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'''''--- ATTENTION ALL INCLUSIONISTS! ---'''''</div><br> |
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Fellow inclusionists, |
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The situation has grown more dire since the last time I addressed you. The encroaching hordes of [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deletionism deletionists] at [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion|Votes for deletion]] are growing more, not less, rabid by the day and the time has come to put a stop to it. We must do battle on this territory which heretofore has been assumed to be irrevocably held in the clutches of the enemy. Some cases in point: |
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*[[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Kefka's Revenge]]. [[Kefka's Revenge]] has numerous [[Altavista]] hits revealing that it is a title that has been reviewed in serious online game publications, and thus there is enough information out there for other contributors to flesh out this article and improve it. This is not just some fangame written by some loser in a basement, that nobody ever heard of. Although the game is still in development, is that any reason to delete the article pre-emptively? Should we also delete the article on the [[U.S. presidential election, 2008]] because the full event has not yet come to fruition? Wikipedia is supposed to be on the cutting edge. |
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*[[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Barefoot and pregnant]]. A near-miss; a brave band of intrepid inclusionists arrived just in time to rescue this defenseless article from the jagged, filthy claws of the evil deletionists who had ganged up and brutally assaulted it. We must give the poor, meek stubs of our Wikipedia time to expand, my friends! Do not destroy the barely-germinated plant before it has had time to grow, and flourish, and mature into a beautiful article. Unfortunately, words will not sway these demonic foes. Force is the only language they will understand, and we must force our way with '''Keep''' votes. |
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Familiarize yourselves with the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism doctrine of inclusionism]. Memorize the principles! Propagate them worldwide. Do not let your loved ones be lost to the deception of the enemy, who would taint our children with their fiendish ideology. Our foes will soon know that a spectre is haunting Wikipedia – the spectre of '''INCLUSIONISM!''' |
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Friends, now is the time to come forth to do battle against the enemy. We must marshal our forces at once. Now is no time to be cowardly in the face of those whose vicious ideology would lead them to pare down our encyclopedia to whatever is banal, mainstream, and popularly reported in the media. In an Orwellian turn, they would transform the word "notable" to mean whatever subjects they, in their piddly, limited experience, happen to have heard of. We must not stand for this any longer. As they say in [[Hotel Rwanda]], "We must ''exterminate'' these cockroaches! '''''CUT DOWN THE TALL TREES NOW!'''''" |
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[[Image:Knowledge Seeker.jpg|thumb|right|109px|What a nerd. I mean, who hangs out at an ''encyclopedia''‽]] |
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Your leader, |
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I am a student of the [[universe]], a seeker of [[knowledge]], a lover of [[learning]]. |
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[[Gazpacho|Colonel Gazpacho]] 14:21, 5 May 2005 (UTC) |
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In the real world, I am a fourth-year [[medical student]] in [[Chicago]]. I will start [[residency]] at the end of June. |
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I was born in [[1979]]. I discovered Wikipedia in early November 2004. It wasn't long before I was drawn in; I made my first edit on November 20, 2004 (under my briefly used account, [[User:Knowledgeseeker]]). On March 15, 2005, I [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Knowledge Seeker|became]] an [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]]. To check up on what I've been doing with my administrative powers, see my [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=Knowledge+Seeker&page= log] (note that rollbacks will appear under my [[Special:Contributions/Knowledge Seeker|contributions]] like my other edits. |
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''Si sabe hablar español, puede [[:es:Usuario:Knowledge Seeker|visitarme]] en la Wikipedia española, aunque yo no sé hablar español muy bien.'' |
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All right, I gave in and added a picture of myself. It's from a couple years ago—I'll replace it with a better picture when I get a chance. |
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The remainder of this page is really for me, to keep track of articles I'm workin on and such. You're welcome to read it but it's not very well-organized. |
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==To do== |
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Although I spend most of my time copyediting, here are some current/future project ideas. This is more to remind me what I wanted to work on than to tell others. I am overly ambitious for the amount of time I have and probably won't get to all of these. Anyone is free to beat me to these tasks. |
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! style="border-bottom:3px solid; background:#eee;" | Bookmarks for myself |
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| [[WP:CSD|Candidates for speedy deletion]] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Administrator's reading list|Administrator's reading list]] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce|Cleanup Taskforce]] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|''Wikipedia Signpost'']] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Press coverage|Press coverage]] |
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| [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source|Wikipedia as a press source]] |
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*Work on [[Chicago]]-related articles, especially ones about streets and [[multilevel streets in Chicago]] ([[User:SPUI]] has created some beautiful maps [see bottom]). Add photographs to Chicago-related articles if they don't have them already. |
