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			== Are you a bad guy? ==

			Re: ], well, yes, technically, if you give a narrow read to ]; we are, both of us, simulating a rather minor aspect of the mediaWiki interface, thereby potentially misleading hapless readers, but you are in good company, so far as I'm concerned. And we are, both of us, very small fry at this game of user interface simulation. Consider larger fry, such as ]. Remarkably, hapless readers might think, they always get new messages whenever they visit good old Certified.Gansta. Until, of course, they try to read their new messages. Then they might think differently of good old Certified.Gansta. Such UI spoofing engenders ]. But then, almost anything engenders extensive discussion on Misplaced Pages, because, no matter how fine a point may be, there's always a Misplaced Pages editor willing to make it finer. I'm of the school that it is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission, so have fun — in a verifiable way that does not entail original research or a less-than-neutral viewpoint. ] (]) 05:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome! Gosh, I got the fancy version. Wakedream (talk) 06:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Are you a bad guy?

Re: Am I a bad guy, well, yes, technically, if you give a narrow read to ]; we are, both of us, simulating a rather minor aspect of the mediaWiki interface, thereby potentially misleading hapless readers, but you are in good company, so far as I'm concerned. And we are, both of us, very small fry at this game of user interface simulation. Consider larger fry, such as Certified.Gangsta. Remarkably, hapless readers might think, they always get new messages whenever they visit good old Certified.Gansta. Until, of course, they try to read their new messages. Then they might think differently of good old Certified.Gansta. Such UI spoofing engenders extensive discussion. But then, almost anything engenders extensive discussion on Misplaced Pages, because, no matter how fine a point may be, there's always a Misplaced Pages editor willing to make it finer. I'm of the school that it is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission, so have fun — in a verifiable way that does not entail original research or a less-than-neutral viewpoint. Gosgood (talk) 05:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)