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Hello, and welcome to the Esperanza Coffee Lounge! Feel free to relax and take a break, but do remember to get back to Wikipedia eventually. Our goal is, after all, to produce an encyclopedia. Also remember to curb the amount of silliness here; having fun and being ridiculous are different things. In addition, per the discussion on the discussion on the proposals page, silliness that is, in your judgement, too much can be removed by any user, as part of the effort to present a more respectable face of Esperanza.

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Has anyone seen SaturnYoshi around lately? ||||||||||||||||||||D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C••• 21:21, 1 November 2006 (UTC)||||||||||||||||||||[reply]

He edited The Ouija Code. Good for him! --Monkey 13!!! 22:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you look for him? Do you miss him? Do you have a desire for him?--Ed ^Trick? or _Treat? 03:54, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's creepy... Where is everyone?--SUIT⁴² 03:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No one cares when I go away, it's all like: return my DVD or I'll take legal action ect. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're scaring me, Ed. I'm STRAIGHT, for the last time. D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C••• 20:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this keep happening?! Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 23:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awwwww... How sweet that I have friends who care. Sorry I haven't been on as much. I've been working with no days off for like two weeks now. I'll try to be on more, but my job is wearing me out. Oh, and Ed, stop thinking impure thoughts. Even if I am desireable... -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 08:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this keep happening?! Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 10:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why does what keep happening? -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 17:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What? Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 04:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wha-za-wha?--SUIT⁴² 04:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You seem "confused", Defrag. It'll be okay... -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 07:57, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wh-za-wha-za-whaaaaaaa!? This is getting weird...--SUIT⁴² 02:39, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am so cold and lonely. Culverin? ^Talk 06:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who here thinks today (Thursday) feels like a Friday? It does to me. Randfan 22:06, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It really feels like it to me because I have tomorrow off school, so it's the start of my weekend! WoOt! DoomsDay349 22:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So do I! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. --The Great Llama ^talk 22:25, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It feels like Monday to me because I had no school wednesday °≈§→ Robomæyhem ←§≈° 22:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I work today and tomorrow. I haven't had a Friday in like a month. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 22:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if anyone can make a mathematical formula/equation for this.... Randfan 01:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OMG It's not FRIDAY!!??? AUGGG! I was totally ready to sleep in tomorrow. Whoa. --teh tennisman 02:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

guess its a good thing you read this, then... Randfan 02:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sarcasm. Haha. --teh tennisman 02:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But yeah, it does rather feel like a friday.--teh tennisman 02:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i guess i should go to bed then since i have to get up at six am. later.--teh tennisman 02:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm starting work on Komodo dragon. How about everyone else? bibliomaniac15 Review? 01:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anything that involves Dragon Ball (like Grandpa Gohan and Rou Dai Kaioshin) and video game articles (like Tenkaichi 2). // Sasuke-kun27 01:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen your work before, Sasuke. It really takes the cruft out of subjects like yours. bibliomaniac15 Review? 01:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was a good comment about my work, right? (I'm kinda slow right now...) // Sasuke-kun27 01:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I work on RuneScape. It looks like it still could have a major editing job to it. Even then, it looks much better than from 3 months ago.--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 02:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to improve Mario to featured status, to help my chances of becoming an admin. --Llama man 02:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support you, Llama man! Randfan 02:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Same here! // Sasuke-kun27 02:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on a lot of stuff, sort of. Check the 42 in my sig.--SUIT⁴² 02:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I mostly work on Dragonlance, although it's been slow for a while because I haven't read any new things in a while...luckily, there are four articles I can start once I finish my next book.  :) DoomsDay349 03:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How many have you read?--SUIT⁴² 03:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah well, let's see. I've read nearly all the core novels, so that's the Chronicles Trilogy, the Legends Trilogy, Second Generation, Dragons of Summer Flame, The Dragons of a New Age Trilogy, the Dhamon Saga (3 books), the War of Souls Trilogy, and Amber and Ashes. In addition, I've read one side novel, The Magic of Krynn, a great collection of short stories. I am working on Amber and Iron, second book in the new Dark Disciple Trilogy. So that is...19, with my 20th coming.

