[WikiEN-l] Am I wasting my time?

[Tom Parmenter]

Fwappler is (pick one), a suitable case for treatment, a troll, or the
most ineffable individual in history.  See [[User_Talk:Fwappler]] for
data.  

Tom Parmenter, in my 60s and still a crabby young grouch,
Ortolan88

|From: tarquin <tarquin at planetunreal.com>
|Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 20:10:54 +0000
|
|Despite my reputation as a crabby old grouch (and me still in my 20s ... 
|), I do try and be nice to new users.
|But with Fwappler I've got to that hair-tearing point.
|Take a look at these pages:
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|http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3APluralis_Majestatis
|http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk%3AFwappler
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|This person seems to completely misunderstand ANY attempt an explaining. 
|Axel has already picked out two of their contributions as possibly 
|crank-science.
|Am I wasting my time?
|
|I mean, what ON EARTH do they mean by this exchange:
|
|Me:
| > I removed "[[Phil Hartman|Bill McNeal]]" because it was a hidden link 
|I dind't understand. The reader sees one name but is taken to another.
|
|Fwappler:
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|    I understand now that if the reader "looks up" one name but is taken
|    to another, then the distinction for instance between "[[Phil
|    Hartman:acting as|Bill McNeal]]" and "[[time:portrayed
|    by|duration]]" appears almost irretrievably concealed. Surely We
|    wouldn't want /that/ -- thanks for the lesson.
|
|gah???
|