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Roses
I always find there's nothing like roses to cheer one up. A quick spray of Rive Gauche (reference rose) is good also, but they haven't invented smellopedia yet.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 14:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Does Bishzilla like roses?
'Zilla! Don't eat my rose! Don't... sigh. You know you don't even like them! Told you! You greedy monster! Thank you, Elen... it probably would have smelled delightful, if I'd had a chance to smell it. Bishonen | talk18:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC).
Hmmm – "little 'shonen eats entire cake" – I am trying to imagine how that worked with part of it being inside Heimstern Läufer. Bishonen, I hate to break the news to you, but you may be getting more and more similar to your pets. HansAdler20:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
I thought I would just drop by with an invitation to join me on my yachting cruise for what remains of this very sad summer - we all need a holiday. The news is just so depressing from every direction and London is so full of Americans I can bear it no longer. Apparently, 50 of them are going to burn Korans - can you believe that? Totally ridiculous, all whipped up by the gutter press. I mean, there can't be 50 of them left in America; I was tripping over millions of them left, right and centre in Fortnum's this morning (why do they all have to have those silly caps on their heads and those little nylon strap-on bags perched on their generous buttocks? - so curious) Anyway, the Muslims are very cross indeed and I don't blame them; delightful people, I was married to one once - lovely man - after we divorced, he said having married me he would never ever want to take another wife ever again, wasn't that sweet? They can have up to 5 you know, just like the Mormons or Polignacs or whatever they are called - anyhow, I am digressing. My yacht, Scrotum V, will be sailing from Marina di Ragusa to Malta and then on to Salonica and we would so love to have you with us - we are going to look at ruins and Crippen (that dear hound) would love to play with little Tripipod or whatever it is you call it. Tex is coming, although I have had to make it very clear to him: Texan or not, we shall have no barbecuing of whole steers and whatnot on my beautifully polished decks. Talking of Texans (or people of that vicinity) Sandy Georgia is joining us, such a beautiful girl, she's going to give me facials and pass on her beauty tips - not that I need them. I'm rather hoping Mr. Wetman may join us too (he's from New York, so is quite charming) - I might ask poor little Mrs. Risker, one feels so sorry for her; like you, from one of those awful ice-bound frosty Indesit type countries - dreadful complexion and facial features from squinting constantly at the sun reflecting off the snow. Have you ever thought about becoming a Muslim? - you'll find the attire very flattering at your time of life. Naturally, darlingest Giacomo will be joining us as the tour guide - he's so knowledgable and clever. Stanislas, my Eastern European plumber and companion will be aboard too; he will be running his mailing list from the yacht's telgraph. - he's very literate. Mr L heard Van U will also be aboard, although he will have to stop that twidling his forelock and atwinkling his eye at me and learn to control his urges. Mr. Wales, NewYorkBrad and an anonymous member of the Arbcom (claiming naval experience as his raison d'etre) are pestering to be allowed on board; I said to them: "You can all have a dinghy towed behind, that way we will haul you in when we want you and cast you awf when we don't" So you see, it's all going to be tremendously jolly and quite a sight as we cruise down the Med; so I won't be Wikipediaring much over the next week or so. Do RSVP ASAP
My late Lady, will there be stables aboard the Scrotum? If I can't barbecue a steer for the rest of the summer, I must bring a few goats and pigs along. I can't be bothered to eat seafood more than once a month, ya know. Can you imagine the look on the lovely Sandy Georgia's face when she finds out we're having crabs on the Scrotum? Hopefully Mr. Wetman will bring along some cream for that. Tex (talk) 13:58, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Nah. Little 'shonen ate it all. I can get more roses - although Bishzilla does insist on eating the poor things. Busy flower carrying-onBishzilla, do not eat these!Here is a hot dog for Bishzilla insteadElen of the Roads (talk) 14:11, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
Dear Lady Catherine, thank you so much for your invitation, which I accept with the greatest pleasure. There is nothing quite like a party on the Scrotum. No, not even when some... er... of the less... hrrmf... oh, never mind, forgot what I was going to say. But isn't little Less Heard, for example, getting excessively annoying? You have such patience for these ...rustic characters... dear Lady C, but... perhaps the dinghy idea might be expanded?
Is it all right if I bring Bishzilla? While *I* could certainly do with a holiday from her, you know how fond the dear Tex is of the monster. To the point of trying to run her for ArbCom a couple of years ago... a notion I can only call ludicrous, but it's touching, too.
Water the flower? Oh, I don't think so. It's in its standard eleven-and-a-half-month permafrost hibernation state, as it should be on these latitudes. It would go unbecomingly busy if I watered it.
