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You're welcome.

And thank you for noticing! ONUnicorn 13:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

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“Brevior vita est quam pro futumentibus negotium agendo”

Sorry, I ought to have thought about Googling the above phrase; it just seemed too long to exist anywhere else (I thought that you may have written it yourself; I assumed that you're a Classics scholar or something). Thanks for it - it is now my screensaver.

As for your "The Problem with Wikipedia" essay; though I've not been here for very long, I'd probably have to agree with a lot of what you said. However, despite Wikipedia's (and, with which I am more involved, Wiktionary's) numerous failings, it's still, overall - dare I utter the cliché - a force for good. It's a real shame that your experiences have embittered you so. I hope that you soon find something else worthwhile to which you can devote yourself. Doremítzwr 19:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I have no shortage of other things to do with my time. :) -- BBlackmoor ^(talk) 21:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Incidentally, the Latin is from James Wallis, former head of Hogshead Publishing. It was the company motto: "Life is too short to do business with fuckwits". Me, bitter? Oh, a tad.... -- BBlackmoor ^(talk) 21:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't blame you. There are many things about Wikipedia which are liable to exasperate one. I am a former voluntary director (I resigned) of an organisation known as the WYFSD; my experiences therein are not overwhelmingly positive. I considered writing an entry for it, but I doubt that I could adhere to NPOV ;)

A question: If you no longer contribute to Wikipedia, why do you continue to keep check of your user and talk pages (if, of course, you don't mind me asking)? Doremítzwr 01:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I still keep an eye on one or two articles, but I am prepared to abandon them in a heartbeat if the lunatic fringe takes them over. It's just not worth the effort. -- BBlackmoor ^(talk) 02:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, you’re an internet gaming and Star Wars fan I see. What other articles do you tweak from time to time? Oh well, though you may not edit things in any great quantity, at least what you do is of high quality. :)

By the way, though I agree 100% that html smart quotes are horrible to read in the source code and thus ought not be used, it’s probably best that you don’t go removing them from the talk page of their chief proponent. Replacing them with unicode ones may have been tolerated, but changing them to " & ' is asking for trouble. It’s Wiketiquette that one does not change other users’ comments. I only make this comment in an attempt to prevent unnecessary and unproductive conflict. If you prefer, it’s OK with me if you edit what I write on your talk page in order to remove smart quotes. Doremítzwr 20:42, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Smartquotes

I thought you might have something to add to this on the administrators noticeboard. Tyrenius 23:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Signature

You need to copy that entire signature block in my monobook.js to yours. That will add a signature button above your edit box. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-01-04 13:58Z

• Make sure you use this block (copy the contents from the Edit page, not the contents below):

/* NEW CUSTOM SIGNATURE METHOD */
if (mwCustomEditButtons) {
  mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = {
    "imageFile": "http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/button_sig.png",
    "speedTip": "Signature",
    "tagOpen": "— <small>[[User:Brian0918|<b><font color=black>BRIAN</font></b>]][[User_talk:Brian0918|<font color=gray>0918</font>]] • {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTTIME}}Z</small>",
    "tagClose": "",
    "sampleText": ""};
};

Also, make sure you enclose the entire thing in <pre></pre> with each of the PRE tags commented out, as I have in my monobook.js — BRIAN0918 • 2007-01-06 23:30Z

Al Leong

Thank you. Do remember though, that the article is still in line for a change. And while I do recognize and respect the spirit of its current state, I agree with what a lot of the posters on that talk page say that it belongs on a fan site, not an encyclopedia. This is just to say that I may make another swipe, and condense some bits such as the larger dialogue pieces. After all, it's more funny when he only has one line rather than seven, no? JesseRafe 04:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Consensus by dolts

....in which case, you're gonna love thisSupreme_Cmdr^(talk) 02:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)