AD has made the story all even and only slightly misoganist... But it's not worth fighting for that view, when I can say it elsewhere, and maybe better.Pink mowse.pngGodotNo, That's not the same thing. You just don't get it". 02:51, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Image copyright status

Hi there. Please get your images set with a copyright status. Thanks. B♭maj7 (talk) Anachronistically anachronistic 18:20, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Also, next time you upload an image please copy and paste the url of the original (I know, it's a tremendous amount of work, so I wouldn't ask you if it wasn't important), so I don't have to use tineye and other tools to track it down and determine if it's copyrighted or not. -- Nx / talk 18:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
I thought I did link to the original. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 18:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

South Korea, the mission, and all that good stuff

It's true that South Korea doesn't really have much to do with the mission, but most of the other country articles we have don't either. If we were to get rid of South Korea, we might as well get rid of most of the other countries. I don't think many of us would want to do that. Sam Tally-ho! 02:51, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll do it. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 02:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
No, you won't. Тytalk 02:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Why not? Another editor agrees this is off-mission. He states the main reason we aren't deleting it is because it would mean deleting most the other articles on countries, and most users would not want to go through and delete each individual article. Since others don't want to do the job, I volunteered myself. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 02:56, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Not wanting to do the work of deleting the articles isn't the reason people aren't doing it. Country articles, even though most don't directly connect with the mission, have stats and stuff showing religiosity, etc. The rest of it is a nice supplement. Sam Tally-ho! 03:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Do we really need those charts and small supplements? It and much more is all available on the big wiki. RW is not an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is. We should stick on things on-mission for the mainspace. Perhaps things like the SK article should go in "offmissionspace", kind of like essayspace, userspace, or funspace, so we have a place to put all these articles on RationalWiki which aren't relevant to the mission but aren't essays. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 03:10, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
There's no rule that says we can't have off-mission articles. The mission is a guideline to help us focus and find writing/discussion topics. It's not a test we subject articles to. Picon small.pngAcer Blue 03:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
...the code mission is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl RationalWiki, Miss Turner Heidelberg Kid! Sam Tally-ho! 03:45, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Goodpost.gif Picon small.pngLiquid Blue 03:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Actually I think that most of the country articles are off mission, and being "off-mission" has historically been a reason for deletion or sending to the ill-named funspace. They could be brought on mission though by mentioning the influence of things like creationism and fundamentalism and by linking to skeptical groups in those countries. I tried to add some of this to Spain.--BobSpring is sprung! 07:20, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
That's why I'm proposing offmissionspace. It's for articles which are off-mission, but don't fit in essayspace or funspace. I'm calling attention to this article. I want to see it expanded on so it's on-mission, or I'm deleting it. The deadline's whenever I get around to it on December 6. Could be 12 AM. Could be 11:59 PM. So you have about 1 1/2 days. That should be enough. — Unsigned, by: HeidelbergKid / talk / contribs
Here's a novel thought - YOU'RE the one getting your knickers in a twist over this - YOU expand it. One thing you won't do is delete it. Fucking n00bs turning up here with demands. You're worse than Brx. --PsyGremlinПоговорите! 14:14, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Bitching about an article's missionality a week after you were outvoted 4-1 on the same damn question?

The term "concern troll" comes to mind. PintOfStout Talk Good people drink good beer. 16:14, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

The vote was to keep and expand. So far, nobody's done the expanding, I'm sure as hell not going to do it because I wanted to delete. If nobody else is willing to follow through with their promises, I'm going to follow through with mine. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 18:34, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Ok, here's another promise for you: I'll desysop you if you delete it. -- Nx / talk 18:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
HK, if you'd added stuff to the article instead of bitching and moaning about it not being expanded... Rennie McGreet (talk) 19:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
I'm not even going to try. I'm calling out all these articles because I'm afraid if I change anything, others will just turn it into something totally different and yell at me. I'm scared. The Heidelberg Kid (talk) 19:32, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
(EC) Also, it used to take three sysops to agree before an article was deleted, and even then only if nobody voted to keep it. if that happened, there'd be a vote - which WE'VE ALREADY HAD. So shut up about this. Rennie McGreet (talk) 19:33, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for Deletion

I have nominated your userpage for deletion because it is off-mission. It does not meet any of our four mission goals, so we need to either delete it or move it to a new "Offmissionspace" "Assbuttfacespace". In the event this vote is four-to-one in favor of keeping it, I will wait a week and then delete it anyway because it still needs to be expanded.--ADtalkModerator 20:10, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Delete

  1. --ADtalkModerator 20:10, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
  2. Picon small.pngLiquid Blue 20:17, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Keep

Goat

  • We need to come up with a funnier name than "offmissionspace." Picon small.pngAcer Blue 20:12, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Fixed.--ADtalkModerator 20:14, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Move to assbuttfacespace

  1. Obviously. -- Nx / talk 20:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
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