Editor Log: June 2002 (thing)

As we enter the third calendar month of my editorship (why is it that I get the feeling I've been suckered?), I must once again perforce list some of my contemplations of editorial philosophy. See last month's log for ruminations on softlocking and editor cools. This month, I present, for your downvoting pleasure:

Personal prejudice among editors is unavoidable. We're only human, after all (although there may be exceptions). Nevertheless, there is a fine line between rational and irrational prejudice. Certain types of nodes annoy me for personal reasons, but if they are well-written, they should not fall under the category of "nukeworthy". In these cases, I maintain a determinedly hands-off policy. I tend to stay away from the crappy nodes of this ilk, too - in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety. I'll leave the impropriety to the gods, who are past grand masters at that... :-)

Nose to the grindstone:

• Edited
  • Cookery : Recipes, regional : China : Cantonese, by recipe (gn0sis) (June 1, 2002) - Corrected error in Chinese (心点 "Sum Dim" >> 点心 "Dim Sum"). Kudos to user dharmaraja for spotting this.
  • Dim Sum, by gn0sis (June 1, 2002) - Same error corrected.
  • Covenant, by Mortice (June 3, 2002) - Added new Covenanters' names.
  • fuddling cup, by enth (June 7, 2002) - Spelling, pipe link.
  • The Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast, by Transitional Man (June 13, 2002) - Formatting.
  • Yaupon, by Webster 1913 (June 15, 2002) - Formatting, hard linking.
• Killed, with penalty
  • collision by flonze (June 3, 2002) - User posted numerous NFN lyrics nodes without hardlinking and with no explication. Did not respond to /msg, and continued to repeat the offense. This one nuked with penalty (as a sort of "slap on the wrist"), the rest mercifully (see below).
  • D'ni by Em (June 8, 2002) - 'The management of E2 thanks you in advance for not repeating your efforts to pollute the database with invented "facts"'
  • Sensation by Jackyl (June 8, 2002) - Troll.
  • commonly misspelled words by KublaKhan (June 9, 2002) - Not what we're looking for, in terms of content. No. Not at all.
• Killed, mercifully
  (Given last month's hit list, this promises to be gory)
  • Maetl by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - Noding for numbers. Pointless track-by-track listing of an album. Would have been better as part of an integrated WU on the album. User advised to integrate.
  • Windwind by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Lowride by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • doctrine by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Eggshell by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Basscadet by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Bronchus 2 by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Autriche by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Kalpol Introl by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • 444 by cyberaktif (June 1, 2002) - ...more of the same
  • Armageddon by joev (June 3, 2002) - Pointless, one-line "review".
  • Armageddon by misstree (June 3, 2002) - Advert for a live-action RPG event. User advised that E2 is not a billboard, and told to read Node for the Ages.
  • nslookup by Wedge.net (June 3, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Deciding by flonze (June 3, 2002) - See the "Killed, with penalty" section, above.
  • Nebraska Bricks by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
  • Three Miles Down by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
  • Handsome Boy by flonze (June 3, 2002) - ...more of the same.
  • Red Dwarf quotes by reziak (June 5, 2002) - Brief, imprecise quotation. Not contributory.
  • Dr. Zoidberg by iSani (June 5, 2002) - One-liner, no links, trivial data content.
  • Chicken Delicious by CaptainSpam (June 5, 2002) - Ported E1 writeup, since superseded by DyRE's WU in the same node.
  • robability by technos (June 5, 2002) - Old node, pointless.
  • Funky Bitch by NothingLasts4ever (June 5, 2002) - Nuked at user's request.
  • Water vs. Coke by cecil36 (June 5, 2002) - Uncontributory.
  • some questions are harder than others by Molasses (June 5, 2002) - Completely pointless.
  • Tilley Hat by hai-etlik (June 7, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Tilley Endurables by hai-etlik (June 7, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Tilley by Allenthar (June 7, 2002) - Superfluous.
  • Travesties by The Mad Hawk (June 7, 2002) - One-liner from the E1 days, superseded.
  • How to Spot the Leader of a Biker Gang by Eye Candy (June 7, 2002) - User advised to be a little more serious, next time.
  • Spruce Goose by BigCujo (June 7, 2002) - E1 writeup, superseded.
  • Why The United States Rules by xmatt (June 8, 2002) - Writeup contents already existed as America : The Good Neighbour.
  • The Omega Man by Jackyl (June 8, 2002) - One-line response, providing minimal data.
  • tamar levy manns by tamar levy-manns (June 8, 2002) - Self-aggrandising and pointless. Ought to have been killed with penalty, but I forgot to remove the default tick in the "mercy" box.
  • Pomella Handerson by SilentElkOfYesterday (June 9, 2002) - Pointless.
