User talk:Weaseloid
[edit] Deletion of Portuguese page
Was there something problematic about the translation. I thought it was about a vaguely(admittedly pretty vauge) on-mission Portugese language feature about Bush and Authoritarianism. Was there a broader concern here? Ikanreed (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] Do not Vandalize my page
Perhaps you do not understand copyright doctrine, so let me explain it to you: Pictures which are cited for use in a non-commercial educational article are what is called "fair use"(even if the images are copy-written). If you do not have any evidence to suggest that I am using pictures outside of a non-commercial educational article, then do not vandalize my work(such accusations without evidence constitute libel). If you do not like or understand the article that is not a reason to vandalize it.LogicMaster777 (talk) 06:55, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- I don't know anything about libel, so I'm perfectly qualified to say that I really don't think that's libel. It's just being a little bit mean, which sucks, but libel it aint. Tielec01 (talk) 07:13, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
- He categorically did not "libel" you and it's not possible to "libel" a bogus and conclusory "legal" argument. You must justify your claim of "fair use", which you didn't bother to do. You simply asserted it. And it was unsupportable. There is no reality in which a picture of Voldemort, for example, used to window dress your own material, whether or not it's educational, on a completely unrelated subject passes fair use muster. But prove use wrong and go through the appropriate analysis. In short, let me suggest that as an outsider on your way out, you be very careful attempting to intimidate editors here with your "legal analysis" unless you know what you're doing and are prepared to deal with the consequences. Nutty Roux (talk) 16:32, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] Gallery
Why doesn't the packed tag work?—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 02:25, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
- I don't know. I've never tried it. Wěǎšěǐǒǐď
Methinks it is a Weasel 02:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] "racism does exist outside the USA you know"
You're right, of course -- I forgot we had that article, otherwise I would've put that one there in the first place. my bad. Peace. AgingHippie (talk) 16:16, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I didn't notice who'd added it anyway. Wèàšèìòìď
Methinks it is a Weasel 19:03, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
- It's funny when you see Americans politely call a black person "African American" when that person has never been in the US/the Americas and/or doesn't have any remotely recent African heritage. 141.134.75.236 (talk) 19:24, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] donotlink.com
- This discussion was moved to Talk:Gamergate. Wẽãšẽĩõĩď
Methinks it is a Weasel 02:51, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] Your signature
There's a pipe in your template reference. This blasphemy shall call a plague of weasels upon the land; I know this because they can easily fit into those pipes. Narky Sawtooth
(Nyar?~) 03:28, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] I am super annoyed...
Are you the one that harassed us at Krasnaya Security? Lieutenant S. and Arcane are both nice people and do not deserved to be treated that way. (I am Tau Ceti on the wiki so I should have seen the nasty things you said). 202.142.129.178 (talk) 22:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- No. I've no idea who you are or what you're talking about. Wẽãšẽĩõĩď
Methinks it is a Weasel 23:25, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
- Krasnaya Security is a hacking hobbyist group of some sort, though I have no idea why one of them is here. --Madman (talk) 23:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)The Madman
- I imagine something to do with that creep who got banned awhile back, Inquisitor Eherenstein... or whatever his name was. Pretty sure he goes by Lieutenant S something and Arcane was sorta his buddy. Marlow (talk) 01:59, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
- *Shivers* Ehrenstein. Somebody really ought to make a compilation post of his antics.--Madman (talk) 02:38, 26 February 2015 (UTC)The Madman
- I'm Tau Ceti there too! Inquisitor Ehrenstein is a NICE GUY and is not harassing anyone. You're doing it.