• My big one right now is National Football League. Needed heavy referencing, major organization and copyedit problems, coherence, relevence, the whole 9 yards. Hoping to get it to Featured status. Its looking MUCH better, if I do say so myself. I have other articles I have worked on some, but right now this is my biggest project. It was in a sad state for an article on such a popular sports league. --Jayron32 04:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm currently trying to get Portal:Asia to featured status. --TBCΦtalk? 22:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've been mostly working on "Sailor Moon" and "Mortal Kombat" pages. I revised the trivia for Reptile, added a maskless pic to Mileena, added a pic of Dark Mercury to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and a new Tuxedo Mask pic to the bottom of the Mamoru Chiba page. Other than that, I've been reverting vandalism on various Pokémon pages. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 22:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If anyone here reads/speaks Portuguese and wouldn't mind doing some translation, Censorship in Portugal needs to be filled out. I've translated the first few sections from the Spanish Wikipedia article, but the Portuguese one is featured. Thanks to any and all! -Fsotrain⁰⁹ 00:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mine is Special:Userlogin. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 03:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mines is the Mozilla Firefox start page, but I keep Wikipedia in my bookmarks toolbar. bibliomaniac15 Review? 03:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Used to be. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 21:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what my homepage is. probably portal.opera.com, but I have sessions saved upon exit. ~ crazytales_{(speak to me)} 05:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I once had Google as my homepage, but I went to Wikipedia every time I got online, so I figured that it would only be sensible to adopt Wikipedia as my homepage. --Friendly Porpoise^{Join the pod!} 00:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The games section of the coffee lounge has been deleted per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Esperanza/Coffee Lounge/Games. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 05:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No! Oh, well, at least I tried.--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 15:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good, more focus on the encyclopedia is needed. Moreschi 19:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moreschi, you can get outta my office! Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 21:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be uncivil; however, I am opposed to Elaragirl's giving a barnstar to Moreschi for stopping "those inclusionists at Esperanza" at the aforementioned MFD. It makes me feel like this is the Crusades, with us inclusionists as infidels. bibliomaniac15 Review? 02:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am inclusionist and damn proud of it. Why even consider destruction when so much can be built? Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because otherwise that which is good is drowned in a sea of that which is crap. Easy enough. Re: Barnstar: I didn't want to turn it down - that would seem churlish - and, no, this isn't the Crusades. But what I didn't like was the knee-jerk "Keep because they're fun" reaction I saw a bit of at the MfD. I appealed for common sense on the main Esperanza talk page, but nobody listened. Moreschi 17:16, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hence why I reamained neutral. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 17:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moreschi, there are so many things... but this is not the place. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am a definite inclusionist, and I am ticked off by the recent rash of MfDs on cool things like WikiPlomacy, the Coffee Lounge Games, and the World's Longest Poem Project. In my opinion, people should be given barnstars for stopping rampant deletionists. Everyone is waving around policies, like WP:NOT, which essentially say that fun is banned on WP. Everyone ignores WP:IGNORE (no pun intended). If something is contributing to the encyclopedia, which in my opinion WikiPlomacy and Coffee Lounge Games were, and yet is in violation of a policy, than the policy has to lose. End of story. Alethiophile^{Ask me why} 20:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia isn't for fun. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia., and everything else is here to support that. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably best if this isn't made into a inclusionist/deletionist debate. The fact of the matter is that every editor is acting in the way they believe is best for the encyclopedia. That's the important thing. We're all working towards the greater good of the project :) Thε Halo ^Θ 23:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree with Moreschi. Wikipedia is not a social networking site, or a games site. It's fine and dandy to play games; just not on Wikipedia. Ultimately, when everything is said and done, inclusionists and deletionists will stand together, look at Wikipedia, and say either "We have resolved our differences and worked together; we have brought information to the world" or "We fought and quarreled, and Wikipedia has failed". Radical? No, I don't think so. Inclusionists make the argument that "only very few things like blatant vandalism should be deleted". Is not your interest in improving Wikipedia? And tell me what value those games contribute to the encyclopedia. DoomsDay349 00:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They do contribute, they just contribute indirectly. Many points were mentioned at the MfD. They help users learn wikimarkup, help stressed editors cool down so that they can return to editing as soon as possible, and keep users on Wikipedia for more periods of time, which will help some users, anyway, get more addicted to Wikipedia, and want to write a lot more. I realize that games are obviously not an essential part of the project, but if they weren't hurting anybody, and possibly helped some people overcome stress, then I don't see what the harm was. But then again, I have different views about Wikipedia than most people do.  Shardsofmetal   T   C  02:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Addicted to the games, or addicted to writing an encyclopedia? What's the ratio of game-playing to encyclopedia-writing going on among the average player? Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 07:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I meant addicted to writing articles. If a user plays a game on Wikipedia, they might check out other fun things on Wikipedia. Since most pages have many internal links, a user would probably click on many and find some neat articles that they could expand, or get ideas for new articles. I would imagine that there would be much more article edits than game edits. For the most part, I believe that Wikigames weren't as much about playing games as they are about communicating with fellow Wikipedians, and having a little fun along the way. I do realize that the priority is the encyclopedia, but I think that the games were also a good idea.  Shardsofmetal   T   C  20:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know two: User:Starry.dreams and User:Seanherron. bibliomaniac15 Review? 19:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know User:Jeeves 7000 I think he's indef blocked, though.--SUIT⁴² 20:11, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

His block might get reverted, but he hasn't done anything except edit his page and your talk page, Suit. You should tell him that Wikipedia isn't a social networking service. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 20:19, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will if he ever gets unblocked. Or I could just call him...--SUIT⁴² 20:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know User:Crazytales56297 from school. He was our resident computer genius.--teh tennisman 20:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know User:Deyyaz, my friend, and User:ColbyD, my brother. I think some of my other friends are going to be signing up pretty soon, too.  Shardsofmetal   T   C  20:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, I think I only know Willieinwhales. He's my friend from school, and one day decided to make an acount for vandalism. I might know someone else, but I'm not sure. If I do know someone else, I've been fighting with them for five years.Hemhem20X6 20:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two: Culverin (talk · contribs) and Drizzt Jamo (talk · contribs). Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 22:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Let's see. I know my sister, who did... er... this. Oh well. I'll find someone else to convert! Gracenotes ^T § 23:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, User:Linx1398 is my best friend, although he hasn't made any edits excluding additions to his userpage, despite the fact I keep bugging him to edit!!! Jam01 01:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know User:FNB who has been inactive for quite a while (I first told him about wikipedia) and User:Adrian who has also been inactive for quite a while. I met him online when I put a message on our school's talk page, and then I saw him at school one day (recognized him from his photo). He's also a bit of a celebrity--he's even got his own article! Ungovernable Force^{Got something to say?} 07:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scratch that last part, Adrian's been somewhat active recently. Ungovernable Force^{Got something to say?} 07:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If I remember correctly, there was a person who went to the same school as me that I later found out was a Wikipedian admin. However, I didn't know him personally, so I'm not sure if that counts.--TBCΦtalk? 00:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<-- return I know User:Thenatureboy sort of (I know who he is, but I don't think we ever met face-to-face) though he was blocked for some uncivil behavior. Sad, since we went to the same High School (separated by about 5 years). --Jayron32 17:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know User:Balloonman very well. :P --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 05:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ever since I came across this diff while on RC patrol, i've been wondering if anyone else has ever called a girl a guy or vice versa, as sometimes it's difficult to tell some users apart

