WikiEN-l December 2003

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RE: [WikiEN-l] User: TittoAssini
by Poor, Edmund W 05 Dec '03

05 Dec '03

After dealing with the Dan Savage / Rick Santorum thing, I would be suspicious even of Francis of Assisi. I'm having trouble assessing things without slipping on my own mental froth. Uncle Ed

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RE: [WikiEN-l] User: TittoAssini
by Poor, Edmund W 04 Dec '03

04 Dec '03

Once again, I am saved from an embarassing mistake by my hard-working and sharp-eyed co-workers! <<See http://www.kamus.it/titto/ It might be him.>> Sheepishly, Ed "Little Lamb" Poor

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Sans Seriffe
by James Duffy 04 Dec '03

04 Dec '03

> >Sheldon Rampton > > > Yep, it's funny all right. The best part is the actual link to a > > Guardian article. How did they get that into the Guardian? > >Charles wrote: >Written by Guardian journalists, natch, as a spoof supplement. An old gag, >for UK readers; though not as old as the TV documentary reports of the >spaghetti harvest in Italy (from spaghetti trees). The famous Panorama report with Richard Dimbleby, which showed women picking newly 'grown' spaghetti off 'spaghetti trees'. I still buckle up in laughter everytime I see that broadcast. It was one of the all time great April fool spoofs. As to the Sans Seriffe article - bloody brilliant. I haven't laughed as much in ages. A classic. JT _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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RE: [WikiEN-l] New policy on edit conficts
by Poor, Edmund W 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

I endorse Martin's policy wholeheartedly. In this kind of on-line community, 'authority' means nothing more or less than "how many people will go along with what you recommend". Well, I'm ready and willing to go along with whatever Martin Harper recommends. (I also listen to Anthère and Maveric - following their recommendations in nearly all cases - or at least not going AGAINST them without a lengthy period of reflection. I'm still thinking about Mav's advice about science controversies, and haven't edited those articles in nearly a week). I have not read the rewritten [[wikipedia:edit conflicts]] meta-article yet, but I'm so confident about Martin's good sense that I'm approving it in advance. Whatever weight my words carry, they carry (Hi, Lir!). Ed Poor, aka 'Uncle Ed'

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Problem with "My Watchlist" on en.wikipedia?
by Arwel Parry 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

Something seems to have broken "My Watchlist" on English Wikipedia since I last used it about 8 hours ago (it's working OK on Welsh Wikipedia). When I select "my watchlist" I get the headings as far as "My Watchlist (for user "Arwel Parry") and nothing below, and no menu or logo on the left. Could someone take a look at it a.s.a.p. please? -- Arwel Parry http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/

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Re: Sans Seriffe
by Sheldon Rampton 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

Ed Poor wrote: >Drop whatever you're doing and read THIS! You'll bust a gut... > >http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=San_Serriffe&oldid=1859677 Yep, it's funny all right. The best part is the actual link to a Guardian article. How did they get that into the Guardian? -- -------------------------------- | Sheldon Rampton | Editor, PR Watch (www.prwatch.org) | Author of books including: | Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities | Toxic Sludge Is Good For You | Mad Cow USA | Trust Us, We're Experts | Weapons of Mass Deception --------------------------------

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Sans Seriffe
by engelsAG＠t-online.de 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

"Sheldon Rampton" <sheldon.rampton(a)verizon.net> schrieb: > Ed Poor wrote: > > >Drop whatever you're doing and read THIS! You'll bust a gut... > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=San_Serriffe&oldid=1859677 > > Yep, it's funny all right. The best part is the actual link to a > Guardian article. How did they get that into the Guardian? Check the date... Andre Engels

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Sans Seriffe
by KNOTT, T 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

Thanks for pointing it out, it was very funny Theresa -----Original Message----- From: Poor, Edmund W [mailto:Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com] Sent: 02 December 2003 19:02 To: English Wikipedia Subject: [WikiEN-l] Sans Seriffe Drop whatever you're doing and read THIS! You'll bust a gut... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=San_Serriffe&oldid=1859677 I had nothing to do with this article, but I sure wish I had! Uncle Ed _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Wikipedia articles in PDF format
by Peter Bartlett 03 Dec '03

03 Dec '03

As a bit of fun, I have written a tool that asks Wikipedia what articles are listed on Brilliant Prose, and then produces an automatic compilation of those articles in PDF format through a wiki-markup -> LaTeX -> PDF conversion. An example where Brilliant Prose was supposed to consist of the articles [[Tony Blair]] and [[Jacques Chirac]] is available at http://www.geocities.com/pcb21/brilliant_prose_test_pdf.pdf Though there are obvious initial problems with the PDF markup, I think the articles actually look pretty reasonable. I would be interested in any comments that anyone has on this capability and its uses (if any!) Pete/User:Pcb21

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New policy on edit conficts (Re:Martin)
by Martin Harper 02 Dec '03

02 Dec '03

Martin>> "...subject of course to overruling by other sysops..." > "Is this implying that sysops have special powers in regards to the formulation of policy" Of course not. Sysops should never wave around their sysop status in discussions of policy. Anyone who talked of sysops as being able to "overrule" policy would be simply incorrect. A foolish self-consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. :-) -Martin "MyRedDice" Harper

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