P.S. Let me be the first to congratulate your ladyship on your beautiful new architectural article Scrotum Towers—destined, I hope, for FAC and the Main Page, where its stylishness and panache may be more widely enjoyed. Yours affectionately, Bishonen | talk20:18, 9 September 2010 (UTC).
I'm so sorry to have hurt your feelings, dear Sir. Do please take your choice between "backwoods" and "down-home". "Earthy" is another possibility, in view of the raucous noise poor Lady C complains of w r t you and Iridescent. Have you ever been a gamekeeper? Bishonen | talk08:00, 10 September 2010 (UTC).
Am I never to live down the unfortunate consequences of my proclaiming my intention to "give the old boiler room a good servicing", while enrobed with rubber Sou'Wester and galoshes on a previous cruise? I contend that keeping ones hand in with the tools available it the very mark of the artisan, and I continue to take pride in my work! I shall, also, be a gentleman and ignore possible references to hares, or lack of... LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:52, 10 September 2010 (UTC) "Backwoodsman"? I shall find out who is casting these aspersions! I fear your gentle lady's experience and simple good faith in other people has exposed you to some scoundrels whose, ah, commentary upon the character and practices of third parties may be spiced with - forgive me the cruel words used in such rare company - malice! LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Ah, Mr Iridescent, no, I have no porcine relatives. You are most welcome to join our humble, little boating party. However, the state rooms are now full and Mrs Bishonen's pet seems to have taken over the swimming pool. However, as you can see, from this photograph taken by myself this afternoon, there is still plenty of room in the dinghy we are towing behind - just say the word and a place is yours. Alternatively, I'm sure there's a spare bunk in Mr LHVU's cabin, if you prefer. Lady Catherine de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 21:59, 9 September 2010 (UTC) Er, Lady C, I believe that should be Mrs Iridescent? Sending her to Mr LHVU's cabin might be... ahem... not one's first choice. Anyway, it was very understanding of you to provide a water bed for Bishzilla, she loves them. Bishonen23:30, 9 September 2010 (UTC).
I do expect to join you all. I shall send on my luggage to the American Express Co., Ragusa. What is it they're calling it now?--Wetman (talk) 00:10, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Oh that is good news Mr. Wetman. I've allocated you the stateroom adjoining mine, we won't be disturbed from the raucous noise emitting from Mr LHVU and Mrs Iridescent's cabin on the lower deck. This is proving no holiday for me; having now to tow the entire clamouring Arbcom, all waving and gesticulating about circling sharks, in the dinghy behind is slowing progress, then there are Ms Slim Virgin and Sir Kittybrewster insisting on doing their Kate Winslet and Leonardo impersonationsin the prow - that woman will catch her death of cold - I keep saying put on my old ocelot, but will she? - no! and now we gave to contend with that gloomy William M. Connolley standing on the bridge with his binoculars forecasting icebergs in the Med, it's all becoming too stressful - I shall have to have a lie down in a darkened room. Lady Catherine de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 07:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Over tannoy* Now hear this, now hear this.
My invitation seems to have got lost in the post, Catherine dearest, so overnight my splendid Somali crew and I have rectified the situation. Captain Tugknuckle has been removed from his post, and like all discharged seamen, is of no further use to me: Abdul, upstanding as ever, is steering a fine course. The ladies will remain confined to the lower state ballroom until further notice. Meanwhile I intend to make the close acquaintance of all the wonderful young gentlemen on board this tug "yacht". (That reminds me, I must put you in touch with darling Roman, I'm sure he can advise on something more suitable.)
Venetia dear, you have clearly been at the sherry again. You are very welcome to join my little yachting party, but do you have suitable clothes in your carrier bag? I do insist that all are suitably attired (even Crippen) It's so important that standards are maintained - it established our superiority at sea over the other races. As I said, you are most welcome, but I think it would be so much better if you had a few days holiday at The Priory instead. Lady Catherine de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 11:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
The Scrotum among the icebergs
Dearest Lady C, imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered you had had the Scrotum diverted all the way from the Med to Stockholm to pick me up! That's my idea of a delicate attention. (Love the handsome new rigging, too.) While it's a little alarming to observe the entire Swedish Misplaced Pages community pushing and jostling to get on board, I know that your hostess skills thrive on challenges, the more intractable the better. Perhaps a couple of no-nonsense barges for supernumerary guests would be more appropriate than a dinghy? Or, if I might advise, have that gangway pulled in fast. Bishzilla could perhaps make herself useful, too. Affectionately, Bishonen | talk00:01, 16 September 2010 (UTC).
