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Background: sciences, economics, and anything remotely collectible. Started online in 1982. Started first "blog" by current standards in 1987 ("Today's Mail" in the Coin/Stamp Forum of CompuServe). First Internet blog circa 1992 (in CompuServe's Ourworld pages).
Firm believer in facts as opposed to opinions, no matter how others might spin them.
Easily distracted by puns.
I do not react well to gameplaying with quotes.
Internet slang (Emoticon forerunners from 300 baud days) occasionally used:
- <g> = "grin"
- <+g> = "evil grin" (from D & D usage of "+")
- LOL = Laughing out loud
- ROFL = Rolling on floor laughing
and a few others dating from first meeting with them more than 28 years ago.
Useful essays
Aesop updated
2012 Aesop's Fable:
- A Fox of horrid moral fibre was a very good artist - but because of his character was determined to be properly and totally shunned by all the other animals of the forest. Still, he continued to secretly paint, and his portraits of Owl and Robin were so good, although signed with the name "Gnarph", that the Museum of the Forest placed the works in the Grand Gallery. One day, though, the Mouse found out that the "Gnarph" works were actually painted by Fox, and so Mouse went to the Grand Gallery, removed the paintings and had a wonderful bonfire.
The question remaining is (this is 2012, so there is no "moral") :
- Is the forest better off by maintaining the proper shunning and destroying the paintings, or is it better off by keeping the art in the museum?
Adages
Any sufficiently witty and clever remark will be attributed to Mark Twain, even if you thought of it yourself.
It is no coincidence that "gravitas" and "gravel" have so many letters in common. People admired for their "gravitas" frequently have many little stones.
If a country changes its currency, prices will all be rounded up and sizes of goods will all be rounded down.
A collector is anyone who has one of something, but would be perfectly happy to buy another one whether he needs it or not.
We have far too many "inspirational" books, and far too few "perspirational" ones.
Henry VIII: Into each reign, some wife must fall.
Sometimes
Sometimes even editors who lock horns can show respect for each other. It works a lot better than name-calling and posts on others' talk pages like the proverbial gossips at the back fence.
I distrust fundrising companies:
- SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC. has hired TELEFUND, INC. of BOSTON, MA, to conduct the campaign. According to the fundraising contract filed with the State, SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC. will receive a minimum of 0 per cent of the gross funds raised from this solicitation.
Yep -- it is kind of hard to get less than zero percent from a fundraiser!
Subpage essays
- User:Collect/thoughts
- User:Collect/essay
- User:Collect/neologism
- User:Collect/personas
- User:Collect/z
Barnstar award
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
| For cooperatively and diligently working to remove erroneous information and condensing paragraphs and sentences from the Fascism article, allowing for the creation of a concise and well-referenced article.R-41 (talk) 18:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC) |
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The Guidance Barnstar | |
| "The Guidance Barnstar may be awarded to users who help others locate valuable resources, information, or assistance."
Thank you SO MUCH for helping me find a valuable page that I was only vaguely aware of before. Best wishes, Inclusionist (talk) 20:55, 14 December 2008 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| I'm awarding you this barnstar of diligence for your combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service to wikipedia. South Bay (talk) 01:22, 9 May 2009 (UTC) |
Thanks for working out an excellent compromise in the most contentious subsection of that official Mediation! There's more work to be done on the other subsections, but i think that for your success so far, you all deserve some extra whipped~cream and a lovely berry~on~top!
~Teledildonix314~~4-1-1~ 13:43, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to Collect, for his hard work and dedication in sourcing articles and working to help save other editors contributions. Ikip (talk) 15:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
| For resolving the disputes in the Judaism article. |
Debresser (talk) 08:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Yes! Good job. Thanks for organizing the discussion, for making it more civil and for turning it into a constructive one that's going somewhere. --AFriedman (talk) 03:08, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
| "The Defender of the Wiki may be awarded to those who have gone above and beyond to prevent Misplaced Pages from being used for fraudulent purposes."
