In my previous logs, I have discussed topics such as:
Every month, as is my custom, I use this space to discuss some philosophical point relating to E2. I usually take my inspiration from the nodes I nuke or from events in the catbox, since these are the two subjects most fraught with potential for discussion.
The month began with a very fruitful philosophical discussion regarding the nature, purpose and proper execution of a good and useful editor log, with gnarl. As the discussion proceeded to a conclusion, I had intended to summarise its central points here. Certainly, gnarl persuaded me to adopt a different approach on several points.
The discussion, however, sparked off an extended debate among the admins about the extent to which editor logs should list everything. Opinions are still divided. As for myself, I will continue to give fairly detailed logs of my actions. However, some of the picayune stuff is (as gnarl rightly points out) essentially irrelevant, and will no longer be appearing.
Nose to the grindstone:
- Edited
Owners of edited WUs get a /msg informing them of the edit. Very minor stuff isn't listed here.
- Killed
- The Rock by Wedge.net (September 2, 2002) - Superseded.
- An un-lorded prayer for an atheist in a Christian land by Kodjo (September 2, 2002) - "This WU is just too lame. If you're going to node your own prayers, be so good as to set them in a context. Discuss your points and clarify them."
- September 2, 2002 by Jane Dark (September 2, 2002) - Empty WU. "An empty WU is an invitation to downvotes."
- bokmal by vlad_tepes (September 3, 2002) - "This is not allowed. Don't use writeups as links."
- Zyrian by Mookid (September 4, 2002) - "We don't allow single-sentence WUs whose only content is 'See X.'"
- Euro Spelling by B1llymo (September 6, 2002) - Empty WU. "Empty writeup? No thank you."
- X-ray Spex by GollyGee (September 6, 2002) - Superseded.
- Provincetown by morgannels (September 6, 2002) - Superseded.
- Malice Mizer by Eudial (September 9, 2002) - "Where do I start? Your French is wrong, your writeup is trite, there are no hard links. It contains little original information, and what there is, is uninteresting. Sorry, it's got to go."
- Lee Majors by cantsin (September 9, 2002) - Superseded.
- watch my six by Eudial (September 9, 2002) - "Already covered in Check six and Pilot's Jargon."
- Paris by taboofires (September 14, 2002) - "This is not really very contributory. It adds more noise than content. Better luck next time."
- Paris by eipi10 (September 14, 2002) - "While my own view of Paris is rather jaundiced, too, there is a fine line between well-formulated criticism and merely spewing bile all over a node."
- Am I a child or just a crayon in your filthy hand by Carthag (September 15, 2002) - Nuked at my suggestion with user's graceful consent.
- Parents by ApoxyButt (September 15, 2002) - Nuked as part of a general clean-up of the parent and Parents nodes.
- Parents by chaosmind (September 15, 2002) - Nuked as part of a general clean-up of the parent and Parents nodes.
- parents by dj (September 15, 2002) - Nuked as part of a general clean-up of the parent and Parents nodes.
- parent by firewind (September 15, 2002) - Nuked as part of a general clean-up of the parent and Parents nodes.
- parent by LordOmar (September 15, 2002) - Nuked as part of a general clean-up of the parent and Parents nodes.
- Mongolian Barbecue by bort (September 17, 2002) - Superseded / node clean-up.
- Mongolian Barbecue by BJuarez (September 17, 2002) - Superseded / node clean-up.
- Mongolian Barbecue by abra (September 17, 2002) - Superseded / node clean-up.
- Mongolian Barbecue by Xamot (September 17, 2002) - Superseded / node clean-up.
- Mongolian Barbecue by blaaf (September 17, 2002) - Superseded / node clean-up.
- Gary Snyder by Ereneta (September 19, 2002) - Superseded.
- The "Oh so Hideous" Cannabis Hiaku by Ayasha (September 19, 2002) - "I have no idea what you were thinking of, when you noded this."
- Sorcerer by Nanosecond (September 22, 2002) - "Not only does this not contribute anything useful to the database, it also borders on copyright infringement."
- zoonosis by Nanosecond (September 29, 2002) - Superseded.
- Editor cooled
(As is my self-imposed rule, I shall try to restrict myself to 3 ed-cools a month)
- Jurph should not be allowed to play with fireworks (September 6, 2002) - as someone who used to play (and still do, when time allows) with things that went, variously, FOOF, POP, BANG or KA-WHOOMBAH, I am well suited to appreciate the full entertainment value of the making-big-bangs phenomenon. This node contains two excellent WUs covering the subject, by czeano and Jurph.
- Microsoft HTML de-bastardization (September 15, 2002) - Word up! Or rather: "Up yours, Word!". :-)
- Firmlinked
- Softlocked
- Every school is either a Pepsi school or a Coke school (September 2, 2002) - "There are some good points made in the above WUs, but I think we've fully explored the subject - and this is developing into a GTKY node. It's locked, and if you want to add something, /msg a god or editor."
- sayounara (September 5, 2002) - "(Go directly to sayonara, the popular spelling of this Japanese word. Do not pass "GO", do not collect $200.)"
- sayoonara (September 5, 2002) - Same reason given.
- makunouchi (September 8, 2002) - "By consensus decision of the e2bakufu, this node is softlocked. See, instead, makuuchi, which is the preferred usage of the Nihon Sumo Kyokai."
- people will steal anything (September 23, 2002) - "This has definitely gone into the GTKY realms. Contact a god or editor if you feel you have something worthwhile to add."
- Society for the prevention of Haikus (September 27, 2002) - "All right. That does it. We get the point - enough, already! You'd better have a really good excuse if you dare to /msg a god or editor to have this unlocked."