freenode #wikipedia

2008-02-02 16:17 < White_Cat> +i is for idiotic
2008-02-02 16:17 < White_Cat> yay I invented an IRC rating system
2008-02-02 16:17 < JohnReaves2> +iI *!*@*/* is the next step up
2008-02-02 16:17 < JohnReaves2> Random:+r prevent joining +R prevents speaking
2008-02-02 16:17 < White_Cat> +rR
2008-02-02 16:18 < White_Cat> +Rrrrrr!
2008-02-02 16:18 < mavhc> forcing people to register is lame
2008-02-02 16:18 * White_Cat forces mavhc to preform pull ups
2008-02-02 16:18 < Starnestommy> and the bots usually get around +rR
2008-02-02 16:18 < Xihix> hey guys
2008-02-02 16:18 < Xihix> So, Missionary Position is an FAC
2008-02-02 16:19 < mavhc> White_Cat: all my exercises come preformed
2008-02-02 16:19 < White_Cat> Missionary Position should be a FSPC
2008-02-02 16:21 < White_Cat> Featured Sex Position Candidacy
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Laura hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Laura hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Laura hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Laura hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:29 * Helga hugs JohnReaves
2008-02-02 16:33 < LuciferTiger> whatever that was
2008-02-02 16:40 < WikiHelper> do they just hug people to get banned on purpose?
2008-02-02 16:40 < Pilotguy> what do you think
2008-02-02 16:41 < WikiHelper> yes...
2008-02-02 16:41 < WikiHelper> good thing there are 66 ops to deal with them!
2008-02-02 16:43 < Monobi> #wikipedia-en > #wikipedia
2008-02-02 16:44 < Pilotguy> k
2008-02-02 16:50 * quanticle got new glasses today
2008-02-02 16:57 < NotAMetroid> quanticle, pix
2008-02-02 17:02 < eth01> ?
2008-02-02 17:08 < quanticle> NotAMetroid: Don't have any yet.
2008-02-02 17:20 < Random832> [[Keyboard layout]] needs a total rewrite, anyone willing to help?
2008-02-02 17:40 < NCC-1701-E> LordMetroid O_O
2008-02-02 17:41 < NCC-1701-E> Hello DerHexer|absens and CathaliN
2008-02-02 17:41 < LordMetroid> yea?
2008-02-02 17:41 < NCC-1701-E> O_o join flooding!
2008-02-02 17:41 < LordMetroid> flooding of what? Wikipedia should not be flooded...
2008-02-02 17:42 * NCC-1701-E can see all channel join/parts/quits
2008-02-02 17:42 < bumm13> otherwise Boss Basses and Big Berthas might come to inhabit it
2008-02-02 17:42 < DerHexer> Hallo.
2008-02-02 17:42 < bumm13> hi
2008-02-02 17:42 < NCC-1701-E> hello pinkxels
2008-02-02 17:50 * NCC-1701-E watches LordMetroid closely
2008-02-02 17:51 < NCC-1701-E> hello Arria
2008-02-02 17:52 * Arria waves
2008-02-02 17:53 < NCC-1701-E> hello fossa
2008-02-02 17:54 < Mentifisto> Hey, something I have a doubt on. How can I be entirely sure that no article is written on the video game version of [[Hercules (1997 film)]]? Is an article even needed?
2008-02-02 17:54 < NCC-1701-E> rar GDonato
2008-02-02 17:54 < NCC-1701-E> rar GDonato_
2008-02-02 17:54 < GDonato_> huh
2008-02-02 17:55 < NCC-1701-E> Mentifisto: [[WP:N]] and [[Special:Search]] :P
2008-02-02 17:55 < GDonato_> hello
2008-02-02 17:55 < NCC-1701-E> GDonato_: Me thinks you have a ghost on the channel
2008-02-02 17:55 < GDonato> not now :)
2008-02-02 17:56 < Mentifisto> I'm not necessarily talking about notability NCC-1701-E. But it seems a lot of video game developed from films (Disney's) don't have articles so I'm not sure about the general view on that specific thing, normally though I think any video game that gets a feature on MobyGames gets an article on WP.
2008-02-02 17:57 < NCC-1701-E> Mentifisto: The question is really one of Notability
2008-02-02 17:57 < NCC-1701-E> However, I'm not too sure
2008-02-02 17:58 < NCC-1701-E> doomssassin_ O_O
2008-02-02 17:58 < Mentifisto> Nah, every game featured on MobyGames has an article. Games don't necessarily abide to notability (mostly WP:N applies to people). I guess I'll just be bold and create the article.
2008-02-02 17:59 < doomssassin_> NCC-1701-E : ?
2008-02-02 17:59 < NCC-1701-E> ??
2008-02-02 18:00 < doomssassin_> Why did you highlight me?
2008-02-02 18:00 < Mentifisto> He doesn't seem to have anything to do in real life... :-p
2008-02-02 18:00 < zero1328> What's "real life"?
2008-02-02 18:00 < NCC-1701-E> There ain't such a thing
2008-02-02 18:00 < doomssassin_> He said he'd turn down an Aston Martin DBS for a copy of the first season of Star Trek last night. :o
2008-02-02 18:01 < zero1328> I've heard of meatspace.. but I'm not entirely sure
2008-02-02 18:01 < NCC-1701-E> zero1328: It's only a theory :P
2008-02-02 18:01 < NCC-1701-E> hello SPUI
2008-02-02 18:01 * NCC-1701-E kills tab complete
2008-02-02 18:01 < NCC-1701-E> hello spuin
2008-02-02 18:01 < Mentifisto> Ah yeah. And sadly I'm not at all qualified to define real life (or accuse others of a real life, that is). :-(
2008-02-02 18:02 < Mentifisto> NCC-1701-E: heh, you need to be careful with the tab in a channel of 250 people.
2008-02-02 18:03 < NCC-1701-E> More precisely, 250, 0@, 0%, 0+
2008-02-02 18:03 < NCC-1701-E> Although freenode dosen't support % :P
2008-02-02 18:03 < Mentifisto> So if they're 0 there's no need to mention them. :-p
2008-02-02 18:03 < zero1328> 249!~
2008-02-02 18:04 < Mentifisto> Big networks can't possible support half-op. Only Unreal and such can support it since it's mostly used on small nets.