This barnstar is awarded to Collect for his inspiring words at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people. Thank you for defending the principles we all hold dear. Ikip 02:23, 24 January 2010 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Misplaced Pages and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation. |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| Dear Collect, thank you for the kindness that you've shown towards me recently. I do not believe that we've ever interacted on Misplaced Pages before but nevertheless, you stood up for me and the positive contributions that I've made here at Misplaced Pages. I really appreciate this act of charity and hope that God will bless you and your family in abundance. The image in this barnstar has a smile in it, which you brought to my face today. I hope that this barnstar will do the same to you. Your new friend, Anupam 17:15, 9 May 2012 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| Though I don't remember having the pleasure of editing together on an article, I have seen your posts on many noticeboards and community pages. Hence this barnstar to recognize your valuable contributions to the Misplaced Pages community. Keep up the good work. Cheers!-- — Keithbob • Talk • 03:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| Dear Collect, thank you for the kindness that you've shown towards me recently. I do not believe that we've ever interacted on Misplaced Pages before but nevertheless, you stood up for me and the positive contributions that I've made here at Misplaced Pages. I really appreciate this act of charity and hope that God will bless you and your family in abundance. The image in this barnstar has a smile in it, which you brought to my face today. I hope that this barnstar will do the same to you. Your new friend, Anupam 17:15, 9 May 2012 (UTC) |
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Barnstar for positive contributions to the Tea Party movement discussions. SilkTork 18:04, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
The BLP Barnstar
Thanks for your Support
Please let me know if I'm using this Barnstar incorrectly since I'm new to this Wiki:Love thing Yendor (talk) 16:39, 16 September 2012 (UTC). The Admin's Barnstar
Cheers--Hu12 (talk) 21:22, 18 November 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Partial list of biographical articles I have edited so others may judge its rangeAdrian Hilton Alan Cook Alan Feinstein Alan Harvey Alan Keyes Alan Rabinowitz Alex Sink Amelia Earhart Amity Shlaes Amy Scobee Anderson Cooper Andreas Teuber Andrew Storms Anita Van Buren Anjem Choudary Anthony Indelicato Armand Rousso Arthur A. Goldberg Arthur Kemp Ayn Rand Barbara West (TV news anchor) Ben Hecht Ben Savage Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Walker Bernard L. Madoff Bernard Madoff Bernard Miège Bertram Earl Jones Bian lian Bill Boner Bill White (neo-Nazi) Billie Jean King Billy Graham Billy James Hargis Bobby Jindal Boyd K. Packer Brent Galloway Brian Carney (editorialist) Brian McGinlay Brittany Murphy Carl Paladino Carl Truscott Carmel Maher Cecil Adams Charles G. Koch Charles Keating Charles Taze Russell Charles W. Fairbanks Charles W. Harkness Charlie Crist Christine Gregoire Christopher Burnham Chung Mong-joon Clement Bowman Corinne McLaughlin Creflo Dollar Criticism of Julian Assange Curtis Clark Daniel Chester French Danny Masterson Darcy LaPier Dave Snowden David Copperfield (illusionist) David H. Koch David Hightower Smith David Huckabee David Miscavige Dean Graziosi Death of Elli Perkins Death of Kaja Ballo Death of Lisa McPherson Death of Philip Gale Denise Drysdale Dick Cheney Dino Rossi Doc Rivers E. Roland Harriman Earl Jones (investment advisor) Edward Moskal Edward Nottingham Elvis Presley Enid Marx Frank R. Wallace Fred C. Koch Fredric U. Dicker Gabe Cazares Gail Riplinger Gavan McDonell Geoff Simpson Gerald Flurry Gerald MacGuire Geronimo Gideon Levy Gillian Hiscott Glenn Beck Gregory Dark Guo Shoujing Hans Zinsser Harley Reagan Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere Harriet Klausner Harry Wayland Randall Helen Jones-Kelley Herbert L. Becker Herbert Sorrell Howard Kaloogian Huey Long Hugo Gernsback Ian Plimer Ida Ljungqvist Iman (model) Iman Abdulmajid Irving Louis Horowitz Jacob Gelt Dekker James Cagney Jane Corwin Jay Bybee Jean-Claude Van Damme Jeffrey Zaslow Jennifer Carroll Jerry Rawlings Jerry Seinfeld Jim Goetz Jim Inhofe Joe Sulzer Joe Wurzelbacher Joel C. Rosenberg John Ashcroft John B. Kimble John Dodge (editor) John Dowd (motocross) John G. Roberts John J. Pershing John Lurie John M. Walker, Jr. John Resig John Roberts John W. Campbell Jon Peters Jon Wiener Joseph Widney Juan Williams Justus Weiner Kaja Bordevich Ballo Kendrick Moxon Kevin Powell Kevin Trudeau Kip Kinkel Kris Jenner Lawrence Wollersheim Lelia Doolan Leo C. Zeferetti Linda Eagle Linda McMahon Lisa McPherson Lori Douglas Loyola Guzmán Lynndie England Majora Carter Mark Lancaster Mark Twain Martin Eisenstadt Martin Gardner Martina Navratilova Marty Beckerman Matt Drudge Menelas N. Pangalos Michael Grimm (politician) Michael Lockwood (guitarist) Michael McGinn Michael R. Meyer Michael Savage (Political Commentator) Mike Darwin Mike Duke Monique Wadsted Morton Brilliant Nedra Pickler Neil Best Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz Nguyen Tu Quang Nguyễn Tử Quảng Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers Norbert Wiener Patrick Kluivert Paul Krugman Peggy Orenstein Peter Bogdanovich Peter Breggin Peter H. Kostmayer Peter Hitchens Peter Mandelson Peter Vallone, Jr. Prem Rawat Premchand Dogra Prescott Bush Péter Medgyessy Rachel Corrie Ralph Nader Ravi Shankar Reza Moridi Richard Rossi Rick Santelli Rick Santorum Rick Scott Rick Warren Rob Bell Robert C. Michelson Robert Wurzelbacher Rush Limbaugh Samuel Dickstein (congressman) Samuel Gonzalez Jr. Sarah Palin Scott Crookes Sharon Keller Smedley Butler Steve Rivkin Steve Sailer Ted Frank Terry Bozzio Theodore Miller Edison Thomas Edison Thomas Muthee Tim D. Keanini Tom C. Korologos Tomasz Schafernaker Ulla Procopé Van Johnson Victor Berlin Vince McMahon Vincent Price W. Averell Harriman Walter Nowick Wayne Gretzky Wendy Campbell Wesley Donehue Westbrook Pegler Will Sohn William Ament William Averell Harriman William Dudley Pelley William F. Buckley, Jr. William Rodriguez William Scott Ament William Timmons |
