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It's a well-known fact that even a broken clock is right twice a day, but when Rawtwat the Vicious makes a sensible point... well I don't know, since it's never happened before.
There's been a little spat between Elliot the Thick and DStebbins, an irritating little person who sprays his personal opinions over UESP like a farmer spreading cowshit on a field. DStebbins made the point that zero-weight items give an infinite "value ratio", which is what UESP calls value divided by weight. EtT removes the comment with the edit summary "you can divide by zero, so this make no sense", staking a further claim to his "Thick" label, but at least he followed up with "dummy edit; I meant can't divide by zero". There was also a whole discussion on EtT's talk page, where even the LGA missed the point.
Elliot (and Timenn), of course you can divide by zero. Wikipedia has a whole article on the topic, and maybe you should both read it.
It's left to Rawtwat to reinstate the point and explain why. Unfortunately, and remember that this is an admin, he doesn't know how to link to categories. No, not like this... or like this... and it takes new editor Nx to show the way. So close, Rawtar, and yet so far.
Thanks to the person who emailed me pointing this one out even though it dragged me out of my holiday. Yes - at least one person has worked out who I am.
Friday 18 December 2009
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Nothing Interesting
Wow. What a boring few days. Apart from The Great Deceiver trying to prove what a good little boy he is and Elliot the Thick doing yet more useless crap nobody cares about, almost nothing has happened.
I'm off for Christmas now so I probably won't be doing any updates. Merry Christmas everybody and I'll see you all in the New Year!
I'm off for Christmas now so I probably won't be doing any updates. Merry Christmas everybody and I'll see you all in the New Year!
Monday 14 December 2009
The Great Deceiver Breaks the Site
A record-high job queue and one of the servers out of action. Surely it's an Elliot the Thick template session that caused it, right?
Wrong! The Great Deceiver admitted to being the one who single-handedly killed most of UESP over the past couple of days. In his post, he refuses to specify which template caused the problems, but I'm more than happy to oblige: it's this one (I'm linking to Wikipedia since it's going to be deleted off UESP soon).
TGD whines that he didn't expect a template taken from WP would cause such a problem. Perhaps if he had looked at where the template is used on WP, he would have discovered the answer is "almost fucking nowhere" and "literally fucking nowhere" in article space.
Good job, TGD. Perhaps you can give lessons in teh st00pid to Elliot?
Wrong! The Great Deceiver admitted to being the one who single-handedly killed most of UESP over the past couple of days. In his post, he refuses to specify which template caused the problems, but I'm more than happy to oblige: it's this one (I'm linking to Wikipedia since it's going to be deleted off UESP soon).
TGD whines that he didn't expect a template taken from WP would cause such a problem. Perhaps if he had looked at where the template is used on WP, he would have discovered the answer is "almost fucking nowhere" and "literally fucking nowhere" in article space.
Good job, TGD. Perhaps you can give lessons in teh st00pid to Elliot?
Sunday 13 December 2009
So Farewell, Then, Robin Hood
Elliot's Bitch has decided to throw in the towel. What will Elliot do next time he needs defending, I wonder?
To be honest, he won't be missed very much. He did a small about of fact checking but mainly spent his time adding badly thought out opinions to talk pages and absolutely not wanting to be an administrator.
I don't wish him harm so I hope he recovers from his illness. I'm sure there are more productive ways for him to spend his time if he does.
To be honest, he won't be missed very much. He did a small about of fact checking but mainly spent his time adding badly thought out opinions to talk pages and absolutely not wanting to be an administrator.
I don't wish him harm so I hope he recovers from his illness. I'm sure there are more productive ways for him to spend his time if he does.
Friday 11 December 2009
Elliot Annoys User: Film at 11
Let's see... the day has a "y" in its name so Elliot the Thick has been annoying people again. Today's victim is yet another anon, in this case, 68.215.87.128. The complaint is that EtT removed some stuff from the god awful 100% completion page. There have been a rash of IP edits on that page lately, so it's tricky to tell exactly which one the anon is complaining about.I'm guessing, though, that this one was by the same anon. I can't explain exactly why I think that...
Elliot, as usual, can't resist a rude reply, but then Elliot's Bitch pops up on schedule with a typically pointless post. Strange how often this happens. Evidently E's B feels a desperate need to protect EtT for some reason.
The funniest thing about this set of posts is from the anon, though. "I'm over 40 and a master of all aspects of pc use". Yeah. Except your grammar checker.
