User talk:TParis

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Please restore the link and first sentence of my comment removed at [1]. It is part of my comment: It is the first sentence. It is not a polemical statement meant to piss people off. There is no comparison with drunk driving. --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 04:23, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

I beg to differ. It is a major ad campaign against drunk driving and you've tailored it to COI editing.--v/r - TP 04:31, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

I've tailored a major ad campaign to COI editing? That's impossible—I've never seen this ad campaign. Maybe it is major in some locales, but not in mine. Please return my comment, or let me return my comment, to the state I left it as per WP:TPO. --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 05:03, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

You've never seen it? It's been a major ad campaign since 1983. Well now you know. I'm sure now that you know, the idea of writing anything that associates COI editing to drunk driving and killing people should be reprehensible to you.--v/r - TP 05:08, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

No, I have not seen it. May I return my comment to its original state now? --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 05:22, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

No. Why don't you come up with some other clever insult that isn't related to drunk driving and use that instead with your picture?--v/r - TP 05:49, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Wikipedia talk:Conflict of interest comment regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.. --Atethnekos (Discussion, Contributions) 06:19, 21 July 2014 (UTC) 06:19, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

30 year old campaign and still running.

So. Fucking. What.

Please explain to me what prevents Atethnekos from coming up with some other non-drunken-child-killing insult, which violates WP:NPA anyway, to use against COI editors and why this particular insult is needed

Please explain to me how you overlooked the following: "...a thirty-year-old phrasal construction -- imitated, parodied, and reused countless times of the last three decades -- automatically implies that the user meant the thirty-year-distant original reference?" Please also explain how you managed to draw that direct connection to conjure up your imaginary comparison when there is not the slightest context that even hints at such a thing,

And to repeat, since you probably missed this, too: " I don't know about "too young", but there's someone in this conversation in need of growing up -- and it's not User:Atethnekos. If you want to be taken seriously, try to not pretend to be upset at imaginary slights. --Calton | Talk 13:02, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Excuse me if I don't find your insults persuasive. That phrase has a root and the root isn't thirty years old - it is still used in commercials today. If you want to address my question, then address it. Try a DH3 argument at the very least. Your insults say much more about you than me.--v/r - TP 13:07, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I think the "friends don't let friends" thing has gone through a cultural osmosis. Its a meme used in many contexts now - I grew up with the drunk driving version, but I don't think ive seen in anywhere in years or decades. One of the more common takes on it I see these days is friends don't let friends skip leg day, but there are many many more [2] I agree with you on many things TP, but I think you may have taken a wrong turn on this one. Gaijin42 (talk) 01:33, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Recent death template

Hey TParis,

Do you think there's enough activity at Sarah Danielle Madison to warrant the recent death template? According to the template documentation it's only used on articles that are heavily edited (their example is "dozens of edits per day") following a death. I'm not sure the editing here is prolific enough to warrant its use in this case.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 18:51, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

When I put it on the article, for some reason I was thinking she was the actress that played the mom on that show which would've made her a bit more known. It can be removed.--v/r - TP 19:05, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

That would be quite the unfortunate double whammy. I only know about the "heavily edited" caveat as someone pointed out the requirement to me when I tagged an article with it once. --Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 19:32, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Q

TParis (or any other admin talk page stalker), do you think you can have a look at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#I_was_in_the_process_of_filing_a_report_here_.5B....5D where there seems to be a possibility of closure? You understand why I'm trying to phrase this diplomatically. There's more in that thread, but there's a section that's ready to be wrapped up. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:01, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

• OK, look on down the thread, last section. I'd block them if there weren't a bunch of drama queens looking over my shoulder ready to cry "involved"--the DUCK evidence is purty good. I'm about to file an SPI. Thanks again, Drmies (talk) 02:47, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
  • Sorry, there is a lot going on here and I'm trying to get context on it all.--v/r - TP 02:55, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
    • No rush, TParis--take care of what needs taking care of. Drmies (talk) 03:41, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
      • It's done. I hope you're not disappointed but I found it difficult to block. The evidence was on the edge and I could have tipped either way.--v/r - TP 03:43, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
    • [ec] Ha, you already got to it. Thanks. Listen, I don't know what tool you were using for overlapping, but they Sfacets and Zambelo overlap 135 times, according to the tool I use, mostly on cult people/topics. BTW, I did start an SPI; it's listed under Sfacets. Drmies (talk) 03:45, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
      • @Σ: Yo Sigma - why does your interaction analyzer return 0 results when this tool gives 135?--v/r - TP 03:56, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Aloha

Do you have an itinerary yet? We were there in Jul-Aug of this year and had a great time. A few unsolicited suggestions

