User talk:Flyingfeline/Archive5

This is an archive - my talk page is here.

Bloody Pagans

Pagans, the Whole Lot of Yous Premier Tom Mayfair has been a naughty boy this year, but he still deserves a kiss from under the mistletoe. His external organ is fair game.

I saw it... and you've just ruined my day, I demand you come on IRC to talk for a bit! -- Prof. Olipro KUN (W)Anchor Op Bur. (Harass) 15:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Ducks???

you huffed my duck article i have no idea why read it again and please answer me as its not bad really???

I'm assuming you're another sockpuppet of Drmarsh, right? And this is the edit you're talking about? No, it wasn't as bad as a lot of the stuff we get, and now I read it through the actual content isn't all that bad, but the problem was the spelling and grammar. An edit needs to fit into the style of the rest of the article, and this one didn't. I can fix up the spelling and grammar and put it back in if you want me to, but please use a spellcheck next time, or it'll just get removed. -- 20:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

brilliant thanks, and then why did i get blocked?

Ah. Well, originally it was because of the racist edits and articles you made. Unless it's obviously a joke, we don't allow racist or homophobic content on the site, and people who persistently add that stuff tend to get banned on sight. You were blocked the second time because I remembered reverting the exact same edit by your original account a few minutes ago, and sockpuppets (multiple accounts created by the same person) aren't allowed either. Sorry, I know the cornucopia of rules can get confusing at first sight, but if you read the Beginners Guide it gets a lot easier. I'd also recommend HTBFANJS for anyone starting out. Happy editing! --

thanks alot, but it actually was a joke you dont think i actually meant that stuff, if you read it through and dont just pick out the racist bits you would see that i think ,i will definately be alot less subtle with my humour in the future, thanks.

so is it possible to get my account unblocked?

sorry one more thing, can i get a copy of the recently huffed article 'inferior' so i can read it through and see where i have gone wrong. asap plese

Oh, god. I have to stop doing this. Thing is, there isn't much time to stop and read things through properly when you're watching the changes to the wiki, because every few seconds you spend reading, more edits get made. The first article, Inferior, is maybe a bit subtle even for Uncyclopedia (you do get the occasional nutjob who really thinks like that), but I should have spotted Jew end. I think I must have read the first one and after that only bothered to skimread the rest. Sorry for the mixup, I've resurrected the articles in your userspace so you can work on them there - the bit about the spelling and grammar still stands, though, and if you have time you should definitely give HTBFANJS and the Beginners Guide a go. Here are your articles:

User:Drmarsh/Inferior

User:Drmarsh/Jew end

Sorry about that. I've unblocked both your accounts. -- 22:10, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

brilliant thanks ever so much.

You have a good heart FF. I'm a bit skeptic about this, reading his jew-end piece alongside inferior, his explanations seem to be a bit...weak. At the best case he has a bad sense of humor...anyway, I'll keep an eye on him. And as always, good to have you back. Maybe this time you'll stay eh? ~ Mordillo where is my BONER? 22:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Flyingfeline: WHAT A LOSER.

When you're not deleting other people's carefully created fun articles, you're blocking people for "bad grammar". who the HELL do you think you are?! you are singularly the least cool, most anti-cool loser I've met in a few years. Understand it: We are here to LAUGH. Not to ratify The Patriot Act. take your neo-fascist conservatism somewhere else, it really doesn't fit in a place of fun.

I'm sure I won't be the only one...

...to say Welcome Back! Hope your exams went well (assuming my somewhat unreliable memory serves me correctly and is correct in telling me that the reason for your sabbatical was education) :) RabbiTechno 22:13, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! It was originally, but by the time they were over I'd decided Uncyc had eaten my life a bit, so I took a longer break. I'm not back for good, and I'm probably just going to be doing admin duties and stuff rather than getting too active in the forums, since I think that's the thing that gets the most addictive and I need to concentrate on A-levels. Still, it's good to be back. :) -- 22:19, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I tend to keep away from the forums too, easy to get caught up in the politics and petty intrigues. Best thing about not being admin - I can pick and choose and worry about just those little bits of the wiki I can be bothered with devoting small parts of my brain to, allowing the rest to be freed up for pickling in alcohol. RabbiTechno 22:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Heh, yeah. I reckon that's the best way to do it, really - you work best in the places you're interested in, and if you're not having fun there's no point being there. It's easy to lose track of that sometimes. Crap, does that mean I should get a job as a litterpicker? -- 22:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

And here I was just yesterday posting an angry rant about you and Braydie missing....are you really back??? ~ 22:35, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Wait, Braydie went too? Blimey, he used to be on here practically 24 hours a day. Any idea why he left?

