User talk:Stabby the Misanthrope/Archive11

RWW
How did you alter the config files on RWW? I'm merely curious. 03:59, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Er, are you asking how I changed LocalSettings.php?  04:12, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Yes, and how you planned to deactivate IP editing. 04:16, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Well, I would've logged into RationalWikiWiki's server file... thingy (whatever it's called) via an SSH/FTP program, then navigate to LocalSettings.php, then change go to the line reading  and change the " " to read " " instead.   04:30, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * That's the basic description. The step-by-step version won't do you much good if you don't have the password for root access.   04:30, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Damn, I knew there was a hitch. 04:34, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * So, hang on, you're still webmaster? 11:36, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * I guess so. Plus, I still own the domain name.   01:21, 4 March 2009 (EST)

If you'd like RWW to have a favicon: download this and put it in the directory where index.php is. As for the IP spam problem, installing the ConfirmEdit extension would be a better solution than locking out IPs completely. -- Nx /  talk    07:13, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * This would probably be a good time to inform you that I don't know how to install anything, or put anything in the "directory where index.php is". I always had Trent do stuff like that (even though Mr. Reliable he ain't).   11:52, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * You could email Nx your password etc. 11:56, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * I've been considering that.  12:01, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * If you're doing that, could I get it too? 12:50, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Sorry, but no. Nx should be enough.   01:21, 4 March 2009 (EST)
 * * Hmph* 11:31, 4 March 2009 (EST)

Are you here RA? -- Nx /  talk    01:15, 4 March 2009 (EST)
 * Yup.  01:18, 4 March 2009 (EST)
 * Ok. You've got mail. -- Nx /  talk    01:19, 4 March 2009 (EST)

Relax...
You do know this is only the interweb, right? MarcusCicero 11:44, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * Are you talking about RWW?  11:52, 3 March 2009 (EST)


 * Well, generally, both. You take it too seriously. Way too seriously. Exposing hypocrisy is all fine and good, but personal haunts and 'enemies' over the internet. (You might say that I'm one to point the finger, but the difference is I merely am irritated by certain users rather than having any real enmity...) 134.226.1.229 13:09, 3 March 2009 (EST)
 * I don't really see how that applies to RWW or RW at the moment. I'm not particularly hysterical at the moment.   21:36, 9 March 2009 (EDT)


 * You are a strange mix of hysterical and passive aggressive. A bit like a tourretes patient jumping between moderation and swearing. MarcusCicero 07:39, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
 * I already have a psychiatrist, you know.  14:16, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

I'd email you, but the function does not work, so eat it here.
You are a fucking asshole. A childish, grudge-holding asshole. And your example did not even "prove" your case - it was a comment on my talk page among many, before I even checked in that day, and of course, as you might recall (but probably not on your grudge list file) I participated in the whole guidelines upgrade. I repeat. You are a complete and utter fuckwad. In so many ways it's not funny. So go fuck yourself, jackass. I almost quit this wiki yesterday because you are such a giant flaming asshole, but luckily other people make it worthwhile.

So go fuck yourself. I repeat, in case you missed my point: you are an asshole. A childish, grudge-holding asshole. Get the fuck over yourself and your wikiwarring.

PG PS, you are a small-minded editor who is obsessed with your edit count and endlessly embarks on wiki-wide alterations without talking to other people about them. You also exhibit an interesting trait in that you continuously raise old issues with other editors that surely have been laid to rest by now. You accuse me of endless crimes and faults, and yet do not see the beam in your own eye. I think you might - should - take a week or so off and re-evaluate the anger and hate you send in my direction at the slightest provocation. I almost played your silly game of "quitting" and pmailing a few people to say "yeah, it was RA that made me go away" - but that is such silly drama. Get a life that involves more than your RW edit count and your imaginary battles with me.

PPS, to everyone else (who hasn't already) please ignore this.  ħ uman  01:18, 11 March 2009 (EDT)


 * 'cuse me, you're calling him an asshole? I counted three assholes, which quite possibly makes you a bigger one then him. By the way, this is more hate and anger then he's ever sent your way. Quite the contrary, it is you who are blinded to your own faults. -- 20:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am quite well aware of my flaws, thank you. (The irony is that you never acknowledge your own.)  And I do have a life outside of RationalWiki — it's called my family and my work.   01:27, 11 March 2009 (EDT)
 * Shall I point out the irony of a 49-year-old man, who lives by himself and has made almost 60 edits a day over a regular eight-hour period a day for nearly two years, telling me to get a life?  01:51, 11 March 2009 (EDT)

Pardon my intrusion, but was it necessary to use revision-hiding against Human's edit comment? I thought that was only supposed to be used if someone posted personal information, or something like that. 01:34, 11 March 2009 (EDT)
 * I felt that his throwing in "Fuckwad" out of nowhere was inappropriate, so I rather impulsively "hid" it (sysops can still see it). I do admit that it was a rather causal usage of it, and that I perhaps should undo it.   01:38, 11 March 2009 (EDT)