2008-02-02 18:04 < NCC-1701-E> It's still more precise!
2008-02-02 18:04 * NCC-1701-E dosen't understand what the difference between % and @ is anyway
2008-02-02 18:04 < Mentifisto> :-p
2008-02-02 18:04 < Mentifisto> There are more symbols too if you're interested.
2008-02-02 18:04 < zero1328> I think half-ops can't ban, or give voice.. or something
2008-02-02 18:04 < NCC-1701-E> Yeahm & and ~
2008-02-02 18:05 < Mentifisto> Yeah, they can kick only.
2008-02-02 18:05 < Mentifisto> I think. I didn't have UnrealIRCd installed in a while.
2008-02-02 18:05 < zero1328> 247!~
2008-02-02 18:06 < NCC-1701-E> Where the hell is ChanServ, because it can somehow give +v and +o when it isn't on the channel!
2008-02-02 18:06 < zero1328> 248!
2008-02-02 18:06 < NCC-1701-E> 248!
2008-02-02 18:06 < Mentifisto> Yep, it seems IRC is as volatile as WP.
2008-02-02 18:06 < NCC-1701-E> 247, 0@, 0%, 0+
2008-02-02 18:06 < zero1328> 247!
2008-02-02 18:07 < zero1328> 246...
2008-02-02 18:07 < zero1328> and now I'm bored again
2008-02-02 18:07 < Mentifisto> NCC-1701-E channels on freenode don't necessarily need ChanServ since CS is internally integrated. Its presence is only for other people who may be confused about it, it's not a necessity though.
2008-02-02 18:07 < NCC-1701-E> Mentifisto: I know that, I run 3 freenode channels :P
2008-02-02 18:08 < Mentifisto> Why did you ask then? :-p
2008-02-02 18:08 < zero1328> He's bored?
2008-02-02 18:08 < Mentifisto> How can anyone ever be bored when there's WP? Honestly.
2008-02-02 18:08 < NCC-1701-E> What zero1328 said
2008-02-02 18:08 < NCC-1701-E> Huggle isn't working atm
2008-02-02 18:08 < NCC-1701-E> 246, 0@, 0%, 0+
2008-02-02 18:09 * LuciferTiger huggles NCC-1701-E
2008-02-02 18:09 < zero1328> I haven't been very active in WP for months
2008-02-02 18:09 < LuciferTiger> yes its working
2008-02-02 18:09 < NCC-1701-E> :|
2008-02-02 18:09 < NCC-1701-E> I mean the program!
2008-02-02 18:09 < LuciferTiger> so i figured...
2008-02-02 18:10 < LuciferTiger> what does Huggle do
2008-02-02 18:10 < zero1328> Some sort of automatic huggling machine?
2008-02-02 18:10 < eth01> huggling?
2008-02-02 18:10 < Mentifisto> Actually it annihilates vandals. Sounds nice eh.
2008-02-02 18:10 < zero1328> And right now instead of huggles, it suffocates you?
2008-02-02 18:10 < zero1328> close enough
2008-02-02 18:11 < geniice> oh dear TTN has just suggested deleting wikipedia's article on the roll canal
2008-02-02 18:11 < geniice> Rolle Canal rather
2008-02-02 18:12 < Mentifisto> Who's TTN?
2008-02-02 18:12 < LuciferTiger> stifling and strangling is just huggling taken too far
2008-02-02 18:12 < LuciferTiger> time to network
2008-02-02 18:12 < zero1328> TTN's this guy who's been merging and deleting a ton of crufty episode articles for a fair while now
2008-02-02 18:12 < quanticle> LuciferTiger: Who are they?
2008-02-02 18:12 < zero1328> maybe over a year?
2008-02-02 18:12 < LuciferTiger> who are what
2008-02-02 18:13 < zero1328> There's been a fair bit of outcry, but almost all of the comments are invalid
2008-02-02 18:13 < quanticle> LuciferTiger: Never mind. You explained.
2008-02-02 18:13 < quanticle> LuciferTiger: What is the Rolle Canal?
2008-02-02 18:13 < LuciferTiger> lemme go wiki it :P
2008-02-02 18:13 < NCC-1701-E> 244, 0@, 0%, 0+
2008-02-02 18:14 < LuciferTiger> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolle_Canal
2008-02-02 18:14 < LuciferTiger> i have no idea other than that.
2008-02-02 18:15 < zero1328> It doesn't look like TTN's done anything regarding that article.. he only does TV episode articles and character profile articles..
2008-02-02 18:15 < geniice> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_anime_characters#Sources_exist
2008-02-02 18:17 < LuciferTiger> looks like quanticle there confused me with a bunch of other people
2008-02-02 18:18 < quanticle> LuciferTiger: Heh. Sorry about that.
2008-02-02 18:18 < LuciferTiger> nah its okay... just confused the hell out of me there...
2008-02-02 18:19 < zero1328> hrm I can kinda point to WP:WAX for your mention to Rolle Canal
2008-02-02 18:20 < Master_son> now we need the loud one :P
2008-02-02 18:20 < Master_son> ok - that's loud ;)
2008-02-02 18:21 < DannyLilithborne> too many cats
2008-02-02 18:21 < zero1328> Raul what the heck?!
2008-02-02 18:21 < Master_son> its a cat invasion
2008-02-02 18:21 < geniice> zero1328 you can but only for epic fail
2008-02-02 18:21 * Viagra_cat huggles zero1328
2008-02-02 18:22 < geniice> zero1328 I think it is closer to "when your oponent adopts a position that results in them argueing for a position like that they are so clearly wrong there is no need for further debate"
2008-02-02 18:23 < Emo_Cat> too quiet in here
2008-02-02 18:23 * Emo_Cat sits in the corner and cries
2008-02-02 18:23 < zero1328> Ok I didn't understand that
2008-02-02 18:23 < Mentifisto> Hey Raul, so where did your nick come from? On your userpage you say that it's a long story... did you ever recount it?