My dear, it was a pleasure to rescue you from your delightful little ice bound city - in fact I was hoping to see the Little Mermaid (I was its muse), sadly, though I couldn't find it - vandalised I expect. It was amusing to see all your compatriots, eyes wide open with amazement and wonder at the sight of the Scrotum as we sailed in, such a pity we had to throw so many overboard. So nice of the dear King to turn out and wave his handkercheif, it would have been nice to take him onboard too, but in my experience Royals like to be the centre of attention, and I can't abide people like that, and between ourselves, that family is not very old you know, not like my own beloved family. With fondest love 07:21, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
The Lady Catherine de Burgh (in her prime) saves an entire community from a very horrible death. Follow her fine example and save another community down with tyrany . Mrs Pankhurst died, so that you can vote! Rule Britannia! Lady Catherine de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 20:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC) PS: and it seems poor dear Giano was right all the time - he told you so!!!
As of right now, I haven't officially taken the case, but I would like to do something to resolve the issue (even if it is not mediation). Do you have any suggestions? Ronk01talk17:53, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Well, I made my suggestion in my post on Misplaced Pages talk:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-09-12/Bigfoot: To tell Gniniv and Timperilico that they'll be pagebanned if they don't cut it out with the "civil POV-pushing". I can't ban them, as I thoughtlessly edited Bigfoot yesterday (just once, but no doubt it makes me "involved"), and you can't because you're not an admin; but this place is crawling with admins, it can't be hard to find an uninvolved one. This person shouldn't be cherry-picked, of course, but you (rather than I, I think) could put a brief appeal on WP:ANI for an admin to take a look at Bigfoot's History (the edit summaries are extremely telling on both sides); its talkpage; and the mediation page, and see if the spirit moves them to do something. I do think the problem has gone beyond what can suitably be mediated; people are too entrenched. Regards, Bishonen | talk18:12, 12 September 2010 (UTC).
Bigfoot good friend! Help out 'Zilla RFA — remember, little manager? See Bigfoot co-nom right at top? Tex feel free comment at , but not embarrass 'Zilla on ANI! 'Zilla harem and hot dates not suitable topics for gossip! bishzillaROARR!!18:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC).
I'm so infrequently around that the ANI post on this died off days before I saw the post on my talk page. Ah well. I appreciate that you added comments in the appropriate places. DreamGuy (talk) 17:42, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Boxing Bosse
You are the main author of Harriet Bosse and brought it to featured article without an "infobox". Somebody recently boxed the poor girl in the face. Feeling that she needed to be defended against this grave insult, I have valiantly unboxed her. If you find the box useful, you are welcome to put it back in again.
Thank you, Hegvald. Oh, no, I don't find it useful to stick poor Harriet in a box. You know... when I saw your header on my page, I thought you had most likely come to discuss Bosse Högberg. :-D I didn't realise that that Boxing Bosse doesn't have an article on en.wiki (only on sv and de). Perhaps we should ask Giano, a great creator of boxing articles, to write one?
I didn't know the Leijon thing was called "Operation Leo". That's pretty sick!
I wasn't thinking about Högberg; a bit before my time, although I have heard of him. Mostly world-famous in Sweden, right? And that was 40 years ago. Not sure he is interesting enough to inspire anyone to write a good article. But I may be wrong. (The Swedish article says that he went to prison, but doesn't explain why. Did he commit some interesting crime, or did he just fill in the wrong tax form?). --Hegvald (talk) 06:32, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Världsberömd i stora delar av Östergötland, just så. Tax and insurance fraud, prosaically. There must have been a lot of it, you know how much it takes to actually stick people in jail in Sweden. There's certainly plenty of material. Hmmm, "a slugger" . That should suit Giano. Except I think he's mainly interested in 17th-18th c bare-knuckle boxing. Bishonen | talk13:44, 18 September 2010 (UTC).
Right. It says "This template is for giving credit to editors who have created, improved or nominated articles for In the news". That doesn't mean "This template is for giving yourself credit when you have created, improved or nominated articles for In the news". I've probably seen that template—and especially the DYK template—literally hundreds of times on talkpages during the years I've been here, and I have never until today seen anybody put it on their own page. You have misunderstood the purpose of the template; it's for giving credit to others. But I'm sorry I teased you about what I now understand was an honest mistake. Bishonen | talk21:39, 22 September 2010 (UTC).