Just popping in to stir things a little, but Human certainly has a point with the 'edits' jab. To many, having edits in the 000's seems to make them some sort of demi god in their own minds. They think this makes them a 'daddy' on the internet. Very sad indeed. MarcusCicero 07:30, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

Crusade against redlinks

 * Yay! My first barnstar!  *Hugs Nx*   04:43, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

RevisionDelete
Please stop using it with >7. It is quite unnecessary, and smacks of censorship. 14:57, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
 * What specific instances are you referring to? It's a bit to scold me for it anyways, my last instance of using it being, as of your post, over three days ago.   05:05, 16 March 2009 (EDT)
 * Are you using RD? Please don't.  ħ uman  23:04, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

Ring, ring...
Ahem. Kalliumtalk 22:34, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

'This User is no Longer Available'
You've been gone a week. I give it another week at least until you come back either in this form or a lá Susan in a transparant sock. Adios! MarcusCicero 07:52, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
 * Please come back. -- 20:04, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

Why he's gone
It's Passover. Most likely, he's with family and doesn't have internet access. He'll be back. -- 21:21, 10 April 2009 (EDT)
 * He's been gone for weeks.  ħ uman  22:14, 10 April 2009 (EDT)
 * He says he's taking a break and will be back in a few weeks. E-mail rocx. -- 17:58, 18 April 2009 (EDT)

He'll be back
He's dragging it out for another month. Its killing him really. He'll be back with his tail between his legs soon enough. He'll probably pull a Susan though and come back with a transparant sock. MarcusCicero 11:59, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Well
Happy b'day then. 01:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Coming back?  01:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Many happy returns, and hope you are well! Maybe we should set up a birthday reminder automated thingie that tells all who subscribe to the "birthday" intercom group when an impending celebration is imminent? Wow, did that sound like Ken merged with Ed or what? &mdash; Unsigned, by: human / talk / contribs
 * Thank you all.  02:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Care to join me in the dive bar for a Singapore Sling or a Harvey Wallbanger? Ace McWickedDisco Jesus 02:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday, Radioactive afikomen. Dark Matter Glaucopis 02:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Your latest soul-baring - from Human
"my ambition is not welcome here." Maybe not, maybe who cares (you, perhaps, if it makes you unhappy with yourself), but you are welcome here. That's all for now while I go back to read more. 06:38, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

"I want to be part of the backbone" You were, and are. 06:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for everything you did for this site. 06:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

"...wrote my own suggestion and promptly acted upon it. Everyone accepted it, and as far as I know the page is still that way. And I was so happy. That was when I realized that I loved doing this administrative stuff, that I could do that sort of thing it all day and be truly happy." That's not "adminning", it's participating. But that you helped and were happy with the result is very nice. I have had such moments. And many others where I yielded my stubborn opinions to the mob/smarter people. 06:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't anybody interrupt me and EC me while I read and think about and respond to the section addressed to me (and DP). 06:47, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

"(Hm. Looks like I failed to find that middle path.)" Yeah, maybe. That you don't want to be me when your fifty is OK - hell, do better! Not a bad goal.

"this site is your personal playground" - I welcome input from other users if they think I stifle commentary, debate, discussion, editing, etc. At worst I have two pet articles I mostly wrote - the United States one, and what PC moved to fun:Jesus. Hell, if I adore them so much, I "own" my original versions. Although, the wiki-edited ones are better, I think.

RA, I'm not sure how to respond - and I know I don't actually have to, I'm just commenting on your thoughts of many weeks in just a few minutes. We clashed, we also compromised. You will note that the section known as references on most wikis is now here called "footnotes". You did not "win" on that - you were "right". I hope you see the difference.

I guess, Jacob, in the end (is this the end?), I appreciate your coming back (you didn't really "leave", of course) and telling us what you think. That said...

"Trent promotes you across the internet as a site for debunking pseudoscience and a gathering place for skeptics, but beware the temptation to remain what you started out as: a dumping ground for articles that would never be accepted anywhere else."

RW1 wasn't even a site for "articles" - it was a hangout for wikisavvy people sick of CP. RW2 has a "mission", theoretically. If I was to leave, for weeks, or months, or years, I would probably be a bit surprised with what I found upon returning - but I think - hope? - I would recognize what Trent started.

I think you might have gotten, as you said, a little too personally involved - trying to be a big fish in a small pond. I've been there in several ways before. I am on a mailing list about some dumb cars, and apparently made the most posts in one year. Go figure. That was in I think 2005 or so. All I was doing was helping people fix their cars. This place is different. Very different, of course.

Perhaps you also got too involved in your quest to "matter" by competing with me, which sucked for both of us, really, since you are a decent guy and made endless useful contributions here. Were you affronted that I never made you a giant multi-layered barnstar, as I did for Trent? Did you ever notice that I have none? Best I've got is my Danish Writing Group medal on CP, for crying out loud.