2008-02-02 18:24 < geniice> zero1328 basicaly TTN has just done a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum on his own argument
2008-02-02 18:24 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: Any relation to Long_cat?
2008-02-02 18:24 < Ceiling_Cat> Mentifisto - it's almost embarassingly stupid
2008-02-02 18:24 < Viagra_cat> quanticle - where do you think long cats come from?
2008-02-02 18:24 < NCC-1701-E> 249, 0@, 0%, 0+
2008-02-02 18:24 < Mentifisto> Well, do tell Ceiling_Cat :-)
2008-02-02 18:24 < zero1328> still not getting it o.O
2008-02-02 18:25 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: Long_cats eat Viagra_cats?
2008-02-02 18:25 < Viagra_cat> quanticle - see also http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=IRC_channel_quotes&curid=6572&diff=858897&oldid=832923
2008-02-02 18:25 < Viagra_cat> Gwern's *hilarious* comment from yesterday
2008-02-02 18:25 < quanticle> NCC-1701-E: What's with the random numbers?
2008-02-02 18:25 < NCC-1701-E> quanticle: They aint random
2008-02-02 18:25 < Ceiling_Cat> Mentifisto - did you ever take another language in high school?
2008-02-02 18:26 < Ceiling_Cat> well, one typical activitiy on the first day is to pick another name for yourself in that language
2008-02-02 18:26 < Ceiling_Cat> I registered on AIM now long thereafter, so I used the same name - Raul
2008-02-02 18:26 < Ceiling_Cat> and because it was already taken, I appended the meaningless number 654 to it
2008-02-02 18:26 < Ceiling_Cat> after that, it was purely momentum
2008-02-02 18:27 < Ceiling_Cat> I use it on every service I register for, more or less
2008-02-02 18:27 < Ceiling_Cat> It has the nice property of googling uniquely
2008-02-02 18:27 < Mentifisto> Ah, interesting. :-) What language was that exactly?
2008-02-02 18:27 < Ceiling_Cat> spanish, obviously
2008-02-02 18:27 < Ceiling_Cat> although it has gotten terribly, terribly rusty
2008-02-02 18:28 < quanticle> Ceiling_Cat: The same reasoning applies to my use of quanticle.
2008-02-02 18:29 * LOUD_CAT NODS
2008-02-02 18:29 < quanticle> Ceiling_Cat: I picked it because I was interested in physics during middle school, and I just never stopped using it.
2008-02-02 18:29 < LOUD_CAT> WHOA
2008-02-02 18:29 < quanticle> Though, I eventually gave up physics for computers not long after.
2008-02-02 18:29 < Ceiling_Cat> Internet Censorship's First Death Sentence?
2008-02-02 18:29 < Ceiling_Cat> "A journalism student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death by a Sharia court for downloading and sharing a report criticizing the treatment of women in some Islamic countries. The student was accused of blasphemy and tried without representation. According to Reporters Without Borders, sixty people are currently in jail worldwide for criticizing governments online, fifty of them in China, but this may be the first time someone has been sen
2008-02-02 18:30 < LOUD_CAT> WHOA x 2
2008-02-02 18:30 < quanticle> Ceiling_Cat: Yeah. Well, I'm not sure that its the first death sentence for "internet censorship"
2008-02-02 18:30 < Viagra_cat> Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete?
2008-02-02 18:30 < Viagra_cat> "British scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship. All children born of this method would be female, due the lack Y chromosomes, and there is high chance of birth defects. Eggs also can be created from male bone marrow, but men looking to reproduce would still need to find a surrogate mother to handle the gestation period. I'd like t
2008-02-02 18:30 < DannyLilithborne> fuck.
2008-02-02 18:30 < DannyLilithborne> damn afghanistan
2008-02-02 18:31 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: Wouldn't that be a little like incest?
2008-02-02 18:32 < Viagra_cat> In what way?
2008-02-02 18:32 < quanticle> Viagra_Cat: Y'know, mating with close relatives and all.
2008-02-02 18:32 < Viagra_cat> who says it has to be implanted in a relative?
2008-02-02 18:32 < Viagra_cat> what's creepier is the possiblity of using it for self fertilization
2008-02-02 18:32 < zero1328> attack of the clones!
2008-02-02 18:32 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: That's what I was referring to.
2008-02-02 18:32 < Viagra_cat> ie, a woman impreganting herself
2008-02-02 18:33 < Viagra_cat> using two copies of her own genome
2008-02-02 18:33 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: That's what I meant by "incest".
2008-02-02 18:33 < DannyLilithborne> as if the population wasn't stupid enough
2008-02-02 18:33 < quanticle> Viagra_cat: After all, who is more closely related to you than... you?
2008-02-02 18:33 < DannyLilithborne> doubling up DNA is gonna result in a generation of mind blowing stupidity
2008-02-02 18:33 < Viagra_cat> *extrememy* high chance of genetic disorders
2008-02-02 18:34 < Viagra_cat> because now every bad gene you are a carrier for has 1/4 chance of being reproduced in the offspring
2008-02-02 18:34 < Viagra_cat> and every person probably has a dozen or more defects
2008-02-02 18:35 < quanticle> Awww, all the cats went away.
2008-02-02 18:36 < zero1328> There's still Ceiling_Cat
2008-02-02 18:36 < Ceiling_Cat> not all of them :)
2008-02-02 18:36 * Ceiling_Cat remains to watch you when you think you're alone
2008-02-02 18:36 < zero1328> And uh... Cat haliN
2008-02-02 18:36 < zero1328> and White_Cat
2008-02-02 18:37 < DannyLilithborne> Ceiling_Cat better watch out if i ever decide to point up ^_^
2008-02-02 18:37 < cctoide> Um
2008-02-02 18:37 < cctoide> What determines whether the login link at the top right displays as "Sign in" or "Log in"?
