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Fred Bauder

13 Jan 2007 13 Jan '07

3:38 p.m.

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original research! Need citation!"'

From a gamers forum post at

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showpost.php?p=856122&postcount… Fred

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Guy Chapman aka JzG

13 Jan 13 Jan

3:41 p.m.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:38:38 +0000, "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original research! Need citation!"'

{{fact}} Guy (JzG) -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG

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Guettarda

3:45 p.m.

On 1/13/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:38:38 +0000, "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original research! Need citation!"'

{{fact}}

Yeah Fred, what kind of sourcing is this...a forum posting?? See WP:RS - posts to bulletin boards, Usenet, and wikis, or messages left on blogs, should not be used as sources. :) Ian

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geni

3:47 p.m.

On 1/13/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where >you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original >research! Need citation!"'

Problem is whith that classic example is that the sky often isn't blue. It spends a fair bit of time being black with white bits. Depending on where you are grey may be popular and red/pink may appear as much as twice a day. -- geni

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Gurch

3:59 p.m.

geni wrote:

On 1/13/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where >you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original >research! Need citation!"'

Problem is whith that classic example is that the sky often isn't blue. It spends a fair bit of time being black with white bits. Depending on where you are grey may be popular and red/pink may appear as much as twice a day.

Indeed. I'd say it's spent more time being grey than blue, recently. Miserable weather... -Gurch

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Oskar Sigvardsson

8:22 p.m.

On 1/13/07, Gurch <matthew.britton(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

geni wrote:

On 1/13/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where >you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original >research! Need citation!"'

Problem is whith that classic example is that the sky often isn't blue. It spends a fair bit of time being black with white bits. Depending on where you are grey may be popular and red/pink may appear as much as twice a day.

Indeed. I'd say it's spent more time being grey than blue, recently. Miserable weather...

Mine is green. Huh. There you go. Could be because of all those shrooms....

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Steve Bennett

14 Jan 14 Jan

9:56 a.m.

On 1/14/07, Gurch <matthew.britton(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

Indeed. I'd say it's spent more time being grey than blue, recently. Miserable weather...

If only it was the weather. Around here (Melbourne), it's nearby bushfires filling the sky with smoke and haze. Blue would be a nice change! Steve

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Luna

12:20 a.m.

On 1/13/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original research! Need citation!"' From a gamers forum post at http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showpost.php?p=856122&postcount… Fred

Well, if he'd just stop posting original research and provide a few good citations...

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Roberto Alfonso

18 Jan 18 Jan

4:45 a.m.

On 1/13/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:

'I've run afoul of the rules lawyers on Wikipedia many times. It's getting to the point where you can't even say the sky is blue without one of these little Napoleans squawking, "Original research! Need citation!"' From a gamers forum post at http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showpost.php?p=856122&postcount… Fred _______________________________________________ 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

Wait... I kind of remember those words... hey, I said them! Dang, wish I could remember when and to who... sigh, I will have to keep a list at [[User:ReyBrujo/Wikipedians who had left because of me]]. Well, I can start adding 1ne to it right now...

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Fred Bauder
geni
Guettarda
Gurch
Guy Chapman aka JzG
Luna
Oskar Sigvardsson
Roberto Alfonso
Steve Bennett