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Revision as of 00:15, 14 May 2023

• An editing respite
• Some useful things: Tom Brady follows the hydration route (1/2 your weight in ounces per day, i.e. if you weigh 180 pounds hydrate at least 90 ounces of water a day), and look where it GOAT him. Then what's with Linus Pauling advocating at least two grams a day of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) divided into several equal portions (morning-afternoon-evening), you'd almost think he wanted people as healthy as could be or something. And last but least, microwave an ear of corn for four minutes, with the husk left on — if two ears, double it to eight minutes. When you peel off the husk and eat the thing, you'll thank me later.
• Now you know: Saverland v Newton
• Remembering five of the last eight Earthlings to travel to the Moon, four of whom were murdered soon after their return.
• Maybe my best geek edit: A five cushion bank shot italicizing Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer links on Misplaced Pages's Klingon language page.
• An IP upon realizing that birds are dinosaurs, and a related edit to honor our dinosaur brothers and sisters.
• Write on!: Don't kick the Ouija board
• An IP's inadvertent poetically sexist edit, which they quickly corrected
• Perhaps my best one-word edit (although...)
• Ready to check out the size of the Solar System? No small children or comfort animals on board please, and keep your arms and stuff where you can see them: If the Moon were only 1 Pixel (web based scroll map scaled to the Moon being, well, 1 pixel)
• A sci-fi short story plot (dibs)

If you've never seen...

. . .Veiled Christ, a statue in Naples, Italy, depicting a knobbly-kneed Christ in the tomb, maybe click the image two or three times to enlarge it. This almost unbelievable 1753 sculpture ("how'd he do that?"), carved from one piece of marble, has one of the only two Misplaced Pages article's which have to prove, with sources, that the topic was not the work of an alchemist (Anatomical machines, the second topic - exhibited at the same site). Step right up, and don't miss the modern looking couch, the two pillows with tassels, or the crown of thorns and other torture things down by the feet. All of that carved from the same block of marble. Then literally a few steps away from Veiled Christ sits another "how'd he do that?" piece also carved from a single block of marble (or created by alchemy).

One of life's pleasures

Watching Secretariat's 1973 Triple Crown races in order while knowing three things: 1) Secretariat's trainer, jockey, and owner realized before the third race that their horse could run full speed from start to finish, 2) while held back drastically at the first two Triple Crown events Secretariat still holds the fastest time in all three, and 3) Sham - the horse Secretariat trashed like a dancing bear in the Kentucky Derby - still holds the record for the Derby's second fastest time.

Here's the Kentucky Derby...holds him back...holds him wayyyy back, then the Preakness...holds him back, holds him back, and finally...the Belmont "he is moving like a tre-men-dous machine".

Possible best vandal edits in the categories of...

• ...Best romantic edit, Best edit per user name, Best edit by a single-edit user, and the winner of the 2017 "Shakespearean dramatic romantic tragic tale in six words" Heisman
• July 7, 2022: an IP proposes marriage on the same page, the probable winner of the first category above. Wikipedians have a romantic side, even the bots, so nobody reverted until I did after two hours with a note saying it should be enough time, and wished the editor luck. Possibly unique on Misplaced Pages, and on such a good page for it, this would make a fine film scene - Hallmark, are you listening?

This one time at band camp I vandalized a page

The docents ask people: "Find the cat". Letting the coolness of it lead me to break my oath as a Wikipedian, I now self-identify as a vandal.

Always interesting

See and listen to Misplaced Pages edits as they occur. Designed by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi of hatnote.com, the link was copied from a user page, don't remember where, but deservedly displayed on quite a few as well as having its own article. Just who is making all this noise? Well...

...the size of our stadium

Here is another user's subpage about how many Wikipedians can dance on the head of a pin.

Check this mystery out

Talk:Niece and nephew#Two generations???. An error has been prominent in the short lead of 'Niece and nephew' since March 2020, almost two years and nine months ago. The question "Why?" could qualify as a subject of a college thesis. It stayed uncorrected while 576,135 readers purposely came to the page, and if anyone noticed they didn't bother to correct it or tell anyone on Misplaced Pages, until an editor pointed it out on the talk page today. Fascinating on several levels. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:37, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Liberty Enlightening the World

Is this really necessary? While the full name may be relevant in the statue's article, I'm not sure it contributes anything useful to the Presidential dollar coins topic, being little more than trivia about a design element of the coin. Also, I think here you're thinking of second spouse, as all first spouses so far have been women. - ZLEA _T\ 14:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Duh, yes, second spouse, my mistake (hopefully not a premonition). Thanks ZLEA. The real name of the statue seems relevant in addition to using the common nickname. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:29, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

"Common labor ... can wreck in a day or two ... what builders have taken a year to do"

Which of these roles have I tried to play?

Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?

Am I shaping my deeds to a well made plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?

Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?

Perhaps Edgar A. Guest is too optimistic for your taste, but it may help to keep the spirits up. Theramin (talk) 00:31, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Theramin. Spirits and optimism well, and thank you for the assist. I guess I don't know what this was for exactly, or maybe it's for things in general, but since you're here maybe give a look at the Secretariat Triple Crown races links above. I'm going to watch those again now. Nothing in sports like it, especially when you know what was occurring, the three taken in consecutively is a show. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:10, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Category:Ships named for Founding Fathers of the United States has been nominated for deletion

Category:Ships named for Founding Fathers of the United States has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

You have good taste!

Veiled Christ is one of my favorite artworks too. It's absolutely amazing! - RevelationDirect (talk) 00:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks RevelationDirect, we agree about the statue, Veiled Christ, which was long thought to have been created by alchemy. On deleting the category of ships named for Founding Fathers of the United States, almost legendary people whose deeds and social constructs would have seemed like alchemy if described to those who lived slightly before them, not so much. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

NB - you can self close merge proposals

I'm not sure if you really thought that "The simulation theory is the hypothesis that reality could be simulated—for example by quantum computer simulation—to a degree indistinguishable from "true" reality." and "The simulation hypothesis proposes that all of our existence is a simulated reality, such as a computer simulation." referred to different topics, or if you were doing a procedural revert, but there's no requirement that the opener not close the discussion, or that they wait any longer than a week. I actually waited twice as long as necessary. see WP:Merging if you need a refresher. - car chasm (talk) 15:53, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

These are different topics, as I said in my merge request comment. Most merges last much longer than a couple of weeks and are open until true consensus is reached. You butchered the origins section by the way in your "merge". Please take this to the article talk page and not here, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:55, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

This is about the fact that you seem to have cited guidelines for merging that are incorrect, so it belongs here. At any rate, the content on the origins section was moved further down the page to incorporate material from the merged content better, so it looks like it's all there twice now. Probably fine either way though, it's the sort of material that could be mentioned twice. - car chasm (talk) 16:11, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I did not cite a guideline. Have never read them for merges. My experience with merges is that some are up for months, to attract a wide range of editors to find the merges and comment. I don't know if you alerted all of the main editors, original article creators, and the wikiprojects of the two pages (which cover different topics). If not, you maybe should do so, even if a bit late, so they can edit your merge. Why move "Origins"? But that's a discussion for the talkpage. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:48, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

WP:BURDEN

Greetings. I'm not saying it's not a good gallery, what I am saying is that it is wholly unsourced. And please, as per WP:BURDEN, and please also see the 2nd point in WP:DISRUPTSIGNS. Onel5969 00:15, 14 May 2023 (UTC)