User talk:Marudubshinki/Archive 8

The vanity of human wishes...

Skeltonian indeed! If the l337 folks ever managedSkelton, it would be one of those infinite monkey accidents.--Geogre 17:16, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I did what I could. Skeltonian verse is harder than it looks, mon,especially in l33t. --Maru(talk) 19:03, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Also, if you examine the heart of my poem, disregarding the excessl33t (non)verbiage, you'll find it is indeed Skeltonic verse; tumblerhymes in irregular length lines. --Maru(talk) 19:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Your RfA

Maru, why didn't you tell me?! (Ever notice how SW quotes can beapplied to just about anything?) Anyway, good luck.--Nufy8 17:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

It was the NPOV.... from a certain POV ;) I didn't mention itbecause I didn't want it to look like I was gathering supporters andcomrades to vote for me. 'sides, I knew you would find out soonenough, as indeed you did (Thanks for the vote, BTW). In addition, Inearly fell dead of sleep after setting up and answering for the RfA-it was about 3 am at that point, so going around and telling peoplejust would have taken too much time and effort at that point.--Maru (talk)17:36, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Edit lock on Bogdanov talk page

Say Maru: I need to fix two small inaccuracies (I try to fix these as soon as Idiscover them) of my last post to Talk:Bogdanov_Affair which youhave an edit lock on. Well, I guess I can do it tomorrow. I gotta goto bed, now. --r b-j 04:57, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

It is not actually locked- people are suposed to respect the noticeand not edit voluntarily as a courtesy. I'll definitely be donetomorrow... err.. later today, and even if I'm not I'll remove tagbefore I go to bed as well. --Maru(talk) 05:00, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Editing users' talk page

I appreciate your commitment with typography, anyway could you refrainyourself from editing others' talk pages? Especially on meaninglessortho/typographic details? Thanks. --YBM 18:46, 25September 2005 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't. Going through the relevant Talk pages iseducating me considerably about this matter, and those "meaningless"details detract from comprehensibility considerably; both myunderstanding, and that of others. Fortunately, I think I've takencare of most of the pages- I've done User:XAL's, I've done yours,I've done that monster called Talk:Bogdanov Affair; Ithink that only leaves rbj's. --Maru(talk) 18:51, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

By doing so you are modifying texts written by other people on myown Talk Page, I can't accept that. --YBM 19:01, 25September 2005 (UTC)

Your loss. --Maru(talk) 19:08, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Royal Guard

That information comes from Kanos's entry in The New Essential Guideto Characters, I believe. I can look up the exact quotation if youlike. --Jon Hart 19:59, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

No, that's good enough. I simply wanted a reference to add.--Maru (talk)21:16, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Welcome!

Welcome!

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I just noticed while you are a valuable user, you never got welcomed-consider this a belated one. --Maru(talk) 01:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Aw, thanks. BTW, how do I do category redirects?--Maru (talk)01:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

No idea. Go ask one of the people on the IRC channel.--Maru (talk)01:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright then. --Maru(talk) 01:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Insanity. --Nufy8 04:07, 28 September 2005(UTC)

WP:BITE. For shame, Nufy8. I expected better of you, as anadmin, than personal attacks, like calling Maru insane. --Maru (talk)04:34, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

RfC

Please take a look [1]. --chris.lawson03:48, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Done. --Maru(talk) 04:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Bogdanov affair case

Hey- over at Talk:Bogdanov Affair, XAL said this:

"And I would very much like to know who you think you are and whoappointed you on that talk page? For your knowledge Maru wasofficially placed here to watch this talk page by mediator NicholasTurnbull, and this talking is in the process on entering thearbitration comity, so your interventions here are so outplaced asthey can be! I talked with Nicholas Turnbull tonight who disagree withyour actions. You are not appointed here and do not have to makedecisions above the heads of the members of the arbitration comity, soyou will be very kind to step aside and anihilate your previous doing.This is not your playground. I do not know what are your motives toact as you own the place, as nobody has ever seen you here, but you doseems to go at it with a revenge. Any reasons who would be worthmentioning now, to us poor mortals?"

Did I miss where I was officially empower'd by you to overseeBogdanov? --Maru(talk) 03:01, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting. No, I never officially placed you whatsoever- Iasked you to assist via IRC, if I remember correctly, but I certainlydidn't elect you as the final ruler of the page dispute! I fearXAL possibly misunderstood the scenario somewhat. Thanksfor helping out, by the way.--NicholasTurnbull 18:41, 30 September 2005(UTC)

That's what I thought- actually, wait, I thought Bishonen was theone who asked me. Now I'm confused. ANYWAYS, thanks for the thanks. Iwas definitely on the path to burning out, what with both Snowspinnerand Hamster turning on me (or at least that was how it seemed at thetime), and the abuse from most parties w/r/t Bogdanov.--Maru (talk)04:46, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Hi! Your RFA nomination was successful. However a bug in the softwareis preventing us from setting sysop rights. In other words, you've gotthe licence but not the keys. More details on the RFA talk page. Thankyou for your patience. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:52, 1 October2005 (UTC)

Congratulations. --Nufy8 15:43, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey, how about that? My lifelong dream (well, for nine months) hasbeen accomplished. How very awesome. --Maru(talk) 16:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Jaxl's RfA

Hi Maru, thanks for supporting me on my RfA, and congrats on becomingan admin! Robert15:41, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Ditto! --Maru(talk) 17:08, 1 October 2005 (UTC)