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And finally, if for some insane reason I don't act on your wise proposals, tell everyone that you know that
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Nothing in the page should be construed to discourage you from discussing editing matters directly with me. I remain very active in
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First, it's very important that you write me a minimum of 6 pages of text explaining and defending the version that you prefer. The more tedious details, the better. I'm specifically keenly interested in the names of obscure rivers in
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people. This is made up of a large cabal who routinely either point out that the decisions made are correct, that Jimmy shouldn't be bothered with worthless tripe, or that Jimbo normally doesn't enter into these sort of discussions. Furthermore, when Jimbo does respond he rarely takes sides, unless
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that it would be best to appeal to him directly. The theory behind this is that their appeals will be heard and Jimbo will latch onto the argument in full agreement with the petitioner. Thereafter, Jimbo will logically smite the wicked editor who dared raise concerns about their
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don't like it when people take random comments I make when I'm trying to be helpful in a discussion, and treat them as hammers for beating on other people. But I also do love the editing process, I do have long experience, and I think I can often be helpful to you.—
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Second, everyone knows that I make it a routine practice to force articles to read exactly the way that you like. I also ban longtime users and sysops whenever I feel like, just based on the say-so of people just like you. So be sure to ask for
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may actually harm it in the eyes of other editors, as this often seems to be an attempt to make an end run around an existing consensus. As appealing to Jimbo tends to be the end of the discussion some have likened such a course of action to
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It's individualist. It's useless. It's the most important thing in the world, except for me screwing it up. That'll show old Jimbo who he's messing with!
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I'll probably ban them. Heck, I might even write new code in the software to only let you and people you approve edit the pages!
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