2008-02-02 18:37 < cctoide> It seems random so far
2008-02-02 18:38 < kylu> hm
2008-02-02 18:38 < Nakon> cctoide: mediawiki system message
2008-02-02 18:38 < Ceiling_Cat> BBL - dinner
2008-02-02 18:38 * NotAMetroid wonders who feeds Ceiling_Cat
2008-02-02 18:39 < cctoide> Food falls from the network cables running up there
2008-02-02 18:39 < kylu> [[MediaWiki:Login]]
2008-02-02 18:39 < Nakon> [[MediaWiki:Login]]
2008-02-02 18:39 < Nakon> bah
2008-02-02 18:39 < kylu> hey nakon?
2008-02-02 18:39 < Nakon> kylu: hmm?
2008-02-02 18:39 < kylu> jinx!
2008-02-02 18:39 < Nakon> ;_;
2008-02-02 18:39 * kylu awws, hugs
2008-02-02 18:43 < WikiHelper> Kylu: I wouldn't do that if I were you... JohnReaves or ops ban people for doing that!
2008-02-02 18:45 < Gracenotes> WikiHelper: you called for me? Who's doing hugs now? Those miscreants..
2008-02-02 18:45 < Gracenotes> :O
2008-02-02 18:45 < WikiHelper> Kylu
2008-02-02 18:45 * Gracenotes hugs kylu
2008-02-02 18:45 < WikiHelper> arghh!
2008-02-02 18:46 < WikiHelper> JohnReaves: huggers in the channel!
2008-02-02 18:46 < kylu> WikiHelper: do what?
2008-02-02 18:46 < WikiHelper> hug people
2008-02-02 18:46 < WikiHelper> do a /mode +b
2008-02-02 18:46 < kylu> oh, okay...
2008-02-02 18:46 < kylu> hold on
2008-02-02 18:46 < WikiHelper> to see all the bans of JohnReaves/JohnReaves2 because of hugging!
2008-02-02 18:46 < WikiHelper> lol
2008-02-02 18:46 < kylu> okay, there, all better!
2008-02-02 18:47 < NCC-1701-E> WTF?!
2008-02-02 18:47 < WikiHelper> usually it is a /mode +b that makes it better for JohnReaves :DD
2008-02-02 18:47 < WikiHelper> lol
2008-02-02 18:47 < kylu> ah, well, sucks to be him atm.
2008-02-02 18:47 < WikiHelper> why :?
2008-02-02 18:47 * NCC-1701-E sets mode #wikipedia +b *!*@*
2008-02-02 18:48 * WikiHelper sets mode #wikipedia -b *!*@*
2008-02-02 18:48 * WikiHelper does that without ops in this channel :P
2008-02-02 18:48 * NCC-1701-E boots WikiHelper from #wikipedia (die!)
2008-02-02 18:48 * WikiHelper is immune like ChanServ :P
2008-02-02 18:49 * NCC-1701-E sets mode #wikipedia +if ##hell
2008-02-02 18:49 < Gracenotes> NCC-1701-E: you forget the power of +I!
2008-02-02 18:50 * NCC-1701-E sets mode #wikipedia -i+j
2008-02-02 18:50 < Nakon> NCC-1701-E: please stop that.
2008-02-02 18:50 * DannyLilithborne sets mode #wikipedia +stfu
2008-02-02 18:50 < kylu> so... you're saying they usually kickban?
2008-02-02 18:50 < NCC-1701-E> kylu?
2008-02-02 18:51 < WikiHelper> kylu: kind of...
2008-02-02 18:51 < NCC-1701-E> hello rebel_leader
2008-02-02 18:51 * zero1328 stabs rebel_leader with a lightsaber
2008-02-02 18:51 < zero1328> muahaha
2008-02-02 18:51 < quanticle> zero1328: OMG you killed Mon Mothma!
2008-02-02 18:52 < bumm13> and Mothra!
2008-02-02 18:52 < quanticle> bumm13: And /me has to go
2008-02-02 18:52 * quanticle has to go
2008-02-02 18:52 < bumm13> later
2008-02-02 19:02 < DannyLilithborne> [[Talk:Toad (color)]]
2008-02-02 19:03 < DannyLilithborne> is calling someone batshit insane considered a personal attack? D:
2008-02-02 19:03 < kylu> depends, is it true?
2008-02-02 19:03 < DannyLilithborne> 'cause... man, it's so true here :o
2008-02-02 19:03 < kylu> I know a couple editors that would take it positively.
2008-02-02 19:07 * Gracenotes eyes dircbot suspiciously
2008-02-02 19:09 < Mike2> who's batshit insane?
2008-02-02 19:09 < Mike2> oh, i see
2008-02-02 19:10 < kylu> Mike2: ever met "The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake" ?
2008-02-02 19:10 < Mike2> can't say i have
2008-02-02 19:10 < Mike2> "It appears to be more of a shade or a tint of green than it does brown, although this isn't the case, at all, however, should there be any confusion between and/or within green and brown."
2008-02-02 19:10 < Gracenotes> kylu: oh, I used to see him around on IRC
2008-02-02 19:10 < kylu> nice guy
2008-02-02 19:10 < Gracenotes> #wikimedia-social
2008-02-02 19:10 < kylu> batshit insane
2008-02-02 19:10 < kylu> but nice guy
2008-02-02 19:10 < Gracenotes> he was an interesting character :)
2008-02-02 19:11 < Gracenotes> I recall he ran for ArbCom...
2008-02-02 19:11 < kylu> yeh, so'
2008-02-02 19:11 < kylu> so'd I.
2008-02-02 19:13 < Mike2> wow, this fellow's been at it for years
2008-02-02 19:14 < Mike2> and by "it" i mean writing articles about his own creations
2008-02-02 19:15 < Gwern-away> http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC16848020080201 <-- serious kudos for the WP ref
2008-02-02 19:16 < Cyrius> I recall an athletic shoe getting named "incubus"
2008-02-02 19:17 < Gracenotes> heh
2008-02-02 19:18 < Gracenotes> yay for cultural literacy
2008-02-02 19:37 < NilsE> wat
2008-02-02 19:38 < NilsE> How can Spanish be bigger than English?