Elliot, as usual, can't resist a rude reply, but then Elliot's Bitch pops up on schedule with a typically pointless post. Strange how often this happens. Evidently E's B feels a desperate need to protect EtT for some reason.
The funniest thing about this set of posts is from the anon, though. "I'm over 40 and a master of all aspects of pc use". Yeah. Except your grammar checker.
Ratwar and Timenn?
It seems that, not content with attacking the lowly peons that make up most of UESP, Rawtwat the Vicious finds it necessary to attack his fellow admins. First target? LGA! According to Timenn, Rawtwat bitched in IRC about a preference Timenn expressed for new images uploaded by Elliot the Thick.
The question is, exactly what did Rawtwat say? The other question is that since he hasn't edited on the wiki in three days, why does he find it necessary to criticise other users in IRC? Oh, that's right. He's a vicious thug.
The question is, exactly what did Rawtwat say? The other question is that since he hasn't edited on the wiki in three days, why does he find it necessary to criticise other users in IRC? Oh, that's right. He's a vicious thug.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Rpeh Follows Elliot
Oh dear. Looks like the break hasn't helped The Great Deceiver's template skills.
At least when Elliot the Thick screwed up the book templates the other day it wasn't affecting every single book page. TGD's screwup on Book Author hasn't helped the job queue much.
Perhaps EtT can give you a refresher course?
At least when Elliot the Thick screwed up the book templates the other day it wasn't affecting every single book page. TGD's screwup on Book Author hasn't helped the job queue much.
Perhaps EtT can give you a refresher course?
Scintillating Debate
The topics on the Admin Noticeboard are heating up nicely!
The Warnings Policy had a funny little exchange between The Great Deceiver and Rawtwat the Vicious yesterday:
TGD: Let me archive my talk page
RtV: No, because I'm a bitch.
TGD: You do fuck all so fuck off.
In fact, TGD has a good point. You now have to go back a month to find the last time Rawtwat made a proper contribution to a page - and even further to find an edit that wasn't a revertion. Pretty pathetic.
On the other hand, did TGD really think that was going to work? Or was he just making a point?
The Warnings Policy had a funny little exchange between The Great Deceiver and Rawtwat the Vicious yesterday:
TGD: Let me archive my talk page
RtV: No, because I'm a bitch.
TGD: You do fuck all so fuck off.
In fact, TGD has a good point. You now have to go back a month to find the last time Rawtwat made a proper contribution to a page - and even further to find an edit that wasn't a revertion. Pretty pathetic.
On the other hand, did TGD really think that was going to work? Or was he just making a point?
Tuesday 8 December 2009
The Great Deceiver Returns
Well... he's back.
Judging from the flood of faintly sickening praise on his talk page, most people are glad to see it. I'm going to keep my opinion for now. Let's see whether or not he's going to do anything useful or just bang on about how good he used to be.
Judging from the flood of faintly sickening praise on his talk page, most people are glad to see it. I'm going to keep my opinion for now. Let's see whether or not he's going to do anything useful or just bang on about how good he used to be.
Sunday 6 December 2009
Protecting Templates - Why Bother?
There's been a fascinating discussion on the Administrator Noticeboard recently about whether or not to protect the Template namespace because of that vandal who targeted it the other day.
What's the point?
When you have Elliot the Thick making changes to one of the site's most widely used templates, live, on the wiki. Well done, EtT. The site's job queue is up over 24,000 thanks to you.
Have you never heard of sandboxes?
What's the point?
When you have Elliot the Thick making changes to one of the site's most widely used templates, live, on the wiki. Well done, EtT. The site's job queue is up over 24,000 thanks to you.
Have you never heard of sandboxes?
Saturday 5 December 2009
Rawtwat Prepares his Defense
Oh dear. Using Wikipedia as a notepad isn't a very good idea.
Admitting that you can't undo the block because you'd look silly only goes to prove what a vicious thug you are.
Is this something he's preparing to post on the wiki, like his previous attack on Aristeo (here and here), or is it a private email he's too stupid to realise he has made public?
Only time will tell.
Admitting that you can't undo the block because you'd look silly only goes to prove what a vicious thug you are.
Is this something he's preparing to post on the wiki, like his previous attack on Aristeo (here and here), or is it a private email he's too stupid to realise he has made public?
Only time will tell.
Friday 4 December 2009
Elliot and Useless Actions
You know... I wish I didn't have to write so much about how useless Elliot the Thick and Ratwar the Vicious are, but they provide so much ammunition!