By the way, I'm only semi-back - I won't be on as often as I used to be and I probably won't really be contributing, just adminning and generally pissing about. Also, angry rants suck, what happened? -- 22:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

We had a goodbye letter by Nerd42, and got all sort of snappy responses from all sort of users, and I spilled out my beans over there asking perhaps we should start looking for some missing veterans such as yourself instead of mouthing off...you know, the usual. Anyways, even if you're semi-back I'm really happy to have you around, you've been missed! ~ 22:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Braydie actually left for the same reason as you - as I remember, his farewell message even said something along the lines of how he was going to "do a FlyingFeline" and concentrate on his edumacation. I dunno, you selfish buggers, butting your future lives before Uncyclopedia... :) RabbiTechno 22:56, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Most Haunted

Can you tell me please why you huffed my "Most Haunted" article? I was in the middle of working on it...:(--Razorflame 02:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry, didn't notice the construction tag. In my defence, it's 2am... Anyway, it's back now. -- 02:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed. Thank you for restoring it. I'll try to make the construction sign more visible in the future :) --Razorflame 02:17, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

No, don't worry, it was my fault. One thing you might want to do to make it less likely to happen in future is read this - it's a really helpful guide to how to be funny on this site, and it'll mean your article's more likely to survive after the construction tag comes off. Also, use a spellchecker, spelling like that activates my delete reflex. :) - 02:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I've already read the HTBFANJS many times, and I want to say in my defence, that satire is not my strong suit. I'm trying to make due with the talent I have, though. And what is wrong with the spelling? --Razorflame 02:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

On second reading, nothing. Sorry. I'm really embarrassing myself today, aren't I... I think it was an impression given by the combination of the 1337 in the second part and the occasional typo. And my poor skim-reading skills. You could try submitting it to Pee Review if you need help with the satire part - the humour's a little bit random and all over the place at the moment - but apart from that there's not really a lot wrong with it. Keep it up, it gets easier as you go.  :) -- 02:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

You should try reading it now! It's an awesome article now! -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 17:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Heheheh, nice one. I like the Controversy section and the end of the Overview. :) -- 18:32, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Both of those were contributed to the article from THE. Thanks for your feedback~ -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 20:56, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Huff these Articles please

I'll get you a list of articles I believe should be huffed, in the meantime, wait while I fetch some links :)--Razorflame 02:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

• Jack Ripper
• Andrea Malek

It's you!

Ooh, that's put a smile right on me face :) Now, tell me how you did in your music exam... -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 10:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Nabbed myself a B! :D Of course, they're now doing their best to murder us by drowning us in pieces of A-level, but I'm learning to swim gradually. How've you been? -- 10:37, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! See, that's all down to those IRC private tuition sessions :D As for me, I've been visiting one of the greatest places on earth, climbing high things and generally enjoying life's rich tapestry. Looking forwards to the christmas holidays, though - and contemplating writing a sequel to Unbooks:An Uncyclopedian Christmas Tale. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 13:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

High things are the best. Which in particular? -- 19:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, not Everest, that's for sure! :) I went out to Mont Mounier and Roche de l'Abisse when I was visiting the Cote d'Azur earlier this year, but I still have quite a way to go before I can even think about tackling 8000ers. Hopefully, I might be able to get on an expedtion to Elbrus next year, which would be waaaay cool, although I'm aware of how these things can end up never happening, so I won't hold my breath. Not least because at 18,000 feet, holding one's breath would probably be a bad move ;) -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 17:05, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Heheh, I was going to say... :D Also, Roche de l'Abisse is possibly the coolest name for a mountain ever. Russian high things sound mucho cool, too (can you tell I'm looking these up as I go along?). I haven't managed to do much proper climbing lately, though I managed to get in some bouldering on a Geography trip to a random coast a few weeks ago. The head of Geography should recover from that heart attack soon... -- 18:32, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I prefer Humboldt 'high things', but that's just me. ~Formerly Annoying Crap 19:52, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