2008-02-02 19:38 < NilsE> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#Top_20
2008-02-02 19:38 < kylu> english speakers are lazy? :)
2008-02-02 19:38 < NotAMetroid> *native* speakers
2008-02-02 19:39 < NotAMetroid> when you include the people who can speak it as a secondary language, english is significantly higher
2008-02-02 19:39 < NilsE> Same thing goes for that other list...
2008-02-02 19:39 < NilsE> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue_list_of_most_spoken_languages
2008-02-02 19:39 < zero1328> ooo, Japanese is at #9
2008-02-02 19:39 < zero1328> I've never heard of "Bengali" though.. <.<
2008-02-02 19:40 < NilsE> Bengali tigers...
2008-02-02 19:40 < NilsE> I was sure that English was bigger than even Chinese.
2008-02-02 19:40 < NilsE> And that Spanish was way back.
2008-02-02 19:40 < NilsE> More like in the bottom-20.
2008-02-02 19:41 < NilsE> Is this list accurate?
2008-02-02 19:41 < zero1328> Like NotAMetroid said, it's -native-
2008-02-02 19:41 < Aqwis> you have any idea how many south americans who speak spanish, NilsE? :)
2008-02-02 19:41 < NilsE> No... the other list I linked to shows the same stats...
2008-02-02 19:41 < NilsE> Hrm.
2008-02-02 19:41 < NilsE> If we count people who have access to the Internet, English must win at least?
2008-02-02 19:41 < kylu> sorry, no
2008-02-02 19:42 < kylu> it's prominent because English-speakers were here first and made the rules
2008-02-02 19:42 < NilsE> Dammit. I need to learn Chinese and Indian.
2008-02-02 19:42 < zero1328> That's why English is a secondary language, too
2008-02-02 19:42 < kylu> if the Chinese were here first, you'd be writing your html in ideograms
2008-02-02 19:42 < NilsE> So I can make a fortune in those markets.
2008-02-02 19:42 < bumm13> "Indian"?
2008-02-02 19:42 < NilsE> Whatever they speak in India. :S
2008-02-02 19:42 < Xihix> Who else agrees that there should be a channel for FAC's and GAC's?
2008-02-02 19:42 < ronabop> Oh, if indian were one language....
2008-02-02 19:42 < bumm13> India has over 10 languages, IIRC
2008-02-02 19:42 < kylu> more than 10. :D
2008-02-02 19:42 < Aqwis> i thought it has several hundred
2008-02-02 19:42 < NilsE> How obnoxious for learning.
2008-02-02 19:42 < bumm13> Hindu is kind of the "de facto" language in India
2008-02-02 19:43 < zero1328> several hundred
2008-02-02 19:43 < Aqwis> hindu and english
2008-02-02 19:43 < bumm13> *Hindi
2008-02-02 19:43 < NilsE> Does India spell everything mirrored?
2008-02-02 19:43 < bumm13> yeah, a ton of minor ones
2008-02-02 19:43 < NilsE> Backwards if you will.
2008-02-02 19:43 < NilsE> Maybe that is Arabic.
2008-02-02 19:43 < zero1328> Arabic writing is right to left
2008-02-02 19:43 < NilsE> What do I know? I'm an ignorant Westerner.
2008-02-02 19:43 * kylu contributes on the sinhalese wikipedia, just dealt with the kannadan wikipedia earlier today, also has an account on devnagari wikipedia.
2008-02-02 19:43 < kylu> zero1328: most semitic languages are.
2008-02-02 19:44 < NilsE> HTML in ideograms would be terrible.
2008-02-02 19:44 < kylu> also hebrew, aramaic, caananite...
2008-02-02 19:45 < bumm13> Unicode shows 9 or 10 India language abugida-character ranges
2008-02-02 19:45 < zero1328> alphanumeric characters is more than enough for the domain name system..
2008-02-02 19:45 * ronabop notes that most americans speak spanish, hence, the large spanish number.
2008-02-02 19:45 < bumm13> Devanagari is used for more than just Hindi, IIRC
2008-02-02 19:45 < kylu> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers
2008-02-02 19:45 < NilsE> Whoever decided that domains cannot have underscores should be shot.
2008-02-02 19:45 < NilsE> ronabop: They... do?
2008-02-02 19:45 < kylu> bumm13: sorry, the nepal bhasa wikipedia
2008-02-02 19:45 < bumm13> ah, for three languages (not counting Sanskrit)
2008-02-02 19:45 < kylu> bumm13: [[new:User:Kylu]]
2008-02-02 19:45 < bumm13> :)
2008-02-02 19:46 < bumm13> so India has about 12-13 major "native" languages
2008-02-02 19:46 < bumm13> plus widespread use of English
2008-02-02 19:46 < NilsE> Mefinks ronabop is delusional.
2008-02-02 19:46 < ronabop> NileE: Yup. All of mexico, latin america, and vast parts of south america...
2008-02-02 19:46 < kylu> excepting parts of brazil
2008-02-02 19:47 < ronabop> Yeah, portugese. ;)
2008-02-02 19:47 < bumm13> yay for terminology confusion!
2008-02-02 19:47 < NilsE> USAians must stop calling themselves Americans. It is so confusing.
2008-02-02 19:47 < kylu> (yes, the official language of brazil is portuguese... but brazilians are smart enough to learn spanish also.)
2008-02-02 19:47 < bumm13> Spanish and Portuguese are very similar
2008-02-02 19:47 < kylu> quite true
2008-02-02 19:47 < NotAMetroid> hello gurcho
2008-02-02 19:48 < bumm13> Spanish and English....not so similar
2008-02-02 19:48 < NotAMetroid> also, what's an ".ac.uk" domain
2008-02-02 19:48 < kylu> academia, ne?
2008-02-02 19:48 < kylu> like .edu
2008-02-02 19:48 < NilsE> Me no like fake TLDs.
2008-02-02 19:48 < NilsE> Like .co.uk.
2008-02-02 19:49 < ronabop> k12.us.?
2008-02-02 19:49 < NilsE> ?
2008-02-02 19:49 < bumm13> schools often use that in the U.S.
