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I have been noticing {{xt|It}}'s policy and key essays edits recently. Generally, they are impressively good. Then I found this page. I thought that {{xt|It}} had been lacking a sense of humour, but {{xt|It}}'s essay here reminds that the filter of onl |
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I have been noticing {{xt|It}}'s policy and key essays edits recently. Generally, they are impressively good. Then I found this page. I thought that {{xt|It}} had been lacking a sense of humour, but {{xt|It}}'s essay here reminds that the filter of online forums clouds accurate perception. --[[User:SmokeyJoe|SmokeyJoe]] ([[User talk:SmokeyJoe|talk]]) 07:20, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
I have been noticing {{xt|It}}'s policy and key essays edits recently. Generally, they are impressively good. Then I found this page. I thought that {{xt|It}} had been lacking a sense of humour, but {{xt|It}}'s essay here reminds that the filter of online forums clouds accurate perception. --[[User:SmokeyJoe|SmokeyJoe]] ([[User talk:SmokeyJoe|talk]]) 07:20, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
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:{{ping|SmokeyJoe}} Its favorite comedians are George Carlin, Lewis Black, and others in that vein (i.e., sounding too serious, to be funny), which may explain a lot. It has been thinking It should post more humo[u]r material, honestly. So many fires to fight internally and real encyclopedia material to work on, it's hard to remember to take a break and write something just to entertain Itself. It appreciates the kind words about the essay and policy work; It's especially happy that the bold consolidations of material (and missing but obviously consensus-accepted norms) at several MoS pages recently were accepted without much need for alteration or argument. Not sure how much longer It can keep up the "It" act even in one post, though! Hard to even formulate the material. This is how It feel when people want It to write "zie/zir/zirself" or whatever. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — [[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''']] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] ><sup>ʌ</sup>ⱷ҅<sub>ᴥ</sub>ⱷ<sup>ʌ</sup>< </span> 14:28, 18 December 2017 (UTC) |
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I have been noticing It's policy and key essays edits recently. Generally, they are impressively good. Then I found this page. I thought that It had been lacking a sense of humour, but It's essay here reminds that the filter of online forums clouds accurate perception. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:20, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
- @SmokeyJoe: Its favorite comedians are George Carlin, Lewis Black, and others in that vein (i.e., sounding too serious, to be funny), which may explain a lot. It has been thinking It should post more humo[u]r material, honestly. So many fires to fight internally and real encyclopedia material to work on, it's hard to remember to take a break and write something just to entertain Itself. It appreciates the kind words about the essay and policy work; It's especially happy that the bold consolidations of material (and missing but obviously consensus-accepted norms) at several MoS pages recently were accepted without much need for alteration or argument. Not sure how much longer It can keep up the "It" act even in one post, though! Hard to even formulate the material. This is how It feel when people want It to write "zie/zir/zirself" or whatever. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ< 14:28, 18 December 2017 (UTC)