†he Bread 04:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe... a long time ago Editor at Large got mad at me for calling her a "he". It's happened to everyone, don't worry...sometimes names can make it obvious, but some users like to say so on their userpage (I do, there are userboxes you can use). DoomsDay349 04:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I try to find a clue on their userpage. If none then I don't use gender nouns. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 04:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. However, DoomsDay, I have not (yet) been caled a woman. {D —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 04:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Springeragh seems touchy. Wonder if she's angry.  :) DoomsDay349 04:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How could I be? Click the rectangle of spilled wine: → —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 04:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What rectangle?? You're a strange girl. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 04:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose there are worse things than that to have happen… ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 04:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What are you getting at?? -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 04:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She's a chick, dude! Okay, chaps, that was a bloody bad impersonation of a Californian. Yeah, right- My British really sucks! INTERNAL CONFLICT ALERT. RESORT TO GENDERLESS COMPUTER IMPERSONATION. BEEP BOP BOOP... Once someone commenting on my main account's talk page used a masculine pronoun, but it must have been just an assumption. Perhaps I'm female, perhaps I'm male, perhaps I'm a dumb animal who couldn't care less, perhaps I'm a superintelligent animal who still doesn't care, perhaps I forgot where the semicolon was and instead am using these obnoxious commas, perhaps I'm doing that insane rambling again. Can I learn to comment? --Friendly Porpoise^{Join the pod!} 04:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't revealed my gender but Wikipedians assume I'm male. -Monkey 13!!! 01:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I was called "the guy who..." once and it irritated me. Definitely I am not any kind of "guy", but then, I make that clear on my user page. --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 05:16, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have never been mistaken as a girl...But Seadog or Arjun isn't very feminine.__Seadog ^♪ 05:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As of tonight, I officially have 1000 mainspace edits.  :) Yay. I've also got some like 2850 total edits...closer and closer to 3000... DoomsDay349 05:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good for you, pal :) --SUIT^{What!? 42!} 05:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Jam01 07:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto! Randfan 20:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all! DoomsDay349 20:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who's your favorite super hero (or simply hero), and who's your favorite supervillain? Mine are Ash from The Evil Dead, and my favorite villain is Venom from Spider-Man.--SUIT^{What!? 42!} 06:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Hero: Max Payne
• Villain: Sauron

Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Master Chief and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. bibliomaniac15 Review? 06:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. Alethiophile¹2₃ 21:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heroes: Raven and Wonder Woman. Villains: Harley Quinn and Catwoman. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 07:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hero:Seiya; Villain:Megatron.--Húsönd 00:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Hero: Jean Grey. I've never read a comic, but I have an *ahem* thing for Famke Janssen in the X-Men films.
• Villain: The Joker, as played by Jack Nicholson.

Marialadouce | parlami 00:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mine are all from Dragonlance. My favorite hero is Tasslehoff Burrfoot, because of his innocence and how he does "the little things" that help a lot, and my favorite villian is Ariakan, he's really awesome, cold and calculating, not to mention he's part god! (His mother was a goddess). However, my favorite all time character can't be classified as hero or villian, he's evil but he's not really a villian, is Raistlin Majere, because he's like freaking all-mighty, funny in a mean way, self-serving, and is not afraid to follow his own path despite what others want him to do. DoomsDay349 00:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heroes: Master Chief, Spiderman, and Uchiha Sasuke (mainly becuase not only is he a hero, but he's also a villain). Villains: Anakin Skywalker after he becomes Darth Vader but before he gets his suit, Broly, and Uchiha Itachi. // Sasuke-kun27 00:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hero: Either Solid Snake, Rocky Balboa or Dirty Harry Villian: Either Sniper Wolf, Jack T. Ripper or Lord Flashheart

†he Bread 03:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Woo hoo!! Its been a long time in the making.....but finally I got 1000 edits!! Yay! for me.... :-P .. Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 07:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<hands out treats to everyone> P.S.The coffees on me today! :-D

I'm beginning to realize that the number of edits a person makes isn't really all that important. Quality over quantity, I suppose... -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 07:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well done! Jam01 07:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm, nice coffee. And thanks for the home-made biscuits too (or do we say cookies). Congratulations. Itsmejudith 19:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! and thanks. And SaturnYoshi, you should look at my edits to prove your point. Randfan 20:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(to SaturnYoshi) I know that edit count, mostly, isn't important. But it's a good gauge in most cases. Of course, there could be the person who has like 500 edits but 300 of them were spent improving 4 articles to FA class. But for the most part I think that edit count can actually be a useful tool in determining a user's value, so long as it's not the sole factor. Also, Congrats on the 1000 edits! DoomsDay349 20:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

