User talk:DuceMoosolini/Archive1

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What is going on? World Blogs Clogs Elections The Bar (talk) (talk) (talk) (talk) (hic) Welcome to RationalWiki, DuceMoosolini! Check out our guide for newcomers and our community standards! Tell us how you found RationalWiki here! If you are interested in contributing: Read what our articles are intended to be Check out the to-do list See our help page and Wikipedia's formatting cheatsheet If writing a new article, consider writing up a draft And most importantly: Pull up a goat and have some fun!

RoninMacbeth (talk) 04:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Sign talk page comments with ~~~~ and indent replies with colins. Also, please consider joining The New Cabal. If you wanna join, just stick [[Category:The New Cabal]] onto your user page. —ѕυρяємє ℓєα∂єя вιgѕ σf gσαтιѕтαи (ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴏғ ᴡɪsᴅᴏᴍ/ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs) 00:35, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Am I un-permabanned now? --DuceMoosolini (talk) 18:46, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

You've never been blocked, what do you mean? Christopher (talk) 17:17, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Because of your edits to and time on the wiki, Autopatrolled has been added to your user rights. This lets you bypass most of the abuse filters, bypass the CAPTCHA, and edit more frequently. If you have questions, bleat ask away.

We hope you enjoy your newfound POWER — and these external tools:

• Google Scholar Button ^{(Chrome, Firefox)} searches your highlighted text in Google Scholar. Easily check academic citations!
• web.archive.org and archive.today, among other tools, can save permanent copies of webpages. Never lose a crank website or racist Tweet ever again! ^{— Unsigned, by: LynnR / talk / contribs} 19:09, 18 October 2017

Some stuff you should be aware of

Please have a look at the cosmetic changes I've made to your Thirty Years War article. In particular, you should be aware of how we link to Wikipedia around here.

To link to a Wikipedia page in the main body off the text, we type {[wpl|Smarties}} which produces Smarties. You can add italics. Typing ''{{wpl|Peppa Pig}}'' produces Peppa Pig. If you don't want the link word to be the same as the articles title, type {{wpl|Rainbow (TV series)|fantastic kids' show}} to produce fantastic kids' show.

To link to wikipedia in an external link or a reference, type {{wpa|Aero (chocolate)}} to produce See the Wikipedia article on Aero (chocolate)..

Since every single file on Wikimedia Commons is also right here, you don't need to have external links to Wikimedia Commons in references. If you want to add a link to an image without displaying the image, type [[:File:Frankie Howerd colour.jpg|Titter ye not!]] to produce Titter ye not!

Have yourself a fabulous day! Spud (talk) 05:49, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Other than that, what did you think of the article?--- DuceMoosolini (talk) 06:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

I have to admit, I haven't actually read it yet. Like I said, the changes I made were cosmetic. But it looks impressive.Spud (talk) 11:38, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Awesome Award

🧠Rationalwiki

Awesome Award

for DuceMoosolini/Archive1

Reason: being awesome

For contributions to articles! Keep up the great work!! —ClickerClock (talk) 08:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Message from the RationalWiki Royal Mushroom Castle of Demotion and Personal Impediment

Dear DuceMoosolini, We regret to inform you that the princess has been kidnapped and you have been therefore demoted to the rank of sysop. You are requested to report to a bureaucrat at your nearest possible convenience, to be haz been given a mop and bucket for the purposes of cleaning up the mess, due to the absence of the princess around here. No questions are allowed. If you have any further questions, (further questions are permissible) please refer to the enclosed pamphlet So you are now a sysop. At your leisure, please go to the dungeon Room 202 to see the reward mops and hammers you can work towards having!

Good work though! I've noticed! Try putting your new tools to use, and keep it up, okay? --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 19:24, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! DuceMoosolini (talk) 19:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

My order

I'll have Chef Mussolini's Original Mac and Cheese, the Thirty Years War Three-Layer Lasagne and the Mexican-American War Tiramisu, please. Spud (talk) 07:57, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

An excellent choice! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:58, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Patrol undone edits

When you undo an edit rather than reverting it, please remember to mark it as patrolled as that isn't done automatically. Thanks! —Kazitor 06:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Will do. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:04, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

How is video of counter protesters instigating violence "unreliable"? You sick lying framing piece of human refuse. Communist bastard. 82.132.232.174 (talk) 06:54, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

The funny part is that had you justified yourself on the talk page in a satisfactory manner, I might have let it fly. As it is, you've just proved that I was absolutely right about you and your bad faith edits. Don't let the door hit your ass on your way out. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 06:58, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

You were not right in any sense. You're a liar and piece of communist filth. 82.132.232.174 (talk) 07:09, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm a communist because I don't buy a claim based on three shitty videos, one of which is unviewable from an account that was terminated, one of which is a grainy stop-motion fuckfest, and one of which is chaotic and almost certainly didn't show what you said it did. Okay then. Again, the funny thing is, all you had to do was offer alternate sources and/or explain yourself better on the talk page, and I would've let it fly. But you just had to be a moron. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Watch what happens next. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Oh, this guy again. Has he started with the death threats yet? ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 16:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

@GrammarCommie Not yet, but I'll bet he's good and pissed at me now. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:50, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Let me know when he does so I can enjoy the show. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 16:52, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

@GrammarCommie Will do and will provide popcorn. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:53, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

82.132 is just another Michael Coombs IP sock, who was blocked on more accounts/Ips here today. He calls everyone a communist who doesn't agree with him.MrSheen (talk) 16:56, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

About Renewable energy topic

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Renewable_energy You edited my post, i know it was done proffesionaly enough, after some edits because i am new at this, but and i guess is not important that a company bluntaly lies on tv, on youtube and on their site and try to fool and mislead the customers from Romania ? I guess the lie must be propagated internationaly to be put on Rational wiki ? Do not forget that religions start locally in a particular country, then the false idea spreads. ^{— Unsigned, by: Altruist / talk / contribs}

@Altruist How exactly did you get from "false advertising" to "religion"? ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 13:59, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

For the last sentences i am making a comparison about the danger of propagating a lie localy, wich has the potential to spread in other countries. I am not good at writing in english language ? Where should my removed topic be added if is not important to be put on the article concerning renewable energy ? ^{— Unsigned, by: Altruist / talk / contribs}

@Altruist I'm going to guess that you're not a native English speaker. And that's perfectly fine. I think I have a solution for you. The Engie ad in question seems to be making the claim that natural gas is infinite, from what I understand of the translation. If that's the case, I can stick an edited version of what you wrote somewhere into the natural gas article, as it would possibly be more topical there. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 15:33, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

wiki

this is a wiki correct? stubs can grow why did u delete colin powell. please dont block me due to this. Masino88 (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

@Masino88 Thank you for approaching me about this issue. Rationalwiki has a significantly smaller population of consistently active users than other wiki communities. As a consequence, our articles grow fairly slowly and we thus have higher standards for what may be immediately published. Now, I'm aware that no one has time to create a large article in one go. That's why we have Draft space, for you to be able to put time into an article without cluttering mainspace with stubs. For more information on drafts and our expectations on using them, please see RationalWiki:Drafts. Regards, Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:38, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Appropriate use of deletion tools(small thing)

It's best to expunge the least content that does the job of removing the problematic material. Specifically in this case, I don't think it was helpful to remove the username "pukeface" from deleted changes. Just only check the boxes that remove offending material. It's a small thing, but it helps people looking at the records of your deletion understand what was going on without having to resort to looking at the problematic changes on the way. If you don't do that, it's not a big deal, but it's helpful to practice parsimony with deletion tools. ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 20:39, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

@Ikanreed I'll keep that in mind. Thanks! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Empathy

Hi, I see that you wrote "'d prefer that you wait to do this until there's confirmation that you've reached an understanding with ikanreed. I think there's less chance of an annoying edit war that way. Feel free to change it back when/if that happens."

I'll wait a bit but, as you can see from the conversation, I doubt that ikanreed wants to reach an understanding. --Lankaster (talk) 17:35, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Help! Got de-sysopped for blocking the troll CowHouse!

Hi Moosolini, I very recently blocked CowHouse, who was trolling me by making very serious and false accusations (e.g. "poisoning the well", "false equivalency", and "weasel words", when those were not my intentions)... they once deleted AN ENTIRE ARTICLE over a plagiarism problem that could easily be fixed in a less-destructive way... when I complained about something off-wiki, they trolled me by completely ignoring the point I was trying to make (see text below, from their talk page) and demanding more and more evidence when it was already rubbed right in their face (the topic was about whether or not a source I had cited in the FFAF article that he removed was defamatory or not):

"Hi CowHouse, The reason why I said those things about TWP’s article on the AA’s “problem” was because the article was almost as biased and defamatory as the FFAF was, in that it also takes advantage of the ugly actions of a “bad actor” in the American Atheists (a secular rights group in the USA) and then tries to pin it on the entire atheist community, setting things up so that no matter what the AA does about it, it would always be viewed as some morally-corrupt act of misogyny/rape apologetics (the fact that the AA got rid of Silverman due to him violating their zero-tolerance harassment policy conveniently ignored). I know that it was a smear article, and I won’t stand for it. I thought that I’d bring it up so as to get the point accross that the “progressive” left are supporting the rights of all the other minorities in America, but for some reason are doing absolutely nothing about discrimination against us atheists, and instead defaming those of us who do, thus this being one of the few things that both the right AND left agree on- that all atheists are a bunch of little amoral misogynists who run around groping and raping women because Elevatorgate and Silverman."

No, really. Conservapedia also seized this opportunity to demonize atheists. -BP9, 25 October 2018 11:16 PM (GMT)

@BadPiggies 9 On talk pages, please sign your comments using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking on the sign button: on the toolbar above the edit panel. You can also indent successive talk page comments using one more colon (:) for each line. Thank you. Can you provide some quotes from the article to illustrate your point? I read the article and I don't think your description of it is accurate. CowHouse (talk) 12:10, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

@CowHouse OK, here’s one quote from the article:

Another thing that he did was deleting large swathes of information from the SJWiki article, using excuses that also made very serious allegations against me, and went out of his way to defend SJWiki from me on the talk pages, once again accusing me of making a false-equivalency for daring to have an opinion about it (I compared it to CP, which pissed him off a lot).

Furthermore, he is trying to delete Fun:Conservapedia How To Guide based solely off of the fact that it had a plagiarism problem (which can easily be fixed in a less-destructive manner), condescendingly talking down to me as if I'm some kind of six-year-old who has no idea what they're talking about, and here is what he said: "Plagiarism is not a "small thing", it's serious. Many of our articles have been deleted due to plagiarism: RationalWiki:Articles for deletion/Congo Free State Hecatomb denial, Robert M. Price, S. T. Joshi, Jozef Tiso, Genocide of California Indians, Ronilism, etc. By the way, the links are supposed to be red but you can still read why the page was deleted. CowHouse (talk) 05:42, 29 October 2018 (UTC)".