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**<del>[[Wacker Drive]] — take a new photograph once we get some sunnier weather</del> |
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**<del>[[Lake Shore Drive]] needs a photograph</del>, but maybe another from the North Avenue Bridge? |
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**<del>[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]] upload pictures if article is created</del> has 2 photos now |
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**[[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)]] could use a sunnier picture, or maybe one taken along the street (but where?) |
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**[[Randolph Street (Chicago)]] needs a photograph. Not sure from where. Probably from the upper level, perhaps highlighting the multiple-level nature of the street. |
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**Pictures of the [[Adler Planetarium]] and the [[Shedd Aquarium]] |
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**Take a picture of some section of [[Illinois Center]]? |
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**Does anything else need pictures? |
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**<del>[[U.S. Highway 41]] needs some info about when it runs along [[Interstate 94]] when I have time to look it up.</del> |
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**<del>Disambiguate the links to the [[Museum of Science and Industry]]</del> |
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**Maybe some pictures for interstates like [[Interstate 90]] or [[Interstate 55]]. |
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*Work on [[:Category:Medicine stubs|medicine stubs]]. I haven't been too active here, partially because many of them are already pretty good, and partially because I don't want to spend much of my free time reading more about medicine. |
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**<del>Split out information on [[Anorexia nervosa]] from [[Anorexia]].</del> Split, but I'll try to expand it more. |
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**Expand [[Vasovagal syncope]] |
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**Write [[Tilt table test]] |
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**Write [[History (medicine)]] |
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*Add material to space- and space-exploration–related articles if I learn about something that isn't already included in the articles. |
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**Work on italicizing spacecraft names |
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*Work on Star Trek–related articles |
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**Work on the links to the old [[Starship Voyager]] page |
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*Add some photographs to India-related articles; flesh out short articles |
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**[[Jodhpur]]:uploaded photograph |
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**[[Mehrangarh Fort]]:uploaded photgraph; work on expanding article so I can add more photos |
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**[[Udaipur]] |
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**[[Lake Palace]] |
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**[[Jantar Mantar]]: uploaded photograph |
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**[[Amber Fort]] ([[Amber, India]]?) uploaded photograph |
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**[[Jaipur]] uploaded photograph |
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*<del>Move my photographs to Commons; add them to the category or gallery pages (in progress)</del> |
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*Add Commons photographs to other-language Wikipedias |
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*<del>Figure out how to add accents and tildes while editing the [[:es:Portada|Spanish Wikipedia]].</del> Oh and work on my Spanish skills |
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*<del>Try writing [[Phosphorus cycle]] so that people won't keep following broken (red) links and write nonsense that has to be repeatedly speedied</del> <del>Started it, but it could really use some work. Anyone who knows any ecology, feel free to fix it up!</del> My good friends at the [[WP:CT|Cleanup Taskforce]] have really helped out here, but if you know any ecology, feel free to work on it more. |
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==Projects I keep an eye on== |
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bengal]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine]] |
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==Articles I've started/been a major contributor== |
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*[[Septum pellucidum]] |
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*[[Bengali grammar]] |
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*[[Alpha Omega Alpha]] |
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*[[Phosphorus cycle]] (which has since received some major upgrading—thanks!) |
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==Photographs I've taken== |
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Some of these are not being used in any article; I'm listing them here so I don't forget about deleting them when I'm done. |
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Image:Pakoras.jpg|"[[Pakora]]" tasty Indian appetizer ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Jantar Mantar at Jaipur.jpg|"[[Jantar Mantar]]": a historic astronomical observatory ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Amber Fort interior.jpg|"[[Amber, India]]": The interior of one of the palaces in [[Amber Fort]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Amber Fort, Jaigarh Fort in background.jpg|"[[Jaipur]]": Two historic structures in the state of [[Jaipur]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Amber Fort.jpg|"[[Amber, India]]" [[Amber Fort]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Chicago River from Michigan Avenue (closeup).jpg|"[[Wacker Drive]]": view from [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:South Water Street (service level).jpg|"[[Multilevel streets in Chicago]]" a view from the third level of South Water Avenue ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Chicago River dyed green, focus on river.jpg|"[[St. Patrick's Day]]" The [[Chicago River]] dyed green ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Chicago River, dye travelling upstream.jpg|"[[Chicago River]]" Some of the dye travelled a bit upstream ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Jodhpur from Mehrangarh Fort.jpg|"[[Jodhpur]]": view from Mehrangarh Fort ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Mehrangarh Fort.jpg|"[[Jodhpur]]" and [[Mehrangarh Fort]]: Mehrangarh Fort ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Aon Center (Chicago).jpg|"[[Aon Center (Chicago)]]": second-tallest building in Chicago ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Lakeshore East (facing northeast, closeup).jpg|"[[Lake Shore Drive]]": its intersection with Wacker Drive ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Harbor Park (facing east).jpg|"[[Lakeshore East]]": new development east of Chicago's Loop ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Columbus Drive, 3 levels (facing west).jpg|"[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]]" the triple-level Columbus Drive in [[Chicago]] ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Columbus Drive, 3 levels (facing southwest).jpg|"[[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]] another view ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Michigan Avenue bridge over Chicago River.jpg|"[[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)]]" and "[[Multilevel streets in Chicago]]": one of two double-decker bridges in Chicago ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Wacker Drive, 3 levels.jpg|"[[Wacker Drive]]": all three levels ''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Jaigarh Fort from Amber Fort.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Sheesh Mahal, Amber Fort.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, another view.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Chicago River from Michigan Avenue.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker)'' |
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Image:Connection between Lakeshore East and Harbor Drive, Service Level.jpg|''(User:Knowledge Seeker'') |
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Image:Dual-level Harbor Drive.jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'') |
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Image:Lakeshore East (facing south).jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker) |
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Image:Lakeshore East (facing northeast).jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'') |
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Image:Chicago River dyed green, buildings more prominent.jpg|(''User:Knowledge Seeker'') |
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==Cool images and ones I'm watching for updates== |
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Image:Wacker Drive side view.png|Schematic of [[Wacker Drive]] ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:Chicago top down view.png|A view of the triple-decker streets and their connections ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:Chicago upper level.png|Street map of Chicago's downtown, highlighting the upper-level streets ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:Chicago lower level.png|Street map of Chicago's downtown, highlight the lower-level (mid-level) streets ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:Chicago service level.png|Street map of the service level (the bottommost level of the [[Multilevel streets in Chicago|triple-decker roads]]) ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:Chicago all levels.png|The previous three, combined into one map ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Image:South Water Street.png|Schematic of South Water Street ([[User:SPUI]]) |
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Revision as of 17:08, 5 May 2005
--- ATTENTION ALL INCLUSIONISTS! ---
Fellow inclusionists,
The situation has grown more dire since the last time I addressed you. The encroaching hordes of deletionists at Votes for deletion are growing more, not less, rabid by the day and the time has come to put a stop to it. We must do battle on this territory which heretofore has been assumed to be irrevocably held in the clutches of the enemy. Some cases in point:
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Kefka's Revenge. Kefka's Revenge has numerous Altavista hits revealing that it is a title that has been reviewed in serious online game publications, and thus there is enough information out there for other contributors to flesh out this article and improve it. This is not just some fangame written by some loser in a basement, that nobody ever heard of. Although the game is still in development, is that any reason to delete the article pre-emptively? Should we also delete the article on the U.S. presidential election, 2008 because the full event has not yet come to fruition? Wikipedia is supposed to be on the cutting edge.
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Barefoot and pregnant. A near-miss; a brave band of intrepid inclusionists arrived just in time to rescue this defenseless article from the jagged, filthy claws of the evil deletionists who had ganged up and brutally assaulted it. We must give the poor, meek stubs of our Wikipedia time to expand, my friends! Do not destroy the barely-germinated plant before it has had time to grow, and flourish, and mature into a beautiful article. Unfortunately, words will not sway these demonic foes. Force is the only language they will understand, and we must force our way with Keep votes.
Familiarize yourselves with the doctrine of inclusionism. Memorize the principles! Propagate them worldwide. Do not let your loved ones be lost to the deception of the enemy, who would taint our children with their fiendish ideology. Our foes will soon know that a spectre is haunting Wikipedia – the spectre of INCLUSIONISM!
Friends, now is the time to come forth to do battle against the enemy. We must marshal our forces at once. Now is no time to be cowardly in the face of those whose vicious ideology would lead them to pare down our encyclopedia to whatever is banal, mainstream, and popularly reported in the media. In an Orwellian turn, they would transform the word "notable" to mean whatever subjects they, in their piddly, limited experience, happen to have heard of. We must not stand for this any longer. As they say in Hotel Rwanda, "We must exterminate these cockroaches! CUT DOWN THE TALL TREES NOW!"
Your leader,
Colonel Gazpacho 14:21, 5 May 2005 (UTC)