What's a Humboldt? -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 20:47, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Not a what, silly - but a 'where'... Pacific Northwest, known for its GREENERY =) ~Formerly Annoying Crap 20:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

The durth page

I think he means what he saw in the beginner's guide. Some huffed pages have "mirror" sites..I don't know. --SVXX 06:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)SVXX
doesn't it have a mirror site? o.O --122.162.95.141 12:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)Noob

Er... what? -- 19:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

"Do you know who I am?"

Please add an Italian like gangster accent to the above subject line. I just started work on Boethius YESTERDAY. How long have you been huffing stuff to be huffing my stuff? All I do is write funny articles. Please restore, and check who created the article before you blow it away.-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 14:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry, didn't realise it was you, your highness. Ah, no, I see Ye Moste High Mhaille has resurrected it for me. Many apologies, sir, in my defence it was 2 in ye morning and the esteemed article in question consisted of two lines and a picture and had been in the privy for around 4 hours. As a result I was on a deranged huffing spree and missed the glaringly obvious {{construction}} template. Unfortunately, I don't in general have time to read up on the author of every single article before I delete it, especially if I'm the only admin on duty and trying to clean up QVFD and monitor recent changes at the same time. Many apologies. -- 19:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Looks like the season for people returning.....maybe everyone is already mentally on xmas holiday? :) -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

It's nice to meet you Flyingfeline. I come off pretty crass at times (one British woman I met on a train said I had a "deluded sense of self importance"), so just imagine how bad I am in person! I've been looking over your work, mostly your admin vigilance, and I'm glad your back. Keep up the good work. And I love your sarcasm (your highness, indeed!).-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 22:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry I was sarky. I guess you must have touched a nerve with the ‘inexperienced admin’ stuff... mainly because it’s true, of course. I’ve been an admin for a while but I took 6 months off at the start of the year, so I’ve actually been doing this for a much shorter time than it looks. :) Nice to meet you too, by the way. -- 13:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

"In-crowd feel" on Uncyclopedia

In keeping with the "vote only, no arguments" policy on Forum:Remove IPs Newpages Privilege, I felt it best to discuss the reasoning behind your vote here. You stated that sites that require you to register had a much more in-crowd feel to them. But it's too late for that—there already is an in-crowd feel to Uncyclopedia. (As a relatively new user here, I come with an outsider's perspective.) Just look at the way we treat IPs: we look down upon them, mock them for their poorly written articles, deride them for their bad edits, and count their votes as only half-votes. This is the very essence of an in-crowd, the hallmark that a once free-wheeling culture has become an institution in and of itself—that we look down upon "outsiders". That we "officially" still welcome IPs has no real meaning when we so casually demean them. Hans Johnson as in "keep ya hans off my" ^{(cover your eyes!)} 22:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Eloquent, but I'm afraid I stopped talking about Uncyclopedia in particular and went off in general. Sorry if I wasted your time. Hans Johnson as in "keep ya hans off my" ^{(cover your eyes!)} 22:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Since I'm here, why not comment? Eloquent indeed! I don't who this new guy is, but he has his shit together!-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 22:29, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Who is this person? Do we know them? -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

It's Hans Johnson! I think he owns a hotel chain or something. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 22:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I was thinking the exact same thing! That's the most erudite comment I've read on Uncyclopedia in a while.-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 22:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

But are YOU in with the in crowd? Do you go where the in crowd goes? -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

I'm trying to get back in with the in crowd right now. What time does the Christian Science Reading Room close?-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 22:52, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Nah. I much prefer being an interloper. --Hans Johnson as in "keep ya hans off my" ^{(cover your eyes!)} 00:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Heh, I feel like a late arrival to the party now. What you're saying makes a lot of sense, though it feels to me as if the unofficiality(?) of the in-crowd thing helps stop it from getting too out of hand, in a way - there's always going to be some kind of in-crowd of long-time users, but at least we don't pretend it's a good thing. You’re right, we do have a problem at the moment, but it feels like making articles user-creatable only will only increase it - and seeing as it’s unlikely we’ll be able to fix the problem, we might as well try and avoid making it worse.