Also, the second they were unblocked, I was de-sysopped, and he went right back to vandalizing the article on SJWiki, and again trolling me while doing so (please see the contribution log on that page for more details). I have grown to hate that person for all of their shenanigans. And on top of that, I have also noticed that they have been trolling other users in a similar fashion to how they trolled me; just look at their talk page! Please help! B'P"9 05:47, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@BadPiggies 9 User:CowHouse is a quality established editor whose judgement I mostly trust. I've reviewed his edits to SJWiki and found them prima facie reasonable. I don't have much interest in looking into it further, so you'll have to squabble that stuff out with CowHouse. Regarding the AFD on your Fun:Conservapedia How To Guide article, I'm afraid you won't find too much sympathy from me. I am a very firm member of the "delete 'em all" school of thought when it comes to deeply flawed articles. If you look through my contributions to other people's talkpages, you'll find I'm probably even more zealous of a plagiarism cop than CowHouse. If the AFD gets community consensus (and it almost certainly will) then we'll have to abide by it. To be frank, I'm not sure what I have to do with most of this. If you still have a real problem, contact a moderator or visit the Coop (bad idea). Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:32, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@BadPiggies 9 Spoke to a mod, who upheld CowHouse's desysopping decision. Frankly, I agree since trying to unilaterally perma-block another sysop wasn't the right thing to do. You may still appeal this decision through the coop, but your prospects are not good. Also the community has reached consensus on the AFD regarding Fun:Conservapedia How To Guide . Please do not attempt to recreate the page unless it is with original and improved content. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:58, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@BadPiggies 9 It's really not a good idea to accuse users that dispute your edits as "trolls". I also didn't see any case where CowHouse was being condescending. It's advice. It's not comfortable advice, but it's advice nevertheless. You need to stop acting so defensive over stuff like this. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 18:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

@LeftyGreenMario@DuceMoosoliniCow house?Oh. I see what you’re saying. I’m sorry about how I overreacted yesterday. I was very sleepy, in a bad mood, and wasn’t exactly making the best decisions, and I’ll admit that I was a bit too paranoid, and for that I would like to apologize. It will never happen again. I also didn’t intend to spam the talk pages, and if I did, I’m sorry. But there is just one thing that I ask of you: can you please unprotect my userpage? I protected it while I was a Sysop (I shouldn’t have), and I can’t edit it. Thanks. ^{— Unsigned, by: BadPiggies 9 / talk / contribs}

I unprotected your page. I forgive you, I just hope you learned from your mistakes. People are not at their best without their sleep and their mood. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 23:11, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Nice userpage

You could probably get it featured on Uncyclopedia. That might not sound like a compliment, but in this case I do mean it that way. ;) 141.134.75.236 (talk) 03:04, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Lies And Slander

Hey you I have a question why have your brain dead friends labeled me a troll? Is it because you can't stand my opinions I would recommend you remove the various troll stuff off my account.TheDarkMaster2 (talk) 01:28, 9 November 2018 (UTC)TheDarkmaster2

Well of course if they have labelled you a troll, then you must be a troll. Labeling you a troll when you are not in fact a troll would be irrational, and this is RATIONALWiki. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 02:11, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I would like to remove your troll stuff off your account, TheDarkMaster2. Starting with your comments. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 02:59, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Appointed as moderator

Per RationalWiki:Moderator_elections/Results#Final_results, you have been appointed as mod. You have extra various powers now. However, I must formally state that I DO NOT agree to your terms of service, despite having posted on your talk page. Have fun! — Dysk (contribs) 13:12, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

YouTube Pane

Esteemed Il Duce, I changed the logo because the old one, for some reasons, does not load on my browser. I thought it must have been deleted, so I changed to the new one. You can see the old one?! How strange. I'm running Firefox, if that's relevant. Nerd (talk) 15:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

So what do you say, Il Duce? Nerd (talk) 18:13, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Nerd Oh shit, I forgot you asked me about this. Sorry, dude. I use Chrome, and I can see the icon. Do you have this problem with any of the other navbar icons? Maybe it's because you can't see svg images? DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 18:14, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, Firefox should be able to handle SVG just fine. I just tried Firefox Private mode. Didn't work. But Internet Explorer did. It is only with this template that I can't see the graphic. Other templates are displayed correctly. But the problem is a bit stranger still. I can view it on its own page. Weird! Nerd (talk) 18:27, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@Nerd If need be, I can upload a png version as an experiment and we'll see if that works. I know people don't like png icons, but sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 18:30, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Hold on. I think I found the problem. Compare the link above to this. ^{— Unsigned, by: Nerd / talk / contribs}

@Nerd Please pretend that I'm an idiot and explain it as if I don't know what you mean. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 18:35, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

I thought I might have something to do with the copyright notice, but apparently that's not the case. I suppose I should contact FuzzyCatPotato, then. Anyway, thanks! Nerd (talk) 18:47, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

welll the goat demands me to ask this question

Where is the mousse o' lini? Ugh your restaurant is sooooo lacking. It's not even part of your campaign promise... Grumble grumble. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 09:22, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Renaming trolls

So basically these usernames are not an improvement from the XY= man XX= woman algebra the troll already used.

• User:Chelsea Manning wouldn't go on a date with me because I'm a loser, so now I'm mad at all trans people because I'm a dumbass too
• User: I get a weird feeling in my pants when I look at pictures of Caitlyn Jenner

Not least because they are too long, but also because you put real named people in them. I think this should be avoided, funny talkback in the edit summaries only please! — Dysk (contribs) 18:24, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Okay, fine. Shorter usernames it is from now on :( DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 18:25, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Guy you rebanned

Yeah, I know he copy pasted the same thing about trans people every time. But, I want to debate them on their beliefs. Doublethink (talk) 01:24, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

@Doublethink If you think it’s worth it, you can return their talk page access. I still don’t want him unblocked. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 01:28, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

@DuceMoosolini ok, great. Doublethink (talk) 01:38, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Renaming trolls is...

Renaming trolls to something more amusing is the thing I miss most about being a mod. Avida Dollars^{her again} 08:32, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, that was a big part of why I ran for the post. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 20:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Mrs. Dancer

If you are referring to this person, I unblocked her because it was not obvious to me that she was a troll. It may well have been a coincidence that someone else was bugging one of our editors. I assume good faith and innocence until proven otherwise. Nerd (talk) 21:50, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

I know. I was only messing with you. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 21:52, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Not gonna undo it

But being offensive isn't a good reason for revdel. You should seriously reserve it for edits with serious user safety or legal problems. ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 21:53, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Some people prefer not to look at that kind of stuff. In the future, though, I suppose I'll just limit myself to revdeleting comments on my own page. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 21:55, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

I know, but if it's already reverted, seeing it requires you to go really out of your way. ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 22:01, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Your food looks delicious

Any advice on how I could get similar food in real life? Smokinwheat (talk) 17:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Any non-crap Italian place is a great meal choice. And I've never been to a crap Italian place. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 21:00, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

So, cooking inside? Eggs? Neopolitan cream? Every trotter will odiferously peer, only in new tyrannies. Zoologically, edges run overmixed. Flashthecash (talk) 23:15, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

RW editors eat laundry detergent packs, not itallian food.^{— Unsigned, by: Coffee Cup / talk / contribs}

Keeping this troll comment because I'm in a good mood and it made me smirk. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 15:46, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

You ruined everything

The fallout was meant to be glorious!! Oh right, I`m sure @Dysklyver wouldn't have cared. — Oxyaena ^{Poke me} 14:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Was this you?

Comment on Malcolm Kendrick's blog by DuceMoosolini‎ March 14, 2019 at 6:27 pm. Verifier (talk) 19:23, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

No, it wasn’t. I have nothing to do with the cholesterol articles, and I’m not sure why someone picked me to impersonate. Especially since they don’t seem to have said anything under my name that I particularly take exception to that I can see. Weird. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 20:08, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not weird, it is common behavior for certain trolls, has happened to many. If you want to know, I have enabled email. --Verifier (talk) 20:58, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Seems someone doesn't want comments verified. I do know why this is done, it has a rational purpose within the mind of a maniac. As I wrote, I enabled email so you could ask if you want. Anyone could. Otherwise, thanks anyway for answering. (The flood of socks using imitation names, like "Verifiers," were not me.) Verifier (talk) 17:02, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

I tried to notify the commenters that it's not DuceMoosolini, but stingy log-in and password is annoying like usual. Can someone else do it? --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 21:27, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

The impersonations are being done by Abd ul-Rahman Lomax or a troll related to him, probably Mikemikev. Lomax is a cholesterol and statin denialist who has written about a million words about me on his blog, accusing me of being someone else. It appears I am his latest victim. He has gone after David Gerard, Bongolian and now it is my turn. Lomax has been on the web for the last two weeks (on discord, reddit, Twitter and blogs) trying to stir up a flame war between vegans and low-carbers. The "verifier" account above is Lomax. John66 (talk) 22:03, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Which 18th Century World Leader would I spend a Night With?

Probably Tsarina Catherine the Great. Mostly because she's the first female leader I could think of who lived then. Also, she's just, like, generally cool. RoninMacbeth (talk) 20:23, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Good choice. Maria Theresa would be another. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 20:54, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Toussaint Louverture. Biggest badass and revolutionary to ever simultaneously kick the French's, Spaniards', and Brits' asses. Haiti rocked back in the day. — Dr. Ox ^{quack specialist} 02:12, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

What is the policy on user talk pages?

You have reverted my cleanup of my (newly created) talk page. Is there a policy against cleaning up one's own talk page? Please point me to the relative policy. Mcarrato69 (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@Mcarrato69 Reverting comments on talk pages is only accepted if it's obvious trolling. Otherwise, we prefer that people be transparent about what comments they've received. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 21:07, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Why remove stubs?

I was planning on improving them. Estabien (talk) 14:30, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@Estabien Start them in draftspace if you don't want me to delete them. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 15:38, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

I can't talk in the saloon

I can't talk in the bloody saloon. Pls help Lord Schimdt (talk) 17:49, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Your punishment for using Comic Sans in the Ctroll template

You're welcome. :) --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 22:19, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Food suggestion

'Brexit Mess' - a variant on this.

And see my comments on the The truth about Rationalwiki‎ talk page. Anna Livia (talk) 17:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry

It's just Mr. Yamashita's class is really boring. Please don't be mad at me. ^{— Unsigned, by: 67.238.60.226 / talk}

what was wrong with my edit about chinese food containing cat? it's the truth!^{— Unsigned, by: 67.238.60.226 / talk}

It was am immature edit which disrupted the flow of the article. Providing more detailed information as to how and why Chinese people eat cats would be perfectly acceptable. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 15:34, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

page restored

> If you want me to character assassinate someone on here, please send me cash by PayPal.

This is not a problem how? EK (talk) 20:24, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

It's pretty clearly a joke. He's been accused of similar things by Mikemikev, and he's making fun of those claims. There's no link or anything like there would be if there was a genuine attempt at solicitation. I don't see anything wrong. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 20:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

k. EK (talk) 20:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi, yes it was a stupid joke to troll Mike, Abd Lomax and a few others. I did delete it so my page is now clean.Tobias (talk) 02:33, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

A bit late, but...