to Doomsday: The thing about 300edits for 4 articles is like me. 'Cept mine are even worse than that. :) Randfan 22:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot everyone!! :-P.. Even though I haven't edited any article to FA status, I am still proud of myself for getting these edits in the limited time I can spend on wiki.. :-D Thanks again everyone! Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 15:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know of a wiki where one can display their own artificial languages? I'm not planning to leave Wikipedia or anything; I just need to take hour-long wikibreaks to let out my original research occasionally. (Please note: I'm not talking about any wikis related to constructed languages - just where you can construct your own.) --Friendly Porpoise^{Join the pod!} 23:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Umm... so wait, what do you mean an artificial language? You wrote your own language? DoomsDay349 01:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've thrown together a couple. --Gray Porpoise^{cetaceans have large brains} 01:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems there is a rush of made-up porpoise languages. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 02:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eeek... *click click* eiouuuu! Okay, coming from me, that's a porpoise language, not a dolphin language. --Friendly Porpoise^{Join the pod!} 02:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not one for blatant advertising, but I've just submitted myself for an Editor Review. Any and all criticisms will be helpful to my eventually becoming an Admin. Thank you for your consideration. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 01:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on editor review as well, although I've kind of got my full out of it. Well anyway, if you guys can come up with any comments about my edits, feel free to write. I'll also try and comment anyone else's reviews if I get the chance. // Sasuke-kun27 01:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just created an essay (more like a story) on User:Ed/Kindness. In your opinion, should this become something that the typical Esperanzian should think about everyday?--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 04:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is very good. Definitely something about which people should think. --teh tennisman 23:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found it encouraging. If it's true, that is. But please, please, please, don't turn it into a chain e-mail! It probably already is. Gracenotes ^T § 03:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An IP, 203.167.171.118 (talk · contribs), wanted to start a quick poll on who has piercings and who doesn't. So I'm reposting it, as it wasn't formatted right. I don't have any piercings. ~ crazytales_{(speak to me)} 04:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have a scar after I accidently pierced/impaled (give or take) myself in the hand with a pocket knife when I was three. I was young okay?!--SUIT^{What!? 42!} 04:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have a pierced ear and no scars. Yet. ;) —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 04:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pierced ear. I'll probably get my other ear and my nose done eventually. Ungovernable Force^{Got something to say?} 05:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 07:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had my left ear pierced twice, but had to take them out for my job and they closed. All I have left is my tongue piercing. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 07:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing pierced. But I might. You never know. Abeg92 10:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None over here too.. Atleast I think I dont.. :-P Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 15:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None, and never will. Not my cup of tea, as they say across the pond.--teh tennisman 23:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Same as Teh Tennisman. Randfan 00:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I want to get my ear pierced (just the left one) but my parents won't let me (typical). I also have a scar right above my left eye (nothing like Kakashi Hatake's, though). // Sasuke-kun27 23:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like Ed and E@L are back! Woohoo! bibliomaniac15 Review? 05:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ed left?--SUIT^{What!? 42!} 05:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kind of. See Here and Here for more info. It's a relief to see them both back, as they are both wonderful Esperanzians. Jam01 05:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am Happy. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 07:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am as happy as a hobo who wins the lottery. And then some. Happy times 6x10²³. --teh tennisman 23:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray for scientific notation! That number is 600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 600 sextillion. Just so you know. DoomsDay349 00:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto! And Kyoko (kinda?) Actually its more like "happy times ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞^∞" :) Randfan 00:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SO Ed and E@L went off together. Do you think they could be secretly inlove? Culverin? ^Talk 07:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's probably gone a bit too far. Jam01 07:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I knew it was 600 sextillion, DommsDay. I was actually going for Avogadro's number, but I forgot the specifics, so I went with that number. --teh tennisman 18:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gather round for I shall tell the story of how I got wiki adopted by user:dfrg.msc.

I was on a wiki-boat trip with my wiki-parents when there was a wiki-explosion and wiki-snakes got on the wiki-boat. The snakes went wiki-mad wiki-killing all in there site. Dfrg.msc killed them all, though they wiki-killed my wiki-parents. Dfrg.msc draged me from the wiki-ruins of the wiki-boat (after he wiki-blew the wiki-snake full wiki-boat up) and made me his wiki adopted son.

THE END

Cheers! All around. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 09:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-what? Alethiophile^{Ask me why} 22:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't the title be Wiki-Story????? Get into the program here!!!--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 22:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, yes it should Ed. Culverin? ^Talk 06:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's true. All of it. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wiki-don't wiki-think that your wiki-story wiki-makes any wiki-sense. Wiki-it is wiki-funny, wiki-though. Wiki-Alethiophile¹2₃ 20:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Namaste...The story is too violent for my standards, but I like the allegorical tale.__Seadog ^♪ 05:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now THIS is weird. Sounds like someone wants to interview us in the newspaper. :P D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••C••• 11:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, we're a subculture? — Editor at Large^(speak) 23:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, man I'm dumb. I brought this up down a bit... I got the message too. DoomsDay349 23:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also have the message. Should we reply? Jam01 06:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear comrades, we have a leak: User:WIKIPEDIAWASBEHINDTHEWORLDTRADECENTERATTACKS.--Húsönd 18:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, our dastardly schemes have been unveiled. *snork* Thanks for sharing. That was priceless. Marialadouce | parlami 18:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does that mean that User:Betacommand is the mastermind? -- Szvest ^{Wiki me up ®} 18:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User: Wherethefuckismypasta? and User: Ireadyourusernamepolicyanditsgay are still my favourites. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently created a different account, and with my old account I was a member of Esperanza, I had over 150 edits and was using that acoount for just over a year. Will I be able to join with my new account, or will I have to make another 150 edits and wait a further two weeks?

CrazySussexLad20:40, 13 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

What was your other account?--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 22:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why'd you change an account name? Did you forget the password? bibliomaniac15 Review? 00:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My other account was Freshprince, and i changed my name because I felt like a change, no problems with password etc. CrazySussexLad 16:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Vandal humour

I'm new to the reverting vandalism thing, but I just had to share this gem in the article on Saddam Hussein. This was the last vandalism I saw, in the section on his conviction:

"He was recently quoted, saying, I'm glad I will be gone so I don't have to hear K Fed's new album."

