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			==About DreamGuy==
	'''Asshole''' or '''arsehole''' (outside of ]) is a ] term referring to the ]. The word is mainly used as a ] towards someone the speaker does not like or to express deep contempt for someone whose behavior is hurtful, self-centered or particularly abrasive. Usually, the person to whom this term is directed is a male. It may also sometimes be used to describe people who are viewed as "stupid" or "useless."

			Usually what I end up doing is undoing really bad edits by other people: spam, hoaxes, trying to put their own opinion into an article as if anyone else cares, horribly pointless trivia and so forth.
	This word or its literal translation is found in colloquial speech in a number of ]s (in both ] and other ]s). This is due to the fact that it describes an ] of ] that is considered a ] region (belonging to the ]) of the body in many ].

			The good thing about Misplaced Pages is anyone who spots something wrong can change it. The bad thing about Misplaced Pages is all the people who want things to be wrong (either from bias or cluelessness) can easily do damage that takes multiple good editors five or more times the effort to undo as it took the bad editor to do in the first place.
	The English word ''ass'' (meaning ], derived from the same root as its zoological name ''Equus '''asinus''''') may also be used as a term of contempt, referring to a silly or stupid person. In ], the words ''arse'' and ''ass'' have become ]ous; however in the rest of the world, ''ass'' still only refers to the donkey, rather than the ''arse'' (]s). It is worth noting that some varieties of English ], leading to practically identical pronunciations of ''ass'' and ''arse''.

			==The eternal struggle==
	Until the early 1990s, the word was considered one of a number of words that could not be uttered on commercial television in the United States. Comedian ] caused a major shock when he uttered the word during a televised awards show in the 1980s. By 1994, however, the word had become less vulgar, and was often featured in dialogue on the long-running television series '']''; it has yet to become anything close to commonplace on network TV, however. It is important to note that while the word ''ass'' has found a place on broadcast television, ''asshole'' is not used, probably due to its more vulgar connotation.
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			''The Misplaced Pages philosophy can be summed up thusly: "Experts are scum." For some reason people who spend 40 years learning everything they can about, say, the Peloponnesian War -- and indeed, advancing the body of human knowledge -- get all pissy when their contributions are edited away by Randy in Boise who heard somewhere that sword-wielding skeletons were involved. And they get downright irate when asked politely to engage in discourse with Randy until the sword-skeleton theory can be incorporated into the article without passing judgment.''

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	In 1993, actor ] enjoyed some success with a comedic song called "Asshole" which opened his stage play '']'' and was featured in a ] . It topped the ] in Australia and subsequently reached #2 on the charts in that country in 1994. Alternative rock artist ] has written and recorded a song called "Asshole," one of his most acclaimed compositions. The British ska-punk band ] also have a song named "Arsehole." In 2004, the song "Asshole" by the band ] was used as the soundtrack to a popular internet filmstrip about the Bush administration.

			<small>'''Fun trivia: After I added this section and graphic they have been reused on a number of talk pages and even expanded into the essay ]. It even led to someone ] after someone who was not paying attention thought that the reference to "Randy in Boise" was ] someone else's secret, real-world identity.</small>
	Asshat is a slightly more trendy and less severe variation of ''asshole,'' graphically describing someone who has his "head up his ass" (i.e., not knowing what's going on), or a variation of "butthead". In the former sense, it is suggested that one is wearing one's ass for a hat, or alternately, a hat for one's ass (Some people view it as that from the waist up, you are a hat for your own ass.). A more modern usage of ''asshat'' describes a person doing something stupid, and can apply to anyone: "The boss is up to asshattery because he broke the computer even though he knew he was doing the wrong thing." This meaning was popularized by ] character ]
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	The word is popular in many online communities, serving as a more palatable version of its antecedent. According to ]'s Usenet statistics, the word only saw a token appearance every day or two starting in July, 1999, but following a slow rise in 2002, it entered popular usage in May, 2003.

	As it continued to grow in ], asshat began to be used by online gamers, in first person shooter and massive multiplayer role playing games. It was a commonplace word on servers where ] language was not allowed.

