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==Article "Two"==
==Article "Two"==
Your "better idea" probably was, for the page "[[Two]]." I wasn't quite sure what to do with it, myself. For some reason, when I opened the page the "talk page" tab showed red, so I didn't open it. Only when Conservative deleted it did I realized there was something there. Sorry I missed whatever you said, but thanks! --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 10:35, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
Your "better idea" probably was, for the page "Two." I wasn't quite sure what to do with it, myself. For some reason, when I opened the page the "talk page" tab showed red, so I didn't open it. Only when Conservative deleted it did I realized there was something there. Sorry I missed whatever you said, but thanks! --[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 10:35, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
:Yeah, I was mostly trying to fill you in on the history of that article and the controversy surrounding it. Unfortunately, I lost sight of the fact that, by writing on the talk page for the article itself, it would get vaped before you read it. Here is my reconstruction from memory of what I was saying.
:Yeah, I was mostly trying to fill you in on the history of that article and the controversy surrounding it. Unfortunately, I lost sight of the fact that, by writing on the talk page for the article itself, it would get vaped before you read it. Here is my reconstruction from memory of what I was saying.
:*Where would it end? There's no article for 3.
:*Where would it end? There's no article for 3.
::#Without starting the war over "adult" topics, I agree. We are here to educate, but there needs to be a certain level of knowledge expectation. CP was originally intended to be by and for home-preschoolers. True, organized schooling starts at what, four or five years of age? By then they should surely know how to count. In theory, however, this would be for older children who already have a knowledge base they are building on.
::#Without starting the war over "adult" topics, I agree. We are here to educate, but there needs to be a certain level of knowledge expectation. CP was originally intended to be by and for home-preschoolers. True, organized schooling starts at what, four or five years of age? By then they should surely know how to count. In theory, however, this would be for older children who already have a knowledge base they are building on.
::Anyway, I do find your tidbits of history interesting. Thanks! On a side note, do you know if Ed Poor is still active on CP? I see in his [[Special:Contributions/Ed_Poor|contributions log]] that in the past, he has been here for a day then gone for a while, usually two or three weeks. However, he's been away since March. As you may be aware, I was hoping to pick his brain regarding the setup of a wiki bot.--[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 14:07, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
::Anyway, I do find your tidbits of history interesting. Thanks! On a side note, do you know if Ed Poor is still active on CP? I see in his [[Special:Contributions/Ed_Poor|contributions log]] that in the past, he has been here for a day then gone for a while, usually two or three weeks. However, he's been away since March. As you may be aware, I was hoping to pick his brain regarding the setup of a wiki bot.--[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 14:07, 14 June 2016 (EDT)
:::Well, you know a lot more about wiki bots than I do; all I know is that CP rules prohibit them; I assume you know what you are doing.
:::Ed Poor has done some successful writing of scripts/templates/bots/whatever, and also had some failures. He wrote some template thing that (I believe) they still use at Wikipedia for ages and stuff. You put in a person's birthdate as an argument, and it automatically shows his age, correcting it as time goes by. I think this is also in use here, though I'm not sure.
:::But he also made a bot that didn't turn out well. This was the "guard dog" from several years ago. It would automatically throttle anyone who made too many edits in too short a time. As an observer/repairer of vandalism sprees, you can see that that is just what we need. Alas, it went berserk at one point, and started "biting" everyone, and needed to be "put down". I believe that what happened was that a new version of the wikimedia software was installed, and the guard dog didn't interact well with it. Ed couldn't fix it, so it's gone.
:::As you have noticed, Ed isn't around much any more. My guess is that he will not want to, or be able to, help with your project. But if you want to contact him, I have one or two old email addresses for him that may or may not still be active.
:::Believe it or not, your best bet for help with wiki coding might be "ritionalwaki" [sp]. I believe someone over there actually offered to help with the guard dog, and was turned down. But there are some obligatory safety warnings I must give you first:
:::*Smoking is hazardous to your health, and may cause death from lung cancer, emphysema, or heart disease.
:::*Please inform your server if anyone in your party has a food allergy.
:::*Never put a child in a rear-facing child seat in the front of a car.
:::*Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.
:::*Creating an account on ritionalwaki is a bannable offense at Conservapedia.
:::That last one is the real one. The correct name of the website I am referring to can never be spoken--it is in the "spam filter". CP considers RW to be a mortal enemy; RW considers CP to be a source of humor. And people have been banned for allegations of having accounts there. (Though they generally use a different name, so the accusation is generally completely wrong.) I believe there is even a block reason in the blocking menu "Member of vandal site". You've seen the blocking menu; I haven't. Now this doesn't stop a number of admins or sysops from having accounts there. Including Cons, under the name "Newton". I don't think Andy has ever had an account at RW.
:::Good luck. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 12:46, 17 June 2016 (EDT)
== re: "Atheism and rocking chairs" article idea you had ==
== re: "Atheism and rocking chairs" article idea you had ==