So, it appears that after the poetry thread is declared dead on arrival, it revives itself. Weird.
Anyway, moving this topic in another direction (without rhyming couplets), I want to say that not having fun is really a, ahem, serious pastime for a lot of people. People (yes, that's a WW) criticize Wikipedia for taking it seriously, and perhaps it's because a lot of editors can't find a modicum of joy in editing in Wikipedia. I wonder how you can spend hours doing something so serious. The reason I slave away on it, doing a lot of grunt work, is because it's fun to me (in the end, at least). I hope other editors can feel the same way.
Mark
________________________________ From: Scientia Potentia est bibliomaniac_15@yahoo.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:49:30 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread
Durova, you forgot the cardinal rule of Wikipedia, which is that any semblance of fun is strictly forbidden, on order of the cabal. I mean, seriously, why would we edit it for FUN?
bibliomaniac15
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com wrote: From: Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 7:31 PM
Let's stop fighting like caterwauls and doggerels. ;)
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Durova wrote:
There was no prior conflict as far as I know. Just good faith misunderstanding.
Excellent
All in the pursuit of good doggerel.
Caterwaul in pursuit of doggerel bites its own tail.
Ec
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