Anyway, I'm honestly not sure the IPs care that much about what we say in the forums. Before I got an account, I didn't even know Uncyclopedia had a forum. Sure, you get the odd few who know a lot about the site but just choose not to get an account, but most of all the site is about fun - and it's a lot more fun to write three-line articles about the green monster in the lake at your school than to trawl through pages and pages of back-and-forth while people reference acronyms you don't understand and talk for days about the sitenotice. Most of our traffic is people who will be here for 5 minutes, have a laugh and leave. It doesn't take much to delete an article, and the stuff written (unless it's cyberbullying) is often quite funny in an off-the-wall way. I guess what I mean is that just because it's not article material doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed - rubbish doesn't really do any harm, just fills up the landfills. -- 13:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

You make a good arguement. I was leaning towards voting against anyways, so I think I'll change my vote now. Hans Johnson as in "keep ya hans off my" ^{(cover your eyes!)} 16:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

YESSS!!! *punches air* *hits door accidentally* *rubs wrist* -- 17:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

*wave*

:P —Braydie 18:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

*wave* :) -- 19:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

OMG sorry I messed up your system on teh talk page :P how's it going? —Braydie 19:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

OMG it's alright I'm really anal about that, you know me. :P Tis good, thanks - I'm being happily drowned in coursework, but apart from that all's well. Apart from the fact that you've buggered off. What made you leave? :( -- 19:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Unhappy that I left :/ well, I kinda left cause of work at school.. then I came back for a bit.. then just thought, is this really worth it anymore? UINMJ and all that.. then I came back, found out tompkins had gone and you still hadn't come back when you said you were (*slap* btw) and retired for about a month.. then I checked the forums regularly and am now thinking this place needs lifting up again. A-Levels eh? which subjects you taking? —Braydie 20:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Mmm, yeah, I was wondering how long it was possible to keep up... what was it, something like 8 hours a day? Jesus. It was a hugely laudable thing to do, but it must have played hell with the rest of your life. Also, sorry for vanishing without trace. It was sunny outside and I didn't really fancy topping up my programmer's tan any more, and anyway, I figured it had been so long that saying anything would just remind people I hadn't come back. Now that you mention it, that logic's a little screwed... :P

Anyway, I'm taking Art, English, Geography and Biology (as you can see, I didn't plan that one so well on the coursework front). You'd be on A2s now, right? -- 20:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, something like that, from school till bed, got 100 edits a day for a long time; although I did catch you making edits at 4 in the morning once :P And hell no, quit A levels after AS, that was enough for me. School wasn't that good to be quite honest, and wasn't planning to go to uni anyways so was a huge waste of time. Haven't checked edit count in a long while, but don't think a lot of people have caught it yet, I remember you made a lot too :P

Eugh, art coursework is enough on it's own, was seeing someone that did art and we just spent time in the art room all fucking day, and free lessons it was in there. I didn't do it myself, but it was a lot.. what do you have to do the modules on? (I understand you've got 3 right?) And I did english and geography myself, the coursework for that is a bitch - which english? lit or lang? or don't you do it like that? —Braydie 01:37, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Eep, now I feel all inadequate *thinks of the mountains of unfinished artwork in her folder*. First art module's Transformation, some abstract thingymajig - we haven't been told about the rest, I expect they can't afford the medical bills for all the nervous breakdowns. :D As for English, it'd be language if I had the choice, but right now literature's the only option we can do.

