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Doc glasgow
post Tue 24th March 2009, 3:08pm
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I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 12:20am
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QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Tue 24th March 2009, 11:08am) *

I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.

"Nobel pize" - the guy can't spell. Flagged revisions can't come soon enough. One of the reasons BJAODN got shut down, in a karmic sense, is that there's so much vandalism people just get tired of it, and one more example neither amuses nor shocks people.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 12:32am
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QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Tue 24th March 2009, 12:08pm) *

I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.
Oh, quit your bellyaching; it was barely in there two months.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 12:34am
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QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Wed 25th March 2009, 12:32am) *

QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Tue 24th March 2009, 12:08pm) *

I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.
Oh, quit your bellyaching; it was barely in there two months.


Two months too long...
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 12:36am
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QUOTE(Doc glasgow @ Tue 24th March 2009, 3:08pm) *

I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.


Did you email that to Jimbo? In my experience he enjoys receiving unsolicited, critical feedback of what's wrong with Wikipedia evilgrin.gif .
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QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Tue 24th March 2009, 8:32pm) *

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I've now seen the light. It is fairly obvious that we have no need for flagged revisions. I mean, they'd prevent wonderful contributions like this.
Oh, quit your bellyaching; it was barely in there two months.

I take it your sarcasm has overcome your idealism.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 12:59am
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QUOTE(Shalom @ Tue 24th March 2009, 9:36pm) *
I take it your sarcasm has overcome your idealism.
I've never really considered them to be at odds, frankly.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 1:01am
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QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Tue 24th March 2009, 8:59pm) *

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I take it your sarcasm has overcome your idealism.
I've never really considered them to be at odds, frankly.

Fair enough.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 2:41am
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QUOTE(Alex @ Tue 24th March 2009, 5:34pm) *

Two months too long...

Two hours is too long. Just because he's an Albanian politican, and obscure to
the rest of the world, doesn't make it sorta-okay.
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post Wed 25th March 2009, 2:46am
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QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Tue 24th March 2009, 11:41pm) *

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Oh, quit your bellyaching; it was barely in there two months.

Two months too long...

Two hours is too long. Just because he's an Albanian politican, and obscure to
the rest of the world, doesn't make it sorta-okay.

Guys, I've got "sarcastic" right in my damned user name - how much more obvious can I make it?
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