Rather than do anything useful, EtT decided to upload new images of the controller buttons. Why? What was wrong with the old ones, except that they were the right size and EtT has decided to upload images at (eg) 150x150px when they're only ever used at 20x20px?
He also uploaded images for the image licenses, like this and this, ignoring the fact that nobody gives a shit!
Lastly, he uploads images for the warning / block notices like this and this. Why? EtT asks people to comment if they disagree with his actions. The Last Good Admin tells him he's an idiot, and EtT replies in typical style.
Elliot. Stop messing about with stuff that doesn't need to be messed around with. You're too thick to do it.
Rather than do anything useful, EtT decided to upload new images of the controller buttons. Why? What was wrong with the old ones, except that they were the right size and EtT has decided to upload images at (eg) 150x150px when they're only ever used at 20x20px?
He also uploaded images for the image licenses, like this and this, ignoring the fact that nobody gives a shit!
Lastly, he uploads images for the warning / block notices like this and this. Why? EtT asks people to comment if they disagree with his actions. The Last Good Admin tells him he's an idiot, and EtT replies in typical style.
Elliot. Stop messing about with stuff that doesn't need to be messed around with. You're too thick to do it.
Template Insanity!
Three posts in an hour... I leave UESP alone for 5 minutes and see what I have to catch up with?
A few days ago, Elliot the Thick created a new template for Oblivion Editor Ids. Ignoring the fact that this is a totally stupid idea for a minute, he has tweaked it, ending up with yesterday's edit that took the total size of the template to 85.3K!
I'm not going to bother telling you what a stupid idea this is. Anybody who knows anything about MediaWiki (and Elliot the Thick claims that he does) knows this is a site killer.
Let's see what MediaWiki says about templates, shall we? "If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play."
EtT's template puts a different piece of text onto each page that uses it. Just how thick do you have to be to think this was the right use for a template? Oh - as thick as Elliot the Thick. Of course.
A few days ago, Elliot the Thick created a new template for Oblivion Editor Ids. Ignoring the fact that this is a totally stupid idea for a minute, he has tweaked it, ending up with yesterday's edit that took the total size of the template to 85.3K!
I'm not going to bother telling you what a stupid idea this is. Anybody who knows anything about MediaWiki (and Elliot the Thick claims that he does) knows this is a site killer.
Let's see what MediaWiki says about templates, shall we? "If you have standard texts you want to include on several pages, the MediaWiki template feature comes into play."
EtT's template puts a different piece of text onto each page that uses it. Just how thick do you have to be to think this was the right use for a template? Oh - as thick as Elliot the Thick. Of course.
Assume Good Faith, Rawtwat Style
Rawtwat the Vicious violated policy by extending a block when there was no proof that he was blocking the right person. I mean the most central wiki policy of Assume Good Faith. Rawtwat is assuming bad faith.
He seems to know about AGF - at least, this post says he does (but note the qualifier - "we're supposed to assume good faith" (my emphasis), but how does he explain this post where he says "No matter what Rpeh has done for the site, he has become a disruptive vandal, and I plan on dealing with him like one". Anybody else who said anything like that would be banned.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Ratwar is out of control. He is violating policy and making decision according to his own agenda. He needs to be removed from power before he does real harm to UESP.
I'm still not convinced that The Great Deceiver was innocent, but I hate the hypocrisy more. Ratwar has become a liability. He does nothing for UESP and is now trying to drive off good faith editors with his violations of policy. Get him out.
He seems to know about AGF - at least, this post says he does (but note the qualifier - "we're supposed to assume good faith" (my emphasis), but how does he explain this post where he says "No matter what Rpeh has done for the site, he has become a disruptive vandal, and I plan on dealing with him like one". Anybody else who said anything like that would be banned.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Ratwar is out of control. He is violating policy and making decision according to his own agenda. He needs to be removed from power before he does real harm to UESP.
I'm still not convinced that The Great Deceiver was innocent, but I hate the hypocrisy more. Ratwar has become a liability. He does nothing for UESP and is now trying to drive off good faith editors with his violations of policy. Get him out.
Elliot the Thick... Clever... Thick
It seems I might be misjudging Elliot the Thick. Maybe he's not stupid, just schizophrenic. Follow his posts on the Administrator Noticeboard and see what you think:
22:05, 30 November 2009: I agree with the month block extension, and I think that a month should be added each time the block is circumvented, in addition to a reset of the block.