So anyway, are you working now or what? Blimey, that's a scary idea, I still feel like I should be into Barbie lunchboxes and Pokemon cards... -- 18:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

My pokemans bring all the boyz to the yard, yeah I wanna trade some cardz, damn right, I wanna trade some cardz... Sorry. Yeah, working full time as a builder. Nice early 6:30am start, all the way until 5 :) it's great.. :P Hmm, think that's the same art things as last year. I was a lit kid myself :P Lang as far as I know is easier to manage.. but I think there's more coursework or something so works out at the same difficulty. God, you must have a shit load of coursework to do.. I mean, art is enough on it's own :P —Braydie 00:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

what the hell you huffed my brilliantly funny page vaginer

Yes it was a duplicate of vagina with the word vagina replaced with vaginer in the whole page, that was the point. That's why it was funny. loser >:(

Define "funny". Or better yet, read this! -- 00:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Prairie dog

After reading the HTBFANS i knew it would get something like that.. Delete it and i will work on a better version.Dacheatcode 19:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

It's alright, so long as you want to stick with the same article title you can just carry on working on the article as it is, it doesn't need to be deleted. On the other hand, if you want to just start again on something else, just say and I'll huff it. -- 20:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

RE Gay/GayPeople

Hello, I don't think we have spoken before, so please excuse the interruption... I noticed that you created a talk page for Gay/GayPeople. I guess that you do not have the page watched. I'm currently keeping an eye on Gay and have been working on the page a fair bit. I would be very interested to know what views you had on this. I'm well aware it's on dodgy ground and just wondered what you thought about the whole thing. I'm really trying to keep the page not protected, and have been trying a few different methods to stop the page from getting vandalised. It's obviously a magnet for vandals. Perhaps you could have a look at this at some point if you get time? I would appreciate another view. Thanks. MrN 02:14, Dec 12

Ack. Sorry I took so long to get back to you, I've been in the midst of a pre-Christmas coursework panic. It's not so much about it being vandalised, as that in itself doesn't do any damage (like Dr. Skullthumper said, it's better that page was vandalised than the article itself) however, I'm worried it might act as a bit of a green light for cyberbullying - kind of a "You can do anything you like here, so long as you don't touch here." I think it's a good idea essentially, but it'd have to be monitored quite carefully to make sure nothing damaging stayed on there for too long, as we don't want things like this to crop up again. If you have the time to do that, then that would be fantastic. Hope you get this, sorry to take so long replying... -- 19:00, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Point taken. I'm really just trying to make fun of the vandals, and confuse them when they read the gay and can't tell if the author is homophobic or not. I worked on it with Fag (seriously that's his name!) I'm obviously not interested in getting involved in cyberbullying and it's clear that my box at the top of gay is kinda saying it's ok to do it there. Even though I monitor the page closely, I guess that's not the point.

Since the "list" was moved from the main page the number of vandal attacks has gone back to a "normal" level anyway, so my idea is not working anyway... I will see what I can do with the wording on the box, but I think you might be right... It's probably not a good idea at least how it's worded now. I will see what I can do with it... MrN 21:42, Dec 16

Xmas

Merry Christmas Despite being required by British law to carry an umbrella throughout December, and to respond to all festive cheer with "Bah Humbug", nonetheless I wish you a very Merry Christmas. Or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever other gnostic mystical mumbo-jumbo you colonials practice these days. Just don't tell the Queen.

Have a festive one! -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 21:20, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Hooray!! I'd return the favour, but I'm too lazy busy. Honest. -- 22:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Have a not-shitty Christmas!

	Heya, The Led Balloon here, wishing you merry Christmas, or any other holiday you feel like celebrating. Just remember what it's all really about: NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, FREE STUFF!!!
	Here's to hoping your school(or work) calendar for December doesn't look too much like this...

Merry Christmas, - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 01:00, Dec 17

VFD related discussion

I notice you've been cleaning out VFD, which is great, since we need that desperately. I just want you to know that I'm the poopsmith there, and as such it is my job to clean out the closed votes. I have no problem with you doing it yourself if you find you have the time, but I know it can be rather tedious, and I'm just telling you that it's not the job of a cool-and-sexy-admin to do that. Cheers, Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 17:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Whoah. We actually have a poopsmith now? Nice. One less job for me, then... :) -- 14:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

On your elbow-pit edits...

