User talk:FuzzyCatPotato/Archive7

Discord (2)
Hey, I'm attempting to join the rat_chat at Discord, but the invite doesn't seem to work for me. Could you add me? I'm БaбyЛuigiOнФire#8088. 21:08, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * what's your Discord username? Comrade GC (talk) 21:20, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, it's mentioned above. It's displayed as БaбyЛuigiOнФire #8088 but it could possibly be my original log-in name BabyLuigiOnFire #8088. 21:24, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think you can "add" members like that? Would you mind stating what occurs when you click the invite? 22:27, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * When I click on the invite, the internet then asks me to open up a program, Discord. I opened the application through that, and nothing happens. I don't go on the channel. 22:30, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Do you have the Discord program? If not, just try opening it with Discord web browser. 05:32, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I got in. I just got in by manually typing the link url in the Discord app. Thanks for asking. 19:54, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello friend
Hey mate, it's been a long time since I've been on RW, but it turns out that college is harder than high school. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and ask how you've been doing over the period of time and how has RW been for the past few months. Also, if you don't mind me asking, do you know how come RBP hasn't been on RW. I mean, it's unlike him to not edit for 3-4 months. I hope everything's fine with him. Anyway, see ya around, have a good one mate.-WMS (talk) 20:09, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Welcome back, friend! College is indeed harder, and I'm planning to wean myself off RW. If I had to bet, RBP did the same. Best of luck with your studies! 00:42, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It's sad to know that at some point you're gonna go off RW, but it's nice to think about our interactions like when you taught me how to argue and such. Thank you sir and I wish you good fortune after you log out of RW for the last time.--WMS (talk) 19:33, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Sockpuppeting policies
I'm unsure as to what our policies on sockpuppeting are. I have some suspicions about a certain user and am possibly going to open a coop case about it, but only if it's actually not allowed. The user in question does not appear to be a troll and has made good edits, if that also needs to be taken into consideration. Do you have any idea about it? I can't really find anything too specific in the guidelines. 23:14, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * TLDR: We don't block people for sockpuppeting, we block them for bad behavior. B 02:17, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * K, thanks. 02:45, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Chronological contradictions
The following part you added didn't show up on the page and I'm not sure how you intended to format it: CowHouse (talk) 07:02, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * |-style="background:#c0cad8;" | This is a straightforward contradiction. In Mark, Matthew, and Luke, Roman soldiers compel another man to carry Jesus' cross. In John, Jesus carries the cross himself.

Why are you leaving rationalwiki?
Hey FCP, I tried to message you on reddit but it said your account was suspended :( But yeah, question in title, if you don't mind me asking. Lord Aeonian (talk) 22:27, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * My Reddit accounts were permanently banned for spamming (which was 100% justified, although the actual behavior that got Reddit admins upset was totally harmless). Alas.
 * The TLDR is that [1] life is getting busy, [2] other interests are taking up more of my time, and [3] RationalWiki seems to be running well enough on its own. I'm sure that my departure pains you greatly. If it's any consolation, I'm working with an ExMNA group IRL. 21:36, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah ok. I was just curious. Lord Aeonian (talk) 22:09, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah ok. I was just curious. Lord Aeonian (talk) 22:09, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Discord (3)
One of the mods quit. You have to demote the replacement. Also gib me control of the server pls. 𝔊𝔬𝔞𝔱-𝔈𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔅𝔦𝔤𝔰 (𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪/𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰) 00:49, 8 February 2018 (UTC) Yeah, so apparently I was the only completely active mod, and now some people are scared that a troll will join and they won't be able to stop them. 𝔊𝔬𝔞𝔱-𝔈𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔅𝔦𝔤𝔰 (𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪/𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰) 23:42, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Acting mod for Discord?
If you need another moderator on our Discord server. I am willing to be an acting moderator, that is if you need any help at all.S.H. DeLong (talk) 01:17, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Archiving
Dear Mr. Cat, our glorious Archivist has not been active for about a week now. Could you please fire up the old engines? Thank you! By the way, do you have to activate the bot manually? Is it not possible to schedule an automatic run on, say, a weekly basis? Nerd (talk) 03:34, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
 * it's automatic, the machine it's running on is the problem 18:16, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Is there something you could do? Nerd (talk) 17:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Christ Almighty.
I don't recognize any of these people. Is there, like, a field guide or something? RagingHippie (talk) 08:58, 19 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello.I don't see why people shouldn't introduce themselves to returning emeritus administrators. I am an older common species of North-Atlantic-whitefish male who ten years ago would have been left-wing progressive. I have always thought the Left is morally superior to the Right because I am a humanist: human values are priceless. Still, I don't automatically favor leftists when they act like kids. I shudder at some of the prose that passes for snark in some of the articles here: both obtuse and juvenile while inaccurate. There is the crank-right and there is the serious right. Many here can't tell one from the other. Fuzzy has been good about that.Ariel31459 (talk) 14:35, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It's been said that Trump did a hostile reverse merger of the shell of what was left of the GOP, so there aren't a lot left in the US of the serious right who actually reject crank and autocracy. Bushes, Anna Navarro, Richard Painter, Joe Scarborough, and Jennifer Rubin are some examples of the serious right.


