On 10/04/2008, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote: Answer freely. (and please answer your mail!) - d.

Not exactly sure...that's part of the fun. I suspect you could ask at [[Wikipedia:Requests for process]] that someone design a process by which lightbulb metaphors for Wikipedia activities are defined, if you wanted to. On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Usamah M. Ali <usamah1228(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/04/2008, Alex Sawczynec <glasscobra15(a)gmail.com> wrote: Unless the lightbulb is of a reddish pink colour, in which case all discussion can be deleted and the wrong lightbulb protected.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:19 PM, michael west <michawest(a)gmail.com> wrote: But is it a notable light bulb? It should be brought up at XfD especially since the last person who changed it was an anon who wrote "poop" all over it. -- Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P President Congregation Knesseth Israel http://www.ellingtonshul.org/ elipongo(a)gmail.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elipongo

In order to change the lightbulb and make certain that the change is the *right* change requires the participation of the entire community. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:

lol and is there an answer or is it divisive? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan? Not one of the answers shares a common goal of getting the light back on.

On 11/04/2008, Alex G <g1ggyman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Well it's daylight where I am I cant find your diffs -- are you sure you have spoke to User:Lightbulb? : my bad blocked user? ::no see AIV But its dark? :Its not dark here - are you sure your diffs are right? :::User:Lightbulb blocked

Wily D wrote: Wikipedia is not citeable as a reliable source! That's OR!

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:10 PM, michael west <michawest(a)gmail.com> wrote: 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. -- Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows.

I heard someone was uploading lightbulbs without fair use rationales!