1. Spend as little of your time (and $$$) in Waikiki as as possible. Get your tourist on, sure. Have dinner at Dukes YES (though the same company has restaurants on other islands. Other than that along the beach front it's very high end shopping for the throngs of Japanese.
2. Luau. Personally I could leave it more than take it. Luau food is BLECH, and the show was cheesy. YMMV for various productions. If you do decide to do one, try and arrange your day so that your end of day activities ends near the luau so you don't waste time
3. Uber and Lyft are really taking hold on Oahu and fighting tooth and nail for marketshare. They are cheap and convenient so use them when you dont have a car. If you go to Waikiki from the airport, use one of them instead of a taxi or a ride service like Roberts.
4. Rental cars. You will need one most days. It costs nothing to reserve them, and no penalties for not even showing up. Do it early and make lots of 1 day reservations across companies. Alamo had a nice self kiosk. Avis Preferred and Hertz #1 are both free and will have the cars waiting for you. If you can, stop by each of those companies mainland side and get the paperwork filled out so you don't have t wait in a 45 minute line. Yeah, that sucks. If you are really frugal, once you have your car locked in, use priceline and make a lowball offer. $30/day rentals in Kaui were easy to get.
5. Speaking of Kaui, my favorite Island. It's not very big. You can station your self in the middle near Lihue and be not too far from either end of the Island. We did a last minute reservation at the Kaui beach resort for $150 or so a night. A nice place for the price (though really no beach to speak of)
6. If you make it to Kaui and don't get yourself a Puka dog (poipu shopping village) I will track you down and smack you in the head with a day old tuna.
7. Speaking of tuna, definitely try some Ahi sushi. If you are not a sushi person, make yourself one for a day. It's the tastiest protein on the planet. Waygu beef doesn't hold a candle to this stuff.
8. The pineapple is amazing. It's very mild, due to the volcanic soil.

Two kinds of pork^Makin'_Bacon 00:48, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Lol, thanks for the great tips. I do live here though. You should have told me you were in the area, I would have met up at a Starbucks or something. I live across the street from the airport which means at some point you and I were within 0.5 miles of each other.--v/r - TP 00:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

lucky man. Kuai? We hit that ramen restaurant. I loved it. Two kinds of pork^Makin'_Bacon 03:15, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

We are probably going to Oahu next year. With a possible fly over to Maui and the big Island if it is affordable. I want to get out to the Bishop Museum and the Palace, hopefully with a new camera by then.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:11, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

We live on O'ahu. I work on Pearl Harbor. Mark, I have 2 free passes to the Pacific Aviation Museum. They gave me them as a gift when I told them I brought the article on their museum to GA. I don't need em, let me know when you get here and they are all yours. I can even get your on Hickam and Pearl Harbor if you want to check it out.--v/r - TP 06:39, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

That would be pretty cool actually. Sure. I'll take em and use them to take as many pics around that I can. We are thinking of February or March. Love to visit Hickam to see the old house on 21 and the flight line and my old school etc. :-) That would be awesome. My sister is retired Air Force but she won't be coming with us. They went last year.--Mark Miller (talk) 08:53, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Closure

TParis, as you are completely uninvoled and you have performed a number of closures on AN/I recently, I would like to see if you can close this section. Bots are pretty quick in AN/I, there are only 3-4 hours left. I had bumped it before. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 01:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure you'd want me to close that. I'm sure not it currently leans in your favor - or leans at all for that matter.--v/r - TP 03:02, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks anyways. Request for closer has a backlog, like you know. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 03:28, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, if I was feeling bolder, I might close it as no big deal but it's very much on an edge. I'd hate to close it against you after you asked me to help.--v/r - TP 04:12, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

@OccultZone: I've left some support for you and User:Dennis Brown has as well. Perhaps that'll be enough to convince another administrator to lean in your favor.--v/r - TP 21:32, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 03:09, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Violation of topic ban

that you imposed on Zambelo (that didn't take long). I just reverted it and given that I am on his list of evil POV editors (on his user page), I guess I should consider myself involved. This is the edit (sorry that is not a diff, but for some reason my browser gets blocked when I look at diffs of large edits...). Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 10:33, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Wrong. Landmark Worldwide isn't a New Religious movement. Zambelo; talk 11:35, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) "Landmark has also been studied as a New Religious Movement, or as "New Age" and has been referred to as a "cult" - and not to forget - Werner Erhard was influenced by Hinduism." (statement made by Zambelo in reference to the question on if Landmark Worldwide was a religion). Coffeepusher (talk) 15:00, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

More like a stalker fullstop huh? Coffeepusher. So you are saying Landmark is a NRM? Just to clarify. Zambelo; talk 09:51, 14 October 2014 (UTC)