		AVE CAESAR
		For outstanding work on the History articles Thirty Years War, Scramble for Africa, Iran-Iraq War, and many others, the user Duce Moosolini is awarded a triumph!

RoninMacbeth (talk) 22:47, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Wow, thank you so much! DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 00:25, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

A question

You removed my topic at the Saloon Bar, why? Countryboi (talk) 19:38, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Because no one wants your pathetic garbage, Nick. Get a life and stop spamming the whole internet with your crap. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 19:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Revert

Why was my comment being reverted twice? And what is this "Morris spam" stuff? The user who did it has their page locked so I cannot ask them. 2600:1:F145:7930:E60D:4C93:D2F6:E3B6 (talk) 22:34, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Oversight request

This has gone too far... User:Oxyaena is attempting to tie me to a real person by my name. This needs to be oversighted and he needs to be blocked for doxing. Silver Belle (talk) 20:47, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

That is you, jackass. It is publicly known, you are a harassing cyber-stalker. You deserve to be in a cell. — Oxyaena ^Harass 20:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

I've got a job for you

I think the Middle Ages article very badly needs a few more images from Wikimedia Commons. And I think YOU are just the person who could find and add some really good ones. Spud (talk) 16:51, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

It looks like the whole article needs some TLC. I'll get it fixed up. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 16:57, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Nice one! Thanks a lot! Spud (talk) 17:25, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Bloody hell, you're fast! Smashing work! Well done! Spud (talk) 17:35, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination

You've been nominated to the RationalMedia Foundation election. Please accept or decline here; if you accept, you may wish to campaign.

71.3.195.138 (talk) 22:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Douche

has a far better ring to it than Duce. Just sayin'. — Oxyaena ^Harass 04:22, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Board election

Since you are one of the people that accepted their nomination to the 2019 RationalMedia board of trustees election, you should go to the campaigning page and post your best propaganda post-haste. Good luck! — Dysk (contribs) 12:15, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for making those images smaller!

I noticed they were too wide (especially the gender dysphoria one, my goodness that was huge!) but didn't know how to fix it. Thanks for taking care of it! Now I know how to do it too. QuietLuna (talk) 04:18, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

No problem. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 04:21, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Mussolini always made the trains run on time after all. — Oxyaena ^Harass 05:40, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Edits to the 'pedophilia' page

I don't understand why my edits are making you think I am a pedophile or why it led to a block, I was simply editing the article to provide a more factual basis, as it was biased against misinformation about pedophilia. Explain to me why that makes me a pedophile for wanting to have more accurate information on the page. And I am aware I am violating the terms by circumventing a ban, but I want to clear up any accusations and understand your reasoning behind what you did.^{— Unsigned, by: 209.126.88.158 / talk}

I have no interest in getting sealioned by a pedo- no, excuse me, EPHEBOphile activist. Try taking your whitewashing bullshit somewhere else. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 06:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Since you want to keep playing, I'll give you my last statement on the matter. I don't care what label your diseased mind has decided on. You and everyone like you are a particularly revolting threat to the world's minors, and you all deserve to be reviled by everyone even more than you currently are. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 07:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

This is the most entertainment I've gotten from a troll since Mikemikev. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 07:11, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi i'm back (re: pedophilia page)

Yo Brian, do you realize that Conservapedia's pedophilia page is actually*more accurate and rational than IrrationalWiki's page on the subject: https://www.conservapedia.com/Pedophilia That should make you feel pretty bad that even a bunch of right-wingers are speaking more accurately on the subject. The point they make here is that lumping in pre-pubescent children with teenagers is a bad idea because the two are different entirely. Idk why calling out scientific facts makes me accused of being a pedophilia activist, I just don't believe a problem can be addressed if the facts aren't even correctly identified. 63.141.48.36 11:47, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

I stopped caring about this ages ago, but now that you’re talking nicely with me, I’ll recommend that you go to the article’s talk page and raise your issue there. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 02:38, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Well actually I started out by nicely talking to you, and then you called me a PEDOPHILE, soooooo... 63.141.48.36 07:08, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Calamari or dessert

Obviously it should be ICE Italiano... Or perhaps ICEd Sharbat? ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 00:06, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

I don't get it...

If you don't really like his ideology why name yourself after him? Why plaster his image everywhere? I don't like faeces, and I certainly won't put images up that are a constant reminder of their awful look and smell. The way Benito died, on the other hand, is an interesting reminder to current fascists if only they can be bothered to be afraid, but I'd still not have it lying around as I'm not into gruesome images... to take this hypothesis to further extremes, if there was a pun somehow about the concentration camps would you use it and plastic such images...?^{— Unsigned, by: 85.211.246.203 / talk}

It's a series of jokes at Lil Benny's expense. The one thing fascists can't handle is to be ridiculed. As to your last question, no I wouldn't, because that wouldn't be funny. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 19:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Have you tried rebooting? — Oxyaena ^Harass 00:33, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Congratulations

Per the results, you have won a seat on the RMF board. Have fun. — Dysk (contribs) 09:02, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

To the skies

See Carolus Rise!!!! — Oxyaena ^Harass 17:10, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Damn right. I've been listening to their new Great War album over and over again for the last two weeks. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 17:15, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Stalinism and the Environment

I think part of the problem is that most people in the US associate "environmentalism" with "the left," simply because that's the political reality of the United States. So people can say "Sure, Stalinism is bad, but at least it won't destroy the environment" with the kind of sincerity that can only come from ignorance. And it's the same kind of thinking that can cause a person to say "Industrialism is bad, we need a dictator to solve its problems" and "Dictatorship can work, look how quickly Lenin and Mao industrialized their countries" in the same paragraph. Cognitive dissonance and ignorance are powerful drugs. RoninMacbeth (talk) 05:05, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

No one

defended Stalin, I simply pointed out that what he was talking about wasn't proper socialism. Yes, I`m a leftcom. — Oxyaena ^Harass 20:14, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Can you contribute to the 'Traditional Korean medicine' document?

I curse and hate oriental medicine very much, but many Koreans don't seem to think TKM so badly. But I don't know much about TKM. Can you contribute if you know any information? sorry..--BluePink (talk) 08:54, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. But don't expect anything until some time after I've finished refurbishing Cold War. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 13:08, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you for your help!--BluePink (talk) 02:33, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Are you part of the RationalWiki Google Group?

It's where we have our important messages pertaining to RMF and its meetings. I need to make sure because you haven't posted anything there and you haven't attended our meeting today. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 17:11, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

No, I'm not a part of the Google group. How do I join? DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 17:12, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Here's the wikiHow page How to join Google Groups. The group you want to search for is RationalWiki Board. See you there! Spud (talk)

@Spud Not working for me. I have no "Browse All" button. Can you send me an email invite? DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 14:33, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

It looks like I don't have permission to invite new members. I think your best bet is to contact David Gerard. Spud (talk) 07:29, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Can you supplement the document?

Joshua Wong. This man is risking his life for the freedom of Hong Kong citizens. If you know anything, I want you to contribute! --BluePink (talk) 12:01, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Check user

What kind of checkuser are you guys running? Aceⁱ⁹ 04:56, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

I don't have a checkuser, or if I do I've never been told how to use it. What makes you ask? DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 05:00, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

OK - you don't have it or know how to use it but what kind of IP checking can we do? Aceⁱ⁹ 05:20, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

There are no checkusers. Every attempt to implement then has been rejected (most recent here).--RWRW (talk) 11:45, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Gamergate Timeline

After checking wikipedia a few months ago, I saw this. It seems that Pitts got into a twitter argument with Zoe Quinn about an old Gamergate article back in February and shortly afterwards left The Escapist. And in July, Nick Calandra (Managing Director of Video) took his place.

Shouldn't this be mentioned on the timeline? Also, what's with people accusing Quinn of having to have cheated on Gjoni? Tinribmancer (talk) 14:36, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

I don't know a whole lot about Gamergate and I've never edited its articles. @LeftyGreenMario might know more, or at least be able to point you to someone who does. DuceMoosolini^{Your friendly RW dictator moderator} 03:26, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

From what I've gathered 2 years ago, Ryulong was the one who was maintaining both the original article and the timeline the most. But since he LANCB'd, there were only a few people here and there editing it. Tinribmancer (talk) 11:00, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 moderator nomination

You've been nominated in the upcoming moderator elections. See the nomination at RationalWiki:Moderator elections/Nominations.

-- Regards, Cosmikdebris (talk) 01:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Mod rights

You should keep them until the election my man. Aceⁱ⁹ 04:11, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Based on your advice, I have readded my mod rights. I'm not changing my signature back, though. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 04:50, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Don't worry about the sig - it's just that if you step down as mod now then the alternate needs to be modded until the election in a week which is an administrative pain in the ass. Aceⁱ⁹ 05:31, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Mikey boy

Wanna take bets when he'll show up again? — Oxyaena ^Harass 21:56, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

He'll be back by the end of the month. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 14:13, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey man...

...Just though I would give you a shout-out as a thanks. My reintegration to the wiki after quite a long break ruffled a few feathers (we know who) despite me abiding by and assisting others in maintaining our community standards and blocking policies. You've been a pleasure to deal with and would have been happy to vote for you as mod again if you'd run. I'll buy you a drink one day. Ace^McWicked 23:01, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:25, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Meh, I hadn't been nice to anyone for awhile and my girlfriend was at work. So you'll have to do. Ace^McWicked 23:39, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

"Our" blocking policy has always been complete garbage. — Oxyaena ^Harass 13:01, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

My apologies

But I`m in a feisty mood. Fite me. — Oxyaena ^Harass 16:16, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Drive on

This is a great song. Johnny Cash was a hero, rest in peace. — Oxyaena ^Harass 16:17, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Always love me a good 'Nam song. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:21, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Neoliberalism

Tell me you're not a neolib. — Oxyaena ^Harass 21:26, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Based on what this wiki’s article says neoliberalism is, no, not really. Why? Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:30, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Neolibs are bastards. — Oxyaena ^Harass 21:40, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

About the Ataturk box

Mustafa is still in your userbox list. You might want to kick him out.Summa Atheologica (talk)

Done. To be honest, I forgot I made that subpage. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:38, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Winter Board of Trustees meeting

We need to arrange a time for a Board of Trustees meeting. Would the morning of next Saturday (21 December) be good for you? Spud (talk) 16:23, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Just posted to the Group. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 19:35, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

And you suggested 14:00 UTC. Since I joined the Board, most of our meetings have been at 16:00 UTC. I'm happy to have the meeting two hours earlier (10:00 PM my time instead of midnight). But I think it would be unrealistic to ask you and LGM in the States to get up that early on a Saturday morning. Can we make it 16:00 UTC? Spud (talk) 05:37, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

16:00 UTC is 8AM my time. I d'wanna wake up even earlier. Zzzzz. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 07:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Don't mess with my talk page.