- Same with Arcane.. I talked to him about it and he says he's never even heard of it. XY007 (talk) 09:59, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
- Krasnaya Security is a hacking hobbyist group of some sort, though I have no idea why one of them is here. --Madman (talk) 23:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)The Madman
- Ehrenstein once wanted to buy a Karabiner 98k for the "historical value", has prior convictions and is obsessed with Nazi rape. Still sound like a nice guy, kiddo?--Madman (talk) 01:21, 27 February 2015 (UTC)The Madman
- I will tell him you are a saying this.. XY007 (talk) 01:30, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Take a good look, kiddo. This is from all of his various sock puppets, as well. --Madman (talk) 01:36, 27 February 2015 (UTC)The Madman
- Arcane here. Someone under the name Weaseloid came and spouting some BS on my KS talk page and did some other retarded nonsense, I laughed it off, and IE was willing to just let it go. Unfortunately, Tau Ceti went off on his own initiative here to start something, and both me and IE told him it was a stupid idea and to drop it. I apologize for this whole sordid business and both you (Weaseloid) and RW have my apologies for this nonsense being dragged over here. For the record, IE has no intention wanting to start shit here and I've been trying to be the conscience, if you will, as to why no further BS should be started (it was foolish to begin with IMO), so again, both yourself and RationalWiki have my apologies this nonsense got dragged over here. Arcane (talk) 01:41, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- This isn't the same Weaseloid, and I'm sorry for the attack... I just wanted to know who was the source of all this. Thank you, Arcane, for saving us all. XY007 (talk) 01:43, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Arcane. I'm not pleased that somebody is impersonating me, so please let me know if it happens again. ΨΣΔξΣΓΩΙÐ
Methinks it is a Weasel 08:29, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah we put web crawlers on the site. XY007 (talk) 08:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Again Tau Ceti does not speak for myself or IE here, please ignore this idiot's diarrhea of the mouth. Arcane (talk) 15:51, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- So, you're a Gator, a minion of the infamous Inquisitor, and you're bugging Weaseloid because he happens to use the same username as someone who trolled your site. And, y'all have deployed web crawlers for some spying purpose. I see. --Castaigne (talk) 17:11, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Actually, I'm the guy trying to keep IE, this Tau Ceti moron, or anyone else from trying to start anything with RW, because frankly I don't care who tried to troll me, I laughed it off, it's just the fucking idiots on my end want to start shit irregardless, and I will personally throw them under the bus if I have to, just tell me which RW admins to email and I'll give you the information you need. Seriously, I'm the neutral party trying to do the right thing here. Arcane (talk) 17:46, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah we put web crawlers on the site. XY007 (talk) 08:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Arcane. I'm not pleased that somebody is impersonating me, so please let me know if it happens again. ΨΣΔξΣΓΩΙÐ
- I will tell him you are a saying this.. XY007 (talk) 01:30, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Don't worry, he was referring to XY007, not you. Narky Sawtooth
(Nyar?~) 18:45, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Ayup, I was referring to XY007, not you Arcane. But I'm not paranoid - just amused at this...bullshit broheim crap by XY007. Russian hackers, they're so juvenile. --Castaigne (talk) 18:58, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Glad to hear. I just sent off what information I could to RW staff, and I just made it clear to IE I have zero tolerance for this BS, here's hoping IE takes me seriously, as I informed her I have informed RW all relevant information concerning this incident. Arcane (talk) 19:04, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Ayup, I was referring to XY007, not you Arcane. But I'm not paranoid - just amused at this...bullshit broheim crap by XY007. Russian hackers, they're so juvenile. --Castaigne (talk) 18:58, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Clicking about the website Arcane linked to a couple of comments above brought me to this threat to: "drop this under all 3,300 real names of RW users...use that as justification to fuck up the lives thousands of RW users." Yikes! — Unsigned, by: TheNewGuy / talk / contribs 18:08, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- I saw that too. It turned my stomach, and I will provide whatever info I must to RW staff to prevent that from happening, as I do not sanction, condone, or support that at all and want to do the right thing. Arcane (talk) 18:19, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Ah, lovely. I dig threats by Russki hackers. Please, do publish my real name - I'm not afraid of being doxxed. I have nothing to hide and it's all public info anyway. By the by, if you do dox me, please also let me know at the same time when the Russkis are going to give back the family property in Königsberg. --Castaigne (talk) 19:06, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
- Krasnaya Security will be deleting all such materials and will not tolerate doxxing threats. You have nothing to worry about. Our privacy policy is here. Катюша91 (talk) 19:09, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions for the Jarrah White article
Hi Weasel, I wonder if you have any suggestions or ideas as to how, in practice, the libel claim can be resolved. I didn't realise that it was the same version the complaint was against - as the complaint was 6 months old, I assumed it had been fixed long ago. I guess we'll just have to keep the current innocuous Wikipedia-style version and cower in fear of the lawyers. ScepticWombat (talk) 15:03, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
- I hadn't noticed that the original comments were that old. However, I see that at least a couple of the things highlighted in those comments (such as the rather ignoble suggestion that White is lying about studying for a degree) were still present in the article. I also see that a lot of stuff has been posted on the talk page & don't really have time to pick through it personally now, but I don't think this & this are good ways to deal with somebody who is trying to remove contentious content. Also there seems to be a big debate about whether he is justified in blocking people from commenting on his YouTube videos (if I understand correctly). Is that really such a big deal? It's something that YouTube allows you to do, that many users do, and that some of our articles defend people doing. Weaseloid
Methinks it is a Weasel 00:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, but it depends on what commenters get blocked for. The contention here is that White blocks people for (correctly) calling Ralph René a crank. White's answer on the talk page is that the block was for calling René "deliberately deceptive" which is of course one possible interpretation of René's crank (the other would be ignorance and obliviousness). The problematic thing here is also White's interpretation of "deceptive", because he goes on to claim on the talk page that he has "no interest nor need to be deceptive to my audience, and anyone who says otherwise I consider a troll/oxygen-thief who is not worth my time or attention." However, I don't think you can be a moonhoaxer and avoid being deceptive (either deliberately or through self-imposed ignorance) any more than you can be a creationist and avoid deception when addressing natural history.
