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| {{Quotation|Five monks were meditating when suddenly the wind picked up and a flag nearby flapped in the wind.<br><br> The first monk, the youngest of the group, broke his meditation and shouted, "Flag is moving!"<br><br>The second monk shouted, "Wind is moving!"<br><br>The third monk shouted, "Mind is moving!"<br><br>The fourth monk shouted, "Nothing is moving!"<br><br>The fifth monk, the eldest of the group, shouted, "Mouths are moving!"}} | |||
| This account has been unblocked for the following reasons: | |||
| # No futher abusive activity since the final warning was given earlier today. | |||
| # Significant disagreement on ANI as to whether an indef block was appropriate at all. | |||
| # Failure to issue proper escalating warnings, failure to ], and a little ] | |||
| You can type whatever you want below this. ] | |||
| All of that said... | |||
| == ] of ] == | |||
| === You're on probation === | |||
| ]] has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at ]. Thank you.<!--Template:Tfdnotice--> ] ] 05:22, 9 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
| You have to understand now that your sillyness on-wiki, and your primary use of Misplaced Pages socially and for meta-discussions (talk space,[REDACTED] space, user space) and not article space, are considered controversial and objectionable. | |||
| Bibbity booooooobahbabbity, Zenwhat!!! | |||
| None of the topic areas you have edited are by themselves problematic. And minor use of humor (anywhere other than article space) incidental to making a legitimate point somewhere is acceptable use of the encyclopedia project as well. | |||
| '''Bibbity booooooobahbabbity!'''''--] (]) 12:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Italic text'' | |||
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| I sincerely hope that you scale back the "other stuff" and get re-engaged with the encyclopedia project. We don't need single-minded article-edit only focused people. But we do need that to be the point of why you're here. I think and hope that you can do that. | |||
| ==MfD nomination of ]== | |||
| Thanks. ] (]) 06:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| I know this place can be insanely frustrating sometimes, but I hope to still see you around. -- ] 07:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Seconded. Take some time to clear your head and then get back here. '''-''' <font size="+1" color="red">✰</font><strong style="letter-spacing:1px;font-family:Verdana">]</strong><font size="+1" color="red">✰</font> <sup><small>]</small></sup> 07:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| I had a question: Why are you interested in criticizing Misplaced Pages? Thanks. --] (]) 08:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == Just to let you know -- Missing Wikipedians == | |||
| Because Misplaced Pages has great potential to either: | |||
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| You have been mentioned at ]. X] (]) 16:08, 3 January 2014 (UTC) | |||
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| |style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | hey, | |||
| Imagine, for instance, what it would be like if the articles on ] claimed that Islam supports terrorism and violence. It would have a cultural impact, too, because people unfortunately tend to ''believe'' what the read on Misplaced Pages is true. | |||
| I found your graphic on the Misplaced Pages Feedback Loop very informative and I might use it in a talk at Wikimania 2016 in Italy. I want to talk about imbalance on Misplaced Pages and that includes the Content bias, too. | |||
| So I hope that you are OK with that. Your thoughts on the community and rules of conduct and editing are really inspiring for me. <span style="color:#8b00ff;">Earl</span><span style="color:#6528c2;">ysp</span><span style="color:#3f5184;">atz</span>'''<sup><span style="background:#F9FD00">]</span></sup> 15:31, 5 June 2016 (UTC)''' | |||
| You see this a lot in the Middle East, for instance, with the internet. Outside of the west, many people across the world have this false notion that if somebody uploads something to the internet, it must be true. That's ''really'' bad. <font size="4">]</font> <font face="impact"> ]</font> (]) 08:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| :Thank you for your detailed reply. Historically and universally all around the earth, ''always'' people were misinformed, ''always'' those who had power (money today) brainwashed people. So, I wouldn't worry myself much about that. It has been this way and it will be that way forever (my point of view). Misplaced Pages can improve it in many aspects and that's why it has upset many people. But since I have a pessimistic view regarding the capability of[REDACTED] to really do anything afterall, I personally would not worry much about failure or success of[REDACTED] my friend. --] (]) 09:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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I'm here only sporadically, so if you leave a message, don't expect a prompt response.
Five monks were meditating when suddenly the wind picked up and a flag nearby flapped in the wind.
The first monk, the youngest of the group, broke his meditation and shouted, "Flag is moving!"
The second monk shouted, "Wind is moving!"
The third monk shouted, "Mind is moving!"
The fourth monk shouted, "Nothing is moving!"
The fifth monk, the eldest of the group, shouted, "Mouths are moving!"
You can type whatever you want below this. Ignore all rules!
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Bibbity booooooobahbabbity, Zenwhat!!! Bibbity booooooobahbabbity!--96.243.57.10 (talk) 12:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)Italic text
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hey,
I found your graphic on the Misplaced Pages Feedback Loop very informative and I might use it in a talk at Wikimania 2016 in Italy. I want to talk about imbalance on Misplaced Pages and that includes the Content bias, too. So I hope that you are OK with that. Your thoughts on the community and rules of conduct and editing are really inspiring for me. Earlyspatz 15:31, 5 June 2016 (UTC) |
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