User talk:Spud

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Email[edit]

Hey, if you have a spare moment, do you mind checking your "junk mail". I have dropped you an email but Outlook is being a pain recently and keeps going to junk mail. Thanks. Oldman4 (talk) 16:17, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

It was my Birthday today[edit]

I know it isn't the same, but I did give a little thought to myself, and I bought a pint of ice cream. It was slim pickins, but I found one Ben and Jerry's called 'American Dream' which cracked me up a little, and I don't really like marshmallow or cherry cordial. After I bought it, I saw on the packaging it is a Stephen Colbert joint, but I don't really care, it's ice cream, vanilla with fudge covered waffle cone and caramel swirl, as somebody who doesn't do sweets, it is intense. I just ate some, and enjoying ice cream is inextricably linked to remembering my grandfather, and also giving a warm thought towards your sister. I have another grandfather who I think of warmly when I eat baked beans. It doesn't hurt me, but I did think 'Aw, damn, Spud's sister, too.' I hope you're doing well, for me it's happy memories of ice cream with Nana and Papa. Torrent (talk) 07:49, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

@TorrentThank you so much for sharing that. And happy birthday! Spud (talk) 11:58, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Board - the bitch is back[edit]

I have rescinded my resignation from the Board and left a message on the Discord chat. Please look at it ASAP. Pizza SLICE.gifDuceMoosoliniYour friendly RW dictator moderator 14:40, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Requesting page protection[edit]

Namely for [redacted]. New editors randomly popping up with comments like the ones I just deleted, are more trouble than they're worth. Elf (talk) 19:44, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Dont be rude[edit]

Book titles are capitalised...
Why does not that qualify as a stub?

--Janosabel (talk) 17:31, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

The draft has zero sources, poor formatting, barely engages with or describes the subject at all and reads mostly like a puff piece; if it was sent to mainspace even as a stub (which is in itself poor form) it would almost certainly be AfD'd for these issues. To have any hope for the article at all you would need to improve it considerably before it gets sent to mainspace. Plutocow (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining. --Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
@Janosabel You failed to properly capitalize the article, calling it "The capitalist manifesto" with a lower-case c and a lower-case m. You might notice we have an article called The Handmaid's Tale, not one called The handmaid's tale. Everything Plutocow said about your pathetic stub was true. And don't tell me not to be fucking rude. If you can't stand a bit of fucking rudeness, you're not going to fit in very well around here. Spud (talk) 03:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
@Spud OK, I will stick around and allow for the robust exchanges. And I did not realise you referred to the capitalisation in the title. My bad. --Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Some of us come to RW in some small part *because* the language used is allowed to be a bit more exuberant. :) Anna Livia (talk) 10:27, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you for saying I have to allow for the oft exuberant language...--Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
'Exuberant' as a 'neutral'/non-judgemental description :) Anna Livia (talk) 20:01, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello Spud[edit]

Apologies for the sudden message, but I heard Duce retired and I haven’t heard from him in a bit and I got a little worried about his well being. May I please ask what happened? Trump face.pngWe need brain! Give us brain! 19:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rational Dude Look at his user page. That really tells you everything you need to know. Spud (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
I did, but I didn’t understand what happened until Duce told me. Thanks for responding though. The board really should respect editors like him honestly. Trump face.pngWe need brain! Give us brain! 15:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
The Board does respect him. Sadly, most users here don't know the full story and probably never will, for legal reasons. Spud (talk) 15:45, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Recent Suppressions[edit]

I know Special:Contributions/23.234.78.164 and Special:Contributions/23.234.77.38 edits have been suppressed already but Special:Contributions/23.234.77.164 edits need suppression as well for doxxing. Lavalizard101 (talk) 17:50, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Check your email[edit]

Can you check your email and address the thing that got sent out? Thanks DuceMoosolini (talk) 20:25, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

WIGO entries?[edit]

Are your two recent WIGO entries [the transwoman sport ones] a) missional for RW and/or b) important enough to get an entry? KarmaPolice (talk) 11:58, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

a) Yes; b) Yes. Scream!! (talk) 12:01, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
a) Not really, if you go on the four mission points on our mainpage, b) Not really, in the grand scheme of things [bearing in mind this is a world list.] KarmaPolice (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
@KarmaPolice You're perfectly entitled to vote them down, if you like. You probably have already. And that's fine. I see them as indicative of a growing transphobia in the UK that's been encouraged by the recent Supreme Court decision. Spud (talk) 12:25, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
I was the one who expanded the UK supreme court decision WIGO, so I do think that topic in itself is important enough [not so much the ruling itself, but the fact TERF rights now seemingly overrule human rights and Starmer has come out fully for this new shitty position which means zero correction (I mean he could have said 'transwomen are not women for the purposes of protected spaces/situations until they get their GRC, and even then there's limits on this' which I think would have at least been a bit reassuring).] And when I come across in my travels a good comment piece on the enshittifying situation in the round, I shall be the first to add it to the blogs WIGO.
My beef was this. I do fear that our WIGOs have suffered significant 'focus drift' over the years, and as such is now ideologically significantly different to mainspace [not the only one who thinks this either]. I fear that it is driving away possible future contributers because they look at these WIGOs and think 'oh fuck, another Anglo/Progressive circlejerk' and move on [which is a risk if our WIGOs disproportionately cover every Trump/trans/Musk news-wiggle]. More importantly, if RW survives I have been toying with helping with RW's social media 'outreach programme' [ie actually having one] and was going to use the WIGOs for content, so I would like them to be less nakedly partisan outside of our remit. Lastly, filling up the WIGOs with negative news is perhaps not best for folks mental health right now. KarmaPolice (talk) 14:17, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
@KarmaPolice Thank you for rewriting the WIGO entry for the Supreme Court decision. It now seems to have received more of the votes it deserved as an important news story. It was ridiculous that it got so few votes in comparison to the story about Tommy Robinson that I posted above it. I agree with everything you said in the first paragraph. I disagree with just about everything you said in the second paragraph, apart from the last sentence. I just wish there was more good news to add at the moment. Spud (talk) 14:30, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
Let me put it this way; the SC ruling [and reaction to] was a) a threat to human rights [so RW missional] and b) serious enough to warrant an entry. The sports ones I don't believe clear the notability threshold and [more importantly] there isn't a scientific consensus on it either. In this case, saying 'all transwomen should be allowed in women's competitve sports' might very well be an anti-science, anti-rational position. Lastly, if you agree with the concept of rewrite/updating existing posts, why didn't you either a) combine the two into one or b) put both of them as an addendum to the one I updated before [as it is clearly an extension of the first story]?
On a more general note, what don't you like about someone actually taking RWs social media output in hand and trying to use it to get more editors and visibility? KarmaPolice (talk) 15:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Hey[edit]

You might want to read this article in case you haven't. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 12:36, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

I have added a reference[edit]

I noticed you undid my edit on Godi media due to lack of evidence. I have rolled your edit back and added a reference. Cheers. Prem Chand (talk) 05:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Discord[edit]

Please check Discord ASAP. Thanks DuceMoosolini (talk) 13:55, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

@DuceMoosolini Just been there. Just voted. Spud (talk) 14:13, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
Just another reminder that you’ve been messaged on Discord about a thing in your email. DuceMoosolini (talk) 02:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
Spud please. DuceMoosolini (talk) 13:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
I have sent you a direct message on Discord about a separate matter of more urgency. DuceMoosolini (talk) 14:02, 14 June 2025 (UTC)