OK, enough random whining, Jacob, I already have been missing you, too. You brought a lot to this site. Not everything you thought you were, but mostly all good. I wish you well, and obviously, fell free to drop in any time and say "hello". I (we?) would be very curious as to how your life is working out.

Signed,

Your friend, (I wept as I finished writing this)

Huw Powell 07:06, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Since Human appropriated the previous section
Sorry to see you go, but I think you're wrong, this place is interested in what you have to offer, it just can't express its thanks properly. My only advice is: if it's fun, do it for the fun, not the recognition. --  Nx / talk 09:51, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Such cheek
I'm only five years older than ConservapediaUndergroundResistor. :P Goodbye, anyway. I hope I'll be able to see you on other wikis? 10:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Ta-ra!
Unfortunately, by the time I joined you were just about leaving on your hiatus, but I did check back on your userpage ocassionally to see what was going on with you. It quickly became abundantly clear to me, however, that you've been a pretty massive figure here, and so I just thought I'd like to say thanks for giving me and everyone else an escape from the endless disappointments of real life. Best of luck in the future, and thank you 17:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you as well. I sometimes feel the same way, and wonder why I stay. The only thing I can say is that to leave would be betrayal. We need you. -- 20:32, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Fare thee well
Happy belated birthday, & I'm sorry to see you go. I don't agree with everything you've written in the Parthian Shot (if such it is) but I won't pick holes in most of it. What really stands out to me, though, is the where was my "thank you", my "we appreciate your efforts"? bit.

The fact is, I'm sure everyone admires & appreciates the level of commitment & effort you've shown to the site, notwithstanding any little disagreements they might have you with you at any time. People might not constantly be saying "thanks for what you're doing" but I think the respect is there & is a largely unspoken thing.

OK, so Trent is more often thanked for his efforts, but that's because - 1. he oversees the server & hence gives life to the wiki itself, & 2. often we need to ask him to do technical stuff - either to upgrade something or because one of us has buggered something up, so it's natural to be grateful when we have to bother him to fix something for us. Most of the things that you do for the site are because of you're own choices, & ambitions, rather than something you've been asked to do, so there is less immediate cause to get spontaneous thanks.

It doesn't mean that they are less important for the site, but the site itself doesn't have a mouth to thank you. Think about it: when you're sorting out categories or formatting references, who are you expecting a thank you from? Those things might not benefit any one specific individual (hence you might not get any words of thanks for them), but they do benefit RationalWiki. It's just that RationalWiki itself (the website, not the people) cannot express its gratitude.

Perhaps the problem is that you're looking to the internet for personal validation, & that tends to lead only to frustration. At the time I got involved here, I was unemployed & in a pretty bad situation with my personal life too. So maybe I got a little too involved in the site, because it was the closest thing to a social life &/or a job that I had at the time. Ultimately, it was (& is) fun & interesting, but didn't really make me any happier. Now I'm working again, & living in a new city, but I still look in on RW sometimes in the evening. It means I can take it a lot less seriously, ignore the petty dramas or be entertained by them, but still sortof feel a part of it at some level, & know that I could be more involved again if & when I choose to. So anyway, my advice is, before you go looking for another wiki, to take time out & work on your real life for a while, as it may mean you can come back to RW with a different perspective.

That's it really. As I said to CUR recently, it doesn't have to be all or nothing. Don't be a stranger. & If you must go, then good luck to you. 22:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Fairwell salute
Radioactive afikomen,

This wiki has certainly grown in its two years. You have been a great contribution to that growth we've seen. You shall forever be in all our hearts and minds. I give you one final salute:

''FSM save our gracious goat,

''Long live our noble Goat,

FSM save the goat.

--Ipatrol 00:41, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Welcome back! Even if briefly, its always nice to see old faces/friends/etc Ace McWickedDisco Jesus 04:34, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's good to see you too, Ace.  04:51, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

It's Too Late, But Thanks
Perhaps I am just not at all up-to-date in the affairs of other Rational Wiki sysops and personnel, but I just thought that, since you felt you deserved it and because I agree, that I'd thank you for all you did for me. You and Human were the one who really taught me the ropes around here and are the reason I still am committed to this place. I know it can be hard to be the one who takes the workload and is the last one to get thanked, but if it helps: Thanks. Good luck in your ventures outside of Rationalwiki.The Goonie 1 05:32, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

RA,
I suppose it is kind of odd that all these months after you left, I still somehow find myself bumping onto your userpage through links. Just dropping in to leave a message and say that I miss you, and I am sure that the community that remembers you feels the same way. Hope things are doing alright for you in the real world. (I am still using you noun verb adjective greeting thingy :) 00:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't care if you're "no longer active."
Deal with it. Fwahaha! 16:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Ooooh! Are you really back!??? We missed you so much!!!
Why don't you go fuck off underneath whatever cyber hole you were hiding under. MarcusCicero (talk) 21:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * . I miss you. 22:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)