Yeah, how about Danny The Great, or Dan The Man, or Young Danny? Or, shucks, even use your real name.
I use my real name. Although I've taken to signing my talk comments with Uncle Ed, when you click on me you get Ed Poor.
Uncle Ed
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From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales@bomis.com]
I agree. I join Ed Poor, though, in _recommending_ that a more
confidence-inspiring username would be a good idea. It need not be a
real name, of course, but 'anonymous56789' might tend to confuse
people, as it sounds like a username of a passerby testing the system,
rather than a trusted and valued member of the community.
--Jimbo
Im familiar enough with Susan, and some of her bad habits... I will say hers
are not as bad as Formeruser:Clutch's bad habits, with whom I've agreed
with on severa core issues, and have corresponded privately. Nevertheless,
he had (has) a tendency to run off at the mouth... Had he moderated his
conduct - which is what I suggest for Susan... He'd not have been banned. No
doubt if he apologizes sincerely, he should be allowed to return. That
Susan is Lir is irrelevant to me... (was there some theory about her working
for some competitor?) Reincarnation is a fact of life, and quoting the
Riddler "If you kill em, they wont learn nothin." I do understand Zoe's keen
distaste for her, and share some of it. although the chauvinist in me does
brush some of this off as 'typical female jealousy' - for lack of a better
expression. In my view Susan has not presented as much a problem as Clutch.
RK, however, in my view, is in many ways similar to Clutch and perhaps,
like Johnathan, should have some moderation imposed upon him when the time
is ripe. I only state this in opposition to his expressed drastic views of
Susan. -Wikilove is Glory - -<B>豎眩</B>
>From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org" <moveon-help(a)list.moveon.org>
>To: "Daniel Ehrenberg" <name12323(a)hotmail.com>
>Subject: Amazing. Help us reach 750,000 by Friday.
>Date: 6 Mar 2003 20:41:55 -0000
>
>Dear MoveOn member,
>
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Sean,
I agree that the entire issue is nonsense, but maybe
not in the way you meant it.
Granted that Pierre Trudeau, being a well-know Canadian,
is unlikely to be confused with a US citizen.
But the [[List of Americans]] article seems designed
to provoke controversy, to stir up a fuss and to pro-
vide entertainment for those who want to have some-
thing to wrangle about. Remember all the fun that was
had with [[List of famous Canadians]]?
I'm NOT going to discuss it on the talk page, and I'm
not going to get involved with the article: I think
it's stupid and useless. I don't see what legitimate
purpose it serves.
Sure, I'm proud of America (i.e., the United States)
and proud to be a natural-born citizen of it. But what
the heck do we need a list for? I mean, what would any-
one *do* with such a list?
Okay, if someone wants to start creating lists like
the following, I guess I won't mind :-)
* [[List of US citizens]]
* [[List of citizens of South Korea]]
* [[List of Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles]]
* [[List of Latin American singers]]
But please let's not waste any more time with contro-
versy magnets.
Uncle Ed, aka Ed Poor
I can't see any of the characters in Japanese and Chinese articles. Is there a site I can go to download the fonts so that I can see the characters?
Zoe
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I also want to vouch for Anonymous56789. He's been making very useful
contributions and been a good contributor. I think he should be a sysop too
Danny
At 00:27 07/03/2003 +0000, Oliver wrote:
>On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Jimmy Wales wrote:
>
> > I wish we had a lot more sysops, so that we could partly demystify the
> > position.
>
>Oh, well, in that case... I hereby request sysop status. :)
>
>Camembert suggested on the first of March that I should become a sysop,
>although I have no idea how closely he had been monitoring my behaviour in
>order to judge the wisdom of such a suggestion...
I've been watching you *very* closely. aHahahahAHahahhAHAhaHA!
Ahem. Seriously, I don't think there's anything to worry about with Oliver,
I will vouch for him. He's made a lot of good edits on a regular basis.
There's no reason not to sysop him that I know of.
lp (camembert)
WikiKarma: [[Master of the Queen's Music]]
>My opinion may not carry much weight, but I would suggest a more
>"confidence-inspiring" username. I fear only that some users might be put
>off by a sysop called "anonymous" anything. Having people be confident
>about you is an important part of being a sysop, I think.
>
>But maybe I'm making too big a deal about this. What do the others think?
>
>Uncle Ed, aka Ed Poor
I don't know, should I delete this account and switch to a more "confident"
name? I never really cared about my username.
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