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	The insult "assclown" is used in a similar fashion, although it is not as common. "Assclown" has become well known among fans of the ] due to wrestler ] using it during his promos, especially his "Highlight Reel"; the term was also famously used in the film '']'' to describe singer-songwriter ].
			For seeing just how many pages a spammer got to, or how many pages use a ridiculously bad site as a source for information:

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			Sites that probably need to be removed as references and external links in most cases:
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			*.aveleyman.com
			*.bestthinking.com
			*.filmreference.com
			*.findagrave.com (it's annoying how many people put this in)
			*.wisegeek.com
			*.paintinghere.com

			(I'm sure there are tons I just don't remember right now. I'll add more later. I'll eventually make this a running log so that I go back and check links I previously removed to see if they found their way back again.)

			See also ]

			===User warnings===

			Full list:

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			And when there's a bunch on the same article:

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			<!-- still working on this, hiding for now:
			===Lost causes===

			Things I used to try to work on improving but which proved impractical to really accomplish but which I'll list here to see if I ever feel like banging my head against a wall again:

			*Making sure Misplaced Pages articles accurately differentiate between ]s, ]ers and ]s when they are mentioned. Articles on specific mass shootings frequently use the terms interchangeably. I would frequently go through and fix multiple articles, only to have somebody come back and mass revert everything. ] was the worst offender of the lot. Someone finally renamed that to ] to avoid some of the problem, but it is still littered with errors and questionable sources and ].

			*I used to edit ], but unfortunately a gang of people I had reverted in the past decided to tag team so that any edit I made, even such minor things as to correct the spelling on authors' names, was blind reverted nearly instantly. These same people had regularly made group accusations on WP:ANI against me, filed false sockpuppet reports, etc. If I made an opinion known about something this group would from then on oppose whatever that was, no matter it was. For a while if I found something outrageously wrong I would hand it off to someone else to go change it so they wouldn't know I was the one who spotted it, but I eventually gave up even looking at the article because it was too frustrating.

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About DreamGuy

Usually what I end up doing is undoing really bad edits by other people: spam, hoaxes, trying to put their own opinion into an article as if anyone else cares, horribly pointless trivia and so forth.

The good thing about Misplaced Pages is anyone who spots something wrong can change it. The bad thing about Misplaced Pages is all the people who want things to be wrong (either from bias or cluelessness) can easily do damage that takes multiple good editors five or more times the effort to undo as it took the bad editor to do in the first place.

The eternal struggle

The Misplaced Pages philosophy can be summed up thusly: "Experts are scum." For some reason people who spend 40 years learning everything they can about, say, the Peloponnesian War -- and indeed, advancing the body of human knowledge -- get all pissy when their contributions are edited away by Randy in Boise who heard somewhere that sword-wielding skeletons were involved. And they get downright irate when asked politely to engage in discourse with Randy until the sword-skeleton theory can be incorporated into the article without passing judgment.

—Lore Sjöberg, from "The Misplaced Pages FAQK"

Fun trivia: After I added this section and graphic they have been reused on a number of talk pages and even expanded into the essay Misplaced Pages:Randy in Boise. It even led to someone getting in trouble after someone who was not paying attention thought that the reference to "Randy in Boise" was outing someone else's secret, real-world identity.

Useful things

Unlinking

For seeing just how many pages a spammer got to, or how many pages use a ridiculously bad site as a source for information:

Special:LinkSearch

Sites that probably need to be removed as references and external links in most cases:

.aveleyman.com
.bestthinking.com
.filmreference.com
.findagrave.com (it's annoying how many people put this in)
.wisegeek.com
.paintinghere.com

(I'm sure there are tons I just don't remember right now. I'll add more later. I'll eventually make this a running log so that I go back and check links I previously removed to see if they found their way back again.)

User warnings

Full list:

WP:WARNING

Templates for article improvement

Misplaced Pages:Template messages/Cleanup

And when there's a bunch on the same article:

Template:Multiple issues

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