I want to keep it blank because i have retired from this site and will never ever come back, Please respect my wishes. Jaydogg1994 (talk) 00:47, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Talk pages contain messages from other users and are thus community record. That’s why we have archives.🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 00:53, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you fucking joking?

Really? look at the edit. AMassiveGay (talk) 20:08, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

The edit's stupid, so reply saying so. But I see nothing so offensive as to warrant removal. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 20:11, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

nah just continued harassment of everyones favourite lolcow. AMassiveGay (talk) 20:34, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

wp:wp:RBI fwiw EK (talk) 10:55, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Could you please...?

Could you please update the Arabic language template so that it's on just one line like all the others? Thank you Spud (talk) 04:51, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Gave it my best shot, hope nothing's messed up.🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 05:00, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

It looks good here to me. Thanks. You are a star. Spud (talk) 11:13, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Muhammad

The Muhammad article could use a lot of improvement, and be less casually Islamophobic as well. I checked the talk page and it seems that people here were really shitty back in the day, including the fucking "freeze peach" crowd. — Oxyaena ^Harass 23:46, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm gonna mention that I did do a lot of work on that article just so that casual visitors to my talkpage don't think that I left ya hanging. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:07, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Good call lol. — Oxyaena ^Harass 23:27, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

British Empire

Just so you know, I did not insert the large section you subsequently removed, that was someone else. I only fixed spelling and grammar in a few places. There must have been an edit collision, or I inadvertently edited an intermediate revision instead of the latest. I'm trying to be more careful about that. Dave Wise 2 (talk) 20:25, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

My deletion didn't have anything to do with you. I just read the section and realized that it was a bunch of quotes that weren't cited at all and didn't say very much about the British Empire. I plan to expand the article later, assuming I'm not persona non grata by then. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:23, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Discord

What's your Discord name and numbers? I wanna invite you to the Secret Club but I need your account details (name and numbers) first. — Oxyaena ^Harass 12:28, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Oxyaena DuceMoosolini#5758 Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 13:42, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Your ableism

It appears that you have recently used "r*tard" in your edit summary. As a parent of a disabled child, I find this highly offensive. ^{— Unsigned, by: 2620:18C:0:0:0:0:0:230 / talk}

That doesn't make Duce a Nazi though. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 14:50, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, as a disabled adult, I think Duce needs to improve on that. — Oxyaena ^Harass 16:49, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it's anything intentional mind you, Duce is not a personally hateful and bigoted person, but no one's perfect. — Oxyaena ^Harass 16:54, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I'll knock that off. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Could you also make a "Empire of Japan" document?

Japan was also a highly notorious imperialist country, but it is surprisingly not well known to Westerners. Since you contribute a lot to the documents related to the Empire, I ask that you have some knowledge about the Japanese Empire.

In particular, the Japanese Empire colonized Korea and other countries and engaged in a series of horrific exploitation and massacres. Could you please create the "Empire of Japan" document?--BluePink (talk) 02:07, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Of course I'm not forcing you. You don't have to make it if you don't want to make it or if you don't have the relevant knowledge. But I'd appreciate it if you could make it.--BluePink (talk) 02:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

I've been meaning to get around to that, but that's still a long ways off. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 02:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry to Hear You're Leaving

I come back and within a few days, you are leaving. Was it something I said? (/s)

In all seriousness, I kind of get what you're saying. Thank you for doing so much for this community, and I'm sorry that we failed you. Ave atque vale, triumphator. RoninMacbeth (talk) 04:03, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Bon voyage, DuceMoosolini! Bongolian (talk) 07:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I really do hope that this LANCB turns out to be just as temporary as most of the others. If you ever come back, be it in a few days, weeks, months or years, I'll be pleased to see you again. And if you don't, you can at least take satisfaction in knowing that you left the wiki in a better state than you found it. Thank you very much for all the work you did. Spud (talk) 11:23, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Partial return

Self-quarantine is quite boring now, so I'm returning to edit more articles. I'm not, however, going to participate in the Saloon or rejoin the Board. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 15:34, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

The Duce has returned

All hail, and I see you've gotten started on the Sudan page, nice. — Oxyaena ^Harass 17:08, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

--It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 18:33, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Delighted to see you again. I can assure you there's nothing toxic about the Board. Otherwise, I wouldn't have continued to be a part of it, Still, I'm very pleased that you'll be continuing to vastly improve our articles. Spud (talk) 16:41, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey, welcome back! Bongolian (talk) 07:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to help build Draft:Indian right-wing glossary

Hello, I saw you contributed on an article about India, just thought you might be interested in participating in this new draft some folks are working on. Thanks! TapTheForwardAssist (talk) 04:44, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Far right

I already went to the talk page, and I didn't get any response to what I had posted. 2600:1004:B065:1DA3:81C:5556:38F2:AB0A (talk) 15:45, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Please stop reverting my edits

Hi DuceMoosolini. I am a great fan of political corretness, so I wanna fix confusions that involve the wrong usage of political terms. I see that you revert my edits even I have talked with many admins on Discord and have written a statement in Talk session of that topic (I am aware you know that). Please stop reverting every edit I do at topics involving socialism and stop calling me a "communist apologetic" as that shows how you don't know what does it mean. Let me correct politically incorrect sections without your centrist bias. You even reverted my new rank like the "authoritarians" you cite. I invite you to be rational. - User:Comrade-yutyo

Israel/Palestine pages

I saw that you're intending to rewrite the Israel page, so I wanted to give you a heads-up. Do you remember the big fight regarding edits on the Israel and Palestine pages? See: Talk:Israel/Archive1, Talk:Palestine, and a slew of coop cases (RationalWiki:Chicken coop/Archive37, RationalWiki:Chicken coop/Archive38, RationalWiki:Chicken coop/Archive42, RationalWiki:Chicken coop/Archive43, RationalWiki:Chicken coop/Archive46, etc.)

Two of the main combatants were User:-Mona- and User:Avengerofthe BoN (both have since been demopped but not banned, and are now inactive). It may not be possible to tread carefully enough on these topics without offending someonw. Bongolian (talk) 02:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Communism

When are you up to start improving the article with me? — Oxyaena ^Harass 20:56, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I highly recommend that you start on a draft. EK (talk) 21:57, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Draw up a wishlist in the talk page. We’ll refine it into a to do list and gradually work through it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:08, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation}! Misc User Talk 20:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Nomination

You've been nominated to the RationalMedia Foundation election. Please accept or decline here; if you accept, you may wish to campaign.

— Bongolian (talk) 22:26, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Your delivery

100px

— Godless Raven ^talk_stalk^walk_balk 🌹 21:54, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Good shit. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:55, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

And this one.

— Godless Raven ^talk_stalk^walk_balk 🌹 10:05, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

And by default I assumed it would be necessary to make an EU one. Don't thank me.

— Godless Raven ^talk_stalk^walk_balk 🌹 10:18, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

A gift

Behold, the holy pizza song.

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Smith

Quick question, does this unblock imply that "Smith" is no longer banned here?

If you aren't familiar with this user, he has previously edited under accounts which include; User:Krom, User:ODS, User:Aeschylus, User:Tobias, User:Debunking spiritualism, et al (around 150 known socks here). The circumstances of his ban on this wiki were explained by myself at the time, in this Reddit post. There are additional factors involved which I won't post here, but could go into more detail, on Discord, or via email if necessary, as private information, various lawsuits, and suppressed pages are involved.

Some clarity on the current situation from your perspective would be appreciated. — Dysk (contribs) 09:33, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I've made a section to discuss this here. As I note there your blocks are quite pointless because if I feel the need to create an important article like Spiteful mutant hypothesis I return and create it on another account (I've always used this wiki to add constructive articles). I never was the User:Debunking spiritualism. And I'm not aware of any legal matters relating to myself and this wiki. There never was any. I was sued for comments I made off the wiki and I won the case since the claimant discontinued knowing he would have lost the summary judgement. This has been public since May - my solicitor's firm made a statement on their Twitter account. All of your trolling and spreading misinformation about the lawsuit on Reddit didn't change the outcome. Flight (talk) 13:22, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I've only seen a few of your articles deleted, those were for doxxing. Nevertheless, you did willfully introduce defamatory material onto multiple pages here, dox at least four editors, both on this site and on other venues such as Kiwi Farms and Reddit, create a great many impersonation and troll accounts to vandalise this wiki, destroy and shut down RationalWikiWiki, and harrass various editors of the site including me for many months. When you were given sysop on past accounts, you misused it to delete articles, block innocent users, and abused page protection to win edit disputes resulting in getting into sysoprevoke on multiple occasions. You brought your personal drama with Mikemikev onto this site from Metapedia where you were formerly an administrator, and then did the same in your dispute with Abd who you impersonated on multiple occasions apparently for the fun of carrying on the drama. You also impersonated the subjects of articles you wrote and used those accounts to vandalise the wiki, getting them banned, and closing any avenue for the actual subject of the article to raise issues on the wiki itself. If somehow this hasn't got you banned yet I can bring up plenty of diffs from the suppression log et al to demonstrate that all this is true, and that you are a highly problematic user. — Dysk (contribs) 13:59, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I've never doxxed or impersonated anyone. More vicious lies. No one believes a word you say - you're the same unhinged individual libelling me across the internet as a child abuser and paedophile when you can't even get my middle name correct. Flight (talk) 14:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I told you before I'm happy to defend what I said in court if you want to do that. Sue me fuckwit. As for the rest, it's easily proven you doxed multiple people here, and the logs ain't going anywhere. — Dysk (contribs) 14:27, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Well please show who I doxxed with evidence. Good luck with that one. The dictionary definition of doxxing is "to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone)". Emphasis on private. The fact is I've never published someone's private information online. Everything I've posted is public. I assume your incorrect definition of doxxing is someone who merely posts someone's public personal information which you are guilty of plenty yourself and you've posted my surname on this page (my real name is public knowledge). If that is your definition of doxxing then everyone is a doxxer and the word becomes meaningless.Flight (talk) 14:41, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

I know about Smith. I just wasn't sure that the user in question was Smith based upon the few edits he had made at the time. However, the discussion here shows that you were right. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 14:53, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

What evidence do you have that Smith is evading a ban? We've had this before, and he's been unblocked. Kiko4564 (talk) 16:38, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

There was never any correct procedure or reason to ban me. I was banned based on false allegations of doxxing on Tobias. View the striked edits wrongly claimed to contain a dox - there's no doxing in them - all I ever did was link to a Wikipedia account. Combined with the lies I doxed someone D claims I "impersonated" someone. No evidence either presented for that lie. And as I mentioned above, this same person has been harassing me on multiple sites defaming me as a child abuser and paedophile. If this isn't cyber-harassment I don't know what is. Flight (talk) 18:29, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

So let's just get this straight. Tobias is your account. Is this not the case? Kiko4564 (talk) 20:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Country NavBar?