Sadly, dear Edward Gorey is no longer around to provide an apposite illustration. Bit of a faux pas, in that the chap is the late owner rather than inventor of those odd machines. As the Torygraph tells us in more detail, he was a miner from Leeds who invented a flood and bullet barrier much used in those far flung outposts of empire beyond the North West Frontier. The irony enters the soul. . . dave souza, talk14:36, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Ah, apparently I did not read closely enough, I have struck my faux pas above. I'm still giggling, though. Tex (talk) 15:10, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Posting Fox News on my page is indeed horrible! Good job Bishzilla likes you, or it might turn into a horrible way to die!... Grumble... grumble... atomic deathray... Do you like my Word of the Day, guys? Bishonen | talk21:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC).
As a gentle lady you will be much better disposed to the Torygraph, one trusts. The word of the day is splendid, though in one's social milieu one tends to think more of a Thought for the Day. Which reminds me of the splendid sermon from Beyond the Fringe, "Life; is like a tin of sardines. One is always losing the key. But even when one has found the key, and opened the tin, there is always a little bit left in the corner. Do you have a little bit in the corner of your lives? I know I have, in mine." . . . dave souza, talk 22:09, 27 September 2010 (UTC) One stands rather corrected by Wikiquote, but then my brother Esau.... . dave souza, talk22:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
It's from a movie? I only remembered reading it on the internets... somewhere... but where? Yeah, it's pretty funny, isn't it? :-) What I need, though, is a motherlode of good cynicisms. Now, I saw a site with T-shirts and calendars taking various uplifting and optimistic sayings in vain... and then I also saw the same site mentioned in Barbara Ehrenreich's Smile Or Die... but now I can't find the site and I can't find the book. (Who did I lend it to?) Well, never mind, the site was funny, but it was probably based on having the illustrations as well. Anybody know some other good place? Valuable prizes will be awarded for the most useful suggestions! (No, Giacomo, not your Christmas letters, they're too long!) Please note, I'm not enamoured of antiques like Ambrose Bierce or Winston Churchill. Bishonen | talk01:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC).
My own favorite is despair.com. They're not all brilliant, but enough of them are to make it worth the visit. ("Meetings. None of us is as dumb as all of us." Don't know where you work, but where I am in corporate America this is just too-goddamn-true.) Ah, you like Barbara Ehrenreich! My favorite so far was Nickel and Dimed, which I also have lent and cannot find. Must get Smile or Die. That sickening "smile it will be OK if you think so hard enough" mentality makes me want to smash things. Can you send me Bishzilla to California for a day? I promise to feed her well. Antandrus (talk)01:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
. I second despair.com. My favorite is the photo of a ring of skydivers holding hands, with the caption: "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." MastCell02:47, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
←Ah, despair.com, that was indeed the name! I originally got it from Geogre, needless to say. Ehrenreich gives some background on the guy behind the site. But for putting a "good word" at the top of my page, despair.com is too dependant on (presumably copyrighted) images. :-( Smile Or Die is a good read, but it can't hold a candle to Nickel and Dimed, which enlightened me a lot (and even enlightened my apolitical teenager! Great stuff!). Tex, have you fainted yet? Antandrus, Bishzilla can be rented for $150–$400 per diem, depending on services called for, and does not require feeding; she'll forage. Bishonen | talk07:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC).
I should hire... No, no. That would be unprofessional. No. Even if that's an extremely affordable rate. Much less than what we're paying the consultants now.
Uh-huh. I won't shit you, though, GWH: the nature of the foraging has been known to take people by surprise. That's why it's cheap. Bishonen | talk12:01, 28 September 2010 (UTC).
Well...that conversation certainly took the long way 'round the mountain, didn't it? I used to have a calendar with the fake motivational sayings on it. Ah, here it is! "The Demotivators Calendar". It is actually from the Despair.com site! What a small world! And it has the skydivers photo that MastCell mentioned and the Meetings photo that Antadrus spoke of. I like the one that says "Consistency - It's only a virtue if you're not a screwup". I also have a little desk tent with "30 Hilarious Desktop Signs" - I like "Always give 100% at work - 12% on Monday, 23% on Tuesday, 40% on Wednesday, 20% on Thursday and 5% on Friday" and "I pretend to work, they pretend to pay me". (still giggling about Segway guy flying off a cliff)Tex (talk) 15:04, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't know for sure if you were involved with Geogre's Ormulum article, but as you're an expert on English Literature, I suspect you may have been. I hope you won't find it inappropriate then for me to notify you that it's up for FAR. I'm sure His Excellency would be apoplectic about it, but I've attempted to maintain as much decorum as possible. Best wishes as always --RexxS (talk) 17:10, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Rex. I saw, actually—I watch Geogre's page. No, as it happened, I had no involvement at all with the Ormulum. It was something Geogre wanted to do all on his own. Bishonen | talk21:15, 29 September 2010 (UTC).
