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{Pi Day, 2004 faceted}
in passing: centi/millipede
multiple perlsonalities(#wp) [19:58] <nsh> are you using two identities on wiki? [19:58] - nsh: no... I am not [19:58] <TS> no, he's using 4 [19:58] - I just like to add pictures [19:58] * Timwi in an accusatory mood today [19:59] - FF: if you want me to stop adding pictures and articles to wikipedia, I would be upset because It makes me relax [19:59] <FF> Wikipedia is not a vacation. six days later(3/20) [09:21] <TS> what did you want me to do with your edits [09:26] - merge them all together under AP, but keep p seperate
{March 20, 2004 shiny}
in passing: MW custom elts
its a feature(#w) [10:11] <_sj_> where's the right place for reporting a 'feature' in wiki syntax? [10:12] <Timwi> There is no such place. :) [10:18] ...in such a way that they will be fixed within any reasonable time-frame.
WOP(#w) [10:55] <snoyes> you are listed as a "confirmed speaker" on [1] (http://wiki.wizards-of-os.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Wikipedia_And_Friends) [10:55] <snoyes> along with erik and jimbo [10:55] <Sunir> yup... we're announcing the end of wikipedia [10:56] we're replacing it with an ice cream stand. [10:59] I warn you, it's open source ice cream. [11:02] <snoyes> Is RMS giving his standard Cone/Ice Cream vs. Ice Cream lecture? [11:04] <Sunir> Yeah. We had to placate him with a free strawberry sundae. [11:05] Ice cream isn't *free*. It costs money to make, cows to milk. [11:05] <Timwi> You have two cows.
Evil(#w) [12:06] <Timwi> http://www.wikipedia.evil/ doesn't seem to work for me.
Vicious(#w) [12:36] <Vicious]> I created Mediawiki stuff for parts of Africa [12:36] <dannyisme> nice job [13:02] <Vicious]> Hey guys... should I do a Mediawiki thing on European countries [13:03] By "Northern Europe", "Western Europe", "Southern Europe", "Eastern Europe"? [13:03] <Timwi> [hahahahaha] : [2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Europe) and [3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:EU_countries)... [4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:EFTA)... [5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Nordic_Council)...
Fresh blood(T:) Encouraging new neutral content -- and new NPOV-capable content providers -- is good (no matter how non-encyclopedic their initial content). +sj+
Old reads & watches(U:sj) Brianism, Sarah Marple-Cantrell, star-crossed, We_Didn't_Start_the_Fire
Categorically monkey(#w) [13:44] <sils> "This is a famous monkey. To see an automatically generated list of other famous monkeys click here." [13:45] <fabi> we're going to have to keep categories on our watchlists, aren't we [13:45] <SethI> Otherwise George W. Bush will end up on List of famous monkeys. [13:45] <fabi> otherwise some wit will add GW Bush to the "famous monkyies [13:45] <fabi> :) [13:45] <SethI> jinx!
Rf-WHAT?(T:)
<RickK> I took it to the mailing list is because there isn't really anyplace
on the Encyclopedia to ask other people's opinions about articles.
<Graham> Wikipedia:Requests for comment?
<RickK> I never knew that page existed. (17:34, 19 Mar 2004)
<IMSoP> [So...] is anyone running a bot to archive [any of] those IRC channels?
7-revert rule(#w) [23:51] <Xz> in the future I expect you to do either of two things: [23:51] <Xz> 2) Ask another user to "help" you by reverting... vandalism [23:51] <anton> I did ask for help [23:52] <anton> 04:17, 23 Mar 2004 . . (someone please step in here) [23:52] <SethI> aton: That was on your *7th* revert.
Meta-Lists(#w) [05:40] <rbop> When does it become absurd? "list of all articles that do not mention Hitler"? [05:43] <rbop> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_who_owns_what [05:59] <statcrazy> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:List#WikiList? [06:08] <statcrazy> maybe they are embedded lists... See Wikipedia:Lists (embedded lists) [06:38] <rbop> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_encyclopedias
Are you the gatekeeper?(#w) [07:07] <zool> (am helping writing a 'Mapping Hacks' book for ORA; looking at geographical/factbook info in WP already; lot of maps there, even for places with spotty coverage [07:08] <zool> want to make a map interface to wikipedia [07:08] <jer_> taw was/is working on something [07:08] <jer_> en:User:Taw [07:08] <zool> based perhaps on http://brainoff.com/worldkit/ or just any dodgy seelction of shape files [07:09] <zool> map interface envisaged working like, "click, zoom, see related backlinks at this level of detail" [07:10] <jeronim_> also see meta:Wikipediatlas [07:15] <zool> whoosh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Maps
Graze my ship(email, via #w) [10:12] <SethI> "You have betrayed your own soul today and I can not for the life of me understand why." [10:12] <SethI> "Why would you seek unjustice, what have I ever done to you?"
John Doe(#wikp) [12:55] <jer> let's ask ipod... what do you think, ipod? er, i mean, John [12:56] <jer> i deduced it, timstarling confirmed it and John denied it [12:57] - oh! how strange...
fuchsmach the brave(#w) [18:46] <fuchs1mach> anton I suggest you go on mcfly were you belong-the matter is being investigated by a developer
on gathering fat(#w) [19:17] <A> Hcheney: The last thing 172 told me about you was about that subpage, [19:23] but I expect most people would oppose collecting up information on them like that
on Cheney, foxes & Wright(#w, en:) [19:13] <anton> and, I went to rutgers, and lived in NJ, and had heard of you before [19:18] <anton> fuchs is there a wikipedia page on you? ... is your bio in wikipedia [19:34] <fuchs> if I ever met you there would be trouble [19:34] <anton> ok, so you're not daniel wright?... just a fan? [19:35] <TS> fuchs has his real name set in IRC [19:36] <fuchs> dammit... it's on my e-mail too so allot of people know it now [19:36] <TS> it's sad and amusing at the same time [19:36] <fuchs> truly