Hey Duce, you are reworking some of the country articles at the moment right? I found this Navbar the other day. I thought it looked pretty nice, but I haven't really seen it used in any country articles. Was it ever used, and people just cut them out for some reason? I was kinda thinking of just going through every single relevant article and adding this bad boy. Would people be okay with that? (Maybe there was some drama reason which lead to this not being used? You have been here way longer than me.) I wouldn't wanna annoy anyone with my mainspace edits, and you spent a lot of time on these articles, so yeah, if you reckon this is a bad idea just let me know and I won't do it. Cheers. - Rairyu75 (Talk) 17:56, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

That’s the one I replaced. It interferes with the stats Infobar on the countries. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:10, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I see. No worries then. - Rairyu75 (Talk) 19:02, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Karafuto

The Soviet Union defeated the Japan-Soviet Neutrality Treaty and invaded Karafuto (South Sakhalin). From the Soviet Union's point of view, it would have been "regained", but if this was fair, it would also be fair to annex Crimea, which was once Russian territory. The expiration date of the Japan-Soviet neutrality treaty was about five years, and it was effective at the time of the Soviet occupation of Karafuto and Chisima.

Are you anti-Japanese? I'm not on the rightist, so I don't feel particularly guilty about anti-Japanese sentiment, but I can never allow to take a pro-Russian position on territorial issues.

The Yalta Agreement, which established the ceding of South Sakhalin and Kuril islands to the Soviet Union, was voided in 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_Neutrality_Pact - Pro-Russian website "Wikipedia"'s page.

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/yoroshiku109/e/1ef2c3d4c87285a4b07a8451a028b77a

--Karasawa Takahiro (talk) 02:11, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

RATWIKI

—cosmikdebris ^talk stalk 02:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot of pictures

How did you add them, I'd like to add some pictures too. Iwillprobablygetbanned (Reply) 11:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Use the upload button on the left and follow the instructions. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 15:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Language templates

Hi DuceMoosolini, I think there is a problem with your implementation of the animated language flags in the language templates. It seems that for short pages, the float:left style is causing the flags to float to the top of the page, away from the text. See: Envenenar o poço and Poisoning the well. Bongolian (talk) 02:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Holocaust page expansion

Good work, as usual! Bongolian (talk) 05:16, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 15:31, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Appreciated That

Thank you for the kind gesture. Semipenultimate (talk) 20:41, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

You are long overdue for a…

		Tireless Worker Award
		In particular for dedicated service in the history pages.

Bongolian (talk) 19:03, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 19:48, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey, you

You're cool. Twodots (talk) 03:59, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Sorry I forgot to tell u that you’re cool

Bc you’re also very cool thanks ❣️ ASELA^कुरा ❣️ 13:29, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks everybody. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 15:56, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

You need to archive your talk page

40 sections and counting.... — Oxyaena ^Harass 15:59, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Renaming pillocks

Does renaming a pillock enable re-use of the original name? Scream!! (talk) 22:06, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Reason I ask is that I think he's used (((scream))) twice. Scream!! (talk) 22:07, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

I didn't think it did, but I could be wrong. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 22:54, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Note

I have opened a discussion, which you may in interested in, on RationalWiki_talk:Community_Standards#Revisiting_the_Sysoping_rules. Feel free to comment. Judge Dredd (talk) 12:44, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 19:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Auto-archiving: A Modest Proposal

Hi,

I've noticed that you just had to manually clean out this talk page for the new year. I have a humble suggestion: Maybe it would be more efficient if you added the auto-archiving template for the current incarnation of our archive-bot to this talkpage? I've switched my talkpage to it (as well as the Main Page's talkpage) and it has worked wonders. --Goatspeed. _{Happy Holidays!}🎄CircularRasoning🎄^{Steal my ideas} 20:29, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Coop

A case involving you has been raised at the Chicken Coop. Feel free to comment.

Techpriest (I am Alpharius! /  /  / ) 00:14, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Support chat

You should have given server ownership over to someone else. That way, it could have remained a community server. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 01:17, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it is annoying that we've lost the support chat for a second time. But I hope to see you come back to RW, Duce. --RWRW (talk) 01:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

I mean, I hope Duce comes back too, but fucking hell... ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 01:55, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Have a pizza and call in the morning.Ariel31459 (talk) 02:40, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

You Okay?

I don't really know you or your editing habits but it seems like something is going on with you. What's the deal? SolPyre (talk) 00:36, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Based on you deletion of pages that you yourself created, it looks like your account may have been hacked. If that is not the case, you should cease deleting pages without consensus. Also, your home page now has a peculiar statement considering that I unreservedly defended you in the Coop, and after Nobs is imminently going to be permabanned. Bongolian (talk) 01:00, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, but comments from most others, especially Sirius and CircularReasoning, indicate that I am no longer welcome here and that I am now reviled and shunned. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 01:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I think that Sirius and CR were just trying to enforce the rules. I don't believe it was personal. Also, nobs' banishment should be some consolation. Ariel31459 (talk) 02:11, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Ariel's right. I dunno if you're reading this or not, but it's not that I revile or am trying to shun you, it's just that I was disappointed in you because you abused your blocking and user right review rights- which I of all people also did once in a blind rage, if you remember. (After all, it was you who was in charge of watching me and waiting for the right moment to unsysrevoke and redemote me.) And also, I later changed my mind about giving you anything more than just a slap on the wrist and retracted my proposal of such when I saw people point out your and KC's repentance for your actions, and if it makes you feel any better, I voted for nobs' permabanning. (But don't get any ideas, it's not because of your threats to abandon the entire community or anything. In fact, I don't ever want to see such a problematic precedent set again.) --Goatspeed. _{Happy Holidays!}🎄CircularRasoning🎄^{Steal my ideas} 02:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

@Sirius, would you care to comment? Bongolian (talk) 04:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Sure! I was simply trying to uphold consistency within the rules. KC blocked nobs initially and stripped him of his rights and threatened to do it again. That happened at an evening (my time) without any input of the mob. After that, I made a note in a semi-public off-wiki channel (discord) because I do have a semblance of a night schedule, so that if KC did it again, someone else at hand would be able to take notice and act accordingly (unblock nobs, possibly start a coop for KCs behavior). Reason for not ATIM was well, it didn't feel like an ATIM case yet to me + I was going for good faith to not pursue further slapfighting on KC, assuming that it was an act out of anger, which means that pushing that through the wiki's mob machine would be silly. Duce then took that specific notice as an excuse to block and strip nobs of his rights. Luckily for me, I was still awake by then, and I quickly drafted up a coop case (if you look at the wording of that coops opener, it's literally me just dumping the facts and saying "go and fucking hash it out here instead of slapping around outside of our procedures") so that it could be resolved in the most amicable way. As a result of that coop, KC and Duce have received a mere slap on the wrist for acting outside of the rules, which I do think is adequate. Nobs got permablocked for his commentary, which I voted in support of once KC presented actual evidence of nobs supporting Flynns insane ramblings (which inarguably were a contributor to the domestic terror attack on the capitol + being racist/anti-semetic again).

The only thing that I still am mildly annoyed with Duce over is staking his own LANCB against permanently blocking nobs and going "he'll never get banned" and LANCBing when someone asks him to follow the mere minimum of procedure (which I congratulate KC for actually doing). That however, merely annoys me. Not the wiki, not the community, nor do I believe that to be a long enough standing issue to pursue into the grave. I hold no grudge against Duce, nor do I believe he should be reviled and shunned over the behavior that led to me cooping him and KC. There, that's the main thing I want to be taken away from this. I don't have the stamina to hold long-term grudges against someone and I despise building up anger of over them. Any other editor staking their personal LANCBs against nobs being banned has receieved the same treatment from me and I don't intent to treat Duce differently from that; slightly icy over that behavior, but it's ultimately their own choice and I will always welcome them back. Techpriest ^{(I am Alpharius! / / / )} 08:13, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I voted against the banning of nobs/Robsmith but COME BACK

And I'm sure the other users, who voted against it, want you to come back. Kevlarstar and his dog (Woof!) 08:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

And I abstained. But you're one of the best things that's ever happened to this wiki. You've done so much to transform it from a series of bad goat jokes into a legitimate source of information. I really do hope you'll come back. Spud (talk) 13:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Je suis Duce

Kevlarstar and his dog (Woof!) 13:34, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

A tentative return eh?

Good shit brother. Nice to have you back. - Rairyu75 (Talk) 21:52, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Hope you'll stay too. You're probably the most useful editor we've had since FCP. Knight Commander^{In Service}_{To Her}^Goatness 22:00, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Good to see you back, Duce! I really hope you stay. --Goatspeed. _{Happy Holidays!}🎄CircularRasoning🎄^{Steal my ideas} 22:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Welcome back, Duce! Bongolian (talk) 23:30, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

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@Knight Commander Who‘s FCM? Kevlarstar and his dog (Woof!) 07:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

FCP = User:FuzzyCatPotato, currently serving on the board of directors. Bongolian (talk) 08:03, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, FuzzyCatPotato. The supreme commander of RationalWiki during 2017 and all around awesome person. Knight Commander^{In Service}_{To Her}^Goatness 09:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Welcome back, Duce! I've always considered you one of the most admirable and essential members of RW.TheEndlessVoid (talk) 22:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

IOU1

Thanks for vouching for me when I pulled that stunt on the Furry talk page. I'll keep my acerbic comments on certain lulzworthy subjects to a minimum in the future. Also, does your restaurant have squid-ink spaghetti?

IRonMan

Your user page

Er, Duce, there is a slightly outdated section on your user page that could be seriously misread now. The part where it reads "disgusted with our current president" - you wrote it for Trump, but he's not president anymore. You might want to change it (or not). Good day, Meow^Purr 12:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll get to that at some point. Thanks for the heads-up. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, I noticed that you've got some old drafts hanging around that you might want to get rid of:

• User:DuceMoosolini/Mexican-American War
• User:DuceMoosolini/Scramble for Africa
• User:DuceMoosolini/Tiananmen Square Massacre

Bongolian (talk) 02:12, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

I keep them around on my userpage. I might change that at some point, but not now. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 02:38, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Love the funspace article

This one. Fucking love it. You have a good funny bone. Techpriest ^{(I am Alpharius! / / / )} 21:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Heh, thanks! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:16, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I added it to [[Category:Best of amusement]] ^{— Unsigned, by: Bongolian / talk / contribs}

Nice, thanks! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Countries

I noticed months ago a number of articles on various countries getting massive renovations. I see that much of that was you and am interested in your sources. Would you have any recommended readings about East Asia, by any chance? Nebuchadnezzar7658 (talk) 01:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

I often rely heavily on countrystudies.us, which is the Library of Congress' country profile collection. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 02:21, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed that in your references a lot. I've checked it out and read a few profiles, it looks really good. Did you ever use any books? Nebuchadnezzar7658 (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Not very often. The book citations are either something I got from Google books or else a cite that I got lazy and just ported from Wikipedia. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 03:05, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Yeah I figured, encyclopedias and coutrystudies.us are sufficient though. Also, the articles you've made are really good. Nebuchadnezzar7658 (talk) 05:56, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

