Wikipedia talk:Society for the Preservation of the Quazer Beast

message: I've reverted the change from "object" to "abject" in this sentence: "The Society also believes that the history of the Quazer Beast article serves as an object lesson to the perils of the Wiki model, as explained below" of the first para, as "object lesson" is correct usage, in my view. Feel free to discuss. ++Lar: t/c 03:35, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I have yet to find a dictionary which gives a definition of "object" as an adjective, but I am not dictionary complete. The word "abject" is, however, an adjective, and seems to fit what the author was trying to say, which is why I made the change. I also welcome discussion from others. RoscoHead 05:56, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You may not have had a chance to look hard enough. Try this search for the phrase, 7 out of the first 10 hits (including several dictionaries) give the meaning I have in mind. I'll ask Mac what he meant next time I see him on IRC though. ++Lar: t/c 10:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah. American English. I have only British/Australian dictionaries, and none contain that phrase. I guess I have learned an abject lesson. RoscoHead 23:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See the Oxford English Dictionary, sub "object" III: object lesson, [(a) (now chiefly hist.) a lesson in which a pupil's examination of a material object forms the basis for instruction;] (b) fig., a striking practical example of a principle or ideal. (Quotations for the first sense are American; for the second appear to be both English.) Septentrionalis 03:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

text: "Object lesson" and "abject lesson" are both real phrases and both have different meanings.  An "object lesson" is a concrete example of an abstract idea.  An "abject lesson" is an excessively harsh or vile punishment made to teach a lesson.  For example "When the army recaptured the rebel village, they killed everyone as an abject lesson to others who might consider rebellion."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.214.251.195 (talk) 21:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Abject objection

message: Errrden appears to be a made-up species.
I'm putting it up for deletion, but its content is here. --Gray Porpoise 00:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Quazer Beast" found! 

message: Several months ago, I found the following creature while beachcombing for monsters on Wikipedia.  The page was regrettably removed soon afterwards but, fortunately, I had saved a copy.  Here's Thaloc in all its (pseudo)mythological glory. Freederick 16:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Quazer Beast 

message: ===revision content from Al-‘Uyun (all typos intact)===
Al-ʽUyun (العيون) is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.[1] The last surviving member of the village is Petier Griphon a hunter and explorer who saw THE LAND DEVOURER.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-%CA%BDUyun&diff=prev&oldid=1068023913
Dronebogus (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Land-devouring Quazer Beast of Arabia 

message: Al-ʽUyun (العيون) is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.[1] The last surviving member of the village is Petier Griphon a hunter and explorer who saw THE LAND DEVOURER.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-%CA%BDUyun&diff=prev&oldid=1068023913
Dronebogus (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: revision content from [[Al-‘Uyun]] (all typos intact)

message: I've just added the Deogen (aka "The Eyes") to WP:HOAXLIST – one I hunted down back in 2017. Not sure if it might be too ethereal to be of interest to hardcore cryptozoologists such as yourselves? Dan from A.P. (talk) 22:21, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Also by the same author, Oude Rode Ogen, now at AfD. Dan from A.P. (talk) 22:59, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deogen 

message: I’ve rescued this gallant gentleman from the talk page of a blocked user Dronebogus (talk) 11:50, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edward