*snork* Have you got any funny examples of vandalism to share?

Marialadouce | parlami 20:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some rather stupid insulting stuff, my userpage got vandalized by an IP after I reverted some edits by the same IP, but nothing really funny. :( Alethiophile^{Ask me why} 22:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone both insinuated I was gay (nothing is wrong with that if you are, just saying) and that I was a pre-Civil War Black-Hating Southerner on my userpage. Weird. DoomsDay349 01:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is among the funniest things I've reverted so far: "Giraffes, contrary to popular thought, are actually carnivores. Many African tourists, hunters, and safari-leaders claim to have seen giraffes hunting and killing various animals such as hyenas, zebras, and wildebeasts, among others. Only recently was this proven true when the predation process was caught on video. It is believed that giraffes had adapted into carnivores due to lack of vegetation in their natural habitat."--Húsönd 01:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Every now and then there's a vandal with a sense of humor who isn't A) Swearing Vehemently B) Blanking or C) Bashing a race/sex/lifestyle choice. DoomsDay349 01:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know what you mean. Apparently, I wack off to gay anime porn (see this) and I am a "japanophile" (see this). What the hell is a "japanophile"? // Sasuke-kun27 01:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A "Japanophile" is a person who likes Japan, Japanese culture, or some aspect therein, like anime. I looked at the diff, and while I understand you seeing "Japanophile" as an insult because it was surrounded by them there, it really doesn't have a negative angle. Unless the one saying it doesn't like Japan, of course. -Fsotrain⁰⁹ 22:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be keeping an eye out for the vandals with senses of humour to post their comments here. Yours is hilarious, Husond. Far better than my K-Fed hater.

Otherwise, the funniest thing I've read so far is someone calling Gordon Brown (Gordy!) cute on Talk:Tony_Blair#Blair_is_soo_Cute.21.21.21. Seriously. They need help. Otherwise, who's next? Ian Paisley?

Marialadouce | parlami 01:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's funny but I was called a chink, on my page once. Ticked me the Hell off, --SUIT^{What? 42} 02:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Anarchist's Cookbook is widely criticised by the culinary community for falsely representing cookbooks. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck denounced the book, claiming that "none of these recipes are restaurant or home kitchen friendly. Excuse my French, but they suck." Rival celebrity chefEmeril Lagase disagrees, however, stating that the publication "kicks cookbooks up a notch. Now my food says "BAM" for me."

The Anarchist's Cookbook is generally considered by cooks to be a "mockery" of cookbooks, providing no real recipes despite its loftly claims. (From The Anarchist Cookbook, a spoof of the "Criticism by Anarchists" section that I wrote). Ungovernable Force^{Got something to say?} 06:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is it with the gay comments? Why does every insult have to be gay related, man? DoomsDay349 02:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Becuase people are immature and they wouldn't know what a real joke (or insult) was if it bit them in the ass. // Sasuke-kun27 02:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They associate being gay as the ultimate insult. The thing is, they never leave those comments if the user happens to actually be gay. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 03:12, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to see literally THOUSANDS of these type of things happening on wikipedia, read: Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense Incedentally, the Saddam Hussein quote above DEFINATELY belongs on BJAODN. --Jayron32 05:32, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I've added it to BJAODN. Marialadouce | parlami 13:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did Anyone Get this...

I recently got a message on my talk page from an IP who claims to be a journalist writing an article about Wikipedia. He wanted to interview me via email; I turned him down and pointed him towards some better users to ask. I noticed he asked a lot of people; did anyone else get this? DoomsDay349 23:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did to, but put it in my vandal box. Oh, well. It's not like I'm good for it any ways! :) Randfan 00:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AGF randfan... It was not a vandalistic intent by my standards. ~ crazytales_{(speak to me)} 02:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's mentioned above (Wikipedia:Esperanza/Coffee_lounge#Ok) and I recieved the message. Should we all turn down the offer? Jam01 06:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know but I put it in my vandal box so it wouldn't use up room, not because it was bad. Randfan 23:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weird

Someone whose mission on Wikipedia seems to be to blank user talk pages... —The Great Llama ^talk 00:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now blocked. —The Great Llama ^talk 01:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've got a feeling he'll return with sockpuppets. Be on guard. DoomsDay349 01:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is thought that it is a sockpuppet of Randfan? Really? Weitd.--SUIT^{What? 42} 03:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not bothering to make a new section... but I found this while I was on his page and thought it was funny :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 04:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is funny.--SUIT^{What? 42} 04:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weirder than weird. —The Great Llama ^talk 21:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You guys (and girls) want to know what's not funny? Look below... // Sasuke-kun27 22:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Saw... am pretending I didn't and that "keep" vote with my name on it was done by my beautiful twin who is very sad now, while I'm not... — Editor at Large^(speak) 22:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't do it! Randfan 23:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

4000 edits

This is officially my 4000th edit. I've also been diagnosed with editcountitis. Woooo-hooo.--SUIT^{What? 42} 05:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here have some tablets to cure your editcountitis. Culverin? ^Talk 06:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! I hope those pills are only vitamin pills!... Once again, congrats! Jam01 06:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

James Bond

Is anyone else excited about Casino Royale? Us Cestrians are extra excited, as Daniel Craig is from Chester, and the regional premiere is being held at the Odeon in Chester, with Craig himself reputed to be attending... Laïka 15:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MFD

