Talk:Romney

One of many would be Tyrants is following me round this wiki like a puppy. Sometimes he makes constructive improvements on what I write, other times he removes good material. I don't think he's a Concern troll though he behaves like one, I think he's just getting at me. Proxima Centauri (talk) 09:36, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I agree you draw the ire of some editors who are concerned about the quality of your writing; I'm one of them, though I try not to be a dick about it and try to limit my editing of your work to form and not content. I think Ty's a great guy who loves the wiki and lets that get to his head sometimes. I don't think links to goofy YouTube videos are great content. P-Foster Talk ""Santorum is the cream rising to the top."" 12:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I will admit to being a follower as well (see my entry under Fun:You have two cows), but that's mostly because I see little grammatical and spelling errors, or formatting issues that piss me off. Plus most of the pages I start I watch, so... -- Seth Peck (talk) 14:40, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I don’t think my writing is bad, I think my writing is educated UK English. For Americans that’s too much like what they got rid of after the American Revolution. I can work to make my English slightly more international but that’s a bit like learning a foreign language. And UK English speakers don’t always feel comfortable with what we see as ”brash” American English either.

1. Yes and English speakers from the US and the UK are both prejudiced against each other.
2. Yes and RationalWiki would make much of similar prejudice among Conservatives from the US and the UK. We would call it Conservative irrationality.

Australians, New Zealanders etc. probably like their own English best as well.

RationalWiki is an international Website and we should aim at a style of English that is comfortable for all English speakers. That probably means all of us have to work on adapting what English speakers from other parts of the world have written. Proxima Centauri (talk) 17:16, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Your writing is on par with that of Lumenos. Nobody has any problem understanding Weaseloid, Armondikov, or Genghis Khant. Nobody has to copy edit their works to make them readable. Тy^Ahoy! 17:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

" I think my writing is educated UK English." (Compares some of Proxima's edits to the books at arm's reach: Stuart Hall; C.L.R. James; E.P. Thompson; Paul Gilroy. Smiles. Shakes head.) P-Foster Talk ""Santorum is the cream rising to the top."" 19:31, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I can’t write anywhere near as well as popular, famous UK authors. Those authors wrote highly successful books that P-Foster has at arm’s reach. Proxima Centauri (talk) 07:56, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

You cannot write at all. Тy^rannosaurs 10:59, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Passing mention of Romney Marsh, and Dr Syn for those wanting some sanity. Anna Livia (talk) 19:38, 31 July 2024 (UTC)