On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:10 PM, michael west michawest@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/04/2008, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Wily D wrote:
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Wikipedia is not citeable as a reliable source! That's OR!
Nope invoking [[WP:BOLD]] *Though the boldness of contributors like you is one of Wikipedia's most precious assets, it is important that contributors take care of the common good, at least that they do not edit recklessly. However, any changes you make that turn out badly can be reverted, often quite painlessly.
*How many editors does it taken to remove the new bulb?
mike :-P
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It only [[WP:BOLD|takes one]]. But of course, then someone else will come along and argue that the light bulb sheds a [[WP:NPOV|false light]], and that their lightbulb that they [[WP:NOR|made themself]] is much better. Of course, our [[WP:5P|electrical code]] does not allow for homemade lightbulbs, but [[WP:POVPUSH|some]] have difficulty figuring that out. This will invariably result in a [[WP:EW|lightbulb war]], with lightbulbs being changed back and forth. Curiously, despite the large number of lightbulb changes, this procedure only tends to shed heat, not light, especially since some refuse to [[WP:V|prove their lightbulbs really are lightbulbs]].
Of course, someone will generally start [[WP:NPA|throwing lightbulbs at others]] or [[WP:POINT|breaking them to get the point across]]. Eventually, [[WP:ADMIN|a building inspector]] will notice this or be called to the scene, but unfortunately only have some rather [[WP:BLOCK|blunt]] [[WP:PP|objects]] to use in stopping the [[WP:DE|disagreement]] over the [[WP:LAME|serious issue]]. This eventually results in some [[WP:M|additional discussion]] over the issue, or sometimes a call for [[WP:RFC|more lightbulbs to be thrown]] at a participant.
Eventually, this situation necessitates either [[WP:BANTHEWHOLELOTOFTHEM|careful consideration of possible revocations of lightbulb changing privileges]], or the intervention of [[WP:ARBCOM|master electricians]].
Of course, our master electricians still won't tell anyone how to change the lightbulb. Only how to behave while trying to figure it out.
See? It's all very simple.