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<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">''''Once you have been bit a dozen times by the same editor it's ridiculous to extend your hand to them, expecting a handshake in return when you know in your heart of hearts, they are going to bite you. As it says somewhere, AGF is not a suicide pact. It can be ignored.'''</div> <br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: blue; color: white; font-weight: bold;">''''Once you have been bit a dozen times by the same editor it's ridiculous to extend your hand to them, expecting a handshake in return when you know in your heart of hearts, they are going to bite you. As it says somewhere, AGF is not a suicide pact. It can be ignored.'''</div>
==Predictions== ==Predictions==
: We put thirty spokes together and call it a ];
: But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.
: We turn clay to make a ];
: But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.
: We pierce doors and windows into a wall to make a ];
: And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.
: We spend endless hours to create an online ];
: But it is on the 'to be edited' space that the effort lives.
: '''Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not'''.

<br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future'''</div> <br /><div style="text-align: center; width: 60%; margin: auto; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px gold; letter-spacing: 5px; background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;">'''It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future'''</div>
*Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, {{ping|Writegeist}}, and I said the following, *Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, {{ping|Writegeist}}, and I said the following,

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Whenever I begin to wonder if what I do around here is worthwhile, I go to this page and remember all the smiles and good feelings that the Eddy Awards have brought to people over the years. It really uplifts my spirits. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 22:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

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Who is Buster7

I am a continually learning member of the Misplaced Pages experience/family/social group/society...whatever you want to call it. I was born in Belgium and came to America in 1951. I have lived in America for 72 years. I was taught by BVM nuns and Franciscan brothers. I have been finding my way around the many nooks and crannies of Misplaced Pages since I wondered "Who the heck is Sarah Palin"...over 16 years ago. One of many interests has always been articles about the Flemish language. I also monitor articles relating to the region of my birth (which was once collectively known as the Low Countries). Promoting and prolonging whatever it is that Misplaced Pages tries to be has become important. Maybe it is the concept of something that I contributed to living into eternity or maybe it is just trying to write a good, clear, concise sentence. Whatever it is, I'm still having fun! Except for the time I was put up for "the Mop". My demise through the false presentation and words of a editor still sting ten years later. I would have been a good administrator. Better than most I would now dare to say. But, it wasn't to be. Now I have attained ELDER status--self-proclaimed.

Since then, I promised to listen to the voice that speaks to greatness... in myself and in others. I have been facilitating the Editor of the Week program for over 10 years. I am a Baháʼí. I believe it is possible for human behavior to improve and develop and grow, especially in arenas where we are required to interact with each other. Making positive, non-political contributions to the planet is essential to Bahai practices and a bedrock of my Faith. I reluctantly drift into hot bed political articles but am wary of the drama that can result. I strive to be the best editor I can be. I am not a perfect editor. I have learned from past mistakes and, more than likely, I will make more down the line and learn from them. My constant hope is that the environment of Misplaced Pages will become calmer and more balanced, and that healthy collaboration will become the focus of all editors, now and to come. While some of the more troublesome WP arenas are political, the focus is not. The focus should always be OUR READER, or stated more distinctly, OUR VISITOR. Quite simply, I want to be left alone. Not bothered by vindictive editors, to enjoy the pleasure of WikiLife at some non-toxic level of article/essay creation and facilitating Editor of the Week. I want to enjoy the unspoken bond that can exist between editors and enjoy giving out awards. No emotional see-saws, tension, protagonists, provocative provocateurs. I reject the drama of untimely name-calling and sarcasm ladened replies. It doesn't work here any better than it works in RL. I work to see barriers dissolve in the face of mutual respect and humanity. I like to make editors smile.

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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If people are bamboozled long enough, they tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. They are no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured them. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to themselves, that they have been taken (for a ride). Maga is a prime example.
  • Political Lesson #1---Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
  • Political Lesson #2---If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. President LBJ
  • Political Lesson #3---exPresident Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. ANON

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"The last time...despite knowing every evil he committed...74 million people still voted for Trump."


'Once you have been bit a dozen times by the same editor it's ridiculous to extend your hand to them, expecting a handshake in return when you know in your heart of hearts, they are going to bite you. As it says somewhere, AGF is not a suicide pact. It can be ignored.

Predictions

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel;
But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.
We turn clay to make a vessal;
But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.
We pierce doors and windows into a wall to make a house;
And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.
We spend endless hours to create an online encyclopedia;
But it is on the 'to be edited' space that the effort lives.
Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not.


It's Tough to Make Predictions. Especially about the Future
  • Almost ten long years ago, I was visiting the talk page of my unforgettable very best Wiki Friend, @Writegeist:, and I said the following,

""Somewhere in the emptiness of "Future Misplaced Pages" is a Use-full-ness place to be happy. I hope to someday find it"". Buster Seven Talk 21:43, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

  • And find it I did. Facilitating the weekly Editor of the Week awards has kept me safe and sane and far from the Drama of HOT, "in the Moment", "It's happening as we edit", articles that can drain energy and forbearance and bring tension into the Real World. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 10:55, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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