RainbowOfLight

SEMI-RETIRED

This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia.

Although I am semi-retired from editing, I do still look things up on Wikipedia so I still see messages to this page. RainbowofLight (talk) 18:57, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I have semi-retired due to the nonsense of the date linking/delinking wars. Wikipedia is fundamentally broken. There will never be consensus (i.e. Wikipedia's definition of consensus, which is apparently that everyone agrees on everything**) on this issue and since Wikipedia is not a democracy where majority can rule, nothing will ever be resolved. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 03:20, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

• Quote: WP:Consensus has never meant majority rule; it means a statement which (almost) everyone can tolerate. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:18, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
• Quote: See voting is evil. See also WP:NOTDEMOCRACY. The results of polls where only a majority is defined (and not a consensus) should be the start of more discussion, not the end of it. —Locke Cole • t • c 05:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Quotes above from Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration/Date_delinking/Proposed_decision#Closing_statement_by_Colonies_Chris

May 22 2009

Please come back if the dates case ends up in a vaguely sane way. Tony (talk) 04:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

the United States, etc

It has nothing to do with the ArbCom case and you are free to follow the style guide in this respect. Just don't do too much too fast, or mow through article in a way that appears to be consistent with a single-theme process. I certainly remove links to major anglophone countries, and "English" (language), and "Internet", and "horse", and other dictionary terms, unless in rare cases where they pass the relevance test. You're doing the project a good turn. Tony (talk) 04:47, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Pauley Perrette/The Ring

OK, my goof. I did make that edit while barely awake. I shouldn't edit while half conscious. I will be more careful. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 21:26, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Warm regards Little Professor (talk) 01:37, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Disam

Nice catch! Thank you. Yeah I do several hundred disamms a day. Misclicks happen...that's all that was I think. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 06:43, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep. :) But my goodness it makes disamming easier. :) One of the best simple tools I've found. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 07:11, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

File:Halloween Hush Puppies.jpg

Photograph of my Halloween-themed Hush Puppies plush basset hounds in my bedroom.

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:35, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 16:16, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism issue

IP 159.83.4.95 is from County Library of Los Angeles, Lakewood branch. I am not the person who has vandalized a school wikipedia entry but there's no knowing who really did it due to the vandalizer using a public library PC. --159.83.4.95 (talk) 21:10, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

A Nobody^{My talk} is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

To those who make Good Arguments, who are appreciative, or supportive. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 18:04, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

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Set Sail For The Seven Seas 346° 12' 15" NET 23:04, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. :) RainbowOfLight ^Talk 04:55, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 266° 5' 15" NET 17:44, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

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Missing Wikipedians

You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Woodlot (talk) 09:35, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

-heh. I'm not missing, I just don't edit anymore. Too many hostile people. But it's nice that people are thinking of me. :) RainbowofLight (talk) 13:11, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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