You said you'll dig my mum's geraniums. We have no geraniums. IamJoelol 16:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a shame, sir. If you would care to inform me of another object your mother is particularly fond of, I will do my utmost to fulfill your request. Happy to be of service. -- 01:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Any suggestions?

Do you have any suggestions for F7. I really do like this article and would hate to see it deleted. I can improve it, but i'd really appreciate some suggestions on what to do. Thank you for your time. TieneUnGatoEnMisPantalones. Jimmy the Hellhound 20:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't get me wrong, I really like the first paragraph, but the rest just seems a bit unfocused. I tend to be terrible at this kind of stuff, though, and the folks over at Pee Review would be glad to help. Just submit it using the instructions and people will critique it, and then you can replace the template I put on it with {{PeeReview}}, which will protect it from deletion. You could also move it to your userspace (User:Saintjimmy777/F7) which will mean you can work on it for as long as you want. Hope that helps. :) -- 20:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The old F7 article already hsa a pee review. How may I create a new one for my article? Jimmy the Hellhound 12:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... not sure. You could either overwrite the old one (probably okay, as it was VFD'd, though they might want it for the archives) or create a new one called Uncyclopedia:Pee Review/F7 (rewrite). In fact, that's probably a better idea. Remember to read these guidelines first (I know they're long, but they're useful), and don't forget - the more articles you review yourself, the more likely your article is to get reviewed. -- 13:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Psssst

Oh excuse me, I must be leaking air. Anyway, Silent Penguin was just metioning something about some Easter thing on IRC... if you've got time to pop on there it'd be cool ;) -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 14:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Dave Dobbyn article

Dear Flyingfeline, if that is indeed your real name (lame joke but had to be done),

Right. There appears to be a bit of a cultural gap here. I presume you are an American or at least contain 70% American ground beef. As such you would be unfamiliar with New Zealand. Specifically you would not be aware that there are only three good things to come out of New Zealand (aside from Russell Crowe but we tend to call him an Aussie anyway): Dave Dobbyn, Edmund Hillary and Pharlap (and Pharlap is boderline Australian). Dave Dobbyn is well, Dave Dobbyn, Hillary even an American has probably heard of, Pharlap I doubt you'd have a clue about. Pharlap was one of the greatest gallopers in Australian racing history. A galloper is a horse. That gallops. (Operating on the assumption you're American I thought I'd better explain that one.)

Now, while Dave Dobbyn is actually listed as a New Zealand national treasure by whatever New Zealand governmental authority has the sorry task of categorising NZ's (NZ = New Zealand) national treasures, it’s plain to see he'd rank 3rd out of the 3 great things to come out of New Zealand. This article turns that around by making Dave Dobbyn the Chuck Norris of New Zealand by attributing the accomplishments of the three great New Zealanders to one person. Now, this article has more factual basis then say a Chuck Norris article: the events listed can be prescribed to actual New Zealander accomplishments, as opposed to most of the claims about Chuck Norris. So don't go throwing 'truth is funnier then fiction' hypocrisy at me. Even the Middle Earth style birth date is both a reference to Dave Dobbyn's Chuck Norris factor as it is the birth date of Aragon, the Chuck Norris of Middle Earth, and it is also a reference to the fact Peter Hackson's 'Lord of the Rings' movies were shot where? NEW ZEALAND! By who? A NEW ZEALANDER!

All in all, this article contains more factual related humour then the majority of the articles on this site. The only difference is that a: the humour relates to something outside of America and b: the humour is, shock horror, SUBTLE. (And yes I was being ironic by capitalising the word ‘subtle’.) The humour may be subtle to the point of esoteric so that it appears to be a load of garbage to anyone not familiar with the subject matter perhaps, but the humour is there none the less.

And, finally, it is, in a very skewed fashion, a tribute to the late, great Sir Edmund Hillary himself by commemorating New Zealand accomplishments (few and far between) in general, with the article being written on the same date as his death, or at least in the early hours of the morning of the day after his death, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

To conclude, the ICU title is completely unwarranted and would you please remove it, thank you.