00:15, 2 December 2009: I, personally, don't believe this is rpeh.
00:38, 2 December 2009: Yes, and I am against an extension.
19:58, 4 December 2009: Plus, even there is consensus, policy states that it is Ratwar's final decision. The block ends Sunday, so I believe that any further conversation hurts more than it helps.
Out... in... out.. shake it all about. Just what do you think, Elliot?
Oh - and if you check the Block Log, it expires just after 9pm on Monday. Given the time difference, that means he can't post until Tuesday. You really are thick, Elliot. Go back to eating paste.
22:05, 30 November 2009: I agree with the month block extension, and I think that a month should be added each time the block is circumvented, in addition to a reset of the block.
00:15, 2 December 2009: I, personally, don't believe this is rpeh.
00:38, 2 December 2009: Yes, and I am against an extension.
19:58, 4 December 2009: Plus, even there is consensus, policy states that it is Ratwar's final decision. The block ends Sunday, so I believe that any further conversation hurts more than it helps.
Out... in... out.. shake it all about. Just what do you think, Elliot?
Oh - and if you check the Block Log, it expires just after 9pm on Monday. Given the time difference, that means he can't post until Tuesday. You really are thick, Elliot. Go back to eating paste.
Thursday 3 December 2009
Ratwar Blows His Chance
Rather than taking his pwning like a man, Rawtwat the Vicious decides to do what he's always criticised The Great Deceiver for doing... and invokes policy!
Well it's good to see you read the page at last, Rawtwat, even though it took you months to do it. You seem to be quite happy violating the policy yourself, but when there's a consensus (minus you, because you're such a twat) you jump on anybody who violates what you think should be policy.
In case you missed it, Rawtwat is invoking the "If there is disagreement among administrators, Daveh should be asked to make the final decision" clause of UESP's blocking policy. The trouble is, Rawtwat my little love, there is no disagreement. All the administrators agree that you're acting like a moron, and only you disagree with that. You're the odd man out now.
Well it's good to see you read the page at last, Rawtwat, even though it took you months to do it. You seem to be quite happy violating the policy yourself, but when there's a consensus (minus you, because you're such a twat) you jump on anybody who violates what you think should be policy.
In case you missed it, Rawtwat is invoking the "If there is disagreement among administrators, Daveh should be asked to make the final decision" clause of UESP's blocking policy. The trouble is, Rawtwat my little love, there is no disagreement. All the administrators agree that you're acting like a moron, and only you disagree with that. You're the odd man out now.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
It's Rawtwat's Big Chance
I'm not going to link every diff, but this debate would seem to be Rawtwat the Vicious's last chance before he loses all credibility.
Rawtwat is demanding the right to insult, block and generally smear anybody he wants. Everybody else that has commented so far is trying to find polite ways to tell him he's being an idiot. He has even gone so far that ^CEshe^V, Elliot and Elliot's Bitch have told him he's being too vicious.
The Last Good Admin has had some reasonable things to say, things that RtV called "discouraging" although that should be expected given what a vicious idiot Rawtwat has become lately. Nothing yet from GK the Silent or Nephele the Pious, but that's par for the course.
It looks like this will be a case where a blocked user takes on an administrator... and wins. Rawtwat has lost a huge amount of his remaining credibility and The Great Deceiver must be feeling slightly smug given the number of people that have supported him (even Elliot's Bitch has had nice things to say for once, although his new user idea was the single most st00p1d thing suggested in UESP's history).
Rawtwat is demanding the right to insult, block and generally smear anybody he wants. Everybody else that has commented so far is trying to find polite ways to tell him he's being an idiot. He has even gone so far that ^CEshe^V, Elliot and Elliot's Bitch have told him he's being too vicious.
The Last Good Admin has had some reasonable things to say, things that RtV called "discouraging" although that should be expected given what a vicious idiot Rawtwat has become lately. Nothing yet from GK the Silent or Nephele the Pious, but that's par for the course.
It looks like this will be a case where a blocked user takes on an administrator... and wins. Rawtwat has lost a huge amount of his remaining credibility and The Great Deceiver must be feeling slightly smug given the number of people that have supported him (even Elliot's Bitch has had nice things to say for once, although his new user idea was the single most st00p1d thing suggested in UESP's history).
Tuesday 1 December 2009
RtV and EtT in Perfect Harmony
If anybody needed any further proof that calling Elliot "Thick" and Rawtwat "Vicious", it came last night.