SCP Essay

Thanks, Duce, sorry I haven't been able to get back to you. How would I move Essay:SCP Foundation to the funspace? Nvm, I just copied and pasted it. Thanks for the advice! Roman Sionis ^{tends to be inactive during summer} 14:16, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Your block of User:Akkeson

Are you able to explain why you felt a need to block User:Akkeson with talk page access revoked indef please? That does seem a tad too harsh to me, or am I missing something? Maybe you could at least allow them talk page access and shorten the length of the block. Thanks. Harry Potter (talk) 11:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

It was Ken. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 12:58, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks for explaining. Harry Potter (talk) 17:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Re:Hastur

I say it's tone deaf of him to post that when people are having a discussion and our own community includes furries (Rockford Roe is also one). It's especially tone-deaf in the wake of a known suicide, Near as well. IIRC, Hastur was already told to cut that crap out so many times, at least in the big Discord server he was eventually booted out of. Collapse is warranted. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 15:05, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

It's Hastur, this is practically his modus operandi. — Oxyaena ^Harass 16:06, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Your nomination of LGM

LGM was elected last year for two year term, so her term in Board isn't up yet. Thus nominating her for the Board is unnecessary, so I removed your nomination of her. Apologies for the inconvenience. Knight Commander^{In Service}_{To Her}^Goatness 14:06, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

• Then why is her name in bold? I don’t get it! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 14:07, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

I think it might be some incompetence by someone. Unless she resigned while I wasn't paying attention she should remain a Board member until 2022. Knight Commander^{In Service}_{To Her}^Goatness 14:09, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Nomination

I’ve nominated you for the board. Christopher (talk) 14:18, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Go on! Give it another go! I know you'd be really good at it. You're just the kind of person who actually could organize a booze up in a brewery that we really need. And I guarantee you there's never any drama or unpleasantness of any kind on the Board. We're all grown ups. We're all on the same page. Spud (talk) 05:55, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I’ll think about it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:15, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Indonesia

Why do you think that Indonesia should dissolve? Monet ^Ye 14:46, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Indonesia is only a united country because of the Dutch, and it has a history of neglecting and mistreating many minority populations. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 15:38, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

You have been elected to the board of trustees

You have been elected to the board for the next 2 years. I'm assuming @Cosmikdebris will take care of all this from here as the secretary of the board, I just ran the results. -- Techpriest (talk) 22:21, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

That idiot

I'm gonna admit it -- it was me. Per a request at Talk:2014 midterm elections, however, by Farmhand. Sorry. --Andrew5 (talk) 22:57, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

It’s cool. Sorry for getting really pissed, I’ve been having a bad one. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:59, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Fascism/Para-fascism

What do you think about Category:Para-fascists and Category:Para-fascism? Are these valid concepts? Should the former apply to say, Rudy Giuliani? Bongolian (talk) 20:34, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Seems hyperbolic to me, but nothing I’ll get worked up about. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 01:00, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Your awesomeness knows no bounds

You've been nominated in the upcoming moderator elections. See the nomination at RationalWiki:Moderator elections/Nominations.

ShabiDOO 16:42, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

My mistake in September

Sorry about my mistaken edit to the Community Standards, whilst not a defence, I was unaware of the rules so made a genuine mistake there. I'll be more careful in the future. Thanks. Harry Potter (talk) 23:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks my man

Hey brother - thanks for the revert. Its 4pm here, 30 degrees, shirtless and listening to New Order loud. And I mean fucking loud. Neighbors will hate me but fuck them. I pay my rent so if I wanna listen to loud music I can. Fuck all you. Except you, my love. Aceⁱ⁹ 02:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Goodbye Duce.

You were an amazibg part of this wiki. I hope life's roads take you good places. Epic Games (talk) 02:59, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Whats this? ShabiDOO 12:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy trails to you, Duce! You did some quality work here; it's appreciated. Bongolian (talk) 02:34, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

I hope you will come back. Monet ^Ye 12:16, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Please contact me

Please contact me at ttoulouse@gmail.com. tmtoulouse 21:36, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

@Tmtoulouse This user LANCBed, I doubt he will respond. Monet ^Ye 15:41, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

You're back?

Hooray! Spud (talk) 00:49, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm starting to get the history writing itch again. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 02:10, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Hadn't changed my sig lol. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 02:11, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Please remember to take care of yourself here. Rockford the Roe ^{boop my snoot}_{praise Oscar Wilde} 06:17, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

This wiki needs more pizza. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 06:24, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I had a pizza slice with jelly fish in San Francisco once. I am not going back to San Francisco.UncleKrampus (talk) 19:21, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Utah version of jellyfish pizza:[2] I will take my chances in SF, thank you. Bongolian (talk) 06:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back, sir. — Exaskliri _(they/them) (talk | contribs) 06:59, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

YOU ARE AN EVIL, EVIL PERSON!!!!

Re: This change :-D --Bertrc (talk) 19:00, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Peeing in the pool is going over my head

Hey Duce, I thought it was a great edit but I didn't quite understand the edit comment. Out of curiosity, what/who/why were you referring to with that edit comment? (And, yes, I am regretting my choice of words for this section's subject, given the imagery that my mixed metaphor is evoking . . .) --Bertrc (talk) 15:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Back in my high school debate days, my teacher would call people out for putting crappily-edited stuff into our arguments files by saying they were "peeing in the pool". I've adopted that too. When I say it, I just mean someone is dumping improperly cited or formatted stuff into an article. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 01:49, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

I am definitely guilty. I try to be good about having references, but, aside from the url, I always get the formatting wrong. Thanks! --Bertrc (talk) 18:42, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Geneva Conventions

I see you're the resident "history person" on this wiki. Could you make an article on the Geneva Conventions? You'd probably be far better at it than I would. Vee (talk) 23:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Sure, but it'll probably take a bit. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 03:01, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Would you like to write about the war crimes Japan committed against Americans in a WWII article?

Modern liberals in the United States easily sympathize with Japan on the issue of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But I think there have been quite a few incidents of Japan's serious war crimes against Koreans and Chinese as well as Americans, including Attack on Pearl Harbor, torture of American prisoners, biological experiments on American soldiers, massacre of U.S. and Hawaiian civilians. Some of the views of modern liberals in the U.S. could rather add strength to Japan's right-wing views, so they should study more about how evil Japan was. Perhaps the liberal in South Korea and the liberal in the United States differ enormously in their perception of history related to Japan. In particular, the view of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would be closer to that of American conservatives than the view of liberals in South Korea. Modern liberals in the U.S. should know that World War II is not just a matter with the U.S. and Japan. Excessive sympathization of Japan is not liberal at all. That's because it's no different than sympathize the Nazis. Umaru16 (talk) 09:36, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

I like your perception of history very much.Umaru16 (talk) 09:37, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, that is on the menu. I don't know when, but I want to get around to doing stuff on the Japanese Empire. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 09:46, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

I wonder

if our friends over at the tankie wiki would appreciate Trotskyist theory being introduced into their articles? Vee (talk) 07:32, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

I know very little about Trotskyism, but I’d love to see the tankies interact with Conservapedia. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 11:56, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

They hate the Trots with a passion, but yes that'd be fucking hilarious. Vee (talk) 14:35, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Are you able to move pages?

Can you please move the page Stopped clock to Stopped clock moment? It is a better fit for what the article is about. Erik10012 (talk) 12:16, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Duce's storage closet

I'm keeping this badass picture here for later just in case I forget where I found it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 03:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Board nomination

You've been nominated to the RationalMedia Foundation election. Please accept or decline here; if you accept, you may wish to campaign.

CorruptUser 06:02, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Huh? Wasn’t that ages ago? Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 19:04, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Procrastinating on gerontocracy

I finally got around to adding a Biden paragraph to the gerontocracy draft. Your snark on the talk page was not in vain. Vee (talk) 17:07, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Lol I literally just meant that as a shitpost, but I’m glad you got something out of it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:12, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Could you edit the Turkey category?

I'm unsure of what to put, and you're more knowledgeable about Turkey than I am. Vee (talk) 16:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Sure, but just know I'm of the opinion that category pages don't need to be fancy. Take a look for yourself. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

That's perfect. Thanks. Vee (talk) 17:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Regarding DeSantis

I know that the only source I added before was a YouTube video, but there are several articles that also confirm this as well. When would it be alright to add the section back?

Here's one source:https://therealnews.com/gov-ron-desantis-oversaw-torture-in-guantanamo-as-a-military-lawyer

I hope this helps Rational Dude (talk) 01:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Okay, but make it clear it’s the detainee who is claiming this. I don’t want that section to get the Board sued. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 06:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Sure thing. But I did put the name of the detainee before. Rational Dude (talk) 14:08, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Pizza Tower

Have you heard of the game called Pizza Tower, starring Peppino Spaghetti? ASerb (talk) 17:45, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Sure have. I watched Vinny Vinesauce play the demos a few times. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 04:12, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Strikeouts

I don't pay close attention to what is happening on Rational Wiki, has a new consensus condemning strikeouts arrived? Sure, some of the strikeout "humor" around here isn't worth preserving but I do like some of the ways it gets used. I was not reverting Ace's edits wholesale, I noticed they had been removing strikeouts and checked to see if anything I thought was worth keeping had been removed. Is this a conflict of tastes? SolPyre (talk) 18:32, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

A lot of the old guarders like Ace and Spud have turned against strikeouts. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:31, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm not against strikeouts myself (although I'm not an old guarder), but it depends on the context. Vee^Meow? 21:32, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

for me it depends on if I find them funny, and I usually don’t. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:49, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

(EC)Alright, Ace and Spud are against them. How about you? You undid my undoings. Are you also against all strikeout usages? I don't like the idea of a style of humor being entirely removed based on a difference in taste.

That is frustrating. I don't think I am active around here enough to make any sort of difference if active folks like you and Ace are gunning for strikeouts. I will retreat into apathy SolPyre (talk) 22:07, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Strikeout humour is lazy at best, distracting and unfunny at worst. Particularly often times when used multiple many times with the same article page. Aceⁱ⁹ 23:26, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm not entirely against it, but I agree with Ace, it's tends to be lazy or humorless. Bongolian (talk) 02:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Denazification as an article

If nothing else, you might be interested in the Politico article I linked on the proposal. This is an article I might be inclined to make myself eventually however; it's a topic I found interesting. Tankies sometimes correctly point out that many West German officials were former Nazi Party members... I wonder to what extent that is also true of East German officials! For a time they had Vincenz Müller. Well, the DDR at least had this Max Schwab guy convinced. Chillpilled (talk) 18:29, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I’m actually quite interested in doing a topic like that. I don’t have much time right now to do it on my own, but if you get a draft started, I’ll contribute to it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:36, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Fascists

I think there are some pages in need of explanation why some people labelled are fascists, like Alex Jones, Clarence Thomas, Viktor Urban, among others. For many, it's not as obvious why they're fascists just like people such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were. There should be paragraphs explaining why and going into detail for this. Otherwise, it just makes us seem like immature partisans like how many of our detractors see us as. Rational Dude (talk) 17:55, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree completely. In most cases, the category should be removed. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:32, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Alright, but what about for articles where it might be warranted? Like for a lot of paleocons (such as Clarence Thomas, Pat Buchanan, Alex Jones, just to name a few) I often see them with the fascist category. There should at least be a heading describing how and why they're fascists. Otherwise, it just makes it thrown around inappropriately. Rational Dude (talk) 18:42, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Creating a category for christophobia

Can we create a category for Christophobia? It’s for groups that legitimately hate Christians as a whole, like the RSS, SUMKA, and Lehava. Rational Dude (talk) 11:38, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@Rational Dude I suggest that you don't call it Christophobia. And I suggest you don't link to the Christophobia page in the SUMKA article. Our page on Christophobia currently says that it's mostly used as a snarl word by people who claim the evl librulz want to make it illegal for them to say "Merry Christmas". You are doing no favours to people whose lives are in genuine danger because of their religion by lumping them together with those whiny Western arseholes. How about "Anti-Christian hatred" instead? Spud (talk) 11:52, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good, but it’s a little too long though. And I wasn’t trying to legitimize far-right persecution complexes, I was talking about a genuine nuance of groups that legitimately persecute Christians.

