User talk:BilCat

RETIRED

This user is no longer active on Wikipedia as of December 26, 2011.

Season's tidings!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 02:26, 25 December 2011 (UTC).

Thanks, all. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to y'all. - BilCat (talk) 00:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Happy New Year BilCat and BillZ. Let me know if you need anything, BilC. Take care. -Fnlayson (talk) 17:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Sigh...

• I'm so ronery... (PS: Remember to email me if anything... yeah?) Best and cheers~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 02:42, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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Idiotic heavyhandedness by WP!!!

Looks like I retired just in time! This "blackout" idea is ill-thoughtout, kneejerk reactionary silliness. It's really strange that the site that refuses to crack down on IP-abuse, vandalism and other such problems in the name of "open editing" has no qualms about sticking it to its readers to make a political point, ie, "closed everything!". There are other ways to make such points without depriving readership of the use of the site. One of the major reasons I've retired are because WP puts the wishes of a few outspoken editors over its own "customers", the readers. Just becasue a site is "free" is no reason to ignore customer service. - BilCat (talk) 16:35, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• I concur - how can admins be expected to enforce WP:NOTADVOCACY, WP:NOTSOAPBOX etc. when the WMF itself disrupts Wikipedia to make a point? Supreme facepalm of destiny - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 17:37, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

That's what I should hae said!!! - BilCat (talk) 17:58, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

• Running with scissors is a very silly thing to do! (PS: Ditto... me too~! I guess I'll just go out shopping with the missus and miss the blackout then.) --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 18:31, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, the WMF is now so full of itself over its "succes" yesterday, I wonder what they'll protest next? ATM charges? Cell-phone tariffs? PRC internet restrictions/abuses? Forgive me for being a cynic, but I think the first 2 are far more likely, as it's not wise to protest a government that already has the power to shut down your access to their citizens, as opposed to one that doesn't yet have that power! (Remember CNN and their suppression of the truth about Iraq's abuse of its citizens?) - BilCat (talk) 08:23, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia's credibility took a downturn thanks to that "blackout" garbage. Fittingly, there was a huge bust of an internet piracy service like the day after SOPA and PIPA were tabled. The message there is that SOPA and PIPA aren't needed to crack down on copyright violations. They can already do it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

World Series

I see some deletionist idiot clobbered that 1903 World Series photo. I guess he's worried that the photographer might arise from his grave and file a copyright suit. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:08, 1 February 2012 (UTC)