Elliot the Thick yet again ignored everybody else and went ahead making a shit load of minor changes without discussing it with anybody. (I can't be bothered to include all the links).
Some anon (and I get bored typing that - please can you create accounts?) reverted all his changes with the perfectly valid reason "Change made with no discussion - this is the site standard: do not change it without involving others" in each case. It also posted on EtT's page, basically saying "don't do that without discussion".
All perfectly good wiki behaviour from our latest anon friend, right?
Wrong. In the hypocrisy- and paranoia-filled world of modern UESP, any dissent is ruthlessly trodden underfoot.
So first, we get EtT reverting the comment on his talk page. The anon reverts; EtT reverts - you know how it works by now. EtT can't stand it when people tell him he's wrong.
Next, Rawtwat the Vicious blocks the IP (for no violation at all) and in a particularly fine example of paranoia, decides the anon was Rpeh, so re-blocks him too.
The anon points out at length that Rawtwat is a stupid fuckwit, and appeals the block... which Rawtwat finally acknowledges while making plain his belief the IP is Rpeh. Of course, the anon is blocked so can't contribute to the debate except by posting on its talk page - again, typical vicious Rawtwat. Despite a few requests for its comments to be moved from its talk page to the place where the debate is happening, Rawtwat refuses. EtT makes a typically ungrammatical post ("similarities are way too much"? Starting a sentence with "And"? For a self-proclaimed grammar nazi, he's utterly shit at grammar). He then takes time to spit in the anon's face before our friend decides he's had enough.
Meanwhile, Elliot the Thick re-does his own changes - still with nobody else getting to make a comment.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Elliot and Rawtwat are out of control. They are making up their own rules and applying them as they see fit. Both of them need removing from positions of power before all good faith editors are driven off.
Elliot the Thick yet again ignored everybody else and went ahead making a shit load of minor changes without discussing it with anybody. (I can't be bothered to include all the links).
Some anon (and I get bored typing that - please can you create accounts?) reverted all his changes with the perfectly valid reason "Change made with no discussion - this is the site standard: do not change it without involving others" in each case. It also posted on EtT's page, basically saying "don't do that without discussion".
All perfectly good wiki behaviour from our latest anon friend, right?
Wrong. In the hypocrisy- and paranoia-filled world of modern UESP, any dissent is ruthlessly trodden underfoot.
So first, we get EtT reverting the comment on his talk page. The anon reverts; EtT reverts - you know how it works by now. EtT can't stand it when people tell him he's wrong.
Next, Rawtwat the Vicious blocks the IP (for no violation at all) and in a particularly fine example of paranoia, decides the anon was Rpeh, so re-blocks him too.
The anon points out at length that Rawtwat is a stupid fuckwit, and appeals the block... which Rawtwat finally acknowledges while making plain his belief the IP is Rpeh. Of course, the anon is blocked so can't contribute to the debate except by posting on its talk page - again, typical vicious Rawtwat. Despite a few requests for its comments to be moved from its talk page to the place where the debate is happening, Rawtwat refuses. EtT makes a typically ungrammatical post ("similarities are way too much"? Starting a sentence with "And"? For a self-proclaimed grammar nazi, he's utterly shit at grammar). He then takes time to spit in the anon's face before our friend decides he's had enough.
Meanwhile, Elliot the Thick re-does his own changes - still with nobody else getting to make a comment.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Elliot and Rawtwat are out of control. They are making up their own rules and applying them as they see fit. Both of them need removing from positions of power before all good faith editors are driven off.
Rawtart makes Another go for teh Stoopid
This is a bit out of date, but it's something I noticed a while ago anyway.
Rawtwat the Vicious can't spot the difference between an IP address and an account. Look at block notices like this, this, and this all state that a named account is really an IP address.
Look, Rawtwat, I know you're pretty stupid but you're gonna have to fight Elliot for the stupid moniker. If you really want, I can make your nickname "Rawtwat the Ugly and Vicious", but Elliot the Thick keeps his name for now. Okay?
Rawtwat the Vicious can't spot the difference between an IP address and an account. Look at block notices like this, this, and this all state that a named account is really an IP address.
Look, Rawtwat, I know you're pretty stupid but you're gonna have to fight Elliot for the stupid moniker. If you really want, I can make your nickname "Rawtwat the Ugly and Vicious", but Elliot the Thick keeps his name for now. Okay?
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