2008-02-02 19:49 < ronabop> Just wondering what was "fake"?
2008-02-02 19:50 < shimgray> "fake" TLD?
2008-02-02 19:50 < NilsE> .uk = real.
2008-02-02 19:50 < bumm13> sometimes there is xx.us (xx = two-letter U.S. state abbreviation)
2008-02-02 19:50 < shimgray> it's, um, not a TLD
2008-02-02 19:50 < NilsE> .co.uk = fake.
2008-02-02 19:50 < shimgray> it's a *second* level domain.
2008-02-02 19:50 < shimgray> calling it a "fake TLD" is like calling a dog a "fake cat"
2008-02-02 19:50 < NilsE> It is a TLD for those who wanna register domains in UK...
2008-02-02 19:50 < NilsE> Because they cannot get foobar.uk.
2008-02-02 19:50 < NilsE> Because they must get foobar.whatever.uk...
2008-02-02 19:50 < bumm13> shimgray: yeah
2008-02-02 19:50 < shimgray> You're... not making desperately much sense
2008-02-02 19:51 < NilsE> Grrrrr...
2008-02-02 19:51 < shimgray> that's *how the system works*.
2008-02-02 19:51 < bumm13> ok then....
2008-02-02 19:52 * bumm13 imagines a site name like "www.website.world.na.ny.us"
2008-02-02 19:53 * ronabop points bumm13 at del.icio.us ;)
2008-02-02 19:53 < bumm13> :)
2008-02-02 19:54 * NCC-1701-E uses del.icio.us
2008-02-02 19:54 < NotACow> NCC-1701-E: is that legal?
2008-02-02 19:55 < NCC-1701-E> NotACow: How do you mean?
2008-02-02 19:55 < NotACow> NCC-1701-E: how do i mean what?
2008-02-02 19:56 < NCC-1701-E> [16:54:53] <NotACow> NCC-1701-E: is that legal?
2008-02-02 19:57 < bumm13> a bit laggy :P
2008-02-02 19:57 < ronabop> www.website.world.na.ny.us is going the wrong direction. It should be www.website.ny.us.na.world., as DNS is read RTL, not LTR.
2008-02-02 19:57 < bumm13> well, whatever :P
2008-02-02 19:57 < g666rl> are there any danish ppl here?
2008-02-02 19:58 < ronabop> (and 'world' and '.' are a tad redundant...)
2008-02-02 19:58 < bumm13> you could be on the moon!
2008-02-02 19:58 < bumm13> ;)
2008-02-02 19:58 < kylu> g666rl: I prefer cinnamon rolls
2008-02-02 19:58 < ronabop> www.website.ny.us.na.earth. :)
2008-02-02 19:58 < bumm13> ...earth.us ;)
2008-02-02 19:59 < kylu> don't give them ideas, bumm
2008-02-02 19:59 < g666rl> kylu: do u know of a danish or swedish irc?
2008-02-02 19:59 < bumm13> :D
2008-02-02 19:59 < ronabop> Only if the US takes over the planet. ;)
2008-02-02 19:59 < kylu> try #wikipedia-sv or #wikipedia-nl ?
2008-02-02 19:59 < brown_cat> bumm13: got milk?
2008-02-02 19:59 < bumm13> well, I can't use ".world"
2008-02-02 19:59 < g666rl> been there
2008-02-02 19:59 * bumm13 milks brown_cat
2008-02-02 19:59 < brown_cat> O_o
2008-02-02 19:59 < kylu> you may want to wait for a bit
2008-02-02 19:59 < kylu> talk to kim_register if you see him
2008-02-02 20:00 * brown_cat cuddles bumm13
2008-02-02 20:00 < bumm13> eww
2008-02-02 20:00 * bumm13 sprays brown_cat with dog scent
2008-02-02 20:00 * brown_cat licks himself clean
2008-02-02 20:00 < Sfan00> Evenin
2008-02-02 20:00 < g666rl> someone is home, bi
2008-02-02 20:00 < brown_cat> Sfan00 is stalking me O_O
2008-02-02 20:00 < Sfan00> NO
2008-02-02 20:01 < Sfan00> I popped in here to ask about something
2008-02-02 20:01 * brown_cat builds on his photographer comment in his diary
2008-02-02 20:01 < Sfan00> ??
2008-02-02 20:01 < Gracenotes> Sfan00: if you're wondering where brown_cat lives, we're not going to tell you
2008-02-02 20:01 * brown_cat cuddles Gracenotes
2008-02-02 20:01 * Gracenotes huggles brown_cat
2008-02-02 20:01 < Sfan00> Gracenotes: I make it a RULE NEVER TO ask for such infromation on IRC
2008-02-02 20:01 < Gracenotes> :O stalker
2008-02-02 20:02 < Sfan00> Gracenotes:?
2008-02-02 20:02 < Lubaf> Anybody here a digg user and willing to do me a favor?
2008-02-02 20:02 < bumm13> does anyone else here find this title somewhat humorous?
2008-02-02 20:02 < NCC-1701-E> Hello Pthag
2008-02-02 20:02 < bumm13> "Chad rebels fight troops in capital"
2008-02-02 20:02 < Gracenotes> naught, naught.
2008-02-02 20:02 < Pthag> hello alphanumeric blur
2008-02-02 20:03 < bumm13> there's so much in Chad worth having power over! ;p
2008-02-02 20:03 * brown_cat imagines what could take place
2008-02-02 20:03 < geniice> wikipedians say don't even think about renameing the country
2008-02-02 20:03 < brown_cat> <Sfan00> Where do you live?
2008-02-02 20:03 < brown_cat> <brown_cat> 1/23 Allerton Way Booragoon, 6154 - why?
2008-02-02 20:03 < brown_cat> xD
2008-02-02 20:03 * ronabop thinks chad is nasty paper bits
2008-02-02 20:03 < bumm13> it's mostly desert
2008-02-02 20:03 < brown_cat> I LOVE DESERT :D
2008-02-02 20:03 < bumm13> with no Dubai hiding in it somewhere :P
2008-02-02 20:04 < Lubaf> http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/pages/homosexuals-are-gay.html <- Thanks for clearing that up, buddy.