For all who are interested, Esperanza is up for Deletion. No, not just the coffee lounge, the whole thing. Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Esperanza, is the place for any comments to be made. Thε Halo ^Θ 17:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agh! That could never happen! --teh tennisman 18:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice vote-stacking attempt there. As if somehow the prominent MFD notice on the main Esperanza page wasn't notice enough. --Cyde Weys 18:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm...so, the MfD notice should be enough for everyone to notice....then by that logic, everyone on this page already knows that Esperanza is up for deletion...which means that I'm vote stacking pople who already know there is a !Vote? Flawed logic. This page is up for deletion per the Esperanza deletion entry, but it does not have an MfD notice. Thus, letting anyone who may not know, know. Thε Halo ^Θ 19:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! —The Great Llama ^talk 20:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No...freaking...way. I told you! I FREAKING TOLD YOU! Did I not foresee this! (Not a time to gloat, sorry). This is bullshit, pardon my French. They cannot delete this. No way. DoomsDay349 21:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it's deleted, I'll put it back. I copied the code onto Microsoft Word and I'm going to save it. I'll do the same with other Esperanza pages. any changes may not be put back though. -Monkey 13!!! 22:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can't just post it all back immediately, you'll be banned. It is a good idea to have the code, in case it does get deleted. DoomsDay349 22:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I copied it to be one of my subpages! -Monkey 13!!! 00:01, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Overwhelming consensus on the page seems keep. You won't really need a subpage, and keeping a deleted page content (assuming the offchance Esperanza gets deltaco) is against policy anyway. ~ crazytales_{-My talk-}^{-Your talk-} 00:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Copied from the MFD) Here is a bit of something to let you know how hard this will be.

I don't think we've fathomed how hard this is going to be. From this moment on, Esperanza is faced with twenty times more obstacles than ever, assuming we survive this MFD. No longer can we be lax; no longer can we sleep. Attack will come from every side, adversity from all corners. We will have to completely and utterly change Esperanza...sometimes that is my greatest fear. That in changing ourselves, we may destroy ourselves. But without the change we are guaranteed destruction; with it, there is a light of hope. I don't know what these changes are, but know this; we'll need them, and we'll need them bad.

It'll be tough. DoomsDay349 00:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who do these deletionists think we are? Mindless robots with the sole purpose of editing Wikipedia? bibliomaniac15 Review? 00:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As for my two cents, since I don't feel like putting them on the MfD page:

For the general John Q Wikipedian who happens to know a bit about policies, Esperanza seems like WP:NOT. Under the WP:AGF, I put that, realising that Esperanza has little value to the encyclopedia itself. But as a member of Esperanza and one who loves it, I believe in WP:IAR, under which I believe that WP:NOT's dislike of this page is unnecessary. Esperanza is at heart (or whatever serves servers for a heart) an organization that serves to help Wikipedians who are new or needing some Wikilove. it is my personal opinion that without the efforts of their respective Esperanza friends, E@L and Kyoko would have left the project for good, and possibly (as they have said) the earth. So my motto for Espreanza is as such:Esperanza:Aiding Wikipedia, one wikipedian at a time. As such, I think that the entire MfD is unnecessary and hope that it is not passed, now or ever.

Cheering is appreciated Here --teh tennisman 01:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The most important thing right now is to remain united and do what's best for Esperanza, and Esperanzians. Also, consider contributing ideas to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Overhaul, in case you didn't see it at the top of the page.  Shardsofmetal  03:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just discovered that the overhaul message at the top of the page stands out more now. Oh well, as long as people see it, it doesn't matter how they found out, right...  Shardsofmetal  03:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just threw out the first discussion about the coffee lounge at the overhaul page. Please leave your suggestions on this issue. Thanks,  Shardsofmetal  04:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Esperanza? Those *****! Dirty **** I'm **** ***** * *** and thats why ***** Son of a *****! Right! Лоок, wе блооды неед тхис шит (ох анд ин тхис цонтехт И усе шит ас а цоллецтиве ноун) со донт фригин деледт ит? Wахтс нехт? Усер пагес? Ехцусионист Бастарс! Тхе фрее цонтент енцыцлопедиа! Данм ит! Иф wе йсу wипед оут евертхинг тхат хас но енцыцопедиц валуе тхем wе мигх ас wелл дринк поисион!! Wikipedia is the Free Content Encyclopedia, if you delete the content then what? Inclusionisim is truth! Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 06:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As soon as I saw the deletion notice, I almost cried. I think I might. This is really sad. I don't mind the fact there are no more games, but deleting the whole Esperanza community? No, please, no. Jam01 06:46, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot let this happen! Randfan 23:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which user nominated Esperanza for deletion anyway and when? Culverin? ^Talk 01:04, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The signature, as it appears on the nom, is --Robth^Talk 17:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alethiophile^{Ask me why} 03:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh for the love of God ... there is waaaaay too much drama in here. --Cyde Weys 17:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not nearly as much as, ahem, I have seen other users put on. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 17:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please be more concrete, I don't think everyone will get your insinuations. --Cyde Weys 18:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would, but there's a little annoying page in the way that should probably be MfDd. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 18:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So you're saying that you'd be six ways of uncivil against me if only we didn't have a prohibition against it? .. how, uncivil. --Cyde Weys 18:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to think that way, I cannot keep you from it, whether or not I really would. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 21:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. Well. If Esperanza is such a distraction from building the encyclopedia, then we should also delete the reference desks. (Come on, this isn't a library; why does an encyclopedia have reference desks?) ((That's a rhetorical question; I'm a frequent RD contributor so relax.)) I came to the coffe lounge tonight for the first time ever (and I've known about almost since I started editing) because I have a lot of RL stress right now. Relaxing will improve my editing. So there! *pppbbbppbpbp* --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 05:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting a useless page