- As for the degree, I didn't interpret it as suggesting that White was lying, just that he seems to be a perpetual student, i.e. someone who may be enlisted, but has been for years without much progression in their studies. You're right that it shouldn't be able to be interpreted as White lying; instead, we should simply document how long White has been trading on his B.Sc. student status and leave it at that with an update when he finally graduates.
- I'll give it a crack in a week or so and reinstate the bits that aren't libellous (e.g. the dubious prospects of White either raising enough money for his ticket to the moon based on the fruits of his efforts so far and the equally dubious prospects of him being able to actually go, even if he raised the money, due to the less than clear abilities of private space tourism to deliver such a journey). ScepticWombat (talk) 10:16, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] RE: Encyclopedia Dramatica & Inquisitor Ehrenstein
I've left an explanation at the Saloon page. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 14:16, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] 1ABC3
I don't think 1ABC3's edits could be considered "pedophile advocacy" by any reasonable definition of the term. But I guess it's pretty harmless to vandal bin him since he can easily just come back under another account. Landmartian (talk) 02:29, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
- You're an idiot. He/she literally said "There is nothing wrong with consensual sex between adults and children". Wėąṣėḷőįď
Methinks it is a Weasel 09:16, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] You are too irrational for rationalwiki.
There is nothing wrong with consensual sex between adults and children, the only real difference being age, I wish I knew how to make you think I am not a troll, and you have personally convinced me to leave rationalwiki, even as a reader. Your authoritarian style reminds me a Conservapedia's close-mindedness. — Unsigned, by: 1ABC3 / talk / contribs (signed by bot) 03:08, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
- That's nice. Wėąṣėḷőįď
Methinks it is a Weasel 09:14, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] WTF
do you think you're doing? Why are you going around deleting discussions? I had an honest question, and come to that, the answer still doesn't entirely make sense to me. --ShorinBJ (talk) 18:49, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
- I think Weaseloid was trying to delete that "Example.jpg" placeholder thing that had been sitting at the top of the talk page, and accidentally swept your question with it. Noir LeSable (talk) 18:59, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] help
Leandro Teles Rocha is the creator of the article of Conservapedia "Olavo de Carvalho". He also was banned at Wikipedia. He was banned at the portuguese Wikipedia because he used offenses and after this for sock puppetry. Lechatjaune is a renowned professor at UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) and one of the editors of Wikipedia in Portuguese most respected. I believe the Leandro should be admonished to contribute to RationalWiki without vindictiveness. This way he will bring better contributions. Best regards. — Unsigned, by: 187.115.103.233 / talk / contribs
- I'm not sure what you're asking for here. If you want to admonish somebody for something, go do it yourself. ΨΣΔξΣΓΩΙÐ
Methinks it is a Weasel 12:36, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
[edit] Those redirects to Rosemary
Why did you think they were deletion worthy? FuzzyCatPotato™ (talk/stalk) 17:18, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- They were terms that are not explained in the article, that nobody would search for, and they clutter up the search-box autocomplete with meaningless cruft. Wėąṣėḷőįď
Methinks it is a Weasel 19:41, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- If alt names were listed in-article, would that work?
- If nobody searches them, then there's no harm; if somebody searched for, say, Compass plant, they probably wouldn't know or be able to find out from RW it referred to Rosemary.