  • May you live in interesting times by bs (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
  • May you live in interesting times by alex.tan (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
  • May you live in interesting times by ZamZ (June 9, 2002) - Superseded.
  • comp stomper by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Pointless.
  • bnet by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Exceptionally pointless.
  • comp stomp by Feran (June 9, 2002) - Trivial.
  • rp by Feran (June 9, 2002) - One-liner.
  • Philip Pullman by dpride (June 10, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Finangle's Law by hai-etlik (June 10, 2002) - Incorrectly titled; one-liner; incorrectly stated formulation of the Law (see Finagle's Law). Sorry, won't do.
  • splat by MilTan (June 10, 2002) - Pointless one-liner.
  • Love is Weird by ThomK (June 11, 2002) - Subjective, one-liner.
  • tser by tser (June 12, 2002) - We don't need this.
  • Reinder Kraaij by tser (June 12, 2002) - More of the same. User advised to read the E2 FAQ.
  • Everything's Recipes by dem bones (June 14, 2002) - Nuked by request.
  • bowties by Shecket (June 14, 2002) - Inane.
  • licantropo by licantropo (June 14, 2002) - Not very useful, at all.
  • secret admirer by DaveHowe (June 15, 2002) - Inane.
  • Monkey Boy by Cloth (June 15, 2002) - Insipid Wu by fled user, no hard links.
  • Jakarta by Shafik (June 17, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Frederick by asyred (June 18, 2002) - Cut-and-paste copyright violation (Encyclopedia Britannica).
  • Bianca by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
  • Cassandra by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
  • orsino by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
  • Pandarus by asyred (June 18, 2002) - ditto.
  • picking up random women by Suppafly (June 18, 2002) - Banal, uninteresting, not well written - waste of nodegel.
  • kids by cappie (June 18, 2002) - Seriously idiotic.
  • Windows tries to cover up its mistakes by JavaGuy817 (June 18, 2002) - Merciful instakill, at user's request.
  • the 0th dimension by JavaGuy817 (June 18, 2002) - Nuked at user's request.
  • punch cards by dev.null (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
  • punch cards by crablouie (June 19, 2002) - Uncontributory.
  • Swastika by dev.null (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Minneapolis by asb217 (June 19, 2002) - User told: "Not a really bad WU - but it needs formatting and hard links. Retrieve the text from node heaven and try again."
  • salient by bozon (June 19, 2002) - Superseded.
  • hetropolitan by jaq (June 19, 2002) - Uncontributory.
  • Gravity by hotthamir (June 19, 2002) - Lame. User is better off without it.
  • the contrary gene by Gujerati (June 20, 2002) - Pointless.
  • Barbarossa by Grand Poobah of PRAM (June 22, 2002) - Noded elsewhere (Operation Barbarossa).
  • Barbarossa by belbo (June 22, 2002) - Waste of nodespace.
  • biohazard by chaosmind (June 23, 2002) - Superseded.
  • P and A by dimka (June 23, 2002) - Too terse, and ought to have been noded elsewhere (price and availability?).
  • WTS by dimka (June 23, 2002) - Same problem. Suggested to user that both be noded together under sales terminology.
  • Things not to say when the U.S. Air Force is escorting an aircraft in your area by Wormer (June 23, 2002) - Idiotic attempt at humour. User advised to not give up his day job.
  • Giacomo Puccini by sas (June 23, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Padre Pio by pingouin (June 24, 2002) - Superseded.
  • virii by Qwrk (June 24, 2002) - User failed to understand the point made in both the other WUs in the node.
  • Wormhole by Morgan (June 24, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Riemann-Zeta function by NyCad (June 25, 2002) - Deleted by request.
  • GEEKFAIR by RevPhil (June 27, 2002) - Advertisement - user informed that E2 is not a bulletin board, and advised to Node for the Ages.
  • John C. Frémont by VT Hawkeye (June 27, 2002) - Superseded.
  • Nomen by Takrinaxis (June 29, 2002) - Entirely too thin, and any possible ancillary information is already noded elsewhere, in Roman names.
• Editor cooled
  (See my ruminations of last month for clues on this - I have found it hard to adhere to my self-imposed maximum of 3 ed-cools a month, and this month, there are 4...)
  • Tenskwautawa (June 3, 2002) - Two fine WUs on the Prophet of the Shawnee.
  • Summer of Love (June 10, 2002) - Not all of them top-notch, but all above average - and the general impression was more than fine.
  • The Seriously Red Dress (June 11, 2002) - Outstanding.
  • If a geek.boy wrote poetry to his geek.girl... (June 26, 2002) - Most amusing, and not a little bit touching.
• Firmlinked
  • Pax Deorum + Pax Dei + Treuga Dei (June 13, 2002) - threeway firmlink between related, though different, subjects
  • Hans Christian Ørsted with Hans Christian Oersted (June 18, 2002)
  • Barbarossa to Operation Barbarossa and Frederick Barbarossa (June 22, 2002)
  • Ole Romer to Ole Christensen Rømer (June 24, 2002)
• Softlocked
  • Ole Romer (June 24, 2002) - the correct node title is Ole Christensen Rømer