 * Someone was doing a synopsis of events on RW, I can't remember where it was because I only went there once or twice. Bongolian (talk) 17:35, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * This ping function doesn't work so well. About the disappearance of the rational right (non-crank right): I think that it is a problem. There are many on the left who maintain a cooties theory of the far (irrational) right, which is almost always irrational. They think they can solve the world's problems by shunning those with whom they disagree. This has the disagreeable consequence of pissing-off undecideds and birthing new conservatives. Take Jordan Peterson. He certainly has engaged in some crank-like behaviors. Yet, he has professed some very un-crank-like ideals, such as 1) liberals and conservatives are both necessary for a healthy society, 2) all people deserve the same opportunities under the law 3) denies ideological affiliation with alt-right, MRAs, and other extreme conservative or reactionary groups, while being interested in talking to them. It's a good thing that they like him, pronouns aside for now, because he advocates non-violence and tolerant interactivity between disparate groups. He does focus on Christianity, which is problematic. My point is he should not be subjected to the same level of scorn as say Alex Jones, or Steven Molyneax, if only because, as it seems to me, they are so much worse, given their ostensible insanities.Ariel31459 (talk) 18:54, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

anyone who joined before 2017 is a pretentious buffoon, everyone after is a fake poseur 07:25, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

An apology
When I blocked the two fellows trying to edit the Peterson article, by protecting the page, it was because I thought them entirely incompetent on the questions I was trying to deal with, that of pseudoscience. And of course their actions and comments verify that conclusion. I hoped you would intervene. It was clear they had no clue as to the difficulty in distinguishing  "pseudo-scientific" from "unscientific". Given that this wiki has something to do with that, it seemed important at the time. Clearly now, you don't think that matters. I had hoped that by protecting the page you would be moved to let me know what you wanted, specifically. It is only one article, and I as much as said how it was up to you. Unfortunately it seems that ignorance about what pseudoscience is understood to be in epistemology has successfully evaded the mobocracy. I consider that less than fortunate, but I look forward to having a great time. Thanks again.Ariel31459ya pays ya money and ya takes ya chances
 * I didn't even have anything to say about what is psuedoscientific and what is un-scientific, there is absolutely no reason to smear the whole profession of psychologists to be as incompetent as Peterson is. It's both insulting and it's bad writing. James Earl Cash (talk) 19:29, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

@Fuzzy: there's your new janitor. I wonder what his native language might be? Ariel31459如果你能阅读这个，你就通过了.

subreddit deletion
there were 7 votes for delete, 0 no votes, and 7 goat votes (page history shows that they were always goat votes): https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Saloon_bar/Archive286#RationalWiki_subreddit

This normally would mean that the subreddit gets deleted, but there was no action taken. Given that you and David Gerard are the only two moderators, only you two have the power to delete the subreddit.205.155.143.3 (talk) 18:12, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Although some of them weren’t always goat votes (I know mine wasn’t), the largest single opinion seems to be delete. I’d delete it but recreate it with a link to the site. Christopher (talk) 18:16, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

looking into issue
this user is requesting user to look into the issue of the most recent vandal-binning imposed upon this user, which this user considers to be a misplaced one. this user noticed that user FuzzyCatPotato possesses administrative powers over other administrators, thus summoning the user.this user might be on a wrong observation.

