User talk:Cyde/Don't be a fucking douchebag

• Love it. Deizio talk 23:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

• Not sure I'd ever have the guts to use it, but it's a hilarious way of highlighting the irony and hypocrisy of those who smugly toss around the WP:DICK link. -- Satori Son 17:55, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

• Seems kinda offensive O.O

• Brilliant. The douchebags will never get the joke, though. KillerChihuahua^?!? 10:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Ditto what Satori said. //Halibutt 12:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Isn't this by definition even more hypocritical than DICK? :o) Still, this puts the point about as sweetly and succinctly as it gets. Chris talk back 20:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• I'm a Christian and I'm offended at this page.-Christian religion members— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.162.39 (talk • contribs)

• Don't be a ******* douche bag. "You may think it's cute or clever to "get away with" calling someone a dick while warning them for incivility simply by linking your insult to an essay, such as "don't be a dick". Back atcha, Cyde. —  $PЯINGrαgђ  Always loyal! 19:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• HAHAHAHAHA. God, so true. —Lantoka ^{( talk | contrib)} 03:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• This is hands down the best essay on Wikipedia. Oh, and I'm christian, and I'm not offended. *cough* PullToOpen^Talk 04:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

• It's funny and useful... nice.. -- Ned Scott 04:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
• Haha...that's this is by far the best essay ever. --andrew|ellipsed...^Speak 09:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

• Shouldn't you be linking to douchebag? And why does the shortcut on the page, WP:DOUCHE, actually lead to O RLY (like this WP:DOUCHE)? Carcharoth 16:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Probably because if you use WP:DOUCHE to link here in an insult, you deserve to be WP:TROUTwhacked :P >Radiant< 16:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

• Positive sentiment, but the current implementation doesn't actually work. In the penultiamate sentence you in essence call yourself a hypocrite, which undermines your whole argument. Zocky | picture popups 05:44, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I see where you're coming from, but I found final insult, within the context, to be more humorously ironic than truly hypocritical. -- Satori Son 21:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:DICK was also supposed to be humorously ironic, but to make a serious point. Obviously, that does not work in a wiki (or we wouldn't be on this page). Zocky | picture popups 10:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• Best. Essay. Ever. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

• Well said! :D Lewis Collard! (natter) 22:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

• w00t. Giggy _U^CP 04:26, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

• LOL, this is great. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ra2007 (talk • contribs) 01:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Short and to the point. Marvelous. 21655 ^{ταλκ/01ҁ} 01:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

• As a douchebag, I feel this essay to be very discriminatory. 16:30, 1 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.144.51.16 (talk)

"This is a better version."

In what way? 1ne 16:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Because it's what I want it to be, and this is my userspace? --Cyde Weys 18:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. Perhaps 1ne would like to mind the P in NPA. Chris cheese whine 20:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Excuse me? Perhaps you'd like to mind it. I'm not making a personal attack by questioning the civility of an essay; a user space is not an unrestricted free speech zone, Cyde. 1ne 04:58, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not accusing you of making personal attacks, I'm questioning your reasoning for redirecting the page. Chris cheese whine 03:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

It's incivil. 1ne 03:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

... and? Chris cheese whine 04:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

... and WP:CIVIL is policy. 1ne 04:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Now I begin to see the problem. What we have here is a rather nasty case of sarchasm. Chris cheese whine 05:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

So telling people that they 'just don't get the humor' is a blank check to do anything you want, I take it? 1ne 06:23, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

It must be, since it appears that not getting the humour is evidently also a blank check to do whatever you want. Chris cheese whine 07:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Community policies, including Wikipedia:No personal attacks, apply to your user space just as they do elsewhere -directly from WP:USER. Even don't be a douchebag would be fine imo, adding "fucking" crosses the line.--Wizardman 05:21, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Personal attacks are when you're actually making an attack against a person. This page isn't attacking any particular person, thus it's not a personal attack. --Cyde Weys 04:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. It is a personal attack to tell someone, "You are an asshole." It is not a personal attack to post an essay in your userspace saying, "People shouldn't act like assholes." I don't see how the use of profanity somehow makes it a violation of WP:NPA. -- Satori Son 14:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Precisely, this is exactly what I meant by minding the P. Before you start running around claiming someone is engaging in personal attacks, actually make sure that there is a specific person or group of people that are actually being targeted. Chris cheese whine 22:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Toned down

User:EVula/opining/Don't be a freaking jerkface

There's the family-friendly version of this essay. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Haha, I like it. Next time they try to delete this, just point them at "Don't be a freaking jerkface" and suggest that they aren't ready to handle the adult version. --Cyde Weys 02:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm offended

Please rename this essay to something less offensive, like Wikipedia:Please don't be a big meanie. Anybody that uses the "F-word" is immediately insensitive and unintelligent.--WaltCip 16:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

As is anyone who calls someone a dick. That's kind of the point of this essay - it's ironic.

But for a less offensive version, please see "Don't be a freaking jerkface". -- Satori Son 16:34, 8 November 2007 (UTC)