Also, should we change the category for “anti-semites” to “judeophobes”?Rational Dude (talk) 11:56, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@Rational Dude No. We should normally use the most widely used and understood terms. They won't always follow predictable semantic patterns. "Anti-semites" is a widely used and understood word. "Islamophobes" is a widely used and understood word. "Christophobes" is not. Not yet, anyway. Spud (talk) 12:14, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Alright then. But if the term “Christophobes” does become common, we should definitely use it. So should we make the category for anti-Christian sentiment right now? Rational Dude (talk) 12:30, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@Rational Dude I agree with you. I'm well aware that languages change and evolve. What's true about word use now might not be true forever. Sometimes new words are created only to languish in obscurity for decades and then suddenly take off in popularity much later.

And if you think we've already got enough pages to go in the category, go ahead and create it. Spud (talk) 12:53, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

True, that is how language works after all.

Thank you, I will, but what should I name/call the category? Edit: I already made it. Rational Dude (talk) 12:55, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Fictional persons biography

Am I allowed to make one? I ask right now because I don't want anyone to be confused when I make it thinking it's an actual person. Rational Dude (talk) 17:54, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Not in mainspace, no. Leave it in essayspace or userspace, and don't add any categories meant for mainspace. Additionally, your obsession is getting a bit concerning. Plutocow (talk) 19:05, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess I went too far. But I can't help it. Rational Dude (talk) 19:32, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Fascism

Wouldn't Iran qualify being categorized as fascist like India since it's going through far-right growing pains? Rational Dude (talk) 02:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Iran isn’t a fascist regime, and there’s no sign of it becoming one. And if there were, there would need to be a section in the article explaining the inclusion of the fascism category. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 04:09, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

@DuceMoosolini Okay. But does India qualify being categorized as fascist since it's dealing with hindutva right now, or not really? Rational Dude (talk) 07:40, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

I would say no. India is not overall a fascist regime. It just has fascist movements. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 01:00, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I see. I guess I was confusing movements with the regime. Rational Dude (talk) 00:12, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

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Zoroastrianism

I think we should bring up the subject of changing religious demographics in Iran, like the possible resurgence of Zoroastrianism. Here's an article about it:https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/01/21/disenchanted-iranians-are-turning-to-other-faiths Rational Dude (talk) 12:16, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Shinzo Abe

I think he's an obvious fascist. He is an advocate of the Japanese Empire and totalitarianism in the 1930s, and a denier of Japanese war crimes. Even ordinary modern far-right politicians like Trump and Bolsonaro are not the deniers of Nazi advocacy or German war crimes. Abe is more extreme than Trump. Umaru16 (talk) 12:08, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure, but one can cover for the crimes of a regime without being a member of its ideology. US Republicans aren't actual Confederates, after all. Abe lacks the senseless rush to military expansionism and horrific purges for internal purification that typify a fascist regime. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 01:02, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Running with that logic we couldn’t reasonably conclude holocaust denialists are neo-nazis. Like sure it doesn’t follow that such a denialist must be ideologically a neo-nazi. It wouldn’t be a deductively valid inference. Reasoning probabilistically however, and being aware of the historical and political motivations behind genocide denial — one could reasonably make the inference to a denialist being highly likely a neo-fascist. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 16:47, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Also it should be said in reference to that particular style of rhetoric “fascists were expansionist!” —- that is an argument that far-right neo-nazi movements and the like use. The alt-right used to deny being “nazis” on the basis that they were “isolationist”. Its a distinction without a difference. With the historical context of things like “Unit 731” the Japanese denial of war crimes at least suggests a morally abhorrent form of apologia for 20th-century fascist Japan. In my book non-fascists do not willing engage in apologia for fascists, which allows a deductive inference to someone being a fascist. I don’t think people of Chinese or Korean descent particularly care about the technicalities in this case. Japan performed live vivisections on children. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 17:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Bro, I am of Chinese descent. I just think if Abe were a genuine fascist, we'd have seen far more extreme actions coming out of his government. I've written more about Japanese atrocities and Abe's denial of them than almost anyone else on this wiki. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:03, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

That does not necessarily follow though, right? You can secretly hold fascist beliefs or sympathies without implementing extreme policies in government for strategic reasons, reasons related to public relations, or even simply reasons related to maintaining international trade deals, etc. If we are going to run with some strict logical implications in our judgements, than that too is not a reason to discount someone as a fascist. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 19:01, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure, but anyone can secretly be a fascist. If we decide that speculation merits inclusion in the fascist category, then it could theoretically be applied to anyone. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 19:11, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

But speculation isn't the deciding factor here, and no one said anything about that. We can identify the particular behavioral and doxastic tendencies unique to it, then we can extend quantified generalizations to particular actors as being or not being fascist. I.e. Fascists are never genuinely anti-racist, Paul is anti-racist, ergo; Paul is not a fascist. As another example: only fascists advocate for a single-ethnicity ethno-state, Adam advocates for a single-ethnicity ethno-state, therefore, Adam is a fascist. - Only Sort of Dumb (talk) 19:38, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, I guess. I still don't really see myself, but I've been reminded of Kishi who was a fascist, so I guess it's possible. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 19:44, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

I think he should be labelled as a fascist because of his membership in the nippon kaigi, and his rhetoric. Rational Dude (talk) 22:05, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

I will NOT calm down.

Carthage must be destroyed because they are just the most idiotic person I have ever met. A somebody. (talk) 04:12, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Ok, Emperor Palpatine. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 13:53, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@Arcadium Trancefer . . . Don't you mean: "Ok, Senator Cato"? ;-) --Bertrc (talk) 18:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

@A somebody., Really? You passed up the opportunity to say: "Carthago delenda est"?! Shame on you!! ;-) :-D --Bertrc (talk) 18:27, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

You know, we joke about it now, but the Fourth Punic War was arguably one of the first genocides in the historical record. I suppose enough time has passed that it's now just a historical oddity, but real people suffered all the same, no matter how far back in time the Carthaginian Genocide was. Carthage (talk) 18:34, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

You do have a point, but there probably were genocides that occurred even before that. Rational Dude (talk) 19:48, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Hence why I said recorded. Also yeah, I think joking about any genocide period is in bad taste, unintentional or not. You wouldn't joke about the Holocaust, would you? Carthage (talk) 19:53, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

I did Nazi this discussion turning so sour, Anne Frankly I'm disgusted. CorruptUser 22:39, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Ok. Carthage (talk) 22:54, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

@CorruptUser when you make puns like that, we all lose; only Godwin's. --Bertrc (talk) 17:06, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

More seriously, though, I do think this is a bit of a false equivalency. IMHO, an army's brutal, indiscriminate massacre of a city-state, at the end of a century of warfare and even longer conflict, is not quite the same animal as the systematic purging we tend to label as genocide. --Bertrc (talk) 17:06, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

It's the Romans; they committed NUMEROUS genocides in their day and bragged about it. Heck, if we are going to compare to Nazis, they even had several genocide of Jews, which requires historical context.

After the Greeks were chased out during the story of Channuka (though really it was mostly Israelites killing other Israelites based on whether they adopted the Greek religions), the Israelites basically did what Eastern Mediterranean civilizations did; kill each other over who gets to be the local ruler. One of the biggest conflicts was between the Judeans (Jews) and the Samaritans, who were basically arguing over which ones were the "Real" Israelites. One of the leaders of the Judeans invited in the Romans to act as mediators... which is how Judea and Samaria joined the Roman Empire by treaty. Jews spread throughout the Empire, and decades later the Romans decide the treaties don't matter any more, demanding a bunch of things they demand of every province; the ability to worship whatever gods anyone pleases. This pisses off the Jews, so they revolt. The Romans crush them, sack Jerusalem, destroy the temple, etc. Sanctions are constantly placed on Jews, and eventually the Jews revolt a second time in the "Kitos War", which results in a massive genocide of Jews in the Eastern Mediterranean. A few years later, the Jews revolted a third time, and the Romans have had enough, murdering or enslaving every Jew they caught in Judea, and rename the region "Palestine" as a giant insult. Centuries later, Arabs conquer the place and most of the Samaritans convert to Islam. Centuries more later, Jews return to the area, and the Samaritan-Arabs and Judeans are back to murdering each other. CorruptUser 17:56, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ There's actually legitimate scholarly contention that the Fourth Punic War was genocide. Read the link I provided. Even the quote Carthago delenda est has genocidal intent. The intent that is to wipe Carthage off the map. It may not have had racial under or overtones, but it certainly was intended to, again, wipe a culture off the map. Carthage (talk) 02:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

United States war crimes in the Korean War

Are you willing to participate in this article? Extreme anti-Americanism in North Korea was caused by this incident. I think you know a lot about what the United States did during the Korean War. Umaru16 (talk) 04:12, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

I think you mean the propaganda in North Korea is the main cause of anti-Americanism. Yes, there were war-crimes, but not as wide-spread as the North Koreans would try to make you believe. Same goes for that asshole Picasso, who I'm quite sure raped numerous women himself (he literally kidnapped women on MULTIPLE occasions), so I don't care what that Tankie has to say. CorruptUser 17:58, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Get a grip? Yup, I really need to…

Hello! Sorry to intrude like this, just regarding your response to my thread in the saloon bar. I really appreciate it, sometimes a blunt, quick and to the point statement like that can really shake a person’s core to reevaluate their standing. Not to get too personal but the whole bullshit with anxiety has been affecting me greatly as of late, even affecting my relationships, school and work. I really do need to get a grip. That will need to be aided professionally I know for sure. Anyway, I just wanted to apologise. I can just imagine you reading that post and thinking to yourself “what an absolute idiot” and I can’t fault you haha. But yeah, I just wanted to say I’m sorry for being so dumb with that lightbulb (which ironically flickered while writing this lol) and just hope you don’t hold an ill view of me :) .—WMS (talk) 22:00, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

You don't need to apologize for anything. That's just how I get sometimes, especially since I was annoyed at another user. Sorry for snapping at you. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:24, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey, no worries! Totally get it, and like I said it was helpful to have a blunt statement like that, no need to apologise :).—WMS (talk) 20:53, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

For being too dense to understand how median voting works, and for taking the side of spambots to try to win an argument

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Somebody just wants to let you know you did something silly.

