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Notvelty

Well there were very few scenarios (discussions were around 10 mins for each), and I only really remember one properly: You're with your drunk friends walking towards a party and there's a girl walking down the road in the opposite direction. One of your friends asks her to come with you, and in re...

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I assume that many of the male conference attendees will want to attend this session just because the ratio of men-to-women in the room will be more like 2-1 instead of the usual 10-1 in the other sessions. Remember, most of these guys likely don't have girlfriends and haven't had a girlfriend in a...

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You needed some information on what to do in these circumstances did you? Are you an idiot? I am not a fan of these sorts of "courses" in this sort of environment. They don't teach anything to any of the participants and exist only as a junket for the like minded and to supply an over-payment of fu...

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You needed some information on what to do in these circumstances did you? Are you an idiot? I am not a fan of these sorts of "courses" in this sort of environment. They don't teach anything to any of the participants and exist only as a junket for the like minded and to supply an over-payment of fu...

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Note that the goals include working out/strategising on how to change policy, which seems to me like borderline meatpuppetry given the context of a closed-session, invitation-only meeting of like-minded people discussing a narrow and presently contentious issue. The exact wording they're using is "...

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P.S. This is clearly a political faction-organizing exercise. "Let's meet, greet, and strategize..." Meeting, greeting, and strategizing for positive change is a good thing. I was invited to the workshop, but too late to actually attend. I'm thinking of posting a blog entry here about the workshop,...

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lilburne wrote:
sparkzilla wrote:What the project needs is a publisher.
Actually it needs a playleader.

That's not how you spell "arsonist".

(Clearly that was figurative, but you can never underestimate just how far someone will go to misrepresent in the name of assuming victimhood)

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I suspect this photo, the only contribution to wikimedia by ThePuddinManCan, is a copyvio. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Example_of_an_Evil_Clown.jpg/320px-Example_of_an_Evil_Clown.jpg No, no. It's an evil clown. Easy mistake to make, though. Wikipedia:full of evil clowns.

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Jimbo using that money to help bring freedom of expression to the Middle East is going really, really well. I mean, imagine if Jimbo's work hadn't been bringing pressure back onto the UAE government -- this woman may have been imprisoned for 54 or 55 hours, rather than the lenient 53 hours. I'm sur...

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Vigilant wrote:
SB_Johnny wrote:
Vigilant wrote:Don't you suppose that they'd be overwhelmed and their frontal cortexes burned out by all the "Fuck you, Zuck!" thoughts?
Cortices.
You see?!

Man, I just don't know what he's thinking.

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Let's at least give Selina some recognition for the fine job she's done in eventually paying the hosting and registration fees. What with all the credit card fraud and computer hacks that go on these days, it's a hassle even to maintain an auto-pay account what with your having to cancel your card ...

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The Adversary wrote: May I suggest the Scandinavian model? (well, I assume it exists places outside Scandinavia, too...)

Most Scandinavian models don't - function outside of Scandinavia that is. Many of them fall down when exposed to cultural differences.

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Yes, I saw that right before I had to run into town. And I can't fix it since the edit button is gone. Didn't the antiquated climbing gear give you a clue? Jerry Brown springs to mind. Twice as governor, once young, once old. Truth be told, I was running out the door and should have left it in prev...

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That's a nice Wikimania you have there. Shame if anything were to happen to it.

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Not too long ago, proper sub-editors would have called the authors of those news articles into the office. The blinds would have been drawn. Later, they would call the classifieds to place a "job vacant" notice. It is ironic that, since Journalism has become a profession and not a trade, it has beco...

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And the WP POV is that rightwing Republicans are minions of Satan, Let's be fair, that's a fairly common point of view. And there are some article streams where a right-leaning position dominates. Not many, but some. so there is no politically significant sympathy for BLP protections of the Koch br...

