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Easter Bradford

JFrost8401＠aol.com

9 Aug 2003 9 Aug '03

6:39 a.m.

I'm all in favour of the new watchlist, despite having had to cut down from 1600 items (and that's without automatic). Previously my watchlist timed out after about 8 am, so I could only view it once a day. Now it works every time. Thank you Brion Jim Frost

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Brion Vibber

9 Aug 9 Aug

6:56 a.m.

New subject: Watchlist

JFrost8401(a)aol.com wrote:

I'm all in favour of the new watchlist, despite having had to cut down from 1600 items (and that's without automatic). Previously my watchlist timed out after about 8 am, so I could only view it once a day. Now it works every time. Thank you Brion

You're welcome, Jim. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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Rick

7:26 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

I wrote on [[Talk: User:Retard]] and [[Wikipedia:Problem users]] that the name User:Retard is offensive. No one has done anything about it. There is a policy about allowing offensive User names. Can we do something about this? RickK --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

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erik_moeller＠gmx.de

7:50 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

Rick-

I wrote on [[Talk: User:Retard]] and [[Wikipedia:Problem users]] that the name User:Retard is offensive. No one has done anything about it. There is a policy about allowing offensive User names. Can we do something about this?

You already did -- you left a message on the user's talk page. There's no need to call out the police forces whenever there's some sign of potential conflict, because doing so makes it more likely that the potential becomes a reality. Let's wait and see how our retarded friend reacts before jumping to any conclusion. He may have chosen the name in an act of self- deprecating irony. Regards, Erik

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Dante Alighieri

8:29 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

At 12:50 AM 8/9/2003, you wrote:

Rick-

I wrote on [[Talk: User:Retard]] and [[Wikipedia:Problem users]] that the name User:Retard is offensive. No one has done anything about

it. There is

a policy about allowing offensive User names. Can we do something about this?

You already did -- you left a message on the user's talk page. There's no need to call out the police forces whenever there's some sign of potential conflict, because doing so makes it more likely that the potential becomes a reality. Let's wait and see how our retarded friend reacts before jumping to any conclusion. He may have chosen the name in an act of self- deprecating irony. Regards, Erik

I'll go out on a limb and just assume that the user himself/herself is not actually retarded, either mentally or physically? ----- Dante Alighieri dalighieri(a)digitalgrapefruit.com "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of great moral crisis." -Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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tarquin

9:41 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

Dante Alighieri wrote:

I'll go out on a limb and just assume that the user himself/herself is not actually retarded, either mentally or physically?

not necessarily. we do have several wikipedians with disabilities.

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Dante Alighieri

10:15 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

At 02:41 AM 8/9/2003, you wrote:

Dante Alighieri wrote:

I'll go out on a limb and just assume that the user himself/herself is not actually retarded, either mentally or physically?

not necessarily. we do have several wikipedians with disabilities.

*sigh* No, I didn't mean that, by default, I assume that any Wikipedian is not disabled, but simply that the name chosen by this user was /intended/ to be either "funny" or offensive, and probably /not/ intended to be self-descriptive. I'm making no judgement on the likelihood of a disability in a random Wikipedian, but theorizing on the behavior of a random internet user. ----- Dante Alighieri dalighieri(a)digitalgrapefruit.com "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of great moral crisis." -Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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tarquin

10:55 a.m.

New subject: User:Retard

Dante Alighieri wrote:

At 02:41 AM 8/9/2003, you wrote:

Dante Alighieri wrote:

I'll go out on a limb and just assume that the user himself/herself is not actually retarded, either mentally or physically?

not necessarily. we do have several wikipedians with disabilities.

*sigh* No, I didn't mean that, by default, I assume that any Wikipedian is not disabled, but simply that the name chosen by this user was /intended/ to be either "funny" or offensive, and probably /not/ intended to be self-descriptive. I'm making no judgement on the likelihood of a disability in a random Wikipedian, but theorizing on the behavior of a random internet user.

Fair point. I think at any rate, others may find it offensive.

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