Kind Regards, Xervis. --Xervis 15:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, if it's funny to New Zealanders, I’ll take the template off. It’s a decent article if you understand it (which, having looked it up, I now do) but it’s still not perfect. The thing is, each section is very short, so each of the jokes is a bit wasted - you may have a lot of funny stuff in there, but you’re throwing it away by not developing it. Also, the article could do with some pictures - try photoshopping Dobbyn’s face onto a horse or something (bad example, but you get what I mean - extend the joke into visual format). The external links are good, but they should be in the form of references (the little clickable numbers you see after some sentences) - see the source code of some of the featured articles for examples of how to do this. Again, that doesn’t make it dull - just like the images, it’s another format for your humour.

You seem like a good writer, and I’m sure you could easily make the article into something longer and funnier that wouldn’t get tagged (I understand that I’m not the best person to judge this, as I live on the other side of the world, but I have been doing this for a while). A good place to do this would be your userspace, or alternatively you could put a {{construction}} tag on it, which would protect it from deletion as long as you edited it at least once every seven days. Once it’s finished, of course, it’ll be reasonably safe anyway, though you might want to put a modified version of this template on it to prevent misunderstanding.

If you need more help, you could also submit it to Pee Review for a critique, though be sure to mention the NZ-specific humour - I’m sure we’ve got a few New Zealanders around somewhere. Our humour guide, HTBFANJS, is another useful read, as is the Beginner’s Guide to Being an Uncyclopedian - not to say that you don’t know how to be funny, it’s just some general writing guidelines that everyone should (and does) read. Hope that helps. -- 17:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

PS: Actually, I’m English. :) -- 17:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Alright Pom, you win.....for now. (That's a change, eh, a Brit winning something!) I've removed the ICU tag and placed a construction tag instead. Now, as the construction template suggests, bugger off!--Xervis 04:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

PS I'm Australian. The Dave Dobbyn page is actually for Australians to laugh at. Kiwi's will probably spill their fish n chups in indignation. That's if they've discovered how to use the interweb yet....--Xervis 04:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Good Day

RE your redirect of Black people to Black People‎. Needed doing I think. I will take care of the merge for ya if you like. MrN 22:41, Jan 13

I think the idea was that we had two pages, one which was racist, one which was not, but hea, it's better like this. Maybe get rid of the edit history of Black people so that someone does not revert the redirect? I'm sure you know how... MrN 23:16, Jan 13

Hi, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you, I was trying to get all my edits in without being edit-conflicted. :) I saw the thing about the two pages - it was a strategy that got thought up a while ago to try and solve the problem, a bit like your Gay People & Current Sexual Status subpage over at Gay. Unfortunately, it didn't really work - people had an outlet for their hate, but it was also freely available for people to get offended by, so it didn't help much. I thought about deleting the history, but the kind of people who add racist stuff to articles probably wouldn't know enough about the way a wiki works to understand redirects. Come to think of it, though, it might be a good idea to have the racist stuff gone completely... Thanks for your help with the merging. :) -- 23:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Nice job... Sneaky, very sneaky... :-) MrN 23:46, Jan 13

Egg Nogg

Explain yourself. You deleted my article, which I spent quite some time on. I think someone needs to explain to you the following words:

SENSE OF HUMOR

JOKE

TAKE A FUCKING CHILL PILL

COMEDY ENCYCLOPEDIA

UNCYCLOPEDIA.ORG

HAVING FUN

I just don't, can't and won't understand what sort of no-life deletes a funny article, that is a JOKE (one of your new words) and isn't hurting anyone, on the basis of "IC whatever expiration". What the fuck is that??? Are you British or something???

You can't be male, thats for sure, no guy would've deleted that. What sort of a no-life does that?! If you want to spoil everyone elses fun, hate on everyone and be a total fucking killjoy, I recommend you apply to the prison service or something. Whatever you do, YOU SUCK AT LIFE. – Preceding unsigned comment added by OneArmedArseBandit (talk • contribs)

That's awfully impolite. She prefers to be known as "Mrs. T.F. Killjoie." Your impropriety shall be noted, OneArmedArseBandit. Also, remember that time you asked me what irony was? No? Oh, well...Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 04:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)