Julian Cortes - Can someone please tell me where to report stuff like this for immediate deletion? I've been poking around the help pages, but I can't be sure I'd be posting it to the right place. This kid has made a dozen edits so far and even included a photo! Someone did post a delete request, but it was shot down by the kid. Marialadouce | parlami 01:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

it's been tagged for speedy. All you can do it wait for an admin. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 02:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or, if there is really a ruckus about it, you can propose its speedy deletion on WP:AFD. The justification is per WP:BIO, and WP:SPEEDY criterion CSD A7 (Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content). Of course, speedy delete without AFD would be great. Gracenotes ^T § 02:43, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind: AFD not needed. Good old rouge admins! Gracenotes ^T § 02:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He keeps ressuscitating the page. I hope he's been blocked this time, or I will report him to the frequent vandals page. Is this even considered vandalism, given that it doesn't involve defacing an existing article? What a narcissist! Marialadouce | parlami 02:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion does not immediately imply "rouge admin". See WP:CSD for all of the ways in which it is within policy. --Cyde Weys 17:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

World Hello Day

Hello! Get it? Get it? Ah, whatever. It's about five days to World Hello Day, which, by saying hello to ten random people shows our political leaders that we'd rather resolve conflicts using peace rather than force. World Hello Day is on November 21st. So, basicaly the aim is to say hello to ten random people. I do this everyday anyway so I decided to do it on Wikipedia also. But saying hello to people on Wiki is damed easy so I decided to set myself the target of saying hello to 100 users in one day. Can it be done? Do you recommend it? Is it spamming or being friendly? Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 08:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you leave them really nice, personal messages it would probably be considered friendly. but leaving them a message like "Umm, Hi. You don't know me, but it's world hello day. Bye" Would certainly be considered spamming. I always leave random people little messages, if they're feeling down or have been having problems with other users. It seems to cheer them up :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 16:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think ten at most, so people don't think you're a spammer. bibliomaniac15 Review? 00:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even then, it appears that you're spamming and just trying to sound nice. Rather than recognizing a particular day to greet people, how about trying to give some kind words to one Wikipedian per day? --Friendly Porpoise^{Join the pod!} 22:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, all!

Turns out I have a tumor and will most likely need surgery! Oh, God I feel depressed...--SUIT^{What!? 42} 00:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...That's not good... geeze I hope you'll be alright. If you don't mind me asking, what type is it? -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 00:54, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know yet. Need to see a specialist.--SUIT^{What!? 42} 00:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that maybe this not a great topic for the coffee lounge or wikipedia at all, but where is it located? -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 00:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Left part of my neck.--SUIT^{What!? 42} 01:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said, hope everything turns out OK. -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 01:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah...--SUIT^{What!? 42} 01:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aye... Suit, this is such a delicate situation and do not think for a second that I don't care about this, because I do. But, per the recent MFD for Esperanza, we really need to clean up the Coffee Lounge. It seems to me it'll be moved to Wikia. I really care and I'll send something your way. Just to tell you. DoomsDay349 01:10, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well...--SUIT^{What!? 42} 01:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do you register on IRC?

I want to use the Esperanza IRC channel, but my IRC program tells me that I need to register a username, and I can't figure out how. Could somebody please tell me how to do that? Thanks,  Shardsofmetal  03:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

/ns help should get you started on the basics. --Cyde Weys 17:44, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For that matter at all, how do you access IRC? Every time I try, it says "Firefox does not know how to open this program because the protocol (irc) isn't associated with any program." Can someone tell me how to fix this? I'd love to get on IRC. DoomsDay349 22:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Download an IRC client, or just use IRCatwork. Titoxd^(?!?) 22:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I used mIRC or something akin to that, do you have to pay for that? If so, how do I cancel, and are there any free ones? DoomsDay349 23:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I almost never get on IRC, and is also very confusing for me. I use a firefox IRC client plugin called chatzilla that seems to work well and is simple. -- ßottesiηi ^(talk) 23:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Editor review

Got quite a few unanswered ER's just sitting around waiting to be answered(including mine). Whispering 00:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, mine only got one review, by Randfan, and that didn't give me all the information I wanted (though I do appreciate it). —The Great Llama ^talk 01:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote an essay inspired by the recent MFD. Come read it.

I have written an essay inspired by the recent MFD. Read it and tell me what you think on the essay's talk page. It can be found at: User:Jayron32/Orthodoxy and heresy at Wikipedia --Jayron32 04:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oaklands Park, South Australia

It's not much of a start but for me i is somthing.. I'm soo happy I wrote this and I just want to show it off and also want to know what other people think of it.. I want to add more but it's it soo hard.. I went down to the Domain (Cultural Centre) and asked if they could send me some photo's (Much harder in person thean via E-mail.. O_O) soo they are going to send me a few soon.. Then I am going to go roaming around the suburb and take notes of anything major around.. There are no Schools in the suburb.. Guess the shopping Centre took up all the space.. I like to talk as this is making me happy xD I have been really down and stressed lately.. School O_O..

Oaklands Park, South Australia

Next I also want to start some work on the Victor Harbor, South Australia page.. it only has a wee bit of Information for such a nice town..