- Sure, redirects fill the autocomplete box. Just type "200" into the search box. But they're still useful, for internal links and people searching for an exact name. FuzzyCatTomato (talk/stalk) 20:33, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- They're useful when they're useful. Creating dozens of redirects from arcane terms to pages that don't explain them is not useful, and "no harm" is a shitty rationale. These "alt names" simply aren't common enough to be worth noting or to be terms users will search for. "Compass plant" rarely if ever refers to rosemary (see WP:List of plants known as compass plant). Similarly, if there's a connection between rosemary and the phrase "old man", it's not covered in our article, nor in WP:rosemary or WP:old man, so anyone wondering why the phrase "old man" comes up in autocomplete and directs to a list of medicinal plants would really be left wondering. Listing these names in the article won't be helpful either as it will do nothing to further our missions of analysing and refuting things; it will just add yet more trivia to what's already a rather listcrufty piece. ΨΣΔξΣΓΩΙÐ
Methinks it is a Weasel 21:23, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- Rusmary (as one example) is a pretty common Indian term for Rosemary. It's certainly possible that someone will search for it. The same is true for other names.
- The only plant on RW which compass plant applies to is rosemary; when other relevant ones are created, Compass plant can ascend from redirect to disambiguation.
- Why would listing alternate names be trivial? Knowing what something is, is important to knowing what it does.
- Would you agree that some of the redirects may have been useful? FU22YC47P07470 (talk/stalk) 23:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- No. Wẽãšẽĩõĩď
Methinks it is a Weasel 23:33, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- Not even Red clover, Trifolium pratense, or Rosmarinus officinalis (which were restored)?
- Or Rusmary, a common Indian term? Or compass plant, a common synonym? Or related term compass weed? Or Anthos[wp]? ʇυzzγɔɒтqoтɒтo (talk/stalk) 23:47, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- No. Wėąṣėḷőįď
Methinks it is a Weasel 00:08, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
- Dude. This is the same as an edit war. Do you wanna talk, or just revert away? FuzzyCatTomato (talk/stalk) 00:22, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
- No. Wėąṣėḷőįď
- No. Wẽãšẽĩõĩď
- They're useful when they're useful. Creating dozens of redirects from arcane terms to pages that don't explain them is not useful, and "no harm" is a shitty rationale. These "alt names" simply aren't common enough to be worth noting or to be terms users will search for. "Compass plant" rarely if ever refers to rosemary (see WP:List of plants known as compass plant). Similarly, if there's a connection between rosemary and the phrase "old man", it's not covered in our article, nor in WP:rosemary or WP:old man, so anyone wondering why the phrase "old man" comes up in autocomplete and directs to a list of medicinal plants would really be left wondering. Listing these names in the article won't be helpful either as it will do nothing to further our missions of analysing and refuting things; it will just add yet more trivia to what's already a rather listcrufty piece. ΨΣΔξΣΓΩΙÐ
I'm not going to recreate these redirects, it's not worth the bickering anymore. It's been a week. Could I pretty pls with sugar & goats on top have my sysop back? Herr FuzzyKatzenPotato (talk/stalk) 00:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
- Not from me. Wēāŝēīōīď
Methinks it is a Weasel 01:54, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
- What did I do that merited desysopping? αδελφός ΓυζζγςατΡοτατο (talk/stalk) 05:02, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
- You blocked me twice within five minutes while I was trying clean up the mess you made. ωεαşεζόίď
Methinks it is a Weasel 09:35, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
- The "mess" that I defended on my talkpage, to which you didn't respond before deleting a dozen pages? Blocks of total length 15 minutes that you could easily undo, unlike the 1 hour block you gave me after desysopping me? FuzzyCatTomato (talk/stalk) 00:11, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- You blocked me twice within five minutes while I was trying clean up the mess you made. ωεαşεζόίď
- What did I do that merited desysopping? αδελφός ΓυζζγςατΡοτατο (talk/stalk) 05:02, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
[edit] BoN
That BoN has been trolling the Gamergate talk page for a week and a half. It's not my fault someone gave him the time of day but there is no reason to have that thread open or for you to have blanket reverted all of my dits to the page because you didn't like one of them. I know what I'm doing. None of you seem to understand that.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 07:40, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
- Ryulong, regardless of how talented or how much of an expert you possibly are, acting full of it isn't gonna help you. 141.134.75.236 (talk) 09:16, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
- Maybe it isn't everybody but you failing to understand. Just a thought. 166.137.248.113 (talk) 09:22, 24 April 2015 (UTC)