User talk:Ctrl-Alt-Dimension
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[edit] Peacock text
I saw that you reverted my most recent edit due to it being a "strange insertion of peacock text"...I've been on Wikipedia for quite while and I've never heard that phrase used in an edit summary. What is "peacock text", exactly? – Swid (talk | edits) 21:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- Hello Swid,
- Peacock terms “merely show off the subject of the article without imparting real information.” More information can be found at WP:PEACOCK. Additionally, I felt the facts you mentioned didn't really seem relevant to the article in question, and the formatting was strange. It looked like a blockquote or something. Ragdoll 16:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Ok, my curiosity is *really* getting the better of me here...compare the Lincoln article before and after I edited it yesterday afternoon: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lincoln%2C_Nebraska&diff=53922230&oldid=53884203 What, exactly, did I do to "show off the subject of the article without imparting real information"? I didn't add any wording to the text in those edits that I would consider to be a vague insistence on the topic's importance. This is important to me, but many of the contributions I make in Wikipedia are to give articles a more professional tone through correct grammar and phrasing.
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- Now this is really strange. I remember an addition about a park being pretty, but I don't remember any of the changes Wikipedia is showing you had made. Maybe there was a bug in the system? My apologies. All of your changes seem to be relevant and look quite good. Feel free to revert your changes back. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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- And yes, I do live in Lincoln, rather close to the downtown area.
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- EDIT: I've made the reversion myself. Ragdoll 17:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Curly quotes
In the article All your base are belong to us, I noticed that you replaced all the standard "straight quotes" with "curly quotes" in the References in popular culture section. Can I ask why? I can't think of any reason to replace characters that one can easily enter on a standard keyboard with the more challenging "curly quotes". They also do not conform with the quotes in the rest of the article, which you did not alter. --JerryOrr 18:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- I only altered the one section, because that happened to be the section I was working on at the time. Typographically speaking, curly quotes look nicer, and are easier to read. I figure if the option is there, I'll take the time to use them.Ragdoll 18:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- FYI, I dug around to see if there were any applicable policies our guidelines for the use of "curly quotes". You may be interested to read WP:STYLE#Look_of_quotation_marks_and_apostrophes. It does say that straight and curly quotes are both acceptable, though it seems to imply a preference for straight quotes. Just thought you might be interested to see it... it really doesn't much matter to me either way. --JerryOrr 01:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your edit to Leet
Your recent edit to Leet (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 16:01, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- This was not vandalism. Wikipedia is not censored. Ragdoll 16:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hey Thanks
Thanks for the award. :) (Bjorn Tipling 17:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC))
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[edit] um why did you revert me
I am talking about you calling my comments on Talk:Snakes on a Plane spam. How is it spam. I was trying to inform people of a possible new sequel or viral marketing case.--HamedogTalk|@ 08:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's a case of someone trying to capitalize on someone else's idea. It is not relevant to discussion about Snakes on a Plane other than it spoofs the movie's title. —Ragdoll 17:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Leet = 1337 = 10100111001
Discussion moved to Talk:Leet#10100111001, with Ragdoll's permission. (Thanks!) – SAJordan talkcontribs 23:13, 14 Nov 2006 (UTC).
