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October 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "LazyBastardGuy", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Lazy Bastard Guy may be offensive to users. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 07:53, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I do not consider my username offensive. I find it humorous. I have used this name on other sites with no trouble. It was chosen as a self-descriptor, a nod to self-deprecating humor. I just found it fit me well and I thought it was funny. Have users of this wiki taken other issues with me? LazyBastardGuy 08:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Just for the record, I do not otherwise use profanity liberally on this site. I understand rules of etiquette regarding talk pages; I know about getting along with other users, and I know that using profanity like that is not a good way to make friends. Really, the only issue I might see with myself is perhaps being a bit assertive, especially regarding matters I've dealt with before and have been irritated about. Nonetheless, I do keep my word choice less colorful, and I do not see how my name for myself is offensive to other people because it's not a name that says anything to the effect of, "I hate dealing with people because I think they are...", and I do not think that way at all. LazyBastardGuy 08:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Whilst you (and I, and many others) don't find anything particularly offensive in the name, Wikipedia is, at heart, a collaborative effort. Working with other users requires a degree of sensitivity and, yes, bowdlerisation at times. It's evident that at least one user thinks your name could be construed offensively, and we have all sorts here - Wikipedia is not censored, but that doesn't mean no-one is going to be upset at finding a mild swear word in another editor's username.

As a gesture towards unabrasive editing, I'd politely ask you to consider a name change - User:LBG isn't taken, nor is User:LazyGuy. You're under no obligation to do so, but your current name may find you at Requests for comment - usernames at some point in the future. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 08:40, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I will keep that in mind. In the meantime, please know that I bear no animosity towards anyone, on this site or anywhere else. My name was not chosen in a mean spirit, I merely thought it was funny and a good way to describe my personality. Nonetheless, that has not by any means presented an obstacle to my capabilities as an editor, my recent up-and-down activity notwithstanding (i.e., my recent on-and-off editing behavior has not been affected by this in any way). LazyBastardGuy 08:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. By the way, I've declined the report on you at Usernames for administrator attention; it may offend some, but I don't see that it's sufficiently egrarious to warrant a block. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I can assure you I will continue editing as I always have. I'll remain civil towards fellow editors, and I'll stay cool and assume good faith. Thanks, by the way, for the good faith in return. LazyBastardGuy 19:48, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

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Category:Scale the Summit

Category:Scale the Summit, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. 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. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:31, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Hung Deletion

Just wanted to let you know that I've expanded an article you nominated for deletion, Miracle: Happy Summer From William Hung, so it won't be a stub anymore and so it would be kept. EditorE (talk) 23:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

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Explaining

I patrolled your page. I went through the enormously-backlogged list of newly-created pages and confirmed that your page was okay: not spam, not an attack page, not a copyright violation, not any of the other reasons for which I would delete someone's page without asking. Then I clicked "patrolled" to remove it from the list of "pages that have not yet been patrolled", and moved on to the next entry. That's all. DS (talk) 20:16, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chess Titans

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Purble Place

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Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spider Solitaire (Windows)

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Nirvana - In Utero reissue

H just for your information there are three 20th anniversary versions of the In Utero album being released. The super deluxe (3 CD + 1 DVD), the deluxe (2 CD) and the 3 x vinyl release. The DVD will also be available as a standalone release. It shouldn't be too hard to find a source. It is all over the net. Just thought I would let you know. Cheers. QuintusPetillius (talk) 08:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Well heres a link to the reissues on the official Nirvana site. Although a news source is probably better: [1] QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:31, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Username

I saw your username pop up on my watchlist. Dang, that perfectly describes me. My wife uses the same words as my name, plus a few other choice words. How much do you want to sell the username? I'll throw in a wife and mother-in-law for free. Bgwhite (talk) 06:30, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Ha ha, not for sale, my friend. I spent a long time trying to coin a name that 1) wasn't taken, and 2) described me. Apparently I am not the only one it fits! ;)

Interestingly, as you've probably seen at the top of this page, I had some trouble keeping the name at first. They didn't catch me for awhile, but when they did I was honestly afraid I'd have had to change it. Fortunately, they decided it wasn't too bad, so it turned out alright.

