User:Julia Rossi/Archive 2008

Christmas greetings
Happy Christmas from Australia! Christmas typo:
 * WTH is Bethelehem?--GreenSpigot (talk) 01:50, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It's how you get Bethel's attention. --- OtherDave (talk) 02:02, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * June
 * Silent refdeskers:
 * I read the desks often but never, ever, post there.  Aww, crap. Friday (talk) 20:30, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * August
 * Bee destiny
 * The worker cannot flee the hive any more than your hair can choose to flee your head.--98.217.8.46 (talk) 00:39, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * September
 * Priceless presidency
 *  I would take "Grand Master of the Order of the Falcon" as a title any day, for $20,000 a year!!! Fucking cool! — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 10:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * October
 * Racism
 * Racism is a hue problem in Brazil. --Shaggorama (talk) 18:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)


 * November
 * Why we don't swing through the trees
 * Well, you can use food to build muscles, or you can use food to build brains. SDY (talk) 06:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * On affirmative negatives:
 * whenever someone is in the position of having to claim that he ain't got no sock accounts, it is almost always more grammatically and factually correct for him to say, "I ain't got more'n three or fo' sock accounts".  Darkspots (talk) 23:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * December
 * Now that we have the Kola Superdeep Borehole:
 * ::Then we can jam a giant rocket in there and just tool around the solar system. Make the other planets jealous. Give our planet a wicked paint job; the works. Half  Shadow  04:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Principles

 * I found this on a wikipedian's user page (sorry, forgot who) and it seems useful—

Principles and their applications on Wikipedia

Voluntary association

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Private property

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Non-aggression

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Individualism

Think about ideas critically and come to your own conclusions. Discussion is good.

Communalism

Wikipedia is a perfect example of the free, voluntary exchange of information on the Internet.

Community

The life-blood of wikipedia is consensus (quoted from somewhere). Conclusion: you are participating in Wikipedia because you want to. There is a goal, keep it in sight. If you want encouragement, read other Users' pages – there are some great people out there.