An Apple a day keeps -The Doctor- Away.. Or does it! ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, nice job! Very nice-looking article. You did a good job separating it and adding all the important nitty-gritties. Kudos :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 12:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article looks AWESOME. One point, though, much of the stuff you write in the History section is unreferenced. You should go and indicate from where you got your information. It is good practice to reference every assertion of fact you make in an article. This is for two good reasons: 1) It makes the information verified, and thus heads off any potential problems for the future, and 2) It provides additional resources for people to do further research on their own should they choose to do so. --Jayron32 17:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice! Randfan 22:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job you've done there, very cool looking article! (^_^) Crazy Sussex Lad 23:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Moderating"

Cyde, what's up with deleting stuff from the Coffee Lounge without archiving it? Just wondering, I thought maybe you were putting it somewhere else I hadn't found. — Editor at Large^(speak) 12:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Cyde didn't know about the Archiving?? Or... because "silliness" isn't supposed to be here, it's deleted altogether. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

... violation of WP:TPG (First sentence here)? I didn't think you were allowed to delete stuff. — Editor at Large^(speak) 17:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I'm not deleting anything. It's still in the page history. And second of all, there's no requirement that anything be archived. Do you really want the non-Wikipedia-related stuff filling up the archives? --Cyde Weys 18:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cyde if your going to come here atleast have repect for the system thats here in place and, as far as all of us are concerned, works. Philc _T^E_C^I 18:39, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I know it's still in the page history, but we've always archived everything -- including non-Wikipedia stuff. And I had left an important message for people here that I wanted up a little longer for everyone to read, but it got erased; I would've archived it myself in a few days (I don't particularly want it up forever ;-D). Would you object if I added the deleted material to the archives and continued archiving myself? I agree with you on removing non-wikipedia-related material out, I'd do the same thing :-) — Editor at Large^(speak) 00:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hows this

Hows this for a report card?

Class	Numeral Grade	Letter Grade
Gym	100	A+
Drama	93	A-
French Needs to focus.	92	A-
English Language Arts	88	B+
Pre-Algebra (Math) Ouch.	79	C+
Social Studies	88	B+
Science	88	B+
Overall Grade	88.42	B+

D•a•r•k•n•e•s•s•L•o•r•d•i•a•n•••CCD••• 19:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite good (the C must've hurt, though). Well, here's mine. I actually did better than I expected. I got really close to getting a C in World Studies, but I made still made honors. I don't know my numerical grades, I don't get overall grades, and I only get graded in specials in second and fourth terms.

Class	Letter Grade
French	B+
English	B+
Math	B+
World Studies	B-
Biology	A

—The Great Llama ^talk 20:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Both are very good, this was my last middle school one (I think Llama man is n middle school...) Randfan 22:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Class	Letter Grade
French	A (97%)
English	A+ (101.4%)
Algebra	A- (92%)
World Studies/History	A+ (99.8%)
Biology/Astronomy	A+ (101.2%)
Spanish	A++ (111.7%)
Technology	A+ (99%)
Luch & Recess	A+++ (200%) :)
GPA	4.187

obviously they don't mean anything :). Randfan 22:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I got straight As (not A+s), except for science which was a B+. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 22:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I used to be the smartest in class up to the present, where I'm now in-between excellent and above average.--SUIT^{What!? 42} 22:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a straight A student. I was the smartest kid in 8th grade, but not now in high school.--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 00:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a middle school student! But I dont feel like sharing my report card right now. Hooray for middle shcool__Seadog ^♪ 01:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah... *Gazing wistfully into the past*... Those were the years. I always thought you guys would be older... Any ways, hooray for middle school! And, Seadog/Llama Man, do you know each other personally, because it kind of seems so? Randfan 01:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Predicted all A*s and As at GSCE, currently I'm working at 2 and half A*s, 4 As, and 3 Bs. Will ^{(Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?)} 01:27, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me too I thought we were all younger ;). By the way I do not know Llama Man in real life. But I think it would be neat if all the wikipedians could meet in real life.__Seadog ^♪ 01:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah a"wikireunion" or "wikiunion" or something. That'd be cool. Randfan 01:46, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Disney

The mentioned WikiProject just got started, amazingly. Join if you're interested. bibliomaniac15 06:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Farewell, Coffee Lounge!

Seeing it's probably going to be deleted at it's MfD (I'm fine with that), I just wanted to post a last comment. Thank you to everyone at the coffee lounge I have met and laughed with, made friends with, and had a chat to. It's been fun. Though we won't be meeting in the coffee lounge again, I'm sure I will be seeing many of you around doing your good work in Esperanza, and I will probably be giving many of you some awards and nice things. Thank you for all the memories, even though I was only here for roughly 3 months. Goodbye Coffee lounge, goodbye. Jam01 07:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well. Rather somber. Relax, it's hopefully coming back...in a different form, is all. Less social-networking. Hope you come back! DoomsDay349 07:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can we give it a Viking send-off? That'd be cool.--SUIT^{What!? 42} 07:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They are definately making Wikipedia seem more like "work". I already have a job... -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 07:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact is, Wikipedia is not a social networking site, which the coffee lounge is. So, then, if we remove the social networking and you feel less attracted to Wikipedia, perhaps you should consider your Wiki-priorities. DoomsDay349 07:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How the hell does Danny Boy go? Here it is. Bye Coffee Lounge.:

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the roses falling 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide But come ye back when summer's in the meadow Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow 'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so And when ye come, and all the flowers are dying And I am dead, as dead I well may be Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying And kneel and say an Ave there for me And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me And all my grave shall warmer, sweeter be For you shall bend and tell me that you love me And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me (It sounds better with sound) --SUIT^{What!? 42} 07:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coming back, Hurrah! How though? Are there plans for a re-incarnation posted yet? Btw, if it does come back I wrote up some rules to help if you are interested. Also, I didn't mean to sound all somber; I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been ivolved here! Jam01 07:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Wiki-priorities are fine, DoomsDay, it's just that it was nice to be able to have discussions with other Wikipedians that weren't about article content. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 08:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]