Judging from your page, though, you're anything but a slouch here on Wikipedia. Most impressive. By the way, if you don't mind my asking, which page was it that turned-up as being edited by me on your list? LazyBastardGuy 08:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'm surprised they've let you keep your username with that offensive word in it for so long. Around here, that really is a dirty word, and the taskmasters may try to whip you into shape. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:08, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Dude, you scared me for second there, not gonna lie. I like the way you think. LazyBastardGuy 18:20, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, but upon further investigation, I'm afraid I had to add a tag to your signature. With over 2000 edits, the actual degree of your laziness is seriously in doubt. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

That's hilarious. I'll see if I can find a reliable source to corroborate my signature; I will be sure to include it between <ref> tags at all times. LazyBastardGuy 23:01, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

My work here isn't that impressive when you consider I either play here or interact with the wife. The page you edited on my watch list was User talk:Captain Assassin!‎. You placed a RfD notice on his talk page for RED 3 (2014 film). Captain Assassin has had username troubles. This is atleast his 4th username. They made him change from Assassin Creed and Captain Wikipedia. I can't remember the others. Bgwhite (talk) 08:19, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

I can see why they would have made him change from Assassin Creed and such, though. Those names were so specific to a trademark. But I personally like his new name. I had to compromise on one of the sites I registered on; they had an algorithm that forbade it immediately, so I had to edit the name slightly and they didn't even know the difference. I will reiterate, for any uneasy users reading this - I did not choose my name to get out of having to play nice. </sinceritymode> LazyBastardGuy 18:20, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate (read absolutely love) the humorous banter here, dudes, but I started thinking about how it can go the other way, so I created an advisory and posted it to my userpage. It has nothing to do with either of you, in case you started thinking that, but I hope you understand where I'm coming from with it. I appreciate some light prodding, which I can tell a discussion like this clearly is, but I have in the past had it used against me in a very counterproductive manner, and I'm taking a stand against it for myself and for other users. I've seen it go on for far too long, and my experience with it is only a taste of the overall experience. I've had enough of the arrogance for which WP has earned its unfavorable reputation, and I'm bringing my oversized boot (my fashion taste tends toward boots :P) down on it. Being assertive is one thing, elitism is another. (I also recognize that from time to time I am somewhat guilty of being overbearing myself, and for that I apologize to anyone reading this who has had the misfortune to be treated this way by me. It won't happen again.) LazyBastardGuy 07:05, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

I intended no prodding, not even of the light variety. I just couldn't resist the opportunity for some jocularity. As for your name, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it ended up reported to WP:UAA again, but I would hope that admins would at least see that you've been "grandfathered" in, having been constructively editing for two years (happy Wikiversary in a few days). Some people aren't as lucky; this guy was indefinitely blocked one minute after registering. Sorry for the past and future difficulties you may experience here. Good luck and thanks for your contributions. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 09:01, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Regardless of what you consider our conversation to be here, I enjoy all of it. I had only still been fuming about something that had happened during a discussion a few months ago, and so I put that up there to make it clear that that kind of thing would not be tolerated. I enjoy me some good humor and I am not some weakling who can't handle a bit of fun, but this is a problem for which Wikipedia has become notorious - experienced, seasoned editors who walk on others and treat them as worthless peons. I intend to be part of the solution, not the problem. It's been awesome to talk to you both. I only wish to help others see that names are only meaningful to the people who choose them (as long as they're not names like, "I hate all of humanity"), and that it's not okay to use them, well, in vain I guess you could say. Even when I edited under a far more innocuous name, I was still treated rather gruffly in other respects by the more-experienced users of the system (it's the reason I hate WP:HAMMER these days). And I appreciate your kind words. I'm very happy here and look forward to contributing more; I just work in spurts compared to other people, so one minute I might be adding kilos and kilos of text with citations, the next I thumb through articles looking for mere typos to correct. My activity regularly goes up and down, and that has nothing to do with anyone else on here... It's how I've always operated. (Thus, I actually do have the potential to live up to my name, at least in part. ;) ) LazyBastardGuy 19:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

TL;DR You've inspired me, that's all. Take care. LazyBastardGuy 23:36, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Question

Hello. I noticed that you've been updating the Good Article nominations page and was wondering if you know if there's something wrong with the GA bot right now. It doesn't seem to be working. --1ST7 (talk) 03:48, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Its operator, Chris G, took a wikibreak and for reasons I can't explain took the bot offline for the duration of his offtime rather than hand it over to someone else (although he has invited anyone who dares to take charge of the source code, through a link on his userpage). I and at least one other person have taken the initiative to update the page by hand, although we can't handle it all ourselves (I don't want to click through the hundreds of links to find which reviews have been started and which ones haven't), so I would prefer people just add and remove things themselves as they go rather than leaving it all up to one person (previously we all left it up to one bot, but that bot has gone offline). LazyBastardGuy 04:41, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining this. I think a note at the top of the nominations page would help a lot to let reviewers know that they'll have to do it manually from now on. Otherwise there could be a lot of confusion, and things could get very muddled. --1ST7 (talk) 04:44, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I would add it myself except I have no idea how I would do that. If I go to the edit window, it looks like alien language to me. Also explains why I haven't taken on the bot myself. ;) LazyBastardGuy 04:45, 4 September 2013 (UTC)