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David Gerard

13 Jan 2008 13 Jan '08

2:46 p.m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg - d.

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Majorly

13 Jan 13 Jan

2:51 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Ya seen it. I has rollback already k? -- Alex (Majorly) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Majorly

Eugene van der Pijll

2:52 p.m.

David Gerard schreef:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollb… "This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish." Eugene

Adrian

3:06 p.m.

Eugene van der Pijll schrieb:

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David Gerard schreef:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollb… "This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish." Eugene

But we do have several funny images even in policy pages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock#Sock_puppet_accounts Why the fuzz over the stupid cat image? Adrian

Majorly

3:11 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, Adrian <aldebaer(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

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Eugene van der Pijll schrieb:

David Gerard schreef:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollb…

"This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish." Eugene

But we do have several funny images even in policy pages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock#Sock_puppet_accounts Why the fuzz over the stupid cat image? Adrian _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Some people lack a sense of humour. They is taking it too srsly. -- Alex (Majorly) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Majorly

Steve Summit

3:25 p.m.

Adrian wrote:

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Eugene van der Pijll schrieb:

"This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish."

But we do have several funny images even in policy pages. Why the fuzz over the stupid cat image?

Because, as David suggested earlier, based on "the deep inconse- quentiality of the change... the page in question will be a reliable detector of people who will fight to the death over trivia and so should not be let near anything actually important for any reason." At first I thought that a little harsh, but after reading through the bitter but stupefyingly pointless argumentation that's now at [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for rollback/Vote/Archive 1#Vandalism?]], I'm starting to see the wisdom...

gwern0＠gmail.com

3:36 p.m.

On 2008.01.13 10:25:17 -0500, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com> scribbled 0.7K characters:

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Adrian wrote:

Eugene van der Pijll schrieb:

"This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish."

But we do have several funny images even in policy pages. Why the fuzz over the stupid cat image?

You're looking too hard. It's very simple: 'I are serious cat. This is serious thread.'; or <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:I_IZ_SERIUS_ADMNIM_THIZ_IZ_SERIUS_BIZNIS_lolcat.jpg>. -- gwern F Sponge TLAM FBI underground SVN Fukuyama Ingram UNCPCJ Consulting

David Gerard

4:09 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, gwern0(a)gmail.com <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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You're looking too hard. It's very simple: 'I are serious cat. This is serious thread.'; or <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:I_IZ_SERIUS_ADMNIM_THIZ_IZ_SERIUS_BIZNIS_lolcat.jpg>.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Needs-moar-drama.jpg - d.

gwern0＠gmail.com

6:54 p.m.

On 2008.01.13 16:09:46 +0000, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> scribbled 0.3K characters:

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On 13/01/2008, gwern0(a)gmail.com <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:

You're looking too hard. It's very simple: 'I are serious cat. This is serious thread.'; or <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:I_IZ_SERIUS_ADMNIM_THIZ_IZ_SERIUS_BIZNIS_lolcat.jpg>.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Needs-moar-drama.jpg - d.

Rjd0060

7:05 p.m.

I thought you were kidding but no you weren't. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3ANeeds-moar-drama.jpg&diff=8854039&oldid=8743527> On Jan 13, 2008 1:54 PM, <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 2008.01.13 16:09:46 +0000, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> scribbled 0.3K characters:

On 13/01/2008, gwern0(a)gmail.com <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote: > You're looking too hard. It's very simple: > 'I are serious cat. This is serious thread.'; or <

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:I_IZ_SERIUS_ADMNIM_THIZ_IZ_SERIUS_B…

. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Needs-moar-drama.jpg - d.

You think that's funny, but what was really funny was how someone created drama by trying to delete the Moar Drama pic under WP:BADPICS^W^Wbeing an attack pic on Cool Cat/White Cat. -- gwern F Sponge TLAM FBI underground SVN Fukuyama Ingram UNCPCJ Consulting _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

-- Rjd0060 rjd0060.wiki(a)gmail.com

Thomas Dalton

7:42 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, Rjd0060 <rjd0060.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I thought you were kidding but no you weren't. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3ANeeds-moar-drama.jpg&diff=8854039&oldid=8743527>

You couldn't make this stuff up... Wikipedia may not be intended as a social experiment, but it really is a fascinating one.

Philippe Beaudette

11:59 p.m.