2008-02-02 20:04 * bumm13 cannot pronounce "N'Djamena"
2008-02-02 20:04 < ronabop> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_%28paper%29 <--"hanging chad" seems a bit spookier in military terms.
2008-02-02 20:05 < Sfan00> brown_cat; For the Record , I can't recall where your quote comes from
2008-02-02 20:06 < brown_cat> Sfan00: you can read more at my report sent to PBJ or my affidavit send to the federal procecuters tribunal pending investigation
2008-02-02 20:06 < brown_cat> xD
2008-02-02 20:07 < Sfan00> brown_cat: Your humor isn't appreciated
2008-02-02 20:07 < Sfan00> !chanop
2008-02-02 20:07 < brown_cat> not when you are the defendant xD
2008-02-02 20:07 < Sfan00> brown_cat: Knock it off
2008-02-02 20:07 < Sfan00> NOW
2008-02-02 20:07 < Sfan00> !chanop
2008-02-02 20:07 * brown_cat puts on a muzzle
2008-02-02 20:08 < bumm13> (ah, a dictionary website has a pronounciation .wav file)
2008-02-02 20:08 < Sfan00> Any ops PLEASE?
2008-02-02 20:08 < Gracenotes> <chanop>brown_cat, I won't huggle you if you carry on</chanop>
2008-02-02 20:08 < brown_cat> O_o
2008-02-02 20:08 * brown_cat stops NOW
2008-02-02 20:08 < brown_cat> bumm13: dreaming of the day wikimedia uses something other then ogg?
2008-02-02 20:08 < Sfan00> I have my reasons for not finding this funny
2008-02-02 20:08 < DannyLilithborne> since i can't violate WP:CIVIL on wikipedia, I'm gonna do it here.
2008-02-02 20:08 < DannyLilithborne> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Physmanir
2008-02-02 20:08 * Gracenotes huggles brown_cat
2008-02-02 20:08 < DannyLilithborne> fucking idiot
2008-02-02 20:08 < DannyLilithborne> ok, i'm done
2008-02-02 20:08 * brown_cat cuddles Gracenotes :D
2008-02-02 20:08 < bumm13> please don't do that here
2008-02-02 20:08 * brown_cat gives Gracenotes some flowers and cookies :D
2008-02-02 20:09 < Sfan00> Any ops in?
2008-02-02 20:09 < quanticle|away> bumm13: Well, sometimes you have to vent.
2008-02-02 20:09 < brown_cat> yes
2008-02-02 20:09 < bumm13> ("un-ja-meh-nuh") (u in "un" being a schwa)
2008-02-02 20:09 < bumm13> I doubt most of us even know who that is
2008-02-02 20:10 < Gracenotes> brown_cat: it appears these cookies are laced with cyanide. you know I find cyanide too bitter to the taste; please use something more palatable, like Rohypnol
2008-02-02 20:10 < brown_cat> :o
2008-02-02 20:10 < brown_cat> I would never poison Gracenotes :|
2008-02-02 20:10 * brown_cat breaks into dance
2008-02-02 20:11 * Gracenotes buys brown_cat a box of cat-safe chocolates
2008-02-02 20:11 < brown_cat> :o
2008-02-02 20:11 * brown_cat eats some of it :D
2008-02-02 20:13 * NCC-1701-E cuddles brown_cat
2008-02-02 20:13 < NCC-1701-E> O_O
2008-02-02 20:13 * quanticle|away cuddles Ceiling_Cat
2008-02-02 20:13 * brown_cat growls at NCC-1701-E >:D
2008-02-02 20:13 < Scott5114> oh dear, starships cuddline cats?
2008-02-02 20:13 < Gracenotes> bumm13: that won't do anything :)
2008-02-02 20:13 * brown_cat greases up Ceiling_Cat
2008-02-02 20:13 < brown_cat> revenge ^_^
2008-02-02 20:13 < quanticle> Scott5114: Its a bit like an elephant dancing with an ant.
2008-02-02 20:14 < Austin> This channel is horrible.
2008-02-02 20:14 < brown_cat> bumm13: what would it take for me to persuade you to ban me?
2008-02-02 20:14 < Austin> Why did I come back?
2008-02-02 20:14 < quanticle> Austin: Horribly fun :)
2008-02-02 20:14 < bumm13> because we wuv you
2008-02-02 20:14 < Austin> Oh, that's why.
2008-02-02 20:14 * NCC-1701-E fires torpedoes at brown_cat
2008-02-02 20:14 < Gracenotes> Austin: we do have intellectual discussion. Really. The rest is nonsense.
2008-02-02 20:14 < bumm13> hiya Austin
2008-02-02 20:14 < Austin> Hey bumm :)
2008-02-02 20:15 * brown_cat forwards the torpedoes onto the evildoer kids in iraq
2008-02-02 20:15 * Scott5114 sets autodestruct on NCC-1701-E
2008-02-02 20:15 < Sfan00> :O
2008-02-02 20:15 * brown_cat cuddles Scott5114
2008-02-02 20:15 < NCC-1701-E> |ERROR: COMMAND CODE NOT RECOGNIZED. ACCESS DENIED|
2008-02-02 20:15 < Sfan00> brown_cat: What about due process?
2008-02-02 20:15 < brown_cat> Sfan00: it is called premature evacuation xD
2008-02-02 20:16 < brown_cat> get the heroes out, make a big fing crater out of the whole country
2008-02-02 20:16 < Sfan00> :(
2008-02-02 20:16 < Scott5114> NCC-1701-E: Authenticate! 5-9-8-7-5-6-3-4-7-9-2-7-8-Charlie-8-8-8-9-9-6-5-2-1-8-2-0-0-0-0-Pi!
2008-02-02 20:16 < Sfan00> Iraq is a mess
2008-02-02 20:16 < brown_cat> Sfan00: we can fix that with showers :)
2008-02-02 20:16 < NCC-1701-E> Scott5114: Error: CAPTCHA not filled!
