Talk:Ring Indicator

message: It's still here?  Why?  This should be a couple of lines in RS-232, not here. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:39, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: this article isn't a couple of lines, and appears to be a very detailed piece about one specific aspect of RS232. As per WP:ROYALBACKSCRATCHER above, I am removing the merge tag. Totnesmartin (talk) 13:42, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's just sad.  Roll on, Pokemon! --Wtshymanski (talk) 13:49, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: "When is it an encyclopedia?" When is Wikipedia an encyclopedia? I think you should read WP:IDONTLIKEIT, and perhaps refer this article to Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing. Incidentally, WP:POKEMON appears to have fallen out of use. Totnesmartin (talk) 14:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I live in hope.  If the Pokemon have all been flushed out, then some of the other Wiki cruft may some day get cleaned up also. "I don't like it" is a pretense - this whole project is the product of the averaged prejudices of its editors, let's not pretend that one can put on the Sorting Hat and decide impartially which parts are "consensus" and which parts are personal hobby horses. My experience of Wikiprojects is that their main activity is putting banners on talk pages and that's as far as they get; perhaps I've not been exposed to any competent Wikiprojects (but then, I've only looked at a couple thousand pages, not a statistically significant sample). --Wtshymanski (talk) 14:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  To the extent that you say Wikipedia is a product of the averaged prejudices of its editors, I agree with you.  Not sure why that's a bad thing though.  You sound like the sort that would go into a bar to preach about the ills of alcohol, and then write a letter to the local paper's editor bemused and astonished at why none of those silly drunks listened.  You seem like a brilliant guy, don't you have better things to do?  Wikipedia is for us human folk (the ones with the very same prejudices you complain of), not for aliens on some other planet.  You clearly have a different idea of what a "Wikipedia" should be than the rest of us, and fortunately, for people like you, the MediaWiki software is free and so is all the content.  Feel free to install it, make yourself an admin, and start your own Wikipedia fork, which you can decruft to your heart's content.  (I don't mean that in spite - I have done the same myself, minus the importation of Wikipedia content).  I do not care for Pokemon myself, but have not lost any sleep over its inclusion in Wikipedia.  But if I felt differently, I would have recourse.  You too have at your disposal the opportunity to enjoy a wiki free of Pokemon and royal backscratchers.  Look for the "mediawiki" package in your favorite Linux installer utility. Reswobslc (talk) 20:27, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that the averaged prejudices aren't informed prejudices.  Why should I start my own Wikipedia when we've got a nearly perfectly good one here that just needs some intelligence exercised in what constitutes an article? If I were brilliant, why would I be here? Brilliant people get paid to write brilliantly. I'm as damaged as the average basement-dwelling Wikipedia contributor. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
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