Would it be possible to shoot you an email?
Hey mate, I was just wondering if it would be possible to just send you an email regarding something that I just wanted to talk about. Thank you in advance.--WMS (talk) 19:14, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure; use the "email this user" link at the bottom left 06:47, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

New template for you
tech pledge. —Kazitor, pending 01:47, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Charlie Kirk
Why did you undo my rollback of the recent edits to the Kirk article? All the guy did was strip out content in order to make it "less biased" which to me seems to be against the Wiki's mission. Was something there false that I'm missing? DuceMoosolini Forum Romanum  09:06, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Don’t worry, I just fixed it. LuodiWang (talk) 17:52, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Is It Hard?
Doing this and RMF at college? I just wrapped up my first week and I was wondering if, for the good of the wiki, I should nominate myself and run. Someone needs to. But I don't want to do so if my personal life is going to be messed up because of it. RoninMacbeth (talk) 06:53, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * There's no harm in running. The RMF meets electronically for about 1 hour (usually 45m-1.5h) each quarter (3x during sch yr, 1x during summr) to discuss direction of site, legal issues, finances, etc. I'll try to pester Huw to set up formal roles for the next board (ie, Secretary, etc.) so you might have to take notes for the meeting, to check X or Y email account, etc, but that'd be about it. The board is mostly a legal formality. TLDR: 4 hour active commitment per year. 06:58, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * A concern you may have: your name (and nothing else) is public on the IRS and nonprofit filings 07:02, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll consider it. If no one else runs, I guess I'll do it. RoninMacbeth (talk) 07:03, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I noticed that Abd ul-Rahman claims that there is board member named "Eric Doe", which sounds like a pseudonym. Is it necessary to give one's legal name as a board member? I would also like to second your nomination for the board, FCP. Bongolian (talk) 19:31, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * For people with common names, this may be comforting, but for people with unusual names, it is not. Bongolian (talk) 04:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I admit, I have been considering dropping out. I guard my identity rather jealously, and I hope that I helped get more people involved with the election. I'm somewhat torn... RoninMacbeth (talk) 04:41, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

You need a ballot reader for the election?
If so, I'd be willing to do it. —Kazitor 07:52, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You may need to email FCP directly, . See User:FuzzyCatPotato. Bongolian (talk) 07:04, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

sure, will let you know 19:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

email
Hi. I sent you a very important email using the RW email function. Did it work? :-) Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 16:22, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll respond today, I apologize. 07:50, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * :-)--Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 17:37, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

This article is pretty shitty
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/User:Jcthegreat1988 ShiningSwordofThoughts (talk) 00:19, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I unilaterally deleted it: it was not even worth debating. Bongolian (talk) 03:46, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

So...
It seems like your candidacy is pretty popular. What happens if you are actually elected? RoninMacbeth (talk) 21:52, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * i resign and give power to the altmod 22:03, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * 22:05, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I see. Still, I wish you'd stick around. RoninMacbeth (talk) 22:08, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Tell me something
When you decided to run against me as a spoiler candidate, did you do any research? Did you even read my candidate statement or my answers to questions? Or was your campaign based purely on spite and personal dislike? --RWRW (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Portal Icons
How do you create those? I'm just wondering. TheEOE (talk) 11:41, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
 * inkscape 02:45, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

November 4th Email
Hello, I sent you an email on November 4th. I'm wondering if you received it, since I haven't received a reply. --45.123.197.253 (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * don't believe so 18:01, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I've resend the Email. --45.123.197.253 (talk) 18:44, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Did you still not receive the Email? Should I try changing my Email address. --45.123.197.253 (talk) 18:41, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Thank you for the help. --45.123.197.253 (talk) 18:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

RedPanels
According to the fossil record of the RedPanels page, you wrote that the developer of RedPanels' Android app was someone named Mike Carter. https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RedPanels&direction=next&oldid=1793024 I looked through the references provided, and I can't find anything about anyone named Mike Carter. Can you show me where you found this person's name? LuodiWang (talk) 20:24, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * the github link (now dead) i believe. 11:55, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The GitHub link isn’t working. Do you have any other sources that show that Mike Carter is the developer of RedPanels’ Android app? LuodiWang (talk) 13:21, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * no 15:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The Wayback Machine might have the page archived, just saying.--Don Juan (talk) 15:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The Wayback Machine does not have the page archived. LuodiWang (talk) 16:28, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

YouTube Pane
Dear fellow editor, I having trouble view the icon for the YouTube navigational pane properly. It simply does not show up on the pane. I can see it when I go it its own page. Not, but here. I'm running Firefox, if that's relevant. Is there away to fix this? I'm asking you this because it was you who uploaded it. Thanks! Nerd (talk) 18:52, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * not sure -- try clearing your cache 01:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. It works now. Nerd (talk) 19:46, 30 December 2018 (UTC)