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re: Viking ban

Tony Wilson

31 May 2003 31 May '03

10:59 a.m.

CGS is one of the good guys. Seconded. He will be an asset to the team. Tony (Tannin) (By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

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erik_moeller＠gmx.de

31 May 31 May

11:23 a.m.

Tony-

(By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

Fred objected, and in cases like these, Jimbo usually has the final word. I've reminded him but he has not said anything yet (he appears to be a bit swamped at the moment). Regards, Erik

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Jimmy Wales

3 Jun 3 Jun

12:08 a.m.

It's a go on JTDirl. Fred will be o.k. Erik Moeller wrote:

Tony-

(By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

Fred objected, and in cases like these, Jimbo usually has the final word. I've reminded him but he has not said anything yet (he appears to be a bit swamped at the moment). Regards, Erik _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Fred Bauder

31 May 31 May

11:59 a.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

From: "Tony Wilson" <list(a)redhill.net.au>

Tony (Tannin) (By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

I continue to object to sysop status for JTDirl. Take a look at the nasty comment on my talk page: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fred_Bauder especially on the last line: "lol FearÉIREANN" I made no mistake in objecting to him. Fred

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Ray Saintonge

1:37 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Fred Bauder wrote:

From: "Tony Wilson" <list(a)redhill.net.au> Tony (Tannin) (By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

I continue to object to sysop status for JTDirl. Take a look at the nasty comment on my talk page: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fred_Bauder especially on the last line: "lol FearÉIREANN" I made no mistake in objecting to him.

Without committing myself one way or the other about sysops, I find Fred's claim of a so-called "nasty comment" to be an egregious distortion of fact. The entire end reads as follows:

I thought I better let you know that this does crop up via the google search. Feel free, BTW, to erase this message if you want. For all our disagreements, I think it deeply wrong that the above accusation comes up against your name on google. lol FearÉIREANN <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jtdirl>

This last paragraph and the much longer posting that precedes it seems very conciliatory. The most relevant distortion seems to involve treating the "Fear" part of the nickname as some kind of imperative. Fred may not have noticed that JTDirl lives in Dublin, and his most abiding contributions have been in matters of Irish interest. I would assign Fred the homework of looking up "fear" in a Gaelic dictionary. May I suggest to JTDirl that an article on Irish Gaelic comparable to TAW's article on Polish would be most welcome at Wiktionary. Eclecticology

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Fred Bauder

2:12 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

and "lol" means what?

From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:37:31 -0700 To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS Fred Bauder wrote:

From: "Tony Wilson" <list(a)redhill.net.au> Tony (Tannin) (By the way, what happened to the nomination for JTDirl? That one seems to have fallen through the cracks. It's been ages.)

I continue to object to sysop status for JTDirl. Take a look at the nasty comment on my talk page: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fred_Bauder especially on the last line: "lol FearÉIREANN" I made no mistake in objecting to him.

Without committing myself one way or the other about sysops, I find Fred's claim of a so-called "nasty comment" to be an egregious distortion of fact. The entire end reads as follows:

I thought I better let you know that this does crop up via the google search. Feel free, BTW, to erase this message if you want. For all our disagreements, I think it deeply wrong that the above accusation comes up against your name on google. lol FearÉIREANN <http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jtdirl>

This last paragraph and the much longer posting that precedes it seems very conciliatory. The most relevant distortion seems to involve treating the "Fear" part of the nickname as some kind of imperative. Fred may not have noticed that JTDirl lives in Dublin, and his most abiding contributions have been in matters of Irish interest. I would assign Fred the homework of looking up "fear" in a Gaelic dictionary. May I suggest to JTDirl that an article on Irish Gaelic comparable to TAW's article on Polish would be most welcome at Wiktionary. Eclecticology _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Ray Saintonge

2:03 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Fred Bauder wrote:

and "lol" means what?

It used to mean "little old lady" Now I usually take it to mean "Lots of Luck!" Is there another? Ec

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Fred Bauder

3:01 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Just a retorical question, but glad I asked it. lol means laughing out loud. roflol Fred

From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 07:03:42 -0700 To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS Fred Bauder wrote:

and "lol" means what?

It used to mean "little old lady" Now I usually take it to mean "Lots of Luck!" Is there another? Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Ray Saintonge

3:29 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Fred Bauder wrote:

Just a retorical question, but glad I asked it. lol means laughing out loud. roflol Fred >From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> > > >Fred Bauder wrote: > >>and "lol" means what? >> >It used to mean "little old lady" > >Now I usually take it to mean "Lots of Luck!" > >Is there another? > >Ec >

All the more reason to avoid these abbreviations! http://www.astro.umd.edu/%7Emarshall/abbrev.html#L lists all three for lol http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?acronym=lol&String=exact&… lists 37 meanings for the same thing!!

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Jimmy O'Regan

2:24 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Fred Bauder wrote:

and "lol" means what?

In Internet speak, "Laugh out loud", elsewhere, "Lots of love". I've seen JTD state elsewhere that he's new to the net.

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Ray Saintonge

3:33 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Jimmy O'Regan wrote:

Fred Bauder wrote:

and "lol" means what?

In Internet speak, "Laugh out loud", elsewhere, "Lots of love". I've seen JTD state elsewhere that he's new to the net.

In some Irish contexts it can also mean Loyal Orange Lodge. :-( Ec

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Jimmy O'Regan

4:03 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Ray Saintonge wrote:

Jimmy O'Regan wrote:

Fred Bauder wrote:

and "lol" means what?

In Internet speak, "Laugh out loud", elsewhere, "Lots of love". I've seen JTD state elsewhere that he's new to the net.

In some Irish contexts it can also mean Loyal Orange Lodge. :-( Ec

To be pedantic, people who would use that term would be unlikely to use it in an "Irish" context. I doubt that was JTD's intent, but as he seems to be more of a night owl, his explanation may come later on.

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Jimmy O'Regan

2:15 p.m.

New subject: JTDirl, was Requesting sysop access - CGS

Ray Saintonge wrote:

May I suggest to JTDirl that an article on Irish Gaelic comparable to TAW's article on Polish would be most welcome at Wiktionary.

I'll save him the trouble. Fear Éireann means Ireland Man, or ÉIREman as one of JTD's previous aliases went. And while I'm at it, STÓD/ÉIRE is the same as JTDIrl, with JTD's initials /as gaeilge/

Eclecticology

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Dante Alighieri

7:24 p.m.

I third CGS, he seems interested in improving the Wikipedia, and we always need more people like that. Oh, and in context, "lol" DEFINITELY meant "laughing out loud". I take it you all don't regularly read the [[leet]] article... ----- Dante Alighieri dalighieri(a)digitalgrapefruit.com "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of great moral crisis." -Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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Dante Alighieri
erik_moeller＠gmx.de
Fred Bauder
Jimmy O'Regan
Jimmy Wales
Ray Saintonge
Tony Wilson