[WikiEN-l] Re: yet another image lost for posterity

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthere wrote:

> Steve Block wrote:
>
>> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>>
>>> Are there really admins who don't know who Anthere is? 
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Very likely yes.
>
> I know of many non-english editors who have absolutely no idea who 
> Jimbo is :-) So, yes.
>
> Steve, I am a very dangerous dissident. Beware.
>
> Amongst my crimes, I am french (which in itself is a crime for some 
> editors, or a quality for others :-)).
>
> Another crime is that my english is far from perfect, which sometimes 
> lead me to make strange statements, which might be shocking to some 
> (or making their day...).
>
> Another crime is that I love arguing. A worse one is that I tend to 
> take things personally.
>
> Also, I tried to keep the recipees in the english encyclopedia...
>
> I put 5 images or so under fair use, thus threatening the project in 
> its whole.
>
> <small>I use powerpoint, word and excel at home</small> (which was 
> very strongly criticized by a few at Wikimania...)
>
> I was blocked once by Jimbo in a 142 issue (granted, the situation was 
> quite confused...).
>
> I have been called a vandal by RK (where is RK by the way ?).
>
> Now that I think about it, Mav also called me a vandal once, because I 
> was working on an old computer with an old system, and I was all the 
> time breaking special caracters and pages over 32 k... My technical 
> inability is great.
>
> If you are a dangerous admin, I will unsysop you :-) Especially under 
> PMS situation.
>
> Another crime is that I do consider Jimbo as a human being much more 
> than a king. So, in spite of great respect for him, and long term 
> appreciation to him for having changed my life, and much dedication to 
> him as well, I also dare tell him when he is wrong and when he should 
> get out of the way. So to speak.
>
> Other than that, I am 37, straight married female, 2 kids and pregnant 
> (which might save admins).
>
> Uh, and yes, I joined the project in feb 2002, so rules have changed a 
> lot since then.. 

You forgot to mention your sense of humour, which is always a useful 
suppository when dealing with anal people.

Ec (who joined in the same month)