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A Horse With No Name
post Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:10pm
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This RfA is quite entertaining: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Req...reek_Basketball
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post Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:29pm
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:10pm) *

Hehe ... funny vote from User:Coffee; "... I'm to the thinking that this is definitely a minor, or someone who has no idea what maturity means"

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post Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:48pm
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QUOTE(TungstenCarbide @ Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:29pm) *

QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 23rd December 2009, 4:10pm) *

Hehe ... funny vote from User:Coffee; "... I'm to the thinking that this is definitely a minor, or someone who has no idea what maturity means"


Oh the hilarity, from Coffee of all people, the 18-year-old airman. That's him told.

There are some funny "Extremely strong opposes" too. I always laugh when I see people attempt to bump up the value of their vote with adjectives. It's even more stupid when the RFA is an obvious fail.

A final point, from newbie admin SpacemanSpiff: "...considering yourself the only educated person in a sea of immature people is, to put it mildly, lacking in judgment". I couldn't disagree more; it rather reflects reality, though of course Wiki Greek Basketball is probably not the educated person.
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post Wed 23rd December 2009, 7:12pm
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Bibliomaniac15 closed down the gyro shop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Wik...etball#Your_RFA

Oh well, it was distracting while it lasted.
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post Fri 25th December 2009, 3:35pm
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Clearly here to build an encyclopedia (unlike the average candidate).

It appears this user was for ~2 years content to shut up and edit, but inexplicably went off the deep end during this month.

Perhaps one could pinpoint a cause for this.
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post Fri 25th December 2009, 7:33pm
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QUOTE(CharlotteWebb @ Fri 25th December 2009, 3:35pm) *

Clearly here to build an encyclopedia (unlike the average candidate).

It appears this user was for ~2 years content to shut up and edit, but inexplicably went off the deep end during this month.

Perhaps one could pinpoint a cause for this.


His failed RfA, is my guess. He's a sore loser and can't face up to the fact he would have made a terrible administrator.

He might write a lot, but from what I've seen over the past few days, he's one of the most immature people I've ever seen on the project. And considering how frequently that word is thrown around, that should be saying something.
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post Sat 26th December 2009, 1:12pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=...68991&diff=prev
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Support—though I'll be waiting in anticipation of my permanent ban once [Wiki Greek Basketball] becomes unblocked! tongue.gif ╟─TreasuryTag►Tellers' wands─╢ 15:09, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll be waiting for it too, you pompous…

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post Mon 28th December 2009, 1:29am
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[Moderator's note: all the player-versus-player stuff has been moved here. Enjoy, but keep it out of here. Thanks, gomi]
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