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An interesting update: http://www.thelocal.it/20150708/italy-mayor-fears-migrants-will-scupper-wiki-event,Mayor fears migrants will ruin Wikipedia event That 200k grant may make a difference to some of our previous concerns for that venue. Or is that just some garbage accounting based on about "$10...

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An interesting update: http://www.thelocal.it/20150708/italy-mayor-fears-migrants-will-scupper-wiki-event,Mayor fears migrants will ruin Wikipedia event That 200k grant may make a difference to some of our previous concerns for that venue. Or is that just some garbage accounting based on about "$10...

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An interesting update: http://www.thelocal.it/20150708/italy-mayor-fears-migrants-will-scupper-wiki-event,Mayor fears migrants will ruin Wikipedia event That 200k grant may make a difference to some of our previous concerns for that venue. Or is that just some garbage accounting based on about "$10...

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Peryglus wrote:
Hex wrote:
Vigilant wrote: Pretty much the solution to every VisualCowpat problem is to just not use it.
A strange game, the only way to win is not to play.
Ah, a bit like The Game (mind game) (T-H-L)

No. You can also win The Game by being older than 13.

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.............Lewis Carroll......... Speaking of pedophile creepers... RfB Get up to date. That was disproved in the 1970s. Hmm. Really? Given everything else that happened around that period and the early 80s, I'm not sure that's a roaring endorsement. I do tend to believe that he wasn't, however.

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<snip> I think that creating a list of occurrences and intentionally leaving out some that further inform the context is dishonest. What do you think? I think that if that's what you think you might just insert the missing elements so we don't have to play the world's most tedious game of internet ...

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Okay, a pilot for admin training then. Lots of endorsements, people must think the admins need improved. I envision this will one day be required coursework for admins, with a yearly online refresher. That's quite a vision. If you haven't noticed, the count of active administrators is crashing. I r...

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MMAR wrote: <snip>

I think that creating a list of occurrences and intentionally leaving out some that further inform the context is dishonest.

What do you think?

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Puebla wrote:
Notvelty wrote:
Because tourists never get lost and someone completely distracted by a map is never a target in even "good" areas.
That's true in any major city.

Well that was a dishonest response.

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Good to see that the workshop coordinator who will be paid for the talk (right?) is spamming Wikipedians to boost attendance. I saw in the Ally Skills presentation that one thing conference coordinators should do to make women feel safe is not to schedule conferences in neighborhoods known to be un...

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I wonder about the "How to pick up women" proposal, by I believe someone at WMUK, if it ever got funded, if so, what was the budget. It's an important lesson. It's not like picking up a man, in that you can pretty much set your shoulder at mid-range and drive with your legs. With women, you have to...

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What might women feeling discomfort do? Or is it the case that men feeling discomfort should..ahem.. "man up", while women feeling discomfort is something should all respond to with empathy? My wife and I must have an empathic relationship - whenever she feels discomfort, I feel discomfort. :XD I d...

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Men feeling discomfited do seem to have an atavistic and irresistible impulse to start banging their chests, while essentially running around like headless chickens. Excellent. What might women feeling discomfort do? Or is it the case that men feeling discomfort should..ahem.. "man up", while women...

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That discussion. Oy vey. A lot of the more 'meta' areas of Wikipedia are "scourged with poor/derogatory language". Ironholds (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2015 (UTC) More like IRONYholds, amirite?! Perhaps some throat punching is in order, eh Oliver? P.S. My offer still stands. Seems that gender identifica...

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Men feeling discomfited do seem to have an atavistic and irresistible impulse to start banging their chests, while essentially running around like headless chickens. Excellent. What might women feeling discomfort do? Or is it the case that men feeling discomfort should..ahem.. "man up", while women...

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Ms Lightbreather should be given quite a lot of leeway in terms of her issues with men, because they are based on actual horrendous actions that have actually happened to her. That there may be some displacement to other men and men in general is not something that is her fault, or something that l...

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1. Do you guys really understand what is upsetting you about this workshop? I'm sure, whether we do or not, that you'll be keen to tell us exactly what we think. I have to say, I am a little miffed about this whole incident now, because I myself first mentioned the particular detail about the works...

