Hi. I largely agree with the relevance of your recent comments in the homophobia thread. But I don't think your adding the "don't mean to pull as s..." comment adds anything to the discussion, and there is a good case to be made its a personal attack and a violation of BLP. I suggest you consider deleting that part of the comment. The ref desks are supposed to be held to the same standards as in these regards as article space. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medeis (talk • contribs) 15:26, 2013 August 12

I don't agree, but I also don't think it's worth either of our time (either of our times? What's the right grammar there?) to get into a big thing over it. I also concede my own possible bias as one of the upholders, perhaps even partisans, of the retention or expansion of the page I linked to. Thanks for taking time to point out where I might have come off as a dick, if nothing else. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 19:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I had a question. Is the "belly of a whore" comment in the Tanakh? I remember the story of Onan, but not specifically that phrase. μηδείς (talk) 19:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just spent half an hour trying to track down a source for the quote and for the life of me I can't find a citation. I think it must have just been spoken tangentially by my English teacher in the Bible [as root of English literature] class I took in high school lo these few years ago, but I couldn't tell you where he got it from. And yet before this very hour I would have sworn up and down that it was right there in Genesis. But Onan is struck down without so much as a single spoken word from the LORD, let alone that loaded quotation. Sometimes the malleability of the [my] human mind is just disheartening. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 20:28, 12 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

....

PS, "Either of our time" is correct. Use the singular when that's what applies to the individual. One wouldn't say "we each got shot in the heads". μηδείς (talk) 19:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, the shot in the head example makes sense. But what if I say "Hold on, I'll do it with the oven mitt - I don't want either of our hands to get burned" - or better yet, "I don't want to get either of our butts shot off."? Since there are two of us, there are two butts in danger, thus the plural is called for, no? But that still sounds wrong as "...either of our *times." ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 20:28, 12 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, that is the appropriate counter-example to bring up. When the item is governed by "our" or "their" then the plural is correct because the pronoun is plural. They each got shot in the head vs They got shot in their heads. (My answer "either of our time" was wrong because time here is a mass noun like "not worth either of our money"--while "times" would mean instances, like "not worth either of our attempts".) μηδείς (talk) 17:37, 13 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That clears that up then. Thanks for the assistance. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 19:11, 13 August 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Zenswashbuckler. I noticed that you recently made this edit at Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality. Your edit restored a link from that article to Sigmund Freud's views on homosexuality. I think I should point out that Sigmund Freud's views on homosexuality likewise contained a link to Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality, but that link was removed. As I pointed out on the talk page of the article about Freud's views, it doesn't seem to make sense that there should be a link from the Santorum article to the Freud article but not vice versa. It might help if you could comment there. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 20:39, 27 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The purpose of the edit was to revert what seemed to be an obvious case of simple vandalism - a section heading and the wlink were deleted without any explanation whatsoever by an IP with an empty talk page and only two other edits (one of which was a restoration of several instances of the deprecated term "BC" in place of the MOS-approved "BCE"). I agree that Freud's views on homosexuality don't have much to do with Santorum's views, except to refute them. I have no objection to the removal of the wlink if you wish to delete with an actual explanation in the edit summary. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 20:57, 27 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The IP made two edits, and if you look, you'll see that the first edit did have an explanation. Maybe it's best to look carefully at exactly what changes are being made before reaching the conclusion that the edits are vandalism? (Unrelated edits by the IP to an article on the Aramaic language are not really relevant). FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I do take note of edits made before jumping to conclusions. However, since two words isn't much of an explanation, and the section removal had no summary, I don't think the conclusion I came to was unreasonable. And while obviously edits to Aramaic are not relevant, the contentious nature of the BC-AD/BCE-CE fight that takes place in other sectors of Wikipedia, and this IP's seeming participation in it, certainly did support the possibility that the edit was not made for constructive reasons. Looking again, I see the date of that edit should have clued me in that this might not be the case. But it sounds like we've cleared it all up now. Thanks for your time. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 21:20, 27 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I am very impressed with your new Geography section -- Thank You Zen! It is exquisitely detailed!! (I still think a map illustrating all these details would be a good addition. I particularly brought up this issue because the external maps I was seeing do *not* delineate these matters clearly.) Should we now change the lede to acknowledge more than Needham?

Can you help with any more details about the railroad (pics, exact years etc) or any of the other old rotting infrastructure remains, between the pond and Rt.128?

Also, I ran across some people calling the pond "Cutler Lake", but feel uncertain about whether the article should mention this... -71.174.188.43 (talk) 20:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas? Prcc27 (talk) 12:06, 13 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I was just updating my entry at the membership page of Wikiproject: Countering Systemic Bias and noticed some of your wording ("Amero/Eurocentrism and status-quo-ism") and loved it so much I want to steal it. I have included it with credit given, but will remove it if you object.