OMG look at pod swimming! :-D Podstar extraordinaire! Er... remaking? As in, replacing the original podstar with the flipper-waggling one? Nonononono. Let there be two different awards, please. Let the little LessHeard still be pleased with the one he has, and only give him a Swimstar as well when he has performed some remarkable feat that deserves it. OK, now make the star rotate behind the swimmer! (jk, as that would be kitschy). Bishonen | talk03:56, 2 October 2010 (UTC).
Oops I made it before I noticed your "Swimstar" reference - I can always make that (or create a redirect). Anyway, there's now a "Distinguished Podstar" for your use:
I know that you have quite understandable rather washed your hands of poor old JV, but here there is more at stake. Great long lists and galleries seem to be popping up up all over the place on architectural pages - on short stubby pages they are just about OK, but on long pages where the subject has many facets to his life and works, they alter the pages perspective and integrity. You may like to commment. Giacomo 11:19, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Good idea to lop off the list and gallery and turn them into a separate page. But do you mind if I move List of works by John Vanbrugh to List of architectural works by John Vanbrugh? Because Vanbrugh's plays are also "works", and you don't list them. (Nor should you, IMO; it would make a weird, disparate list.) Or you move it, if you have a better idea for a title. bish23:54, 4 October 2010 (UTC). (Like the new sig? I'm only planning to use it for special occasions and when addressing titled people.)
Yes, I do mind! I think it would be very nice and informative if you added to the list all the plays and "things" that he wrote, with pictures too. If a busy person like me can find the time to form a list and gallery like that, I'm quite sure you can also, One just has to apply oneself a litle and go that extra kilometre for Misplaced Pages. Onward Bishonen - Onward. Lists are the future, I just hope someone gives it an infobox soon. Giacomo 20:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Nice and informative? *I* think it would be absurd. Especially since there is the tricky intermediate category of Vanbrugh's translations... and the afterpieces other people made from bits of his plays, how about those? Hmm, let's see... there are also Vanbrugh's letters ("things"?), would they be works? You think I'm here to apply myself? Get a grip, Giacomo. I'm only here to design clever sigs. (Unlike you, who obviously stole yours from Sandstein.) bish23:54, 4 October 2010 (UTC).
A beautiful table
Bishonen, have you no imagination? I can see that list turn into a beautiful table: One column for his own works and one for attributed works/translations. Then we will have a row for his castles/plays, one for his palaces/novels, one for his houses/letters, and one for odd things that don't fit anywhere else. It's going to be beautiful, especially after we have moved all the photos into the table cells. HansAdler21:26, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Haha... good one. Apropos, does anybody know how to find an AfD discussion that for some reason never got linked on the talkpage? I know the Virtue Rewarded list has been AfD'd more times than it says on the talk. It seems to have nine lives. At the last AfD, fairly recently, I voted "delete" and stated that I had written the list as a joke. Did even that get it deleted from mainspace? Nope. bish, 22:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC).
I found the second nomination by entering the title of the first into the search form. It seems there was no third. I have updated the template on the talk page. (About time.) HansAdler22:38, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Hans, that's a very nice discussion that you rescued from oblivion. Among other beauties, it has Newyorkbrad voting "Keep" twice. Outlines..? I didn't even know we had that type of articles. But I've sometimes been tempted to create a Featured Footnote board. About the List of celebrities involved with WrestleMania, I see that there's no parodying these things. The involvement seems to consist to a great extent of singing a rendition of America the Beautiful. Who'd have thought it? bish, 00:14, 8 October 2010 (UTC).
LOL... fantastic idea! My German isn't up to much... but this guy is a tad dependent on Durkheim, ja? Ah... coming to the horses. Delightful. But where are the Prussian soldiers' names? How're you gonna list them without that? Am I not going deep enough? bish.10:48, 8 October 2010 (UTC).
