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Hero

You are my new hero, for your summarizing of the massive content on furry fandom. I think I am fast becoming an enemy of some fans that think that verifiability via published sources shouldn't apply to furries. Thank you for restoring in my mind the possibility of people that know a topic personally not being the worst editors of it ever. LovelyLotusduck 04:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Perri, i only saw your stuff on the furry page today and it's really sad that you are leaving. you are 100% correct in everything you say.--172.141.17.228 13:20, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I’m working over at Wikifur now, whenever I have the time, that is. Perri Rhoades 01:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

ok

I think I've tried to argue that my edits were agreeable with you. Please see furry fandom's talk page. DyslexicEditor 23:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

"Vandalism"

My edits were not vandalism. Stating facts and backing them up with sources (Wikifur, of all places) is not vandalism. I also noticed that you tried to erase the entry which I linked to. Nice try, but unfortunately you cannot whitewash the furry fandom. I suggest you stop reverting every single edit that could possible be intrepreted negatively on the furry fandom article. 68.69.194.125 04:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I suggest that being a furry hater and a Misplaced Pages vandal is not a valid course in life. You should apply yourself to something more useful post haste. Life is too short to be wasted hating a bunch of harmless cartoon fans. Perri Rhoades 09:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Unsubstantiated notions in Furry fandom

I actually agree that what I said is unsubstantiated. But would you please read what it was that I replaced? Surely you cannot still say that I "vadalized" (sic) the article. I didn't want to just eliminate text without suggesting some kind of replacement. ---Bersl2 19:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

What you're trying to get at with what you added came completely out of left field to me. If you like, please explain it in detail here. If I can see some reason in it I'll try to help work it into the article. But please don't come out with bold statements like "furry fans differ from common comic book fans" Or whatever it was you said. With the article under such intense vandalism anything that extreme is automatically going to be assumed an attack. Perri Rhoades 19:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

If you wanted to bomb that entire part of the intro, it's fine by me. I simply saw a statement that I knew was wrong ("furries sexualize anthropomorphic animals") and tried to replace it with something that was less wrong and certainly more dignified ("furries actualize anthropomorphic animals"). But both are gone now (probably for the better); consider the matter resolved. ---Bersl2 20:30, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

As a general rule, furries don't do either, at least not any more than anime fans or other types of comic book fans. Comics have always been sexy. That's why they created the Comics Code.

Actually, I didn't notice that you had replaced "furries sexualize anthropomorphic animals." Like I said, the vandalism has been intense, and it is difficult to keep track of these things. I thought it best to revert the paragraph since I could make no sense out of what you wrote, and it wasn't necessary to address that in the intro. That's what we have the "Sex and the Fandom" section for.

My apologies if you feel I acted hastily, but if you'll observe the amount of vandalism on the history page you'll see we have good reason to be suspicious and quick to revert. Perri Rhoades 20:53, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Furry fandom history rewrite

Nice job! I like the additions. Tony Fox (speak) 20:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Furry Fandom stuff

Heya. I'm sorry to see you go, you were a valued contributor to the furry fandom article, at least I felt so. I can understand that working here, especially at kinda controversial articles, can be quite tiring, but discussing with people you don't agree with is a big part of being a Wikipedian. Just take a break if it gets too annoying. However, I reverted your last edits to the furry fandom talk page, reinserting the comments you deleted. People already replied to you, so it would be very confusing when part of a discussion is suddenly missing. I hope you can understand that. :) --Conti|✉ 14:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, but my comments on the FF Talk page are withdrawn. Most of them were written under the stress of dealing with a troll that the rest of the editors decided to knuckle under to. The stress of dealing with this idiotic situation, while trying to maintain the integrity of a serious article, caused me to write a boatload of irrational things, which I have decided to withdraw. Please at least have the courtesy to allow me to withdraw my comments. I know of few other sites on the net that do not allow for this courtesy. Perri Rhoades 21:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid that this is not allowed here on Misplaced Pages, readability of past discussions is quite important. I won't undo your last edit, but I'm quite sure someone will soon. If it's just that you think that you wrote stuff you don't agree with/you think was irrational, maybe stating this on the talk page might help. Actually, User:Dajagr did just that, I think this greatly helps the page to become calmer again. --Conti|✉ 00:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Death to Misplaced Pages

Having come to learn the sad sick truth about Misplaced Pages, I regret ever lending my services here. There is no way a policy of “Verifiability, not truth” can result in anything but propagation of popular prejudices and a place where the haters and bigots of the world can have a field day spreading their garbage and trashing the feelings of anyone who dares to try to print truth.

To make matters worse, any lie or vandalism on Misplaced Pages gets “Scraped” by other information sites and spread all over the internet as if it were fact, and there is no way to erase these falsehoods. Not only that, but Misplaced Pages pages come up at the top of any search for any topic, which means this over glorified message board masquerading as an encyclopedia is likely to be used as a factual resource by any unsuspecting individual, who will them believe the lies and repeat them.

Misplaced Pages is just like every other message board I’ve ever participated in. You get kicked in the tail for printing the truth, while trolls get to be mods and smile as they victimize the innocent. Only this time trolls have an opportunity to spread their venom on a scale that could destroy the whole of human culture.

The potential harm that could be done by this site is beyond belief, and I am compelled by conscience to join those who condemn this site and seek its destruction, or at least a modification of its rules to prevent it from causing harm. At the very least Misplaced Pages must stop referring to itself as an encyclopedia. It is no such thing.

Please note that this unfavorable opinion I’m forming of Misplaced Pages is not resulting from just the idiocy going on with the Furry Fandom page. Everywhere I go on Misplaced Pages I see somebody trying to push nonsense and personal agendas onto pages, and receiving very little opposition. If this were just a message board site I wouldn’t care. But this is a site falsely claiming to be a reference encyclopedia, which far too many people believe. The potential for social destruction involved here goes beyond any personal insults I have endured since I came here. This is a matter of Earth shattering consequence. Something needs to be done about it. Perri Rhoades 12:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Holy shit this is the funniest thing I have read in my life. A matter of Earth shattering consequence indeed. 68.69.194.125 03:42, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I do think that the literacy of future generations being placed in the hands of morons like yourself is a matter of Earth shattering importance. The human race was stupid enough before Misplaced Pages. How it will survive with the level of misinformation Misplaced Pages is likely to generate should be a matter of great concern to anyone of real intelligence. Perri Rhoades 01:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I think the human race will survive irregardless of what someone does on a stupid internet site. Also, read what you just wrote, because it makes no sense. 68.69.194.125 02:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC) PS: Get a life, nerd