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| EricBarbour |
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Stumbled across Elonka's old Memestreams blog today. Recently updated, after months of drifting rudderless. Apparently no one saw the December 29, 2009 entry, with its link to a PRWeb press release. QUOTE Elonka Dunin, America’s leading code-breaker, who “appeared” in The Lost Symbol as Nola Kaye, teases readers with a puzzle that helps drive the plot: "Is the secret to the infamous and as-yet-unsolved Kryptos sculpture at the CIA truly 'buried out there somewhere'?" She has been editing WP regularly this year, though not with the manic style of past years. Currently on break for a few weeks. I'm wondering if Simutronics finally ditched her or not?......given that they nearly went under last year...... 
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QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Sun 25th April 2010, 9:23pm)  Stumbled across Elonka's old Memestreams blog today. Recently updated, after months of drifting rudderless. Apparently no one saw the December 29, 2009 entry, with its link to a PRWeb press release. QUOTE Elonka Dunin, America’s leading code-breaker, who “appeared” in The Lost Symbol as Nola Kaye, teases readers with a puzzle that helps drive the plot: "Is the secret to the infamous and as-yet-unsolved Kryptos sculpture at the CIA truly 'buried out there somewhere'?" She has been editing WP regularly this year, though not with the manic style of past years. Currently on break for a few weeks. I'm wondering if Simutronics finally ditched her or not?......given that they nearly went under last year......  Waitaminute, she's saying that she was the inspiration behind a Dan Brown character? 
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm)  QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm)  Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown  ) Didn't realize you were Catholic. Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names. I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too 
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| Zoloft |
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QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Mon 26th April 2010, 12:46am)  QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm)  QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm)  Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown  ) Didn't realize you were Catholic. Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names. I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too  I'm a not-a-Catholic. His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters.
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| Subtle Bee |
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QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm)  QUOTE(BelovedFox @ Mon 26th April 2010, 12:46am)  QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Sun 25th April 2010, 11:57pm)  QUOTE(Ottava @ Sun 25th April 2010, 5:59pm)  Does it really surprise you that she would inspire a smelly turd like that? (I hate Dan Brown  ) Didn't realize you were Catholic. Well, I hate Dan Brown and I'm... okay, well I'm also Catholic, but it has more to do with the indulgent characterizations and the fact that most of his plots are the exact same with different character names. I really don't get all this "Papist" business. There happen to be free-thinking people this side of the fence, too  I'm a not-a-Catholic. His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters. I haven't read him. Are they actually pop-up books? Or are you being, like, metaphorical?
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| EricBarbour |
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QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm)  His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters. You could say that about most of the paperbacks in any drugstore. Writing bad page-turners is a business decision. Besides, Brown correctly gauged the anti-Vatican paranoid tendencies of Americans. Now, will someone please tell me if Simutronics is still in business or not? And why is the WP article still there? Would any admins care to go and AFD it? After all, it's easy to prove that Elonka violated COI policies repeatedly..... And don't forget her "anti-sock"..... This post has been edited by EricBarbour: Mon 26th April 2010, 2:02am
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QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Mon 26th April 2010, 1:55am)  QUOTE(Zoloft @ Sun 25th April 2010, 6:16pm)  His books are credulous crap, poorly written, with cardboard characters. You could say that about most of the paperbacks in any drugstore. Writing bad page-turners is a business decision. <snip> I would agree, except that a lot of the top-selling mystery authors are quite good. This post has been edited by Zoloft: Mon 26th April 2010, 2:08am
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| Milton Roe |
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QUOTE(Ottava @ Mon 26th April 2010, 9:13am)  QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm)  QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am)  Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once.  Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)That second pic is kinda hot. Definitely a keep. Yeah, gimme that decodetage. 
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| tarantino |
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QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm)  QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am)  Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once.  Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)Elonka likes to make sure her and her family are well-represented on wikipedia. Her Elonka account created articles on at least 4 of her relatives, Rodryg Dunin, Antoni Dunin, Ron Dunin and Stanley Dunin. She also created the disambiguation pages for Elonka and Dunin surname. Elonka is a founding member and current chairperson of the IGDA's Online Games SIG. One of her alternate accounts, IGDA (T-C-L-K-R-D)
, created the article on Piotr Dunin, and also edited Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Dunin (surname) and Elonka Dunin. That account was blocked because it was a "Spamusername".
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| Jon Awbrey |
Mon 26th April 2010, 7:46pm
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QUOTE(tarantino @ Mon 26th April 2010, 3:34pm)  QUOTE(MookieZ @ Mon 26th April 2010, 2:19pm)  QUOTE(Gruntled @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:36am)  Of course, if there's a WP:RS to support Elonka's claims, she's highly notable and we should start a WP article on her at once.  Elonka Dunin (T-H-L-K-D)Elonka likes to make sure her and her family are well-represented on wikipedia. Her Elonka account created articles on at least 4 of her relatives, Rodryg Dunin, Antoni Dunin, Ron Dunin and Stanley Dunin. She also created the disambiguation pages for Elonka and Dunin surname. Elonka is a founding member and current chairperson of the IGDA's Online Games SIG. One of her alternate accounts, IGDA (T-C-L-K-R-D)
, created the article on Piotr Dunin, and also edited Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Dunin (surname) and Elonka Dunin. That account was blocked because it was a "Spamusername". Well, at least now we know what code she breaks most. Jon 
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| Ottava |
Mon 26th April 2010, 8:25pm
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QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Mon 26th April 2010, 7:46pm)  Well, at least now we know what code she breaks most. Jon  That isn't really a "code" as a "tool", i.e. CoI is easy to use when you have an enemy you want to destroy, but obvious ones like William M Connelly pretty much dominated for a very long time. I, personally, have no problem with someone with a conflict as long as they are abiding by the other rules, as having strong reliable sources and put up in a neutral manner without any original research tends to be solid. However, CoI is an indicator that someone might not follow the other rules. But plenty of people without a CoI ignore the other rules.
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