The names shouldn't be a big problem. After getting an overdose of websites of polytechnical universities when I tried to verify the extent of some university strike in 1998 or so, I created the website of Fachhochschule Waldkirch with two other students. The students' restaurant became particularly popular after it was converted to one generated by a Perl script every full hour. Of course the probabilities for treats like penguin steak or butterfly salad were carefully adjusted. Sorry for the digression. Where was I? Ah, yes. I think the names won't be a problem. After all, we only need to stay under the radar until a publisher or a celebrated author picks up the topic and we have a book that we can cite. At that point we can nominate the list for FL. HansAdler13:09, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
La Bishonen, first of all: I had not noticed any similarity between Sandstein's signature and my own - if there is, then it's purely co-incidental, but probably no bad thing as it will keep people alert, on their toes and nervous when I manifest myself. Secondly, I have nothing against lists and disinfoboxes - so long as they are not in pages I am watching - I see you, today, commenting quite rightly about the Jewish template here. I recently saw off something very similar on Mistress where a template of even more monumental proportions sought to replace Madame de Pompadour's very fine features with a template linking her to social climbing, one legged, single, black parents with gender disorders - or other such similar beings with maladies dreamt up by duplicitious American psychiatrists attempting to dupe half witted people out of their life savings. To quote my esteemed aunt "One despairs!". Giacomo 19:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh, yeah, I remember you blew up about the Mistress template—but that was positively petite compared to the original {{Judaism}} sidebar! I might be prepared to admit that the links in Mistress were worse, though. Singles event... Transgression (which, furthermore, is a disambiguation page, with none of the senses even a little relevant to "Mistress")... lol. Bishonen 20:51, 9 October 2010 (UTC).
I had to laugh at Saint-Gaudens' opinion that he himself was one of only four engravers in the world, and the only American, capable of such work; and even more at Barber's riposte that there was only one altogether (guess who :-)). Coin people seem to be a much more wild-eyed lot than I would have imagined. Bishonen | talk00:13, 5 October 2010 (UTC).
I figured it was something like that. It would have been simpler to see that the two threads went together if the people who posted the first thread had told us the IP number, right on the page, instead of hiding it in a link. But I can't fault them, really. I suppose their idea was to be discreet and not shame anybody, and I'm all for that. I hope you didn't mind my "merge". Bishonen | talk03:47, 10 October 2010 (UTC).
I was wondering about that as I wrote it, but I meant in the H5 context. And I think there was no conflict because we were edting different sections (but to edit the lede you have to edit the entire page . . . hmmm). Tom Reedy (talk) 19:29, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Rather than go on strike - make a strike at Misplaced Pages's smug bullying powerbase
. I think we need to do something to highlight the contempt with which quality content and its writers are treated here. The Arb elections are the perfect time to start. What do you think? Best keep any debate on Malleus's talk. Giacomo 08:59, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
If you followed the admin elections like I do, then you'd know how few admin elections there are now. See the currently quite empty candidate table on my userpage—I'll copy it below, for demonstration. Last week there was one candidate, today none. Soxbot is updating a void. And do you recollect the trouble they had getting any remotely suitable candidates to run in the 2009 arb elections? Bishzilla and Lady C would have swept the boards if they'd offered. It appears that these kinds of power positions aren't desirable either. "1000s of admins and arbs"—where you been, man? Sorry to say it, Giacomo, but you're living in the past. You'll have to think of something they'd notice. As for Malleus' page, that would be fine, except I'm not sure I'm welcome there. :-( Use e-mail, perhaps. Bishonen | talk10:17, 17 October 2010 (UTC).
Jag och några andra på sv.wiki gick samman och översatte Mario Vargas Llosa. Vi tänkte att det skulle vara fint att ha den på framsidan runt 10 december, men för det krävs nog lite korr och kritiska ögon. Du verkar ju hyfsat bevandrad vad gäller litteratur och så behärskar du förstås ärans och hjältarnas språk. Skulle du kunna tänka dig att ta dig en flukt på vår enkla tolkning av innan vi drar igång nomineringsmaskineriet på allvar?
