In my previous logs, I have discussed topics such as:
This month, my topic is politeness. Now, the standard of politeness (as has been observed by many scholarly blokes, most notably Norbert Elias) is a function of the society it operates in. One man's courtesy is another man's rudeness. However, in terms of our present environment, courtesy follows a commonly-defined standard. Here are some of the instantiations of that standard, as I see them:
Now, if I could just be of sufficient strength of character to live up to my own principles...
Nose to the grindstone:
- Edited
- Piet Mondrian by Professor Pi (August 4, 2002) - Fixed formatting error: unclosed pipe link.
- Rise of Apocalyptic Literature by ephealy (R.I.P.) (August 5, 2002) - Fixed formatting error: pipe link beginning with double brackets.
- Kaiser Wilhelm II by id1984 (August 5, 2002) - Corrected Hindenberg to Hindenburg; "it's" to "its"; Treaty of Versallis to Treaty of Versailles. More corrections, but I can't be arsed to list them.
- Covenant by Mortice (August 9, 2002) - Added Wilco to the list of Covenanters.
- Heka by Ophois (August 10, 2002) - Minor HTML corrections. Damn good WU, deserved to look perfect.
- What to know before you invest in stocks by Christopher Vo (August 12, 2002) - Broken hard link.
- Oliver Messiaen by Pedro (August 12, 2002) - Minor HTML, added a few hard links, and stuff.
- Covenant by Mortice (August 18, 2002) - Added Kage Prototype to the list of Covenanters.
- Roundel by Gritchka (August 18, 2002) - Fixed special character errors.
- "He weighs the eggs of flies in spiderwebs." by lakeonfire (August 18, 2002) - Corrected HTML and French mistakes.
- 1900 by mauler (August 21, 2002) - Changed "Max Muller" to point to Max Müller.
- Killed, with penalty
- Killed, mercifully
- whimsical rhyme by whimsy (August 3, 2002) - Nuked by request.
- lunnerfast by alphapartic1e (August 4, 2002) - "This sort of home-grown slang doesn't really contribute to the database."
- icon by Cermain (August 4, 2002) - Superseded.
- IDE by Usefulman (August 4, 2002) - Superseded.
- IDE by mlockhart (August 4, 2002) - Superseded.
- Paul Schrader by jjgifford (August 6, 2002) - Superseded.
- exaust manifold by elaine (August 8, 2002) - Node title typo for exhaust manifold, filled with a WU requesting deletion. Instakilled.
- Kotondo Torii by Cornelius Scarecrow (August 9, 2002) - "The content of this WU bears far too much resemblance to www.hanga.com/bijin-ga/kotondo/ - you know that we don't allow this."
- philosopher's stone by Dano (August 9, 2002) - "No hard links, and a stand-alone quotation without explication."
- Me chinese by hackthemainframe (August 9, 2002) - "No, I think we can do with out this."
- Gogol by MediaTracker (August 12, 2002) - "There is already a larger and better writeup under Nikolai Gogol. Before you node something, take the time to see whether it already exists elsewhere in E2."
- A Really Sick Family by dogganos (August 14, 2002) - "We don't need this."
- blowpig by m0nkey (August 14, 2002) - "No, we definitely don't need this."
- How i tried to get high off nutmeg by nico_slim (August 18, 2002) - Empty WU.
- Military Aircraft Prefixes by DataJunkie (August 18, 2002) - Superseded.
- US military aircraft designations by Nero (August 18, 2002) - Superseded.
- US military aircraft designations by metalangel (August 18, 2002) - Superseded.
- ABCD by Bilal (August 18, 2002) - "This isn't really very useful, is it?"
- jackhammer by jackhammer (August 19, 2002) - Egonoding.
- The editors are not your mother by dead (August 20, 2002) - "While I agree with your sentiments, the Wu is not much of a contribution to the database. This is better off as a nodeshell."
- astanga by sjlain (August 21, 2002) - Cut'n'paste.
- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois by sjlain (August 21, 2002) - Cut'n'paste.
- Orson Scott Card by clampe (August 22, 2002) - Superseded.
- Orson Scott Card by yam (August 22, 2002) - Superseded.
- Aragon by Woundweavr (August 23, 2002) - Superseded.
- Akbar by ophie (August 23, 2002) - Superseded.
- El Helio by SkipWiley (August 23, 2002) - "We don't really appreciate made-up stuff like this, especially when you stuff it into a lot of nodes. If you're going to write fiction, write it up in a single node, and do it with style."
- The Biskit by SkipWiley (August 23, 2002) - "Apply those comments to this WU, too."
- 51st State by Lord NAgasaki (August 25, 2002) - Superseded.
- Wellington Yueh by Saxo Man (August 25, 2002) - Superseded.
- The Historicity of Christ by kyberuserid (August 26, 2002) - User warned repeatedly about factual errors in text. Failed to respond. Was nuked with the message: "Since you seem to have totally ignored my editorial remarks to this node, and haven't even bothered to respond, I believe a nuke is in order."
- Admiral Motti by pealco (August 30, 2002) - Superseded.
- Reign of Fire by ShakyTumbleweed (August 31, 2002) - "I'm sorry to tell you that this is so far below acceptable review standards that I consider it impossible to rescue. Better luck next time."
- Editor cooled
(As is my self-imposed rule, I shall try to restrict myself to 3 ed-cools a month)
- How to run a roleplaying game (August 4, 2002) - As an experienced gamemaster (20+ years of gaming experience), this appealed to me. A bunch of solid factuals on the planning and execution of a good RPG campaign. What's not to like?
- Rule of 72 (August 12, 2002) - Very handy info, and good background information, both mathematical, historical, and anecdotal.
- Plagiarism (August 19, 2002) - Not only explains the meaning, but the philological and moral implications. Sterling nodestuff.
- Firmlinked
- Softlocked