2008-02-02 20:17 < quanticle> NCC-1701-E: 7cxQr4
2008-02-02 20:17 < quanticle> brown_cat: But isn't that a bit like vacuuming a dirt road?
2008-02-02 20:17 < NCC-1701-E> ACCESS DENIED: Command requires 5 parameters. Only 2 filled
2008-02-02 20:17 * Scott5114 bypasses LCARS by popping in a Knoppix disc
2008-02-02 20:18 * NCC-1701-E access denied
2008-02-02 20:18 * NCC-1701-E notes that Knoppix would not install on the command processing core
2008-02-02 20:18 < brown_cat> quanticle: the radiation from the nukes vaporized the dirt, now they are white :)
2008-02-02 20:18 < quanticle> NCC-1701-E: /sbin/selfdestruct -h now -access-code 5-9-8-7-5-6-3-4-7-9-2-7-8-Charlie-8-8-8-9-9-6-5-2-1-8-2-0-0-0-0-Pi -captcha 7cQRx4
2008-02-02 20:18 < brown_cat> NCC-1701-E: I hate captchas - they make me feel retarded - these days you can't read them xD
2008-02-02 20:19 < NCC-1701-E> quanticle: ERROR: Command not recognized!
2008-02-02 20:19 < quanticle> NCC-1701-E: Wrong answer, you should have replied "file not found"
2008-02-02 20:19 < quanticle> NCC-1701-E: Your command system has been rooted
2008-02-02 20:19 < NCC-1701-E> quanticle: That is not in the format of an LCARS command
2008-02-02 20:19 < Scott5114> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/usr/bin/lcars
2008-02-02 20:19 < NCC-1701-E> [[LCARS]]
2008-02-02 20:21 < Scott5114> "Oh my god! You killed the Enterprise!"
2008-02-02 20:21 * NCC-1701-E reminds you there is a help command
2008-02-02 20:22 < Filanca`> hi
2008-02-02 20:22 < NCC-1701-E> hi
2008-02-02 20:22 * NCC-1701-E awaiting input
2008-02-02 20:24 * Gracenotes silences NCC-1701-E and waits for the sanity bar to reach normal levels
2008-02-02 20:24 < Sfan00> Gracenotes: It's #Wikipedia
2008-02-02 20:24 < Sfan00> :(
2008-02-02 20:24 < NotACow> DEATH TO SANITY
2008-02-02 20:24 < NotACow> oh, wait, there is none here to kill. carry on!
2008-02-02 20:26 < kylu> true.
2008-02-02 20:26 * NCC-1701-E pokes Scott5114
2008-02-02 20:27 * Scott5114 hurtles across space after being poked by a starship
2008-02-02 20:27 < NCC-1701-E> :D
2008-02-02 20:27 * NCC-1701-E powers down secondary systems
2008-02-02 20:28 < Sfan00> Anyone here a Wikipedia admin?
2008-02-02 20:28 < Sfan00> Prefably on enwiki
2008-02-02 20:28 < NCC-1701-E> O_o
2008-02-02 20:29 < kylu> sure
2008-02-02 20:29 < kylu> what's up?
2008-02-02 20:29 < Sfan00> kylu; PM?
2008-02-02 20:29 < Sfan00> Or this a cabal channel?
2008-02-02 20:29 < kylu> yeah, it's 8:30 here, how'd you know?
2008-02-02 20:29 < kylu> anyway, sure, pm if you'd like
2008-02-02 20:29 < Sfan00> kylu: It concerns some issues arising out of something Wikinews is doing...
2008-02-02 20:30 < kylu> ... uhm, something wikinews is doing that a wikipedia admin can help with?
2008-02-02 20:30 < kylu> this should be interesting, since ... we have no control over wikinews. o.o
2008-02-02 20:30 * gurch huggles kylu
2008-02-02 20:30 * gurch huggles NotACow
2008-02-02 20:30 * gurch huggles Gracenotes
2008-02-02 20:30 * Gracenotes glomps gurch
2008-02-02 20:30 * NCC-1701-E pokes gurch
2008-02-02 20:31 < NotACow> NO POKING
2008-02-02 20:31 < NotACow> gurchie
2008-02-02 20:31 * NCC-1701-E pokes NotACow
2008-02-02 20:31 < quanticle> gurch: Are you huggling, or *huggling*?
2008-02-02 20:31 < gurch> is there a difference?
2008-02-02 20:31 * quanticle notpokes NotACow
2008-02-02 20:32 * NCC-1701-E wonders where Scott5114 is
2008-02-02 20:32 * gurch huggles quanticle
2008-02-02 20:32 < quanticle> gurch: I was referring to your tool
2008-02-02 20:32 * gurch huggles NCC-1701-E
2008-02-02 20:32 * Pilotguy huggles gurch
2008-02-02 20:32 * quanticle huggles gurch
2008-02-02 20:32 < gurch> for reasons that escape me, people reverting the wrong things is considered a bug with the software
2008-02-02 20:33 < quanticle> gurch: Well, you'll get blamed for enabling people to make mistakes faster than ever before.
2008-02-02 20:33 < Sfan00> Hm
2008-02-02 20:33 < Sfan00> Hi Gurch
2008-02-02 20:34 * NCC-1701-E taps Scott5114
2008-02-02 20:34 < NCC-1701-E> hello loader
2008-02-02 20:35 < NCC-1701-E> Krimpet!
2008-02-02 20:35 < loader> hi
2008-02-02 20:35 < loader> from soviet Ukraine
2008-02-02 20:35 < loader> ))
2008-02-02 20:35 < Krimpet> hello, um, unrecognizable nick? :)
2008-02-02 20:36 * NCC-1701-E = FastLizard4
2008-02-02 20:36 < loader> [03:34] <NCC-1701-E> hello loader
2008-02-02 20:36 < loader> [03:35] * Joins: Krimpet (n=francine@unaffiliated/krimpet)
2008-02-02 20:36 < loader> [03:35] <NCC-1701-E> Krimpet!
2008-02-02 20:36 < NCC-1701-E> Hello torch
2008-02-02 20:36 < loader> :)