Ahem! May I just point out this is a British encyclopedia, where we are proud to speak British! I did have a lady's maid called Vi Tänkte once, and she wasn't very good, but I digress. What would happen if others started yacketing and yocketing in their own native tongues - many pages would become in incomprehendble and confused - can you imagine that? If you amd Mr Isotalo wish to gabble away in Himalayan then please go and edit the encyclopedia designated for people from those parts. Thank you, Lady Catherine Rollbacker-de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 07:12, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Dear Lady Rollbacker, I really hate correcting you, but this seems to be a case of lamaing rather than yacking. Contrary to appearances, this Lhosa person is from the Andes. It is beyond me why these mountain dwellers can't keep their cultures separate across the ocean like normal people do. Notwithstanding, we do spend some tolerance on deserving members of our community. Mrs Bishonen may not have participated in vandal-fighting as much as one could hope, but we can make an exception in this case. After all, the Great British language very likely does not have enough words for stone to permit a scientific conversation about Buddhist mountain pyramids. So it is very reasonable to talk about them in Quechua, and, frankly, I don't think we are missing much. HansAdler07:57, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Mr Adler, no doubt you are an "Alpen type person", but I have only the opportunity to retreat to my skiing-schloss, but a few times a year. I do not have time to traipse about exploring obscure mountain ranges which are social deserts ihabited only by wilderbeests, yeti and polar bears - especially in my late condition. If Mrs Bishonen and Mr Isotalo wish to plan an expidition to conquor Everest, I have no problem with that - so long as they speak British while doing so. Yours faithfully. Lady Catherine Rollbacker-de Burgh (the Late) (talk) 08:12, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
"Whatsitcalled" may be bad British, but is British nonetheless, mrs Rollbacker. As for Peter, he was discussing an article on the Swedish[REDACTED] (yes, there are such things) and so must have fallen unawares into his wild native tongue (or was Russian in fact your first language, Peter?). As long as Bishzilla understands it, which she does (it's a somewhat debased version of Ur-Dino), I can't say I'm any too concerned about you people. Bishonen | talk15:09, 18 October 2010 (UTC).
Fosterland's love is his reward...
Like I say to Bishonen in words of Great Swedish Writer, Professor of Greek language, and big Bishop Esaias Tegnér it is language of GLORY and HEROS!!!
(Tack så hemskt mycket förresten. Alltid trevligt med din assistangs.)
Er...pod introduce his socks! Just created! Cute little fellers! Good twin, evil twin! Young Darwinbish, er... angry little sock! Lot of Bishzilla genes in that one! bishapodsplash!22:53, 21 October 2010 (UTC).
Tee hee. Sorry, little manager. But I stumbled on the inspired portrait of the Darwinbish by my good friend Freply Spang (who none of you youngsters remember, I expect!) in an ancient archive... tiddelipom... I simply had to use it. I mean, Bishapod was enchanted. Friend T-rex may animate it one of these fine days, especially the biting! :-) Bishonen | talk15:18, 22 October 2010 (UTC).
Hee Hee. I'm afraid I made a mess of updating the original poster. There's like 10 different versions of it uploaded now! I finally got it right and made the new poster a separate file and reverted the original back. Oh, well. I know only 1 of the new socks is a "-bish", but I like the twins. I will watch them with anticipation! I wonder how long until the evil twin makes his own socks??? Tex (talk) 15:25, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
For god's sake. Smatprt quoting him, and not signing! One day Smatprt will be too clever for his own good. Thanks very much for telling me. Bishonen | talk00:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC).
Dear Bishonen, Sorry to bother you abuot this but I would appreciate admin. advice on the following. Stupidly I have created an article Arconovaldi Bonaccorsi, and it should be Arconovaldo Bonaccorsi. Can the title be easily changed or should I request the wrongly titled article be deleted and start the correct Arconovaldo Bonaccorsi article afresh. Sorry again to bother you. ThanksSayerslle (talk) 21:19, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
I wouldn't be in favour of one of those templates that runs down the side of the page, but I think the current one, which is used at the bottom of the page, is quite discreet. Does it dignify the idea? I guess it does, but it also draws attention to all the mutually contradictory theories, and some of the more absurd ones (such as Anne Whateley which I recently added). As long as someone doesn't suggest that Shakespeare himself be added to the list, as if he's just a 'candidate', then I'm quite happy with it. Others may be less so. Paul B (talk) 22:07, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
OK, that makes sense. Of course a three-column template would run down the side, in a wide, squat way, probably from the top of the page. I noticed the categories at the same time, btw; they're good! Bishonen | talk22:18, 29 October 2010 (UTC).
Oh, yes, exactly! I can do that. Thanks very much. But (irrepressible curiosity) why is it different from the upload log and the Carcharoth contribs one, with their curly brackets and stuff? Or rather, why are they different, since yours is the one that looks "normal"? Oh, I see... checking the history. Somebody couldn't resist making it more fancy. And oh noes, they had to curlify the "simple" and "simplest" guides as well! Sigh. Don't get me wrong, I like nerds, but sometimes it's like they hate newbies and the technologically challenged. Grrr... I see I protested on the "simple" talkpage when the change was made, but to no effect. Ri-ight, we'll see about that. I'd really like to revert all three, but I guess I'll compromise. Bishonen | talk21:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC).