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Lightbreather wrote:
1. Do you guys really understand what is upsetting you about this workshop?

I'm sure, whether we do or not, that you'll be keen to tell us exactly what we think.

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Vigilant wrote:
GorillaWarfare wrote:
Vigilant wrote:Do you have any questions for me?
None that immediately come to mind.

What's your opinion on toaster-hole depth?

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Again, the RfA, like the ARBCOM elections, have as much gravitas as a middle school student body president election. They are purely popularity contests with no predictive value on whether the elected person will perform their role competently. Well that's not true at all. History clearly shows tha...

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I was quite surprised by Aronzak's inclusion of Wikia information. Apart from the fact that it's an external site, does that fool not that Wikia is a for-profit project that is linked to thousands of times from Wikipedia itself? In fact, four people brought up my off-wiki posts. So much for anonymo...

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Seems to me that slightly below benefits with lotsa flexibility is exactly what you want to be offering for a position like that. Heck, there's even a (sexist because it's been around for a while) name for the demographic that it would suit perfectly: "Doctor's Wives". You've missed another demogra...

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:popcorn: As Handpolk is shown the door, in comes Neptune's Trident , the next in line at AE! Reported by Thorrand , if you listen really carefully you can hear the sound of the infamous Gamergate clown car's engine puttering away, accompanied by the faint squeaks of their novelty horns, as the GGC...

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To compare: current cap on benefits in Britain is http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/05/george-osborne-cut-benefits-cap-20000-year-outside-london,£ 26 k , to be reduced, in London to about £ 23 k ...which is still more than WFUK is willing to pay its new employee. :rotfl: But just about r...

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So I tried for a second unblock request, which was declined . What I originally wrote here was much funnier, but in the interests of avoiding twisted arrangements of clumped fibrous material in undergarments, I shall simply say: Are you sure you didn't want to offer to debase yourself in other ways?

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:popcorn: As Handpolk is shown the door, in comes Neptune's Trident , the next in line at AE! Reported by Thorrand , if you listen really carefully you can hear the sound of the infamous Gamergate clown car's engine puttering away, accompanied by the faint squeaks of their novelty horns, as the GGC...

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<snip sanctimony from me (but what great sanctimony)> This is dead on and even harmonizes with some of what I wanted to do had I been elected. I would think the others would have fought you tooth and nail. I didn't say it was possible. However, it might just be possible some time after the first pe...

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What's the word the kids are using for "selective offense"? I don't think cherry-picking is avoidable, much less controllable - Wikipedia is so full of narcissists, some of them over there would do it even if nobody among us ever posted anything nasty whatsoever. So, we set our standards at a reaso...

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I've read virtually every ARBCOM 'case' out there and you guys routinely get into trouble overstepping your authority and remit. Sometimes you just refuse to do the right thing, even when it's right under your noses. e.g. Demiurge1000. WO dropped the dime on that guy and you guys sat on it. So did ...

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Well at least I can rest easy knowing I'm not the only arbitrator whose abilities are judged based on appearance here... Do you have a reason for being here other than to post sealion comments at easy targets? I lurk here fairly often because the commentary is sometimes useful. If the folks here wo...

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Is there a.reason that we assume that the stated reason in any way relates to the real reason?

Weasels, all of them.

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Well at least I can rest easy knowing I'm not the only arbitrator whose abilities are judged based on appearance here... Do you have a reason for being here other than to post sealion comments at easy targets? You also appear to have misunderstood the recent notion of "sealion". I could well have. ...

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Careful, Vig. You'll be put in the kill file for making fun of someone's appearance. Well, just as soon as we stop making fun of someone's appearance.

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GorillaWarfare wrote:Well at least I can rest easy knowing I'm not the only arbitrator whose abilities are judged based on appearance here...

Do you have a reason for being here other than to post sealion comments at easy targets?

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