Kind regards, --TyrS 17:49, 26 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I might be wrong, but I thought we were meant to be directed by our sources, however vile the subject. It's one of the <organ music> "Five Pillars", n'est-ce pas? Could you point me in the direction of a policy supporting your reversion? Many thanks, Ericoides (talk) 15:33, 17 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The problem here is that the source in question uncritically accepted the claim as fact. The Five Pillars are not a suicide pact. Acting as a neutral encyclopedia doesn't mean presenting the claims of Nazis as factual - even claims about their own reactions and mind-states. The only fact we can verify is that Himmler made the claim to be shocked, not that he actually was shocked. Uncritically accepting his assertion as fact, and repeating it, is the opposite of building a neutral encyclopedia. And as long as we're venerating the Five Pillars (peace be upon them), I'll recall your attention to the fifth one. Therefore there is no reason to fall into the same trap the New Yorker did. Thanks. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 14:07, 23 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

But there is a difference between saying that he was shocked and saying that he was "shocked". Ericoides (talk) 05:01, 24 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Too subtle a difference. Quoting the word "shocked" can easily be seen as quoting Himmler himself, not a third-party source. That still makes it seem as though Wikipedia is taking the claim at face value. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 17:25, 26 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for discussing this. I don't think we'll agree. Regards, Ericoides (talk) 17:57, 26 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors. There is also a misnested tag arising from <font color="#000">.☠ not being closed inside the wikilink it's located in.

You are encouraged to change

<span style="font-family:Garamond;">[[User:Zenswashbuckler|<font color="#000">☯.'''Zen'''</font>]][[User_talk:Zenswashbuckler|<font color="#a00">'''Swashbuckler'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Zenswashbuckler|<font color="#000">.☠]]</font></span> : ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠

to

<span style="font-family:Garamond;">[[User:Zenswashbuckler|<span style="color: #000">☯.'''Zen'''</span>]][[User_talk:Zenswashbuckler|<b style="color: #a00">Swashbuckler</b>]][[Special:Contributions/Zenswashbuckler|<span style="color: #000">.☠</span>]]</span> : ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠

—Anomalocaris (talk) 19:40, 19 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. Change made, though not the one you suggested. The signature field is three characters too small to accept that one. The deprecated tags at least had the virtue of letting me fit User page, User talk, and User contributions links, with the desired text formatting, all in the small number of characters the sig field can use.

Signature updated.

☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 20:26, 19 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:55, 19 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry, I usually check to make sure signatures aren't too long but I missed it here. If I had checked, I would have seen the 3-character excess and changed Contributions to Contribs. (Alternatively, the space after the three occurrences of color: can be removed.) If you want your old signature back, this will work:

<span style="font-family:Garamond;">[[User:Zenswashbuckler|<span style="color: #000">☯.'''Zen'''</span>]][[User_talk:Zenswashbuckler|<b style="color: #a00">Swashbuckler</b>]][[Special:Contribs/Zenswashbuckler|<span style="color: #000">.☠</span>]]</span> : ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠

—Anomalocaris (talk) 01:20, 20 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's great, thanks! ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 16:52, 29 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You said: "I reverted your change to this page, as removal of a central focus of the article's subject to an "Also, technically..." statement a full paragraph later serves to implicitly denigrate the sentence's subject in Wikipedia's editorial voice. This constitutes a subtle but clear WP:NPOV violation (especially given the edit summary you described it with). Thanks."

Regarding this comment you made on my page. Calling it "reproductive rights" is actually in violation of WP:NPOV as it is language that replaces the scientifically accurate description of reproduction in relation to abortion with language which tries to lump abortion in with something that it is scientifically speaking not, which is if you think about it Orwellian in nature, and thus a clear violation of WP:NPOV. On Wikipedia we want to be objective however and so using the scientifically objective language of "post-reproductive" is the correct usage here.

That being said the "ALso technically," may be inadvertently editorializing if the focus of the page is largely on abortion. So I will remove that language as you suggest. However in accordance with removing NPOV violations I reverted it back to post-reproductive. Thanks for understanding.Jfraatz (talk) 20:00, 16 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Responded on your talk page. ☯.ZenSwashbuckler.☠ 16:21, 17 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 1 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Sharyl Attkisson. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 17 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Call You Mine. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 3 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:T. Rex (band). Legobot (talk) 04:31, 18 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Lil Nas X. Legobot (talk) 04:30, 3 August 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Stanley Kubrick. Legobot (talk) 04:31, 19 August 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Mindhunter (TV series). Legobot (talk) 04:29, 4 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Film. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:List of largest hospitals. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 5 October 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 21 October 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 6 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add ((NoACEMM)) to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:09, 19 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 22 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Draft talk:Erica C. Barnett. Legobot (talk) 04:29, 8 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Black Is King on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:31, 13 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:The King: Eternal Monarch and Talk:The King: Eternal Monarch on "Society, sports, and culture" request for comments. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 03:32, 25 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:List of My Hero Academia characters on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:31, 26 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Radio Stations on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 20:30, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Tenet (film) on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:31, 9 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Lichess on a "Society, sports, and culture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 23:31, 14 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Abigail Savage on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 16:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan on a "Society, sports, and culture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 14:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Zenswashbuckler! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

-- 03:10, Monday, December 14, 2020 (UTC)

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Season of the Witch (song) on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 08:30, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Godzilla vs. Kong on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 10:30, 28 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sidney Vogel is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sidney Vogel until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Lettler^{hello • contribs} 04:01, 9 February 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Uyghur genocide on a "Society, sports, and culture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 00:31, 1 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Chris Cuomo on a "Media, the arts, and architecture" request for comment. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 06:30, 21 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You may be interested in Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 August 21#Category:Wikipedians who know where their towel is. It is proposed to delete this category. SpinningSpark 16:36, 30 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]