I can think of many things related to rollback that make us look foolish, but the lolcat image is not at the top of the list. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Eugene van der Pijll" <eugene(a)vanderpijll.nl> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:52 AM To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] lolwiki

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David Gerard schreef:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollb… "This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish." Eugene _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Tony Sidaway

15 Jan 15 Jan

7:47 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, Eugene van der Pijll <eugene(a)vanderpijll.nl> wrote:

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David Gerard schreef:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_rollb… "This isn't a humor page, and [that image] makes us look foolish."

[[Wikipedia:Requests for levity]]

George Herbert

9:10 p.m.

On Jan 15, 2008 11:47 AM, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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[[Wikipedia:Requests for levity]]

How could you bring that up and leave it a redlink? Fixed! -- -george william herbert george.herbert(a)gmail.com

Ben Yates

18 Jan 18 Jan

12:35 p.m.

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From now on, all my onwiki correspondence will be conducted using lolcats.

On Jan 15, 2008 4:10 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Jan 15, 2008 11:47 AM, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:

[[Wikipedia:Requests for levity]]

How could you bring that up and leave it a redlink? Fixed! -- -george william herbert george.herbert(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

-- Ben Yates Wikipedia blog - http://wikip.blogspot.com

David Gerard

12:39 p.m.

On 18/01/2008, Ben Yates <ben.louis.yates(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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From now on, all my onwiki correspondence will be conducted using lolcats.

[ lol | This uzr uzs lolcats!!1! ] - d.

Chris Howie

7:12 p.m.

On Jan 18, 2008 7:39 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 18/01/2008, Ben Yates <ben.louis.yates(a)gmail.com> wrote:

From now on, all my onwiki correspondence will be conducted using lolcats.

[ lol | This uzr uzs lolcats!!1! ]

Im in ur uzrbocksez, addin u too catgoreez. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers

Leia Yeung

7:32 p.m.

I can has adnimnship plz? -- Leia Yeung Glacier Wolf @ en.wikipedia, wikia On Jan 18, 2008 2:12 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowie(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Jan 18, 2008 7:39 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 18/01/2008, Ben Yates <ben.louis.yates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From now on, all my onwiki correspondence will be conducted using

lolcats.

[ lol | This uzr uzs lolcats!!1! ]

Im in ur uzrbocksez, addin u too catgoreez. -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen

8:16 p.m.

On 1/18/08, Ben Yates <ben.louis.yates(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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From now on, all my onwiki correspondence will be conducted using lolcats.

For tips on good style, you could go worse than: http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=James_1 -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]

gwern0＠gmail.com

13 Jan 13 Jan

3:31 p.m.

On 2008.01.13 14:46:19 +0000, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> scribbled 0.1K characters:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg - d.

Rjd0060

4:15 p.m.

LOL, those are great! Glad to see *some* people on Wikipedia still have a sense of humor. On Jan 13, 2008 10:31 AM, <gwern0(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 2008.01.13 14:46:19 +0000, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> scribbled 0.1K characters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg - d.

And of course, for those who haven't seen them already, behold the parent category! Yes: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lolcats>! Wunderbar. -- gwern F Sponge TLAM FBI underground SVN Fukuyama Ingram UNCPCJ Consulting _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

-- Rjd0060 rjd0060.wiki(a)gmail.com

geni

4:31 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, Rjd0060 <rjd0060.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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LOL, those are great! Glad to see *some* people on Wikipedia still have a sense of humor.

Just wait until someone tries to promote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humor to guideline status. -- geni

David Gerard

5:02 p.m.

On 13/01/2008, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Just wait until someone tries to promote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humor to guideline status.

Hah, copyvio from Uncyclopedia. (CC-by-nc-sa is not compatible.) - d.

Brian Salter-Duke

19 Jan 19 Jan

10:45 p.m.

For a good LOL, take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Trout… for a totally serious and earnest discussion about whether it should be "trout slapping" or "trout wacking". On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:31:44AM -0500, gwern0(a)gmail.com wrote:

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On 2008.01.13 14:46:19 +0000, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> scribbled 0.1K characters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolrollback.jpg - d.

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Adrian
Ben Yates
Brian Salter-Duke
Chris Howie
David Gerard
Eugene van der Pijll
geni
George Herbert
gwern0＠gmail.com
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Leia Yeung
Majorly
Philippe Beaudette
Rjd0060
Steve Summit
Thomas Dalton
Tony Sidaway