User:Dmcdevit/Things to look at

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This is a collection of stuff, possibly funny, that for some reason or another, happened to strike a fancy with me. Dmcdevit·t 08:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

1 From Wikipedia:Words of wisdom
2 A new idea for the speedy delete template
3 From WP:RFC
4 should judges be elected in U.K?
5 Sammy Frisby
6 Wikiquette

[edit] From Wikipedia:Words of wisdom

One of the funniest edit histories I've ever seen: (excerpted from Wikipedia:Words of wisdom's history)

...
(cur) (last) 14:22, March 18, 2005 David Gerard (paragraph breaks; m:MPOV)
(cur) (last) 22:44, March 15, 2005 Bishonen m (poyt)
(cur) (last) 22:16, March 15, 2005 JYolkowski m (tyop)
(cur) (last) 14:15, March 15, 2005 IMeowbot m (ptyo)
(cur) (last) 08:32, March 15, 2005 Bishonen (ytpo)
(cur) (last) 08:19, March 15, 2005 Demi m (Typo)
(cur) (last) 08:08, March 15, 2005 AllyUnion
...

[edit] A new idea for the speedy delete template

(Comes from an actual edit to the template courtesy of Agriculture.)

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[edit] From WP:RFC

A funny edit war that makes me chuckle every time it pops up on my watchlist. At least everybody liked the compromise, there just seems to be an edit war over what that compromise was: (taken from WP:RFC's history)

(cur) (last)  20:20, September 24, 2005 Sam Korn (→User-conduct RfC - how's this for compromise?) 
(cur) (last)  05:30, September 25, 2005 SlimVirgin (→User-conduct RfC - tweak of Sam's edit) 
(cur) (last)  12:44, September 25, 2005 Sam Korn m (→User-conduct RfC - again, slight tweak of SV's
wording: and make a note from experience)
(cur) (last)  15:38, September 25, 2005 FuelWagon (→User-conduct RfC - report the facts of policy.
Report the views of policy as views. drop "attitude requirements" for filing RfC.)
(cur) (last)  19:43, September 25, 2005 Jayjg m (restore Sam Korns more sensible wording)
(cur) (last)  21:02, September 30, 2005 FuelWagon (revert to Sam Korn's negotiated wording.)
(cur) (last)  21:06, September 30, 2005 SlimVirgin (rv to consensus version) 
(cur) (last)  21:10, September 30, 2005 FuelWagon (That's not a "consensus" version, SLimVirgin,
that's your version. Reverting to version created by Sam.)
(cur) (last)  23:55, September 30, 2005 SlimVirgin (→User-conduct RfC - returned to Sam) 
(cur) (last)  16:30, October 1, 2005 FuelWagon (revert to Sam's compromise) 
(cur) (last)  01:52, October 2, 2005 Jayjg m (revert to Sam's compromise) 
(cur) (last)  03:52, October 2, 2005 SlimVirgin (→User-conduct RfC - many arbitration cases begin 
as RfCs, instead of many RfCs lead to arbitration, following Sam's comment on talk) 
(cur) (last)  16:10, October 2, 2005 FuelWagon (despite Jayjg's attempt to call his version
"Sam's Version", it isn't. Sam's compromise version was three separate bullets.) 
(cur) (last)  16:11, October 2, 2005 SlimVirgin m (Reverted edits by FuelWagon to last version by
SlimVirgin) 
(cur) (last)  05:57, October 3, 2005 Carnildo (Removing the disputed paragraph entirely. Maybe this
will end it. (fat chance...)) 
(cur) (last)  04:41, October 6, 2005 Jayjg m (restore important and informative paragraph)
(cur) (last)  17:38, October 8, 2005 FuelWagon (reinsert Sam Korn's compromise version. Contains
Robert's "cautionary" language and still contains SlimVirgin's "horrendous" opinion.)
(cur) (last)  02:17, October 9, 2005 Jayjg m (restore compromise version from talk) 
(cur) (last)  18:12, October 9, 2005 FuelWagon (→User-conduct RfC - Despite Jayjg's Ministry Of
Truth attempt to the contrary, this is the compromise version suggested by Sam Korn on talk.)

[This made my day. It comes from Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities. Dmcdevit·t 07:10, 31 October 2005 (UTC)]:

[edit] should judges be elected in U.K?

No. :) --Robert Merkel 00:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes NPOV MeltBanana 22:47, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[This is obviously not encyclopedic and was speedied. But just look at it. It made me feel guilty to see it deleted. It's actually quite touching; I had to smile. Dmcdevit·t 08:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)]

[edit] Sammy Frisby

The most amazing girl in the universe. She makes all the worlds shadows retreat and sheds light on the world like no other. I have been in love with her since I met her, and nothing will ever change that. Without Sammy Frisby, Seth McKenzies life would be much less enjoyable. I love Lauren (Sammy) Amanda Frisby more than anything in the universe and I would give her my life in a heartbeat. Always be with me Lauren Amanda Frisby. You are my everything. Be mine forever.

This is so romantic. Makes me want to