Long overdue. Plutocow (talk) 01:06, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Delicious, thank you. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 01:40, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

thank you.

Thank for you finally putting the fact that the jacobins abolished slavery on the french revolution page. A somebody. (talk) 22:36, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, it was a pretty major oversight. I just finally got time to edit. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Special Pizza Delivery

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Uh oh. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 19:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

hi

I've been on the board for over a year and there has never been a meeting. Are we going to ever have a meeting? ShabiDOO 12:30, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Most of us are on the Discord, so if we’re gonna organize it, it’ll happen over there. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:02, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

I very recently tried to join the Discord. @Techpriest It looks like there may be a half a year+ backlog of requests under #approval... Or maybe I missed something (i.e. are people now approved silently?), but there's nothing more in the instructions. --ApooftGnegiol (talk) 03:47, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

You’ll have to ask techpriest about the approval backlog, but I suspect a lot of that is accounts that don’t meet the requirements. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 05:17, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

I just pinged techpriest to let you in. Board members have an exclusive chat room there. I look forward to talking with you on there! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 05:20, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Added. And yeah, there's a backlog but most users don't need requirements. We used to have a bot for that sorta thing, but it broke at some point due to discord being discord. -- Techpriest (talk) 21:38, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Reversion

Misclick? Carthage (talk) 07:11, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Yep. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 10:43, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Hey

How’s it going? Rational Dude (talk) 15:00, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Just wanted to stop by and say hi. Rational Dude (talk) 16:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh shit, nice to see you back. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 18:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks man, good to be back, and good to see you as well. Anyway, I responded to the message you left on my talk page, let me know what I should do for the references. Rational Dude (talk) 22:43, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Ave

Sent you a friend request. Carthage (talk) 16:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Huh, I couldn’t see it. I’ll try on my end. 🎄Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano🎄^{Ask about our holiday specials!} 18:17, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Ref links

I'm fixing formatted links wherever I can find them, if I may, I'd like some time to fix them at least. Rational Dude (talk) 18:32, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Formatting references

Hello. I realized you reverted my edit on French Revolution. You told me to "format my references", I have no idea how I can do this, and I’de like to ask you if could show me. Why is the nice citation function from wp missing on Rationalwiki? Is there any way of implementing it? Cheers. New world (talk) 02:17, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I have fairly low standards. You can just stick the URL in brackets and type the title of the article followed by its publication outside the brackets in italics. Other citations on pages should show you how this is done. Wikipedia also has a page called “Citer” where you can stick URLs and ISBNs to generate a citation that you can just copy and paste. I just don’t want bare URLs popping up when I hover over a citation. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:26, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for asking by the way. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:27, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, is the format correct now? New world (talk) 18:35, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

The format is better, but I noticed that one of the citations links to an Amazon shop page and that the new section seems like Robespierre apologia. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:31, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Just to clarify, All of that are serious journals. And yes, Robespierre "apologia" is wide spread in French historiography I guess… or rather, it depends. All of these historians are serious experts, they're not charlatans, it's mainstream. This is actually a debate in French historiography, not "apologia". One of those historians, Max Gallo, is even in the French academy (to show you that he's important, not necessarily that he's worth something…). The really critical anti-robbespierrists are all of a revisionist school (in the good sense of the word) which appeared in the 1980s and was influenced by neoliberalism, and tried to counter the traditional school of robbespierrists. New world (talk) 21:59, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay, so this convinced me to readd the section, although I hope you can find a way to replace the Amazon shop page links with something more direct. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 22:09, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hey Duce, I formatted the links. Does it looks better now? Rational Dude (talk) 00:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Looks a lot better, thanks. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:30, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

No problem, I’ll fix any articles that need formatting citations. Rational Dude (talk) 13:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Sup Duce

I sent you a friend request, did you get it? Rational Dude (talk) 14:19, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Not until I checked. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 15:04, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Rational Dude (talk) 15:21, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Why did you remove so much of the Joe Biden page?

Are you doing a massive re-write? TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 00:24, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

I put the WIP template up. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 00:25, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Also, I don't know if you saw, but most of the stuff I deleted was giant, outdated, and uncited blocks of text. Shit, in other words. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 00:31, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

I see. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 01:03, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

What's the problem with this aricle?

You recently rated the article Dhu al-Qarnayn as "significantly problematic". You wrote the reason: "every source is an unformatted, ugly link". I don't understand why. The reason you gave is very vague and I don't really understand it. After reading this, I did some modifications to the links than I deleted your rating, leaving the comment "I think I solved the problem", but then you undid my edit, leaving the comment "no you didn't". If you think there is a problem with this article, please express it, and please do it in a clear, unambiguous way. RationalThinker (talk) 16:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

See the manual of style on references. In essence, formatting references as a bare URL is discouraged. It is best to include title, author, source, and publication date in the text when it comes to creating reference (just like you would in a reference when writing a paper or essay). The manual of style includes a cite template that may help some. I don't think RW is too picky about format of the text though beyond the inclusion of the necessary information and not keeping the URL bare. BobJohnson (talk) 16:34, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't think this is a very big problem to call the page "significantly problematic". But anyway, if there is a problem, even a small one, then we need Can someone do it instead of me? I don't know how to do this because I am still a beginer.

I think this is a "minor" problem. I don't think it's too problematic to be called "significantly problematic".RationalThinker (talk) 19:59, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Problem solved RationalThinker (talk) 21:55, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Cool, looks good. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 23:56, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

UK General elections...

As you did '10 to '19 prettification, are you going to do '92 to '05 next? I should have done the '24 one within a week or three.

Oh, I prefer the hex map for results, personally. I feel they express the situation better than the usual one [as like in America, Tories often win large 'shires' while Labour win tiny urban constituencies]. KarmaPolice (talk) 16:20, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I will at some point. The problem I had with pre-2017 UK elections is that none have the pretty margins maps by User:沁水湾 over at Commons that I've been relying on. I'll add the hex maps to the elections articles, but I like the Commons margins maps because they're so detailed. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:28, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay, just finished adding the hex maps. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:38, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I do like the 2019 one. You think it's a Bronze-level candidate? KarmaPolice (talk) 17:25, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I’d say so. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 17:57, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Do you want to do the honours, then? I suck at doing wiki-stuff like this. I think the only thing which needs to be done on the page is prettyfying the bare WP links within it. KarmaPolice (talk) 18:00, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Done. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:23, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I thought/meant put it up to a vote. Can you/we simply do it by fiat? KarmaPolice (talk) 18:25, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, bronze doesn't require anything since it's almost always an uncontroversial rank. Only silver and above require votes. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:26, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough. You think I should start doing '87? I might end up doing '83 anyway as it was a 'famous' election... KarmaPolice (talk) 18:51, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll be real with you, I don't actually know anything about either election. Whatever you decide would work, I think. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 18:53, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Heh. In short; '83 is one folks still reference now and is kinda 'notable', but '87 is was a predictable washout [think US Pres elections '92 and then '96 respectively]. Plus, you'd get to learn about them when prettyfying them! KarmaPolice (talk) 19:50, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good! Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Spam on my talk page.

Dear Duce. If you wish to make a comment on my talk page, I invite you to do so. I do not allow bill boards there. if you think there is reliable information that others ought to know, use your own talk page. I am, however, open to polite inquiries. Try it some time.UncleKrampus (talk) 15:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey man, it's not that embarrassing. You'll be fine. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 15:41, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm not embarrassed, I's surprised. Would you want me to post nonsense on your talk page? Inquiries about misapprehensions are always welcome.UncleKrampus (talk) 15:47, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Your sign

Did you actually try a pumpkin spice lasagna? Because that kinda sounds gross. Monet ^Ye 19:58, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

That's the joke. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 20:04, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Reason for deletion of William Nelson page?

There doesn't seem to have been an AfD, and you didn't provide a reason on the deletion log Plutocow (talk) 22:07, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Restored, since it's an actual article; if you want it deleted, start an AfD. Plutocow (talk) 18:52, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Huh? I don’t even remember deleting that. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 21:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh wait, I probably did it by accident when I was deleting a bunch of troll pages. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Try our pumpkin spice lasagna!} 21:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure if Geejay told you this, but...

Just as a reminder, :P. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 16:09, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Lol, I'll keep that in mind. I pledge to change my signature if Harris wins. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 16:32, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Just wanna say this.

Dude, sorry if it sounded weird in the past when I laughed at Trumpzilla getting a second term but I never expected your country to be THIS insane. The world ain't ready for a second term. Western civilization really want Fascism back in charge. Just checked when Austria had it's elections since I thought it was around this time, but it was 2 months ago and well, they want fascism aswell. Polls weren't lying.

The western world is going to shit. Most of them voted Right-wing or Far-right over the past few years. This is humanity's response to a pandemic; What I personally feared, but saw coming and what Psycologists & sexologists denied. "It's going to bring people together" yeah, via fascism, conservatism & nationalism.. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 12:43, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

No they didn't. The 'victory' in Austria you point out only got 28.8% of the popular vote. In fact, generally speaking most hard-right parties in Europe find it difficult to get over the 35% mark. America is an outlier here because of the extreme two-party system. KarmaPolice (talk) 12:53, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

It's fine. I get the disbelief in the idea that Trump would do as well has he did. I personally didn't expect a clean sweep of all 7 swing states. Still, I'm fairly calm right now, since I'm not terribly surprised that she lost and I didn't especially like her anyways. I had some cautious optimism, but it seems like the things I was saying in October were right. I'm probably saddest about not getting VP Walz, honestly. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 14:45, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Btw, I uploaded a video to that playlist that Geejay send to you and Tech. It's 5:16 (thought it would be longer, since Spriggans are literally health bar sponges with decent to high defense stats...). Might help with the loss, maybe. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 21:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

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LB6 Section 16 Arrow 4

Is that fight all RNG? Seriously, it can go fuck itself together with Baobhan Sith's curse attacks.. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 21:04, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Is that the 1v1 with Castoria as your only option? Yeah, that fight really sucks, and I don't have much advice for it. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 21:42, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been looking on the net. It really is RNG. Tried following this video, except on the second turn, Sith uses her NP steal move and I can't use my NP to protect myself against hers. Devs should be castrated for this shit. Just as bad as Demeter's fight, just a different form of bad. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 21:55, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

THAT'S FLUFFY?

I thought you meant Oberon, not an Ancient god...

Oh shit, I saw that name on the fandom site. I have to face another god??? Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 17:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Good news, he’s not as frustrating as Demeter. Bad news, he’s about as difficult. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 20:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)