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A Horse With No Name
post Wed 23rd June 2010, 7:56pm
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I have as much free time as a Wikipedia admin!
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Because Wikipedia was lacking dramah.

Is there a point to any of this?
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Subtle Bee
post Thu 24th June 2010, 10:33pm
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Jimbo has proclaimed his latest "philosophical thoughts". I'm reminded of Jack Handy.* His first axiom is that "[t]here is broad support for the idea that admins need not keep the same high level of popularity that was necessary to originally become an admin." It's a little like putting the cart before the horse, then shooting the horse while the cart rolls back over the carcass, and then pondering where to go from there. He finishes with this moving endorsement:
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It is not clear to me that we can write a policy that gains broad consensus. But if we can, I support the idea in principle.

Now THAT is leadership.

*I think it's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
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A Horse With No Name
post Fri 25th June 2010, 1:20am
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QUOTE(Subtle Bee @ Thu 24th June 2010, 6:33pm) *
It's a little like putting the cart before the horse, then shooting the horse while the cart rolls back over the carcass, and then pondering where to go from there.


Uh, there are other animals that you can abuse. Why not pick on the tapir? hrmph.gif
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post Fri 25th June 2010, 1:34am
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Thu 24th June 2010, 6:20pm) *

QUOTE(Subtle Bee @ Thu 24th June 2010, 6:33pm) *
It's a little like putting the cart before the horse, then shooting the horse while the cart rolls back over the carcass, and then pondering where to go from there.


Uh, there are other animals that you can abuse. Why not pick on the tapir? hrmph.gif

1. It makes a poor metaphor - what do you put in front of a tapir? Its snout? More tapirs?
2. Tapirs already have it pretty hard.
3. Inasmuch as you're a horse, I'm a bee. Sometimes I sting.

It's beyond my control.

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A Horse With No Name   Herostratus - love me or leave me   Wed 23rd June 2010, 7:56pm
EricBarbour   [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reques...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 8:44pm
Eva Destruction   You're being too reasonable, dear. Hero's...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 8:50pm
EricBarbour   The kind of fuckwittery that was acceptable five y...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:04pm
Milton Roe   But nooooo.......adminship is a lifetime appointm...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:16pm
A Horse With No Name   For those of you who don't read Hollywood R...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 11:12pm
MZMcBride   For those of you who don't read Hollywood Rep...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:34am
Cedric   For those of you who don't read Hollywood Re...   Thu 24th June 2010, 2:40am
milowent   The new RFA has been closed by Nihonjoe, under a d...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:31am
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milowent   i opposed the recall because the guy has a freak...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:46am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241410' date='T...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:51am
Zoloft   The new RFA has been closed by Nihonjoe, under a ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 7:02am
EricBarbour   i opposed the recall because the guy has a freakin...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:34am
Eva Destruction   Perhaps you have a less self-aware sense of humor...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:58am
A Horse With No Name   [center][img]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:05pm
A Horse With No Name   Jesus, if you're going to insult someone, at l...   Thu 24th June 2010, 12:52pm
ulsterman   Because Wikipedia was lacking dramah. Is there ...   Wed 23rd June 2010, 9:39pm
Kevin   Because Wikipedia was lacking dramah. Is there ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 1:50am
Moulton   Mediocrity, thy name is Wikipedia. How pathetic. ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 12:06pm
Ottava   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 2:13pm
Somey   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:12pm
Jon Awbrey   Ah, but do you remember rock 'n' roll rad...   Thu 24th June 2010, 5:15pm
A Horse With No Name   [quote name='Somey' post='241449' date='Thu 24th ...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:18pm
ulsterman   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did is...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:36pm
Jon Awbrey   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:41pm
Kevin   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 8:52pm
Jon Awbrey   You really have fallen for the whole Wikipedia th...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:08pm
A Horse With No Name   Nihonjoe is no fool He is so! :) What do...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:03pm
Ottava   I wonder if Nihonjoe realizes that what he did i...   Thu 24th June 2010, 9:08pm
Milton Roe   [quote name='A Horse With No Name' post='241488' ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:05am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='Subtle Bee' post='241489' date='Thu ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:54am
CharlotteWebb   This thread has begun to tapir into stupidity.   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:54am
Milton Roe   This thread has begun to tapir into stupidity. B...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:10am
CharlotteWebb   But it cannot die, until Herostratus' fate is...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:18am
Milton Roe   But it cannot die, until Herostratus' fate i...   Fri 25th June 2010, 4:28am
Subtle Bee   [quote name='CharlotteWebb' post='241498' date='T...   Fri 25th June 2010, 3:19am
milowent   current vote tally: 40/29/12 it was even at the ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 2:09am
EricBarbour   Jimbo has proclaimed his latest [url=http://en.wik...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:11am
Subtle Bee   Now that's the smartest thing anyone has said...   Fri 25th June 2010, 5:42am
Somey   [size=6]Jimbo IS Jack Handey. With the exception:...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:21am
CharlotteWebb   Besides, the whole basis for this thread tangent ...   Fri 25th June 2010, 6:58am
EricBarbour   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done. N...   Sat 26th June 2010, 4:48am
CharlotteWebb   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done. ...   Sat 26th June 2010, 5:01am
Eight   Great, he managed to get some brown-nosing done....   Wed 30th June 2010, 12:24am
Somey   He's winning!!! Hmm... I can't...   Wed 30th June 2010, 7:09am
ulsterman   He's winning!!! He's lost. :...   Wed 30th June 2010, 9:24pm
EricBarbour   [quote name='Eight' post='241957' date='Wed 30th J...   Wed 30th June 2010, 9:59pm
Milton Roe   And [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_t...   Wed 30th June 2010, 10:58pm
tarantino   Before you condemn WR, get your own house in orde...   Thu 1st July 2010, 1:48am
Alison   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='242044' date='Wed...   Thu 1st July 2010, 1:58am
milowent   Before you condemn WR, get your own house in orde...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:12am
Somey   aren't you the poster responsible for starting...   Thu 1st July 2010, 2:49am
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Selina   Found this on another site:   Wed 30th June 2010, 11:47pm
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