Well, I guess there's always a temptation to use a template to do a job, because the assumption is it makes things 'simpler'. My instinct in this case (honed from 35+ years of teaching across different ages) was to give the bare url, as it only requires one level of comprehension (the offset) for anybody used to seeing the normal urls for wiki-pages. Different audiences need different examples, so I'd recommend giving multiple examples wherever possible. --RexxS (talk) 02:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
See reply on ANI talk . I have long since discovered the advantages of calling on one's large, savage sock when encountering spoilsports; now Bishapod is having the same delightful experience (in his case, it's a small, savage sock). Bishonen | talk21:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC).
Thanks for catching my spellcheck error there. Word sub took over and led to a very different sentence than what was intended. Thanks for pointing it out. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 21:48, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Good honest God fearin' folks and their corner for evil toxic critters
Tell me Bishonen, am I alone in having never heard of Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette alerts until yesterday? I'm so pleased to have found it, as it seems a most amusing place to send one's enemies. Once nominated, they have to stand and be lambasted by the unwashed members of some small minded, tobacco chewing religious denomination of unknown name. Everytime one hears a naughty word, one can rush off and have the offender pilloried there. I'm going to make full use of it; I think I will go and hover around Malleus's page for a while, one can usually here a few rude words there without havng to wait too long. If you can report 10 people in one day, they give you a free adminship and an "Awsesome Wikipedian" award; I've always wanyted one of those. Giacomo 14:28, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Yes—yes, you are quite alone in that. I do trust you looked at the top section there also, where a complaint about Bishonen gets a somewhat frosty reception from the WA regular (Looie) who responds? Then all the other SD supporters roll in for a group hug, naturally. If you care for further colourful material on that particular complainer versus Bishonen, check out his talkpage — sorry, I mean the History of his talkpage — because only happy things get to stay on the front of the page. Here comes the relevant history—RexxS has taught me a wonderful trick for permanently linking to a particular part of a page history — how's that for useful? Great guy, isn't he? (Not RexxS, the other chap.) I'm thinking of sending him an "Awesome Wikipedian" template. On that, do you mean to tell me you've never had one? Quelle chicane! Granted, I haven't either... but Bishzilla was one of the very first recipients! Anybody can send one to anybody, so how about giving one to the characterful young darwinbish? Bishonen | talk15:03, 4 November 2010 (UTC).
Oh you're already there are you? well, I didn't bother to read it, I don't think that's what it's for - it's more a place for ...well I don't really know - somebody thought it useful I expect. No, I have never been an "Awsome Wikipedian" or even had my own day, I thought you had to be given it by Rlevse; what a relief, that won't have gone with him then - so there's still hope for me. I would rather like one of thise senior editor things, but anyway I am not hinting or anything like that - I feel I need something that rather dignifies my position in Misplaced Pages, especially as I'm not "Toxic" like you - just "Trouble" I think was the expresion. Bye for now. Giacomo 16:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I think you get to claim you're a senior or 97% fat-free or whatever Wikipedian, by your number of edits. Like this, or, even better, this. Though the second sounds a bit like a child, I suppose... "Time for master Editor's bath!" You may or may not have been referred to as "toxic", but you know as well as I do that the uncivil editor who famously flung the expression at me only did that because he didn't dare aim it directly at you—it was meant for you all right. Bishonen | talk17:47, 4 November 2010 (UTC).
No, I don't agree. He and I are very close friends, one of my best friends in fact. He's always on the phone wanting to borrow Villa Splendido, the yacht or the Cessna to take him to one place or another. I don't mind of course because I'm a nice sort of person. I am just very misunderstood here. Giacomo 17:58, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
While I'm sure there exist an award Template:Sensible Editor I have little truck with form-letters, so I'll take the old-fashioned approach: I found your comments in the "Right! What's going on with RLevse?" discussion at the Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents to be in good form. I shall file curate away right next to clerk, under "Words that give me passive authority." Useful indeed. brenneman03:39, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
How do you do that thing you do where you can link to a section of a page and it stays the same even when the original has been atchived. I want this section in my collection of links for my new best selling essay "Giano, corruption and Misplaced Pages." Thank you. Giacomo 08:07, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
In the left side menu under Toolbox, click permanent link. Then go to the table of contents, and right click the section link you want to link to, and select "copy link address" (or the equivalent command in your browser). Jehochman12:21, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
Since it's closed, I guess it will be archived exactly as it is now. If anything changes, drop a note to User:Darwinfish who's becoming an expert on these sort of things now. --T-RexxS (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
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Oh, noes, I'm going to have to update my campaign poster! MOAR Bishes! Tex (talk) 14:24, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hellooo there, Elen! Come a little closer! I
I think people have played with tricycles enough; I wish they'd stop. Jehochman 17:35, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Come to me little fishies. Jehochman 22:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
