User talk:156.34.238.173

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[edit] (sigh) you are infuriating

Take a look at my talk page and tell me what you think there. Blizzard Beast $ODIN$ 22:10, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey!

I apologised on your other talk page! And I had to stop huggle... no doubt it would've reported you to AIV... Huggle is pants at reporting people to AIV. It makes up bad edits that good users have done... it's quick, but pants :-P - Sorry! (Did you see my edit summary in the following edit? :-D - THAT was my apology!) ScarianCall me Pat 23:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


Message from Nav: That was my comment! =) Blizzard Beast $ODIN$ 23:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC) - Which he added onto the bottom of my talk. I thought I'd bring it here :-) Where it belongs... ScarianCall me Pat 23:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Username

I appreciate your enthusiasm in the discussion about the use of logos in musician infoboxes (if, indeed all the comments from anonymous users with IPs starting with 156.34 did come from you). Might I suggest you register a username and start using that? Unfortunately, anons don't get treated very well (sometimes with good reason), and people would be more likely to listen to your opinions if you had a username. Just a suggestion. Either way, welcome to Wikipedia. Zytsef (talk) 23:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your invitation to get a user account. I appreciate the AGF you've shown towards the contributions/opinions of an anon. I do, in fact, have a lengthy edit history on Wikipedia around 50000 edits... 20000+ as an account... almost 30000 as an IP I abandoned my user account long ago after seeing a growing "anti-anon" movement and felt that this was totally opposite of what Wikipedia was all about. As often as I was reverting IP vandals... I was also seeing very valid IP contributions. I decided that if it was the encyclopaedia that "anyone could edit"... then an "anyone" was going to do just that. I am a librarian working at an Eastern Canadian University. When I stroll around with a laptop my IP tends to bounce around with the proxies. When I am in my office my IP is static.(IP 156.34.142.110) I am a rare IP user who has an active user page( simply for storing Barnstars I have never regretted my decision to go anon and have come to embrace the "purity" of editing without an account. (although as my good Wiki-friend Admin Wiki alf says... a static IP is almost better than an account in some ways... I can definitely be found if someone wants to find me) I have been here almost as long as there's been a Wiki to ge 'here' for. A casualty of my long dedication to this interesting little hobby is that my AGF is almost broken.. except for users who show they are 'true' to what Wikipedia is all about... in other words... no rule breakers, vandals, POV pressers, linkspammers, crufters and soapboxers... and... just as important... no "anti-anon" bias. I have many Wiki-friends including many admins(some who probably know me by my long dormant account) Slowly people have 'caught on' to what 156.34.X is all about. And hopefully I have rm'd some anti-IP bias in a few editors. I hope you can appreciate where I am coming from. I have gone so long without an account... I never consider going back to having one. The "encyclopaedia that anyone can edit" must also mean that "every opinion counts... regardless of whether it comes from an admin, a veteran editor, a newbie or yes... even us lowly anons :D . Have a nice day. 156.34.238.173 (talk) 01:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't realize you were a veteran. Glad you're managing to stick to your guns despite the treatment being an anon must get you some times. Happy editing. Zytsef (talk) 01:38, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
The "treatment" I get is precisely why I am still here. Both the 'good' I get from Admins like Wiki alf and John and Daniel and Wknight and users like Scarian and Funeral... and the 'bad' from anti-IP trolls who just make me that much more determined to "stick it out" for the underdog :D. I haven't watched any television for years.(nothing on worth watching)... and with Wikipedia... there's drama, conflict, comedy, stupidity in abundance , soap opera and, of course, community. More entertainment value then you'll ever find on TV. Just look at the musician infobox talkpage :D ... now there's some comedy and drama, laughter and headache all rolled into one. Who needs TV? Good night! 156.34.238.173 (talk) 02:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)