User talk:74.77.118.40

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Again, welcome! - Mark D Worthen PsyD  (talk)  16:51, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

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Is this how this works, if I want to communicate with you? I have had an account (I used to even donate monthly, but student loans are catching up to me, and my bank account keeps redlining, so until that stabilizes I sadly cannot contribute financially to the last bastion of democracy still standing on this planet,) but apparently it was in arrears and someone deigned to usurp it, then proceeded to do nothing with the name?

It has been a rough year, hence why I haven't so much as bothered to sign in, but I'm always trolling through version histories and whatnot and whoever is 97.124.175.174 had a handful of "pedantic'er-than-thou" edits that did nothing whatsoever to help with making the injured articles more readable. My general attitude of, "it should be correct, but also sensible to someone not versed in postmodern deconstructivist critical theory," got the better of me. And being versed in that and more I couldn't help including some snappy retorts to an also-anonymous editor of some nine months ago, who will likely never see my criticisms. C'est ca. (C'est la vie would be more appropriate but I'm nothing if not an iconoclast.)

Anyway. Surprised to see I got a message out of that spat. As I'm sure you can tell by now I struggle to trim verbage, and knowing that about myself I usually prefer to be a sort of "hyperbrowser" rather than a card carrying Wikipedian. Because it's probably better for everyone if I content myself to simply observing the data stream instead of polluting it with my eccentricities. I'm an artist after all, and artists aren't typical known for upholding the status quo. The occasional unmangling of an English sentence is something I consider from time to time though, as I am neurotically copyediting in my head constantly anyway; sometimes the errors witnessed are so egregious I can't let them stand.

Peacewise (talk) 18:20, 23 December 2017 (UTC)


 * "...I am neurotically copyediting in my head constantly anyway; sometimes the errors witnessed are so egregious I can't let them stand." --> Ah, a kindred spirit! You are an excellent writer, which is why I welcomed you. :O) (Although I suspected you were not brand new because you edited without any of the usual newbie mistakes.) // Good on you for donating! I donate a little bit once a year or so - would donate more if I could afford it. // Where do I get the Wikipedian card? ... ;^] All the best - Mark  - Mark D Worthen PsyD   (talk)  21:27, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Post Script: In genuine concern though, what is going on with my user name? It appears to have been usurped, then no one did anything with it; can I usurp it right back? Do you know who I should ask about this if you don't have an answer for me?

Peacewise (talk) 18:31, 23 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I would ask an admin. Tornado chaser (talk) 18:59, 23 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Peacewise, you seem to be editing from your account. And to me it seems you were the usurper back in 2016, requesting a username change from "RamadaArtist" to "Peacewise" (and then not doing much with your renamed account, though you did edit two pages). There previously was another User:Peacewise who became renamed to User:Peacewise (usurped) in the process; that user didn't have any edits at that time and didn't make any edits afterwards. If you prefer to have your account named "RamadaArtist" again, you can request another change of username. Huon (talk) 19:09, 23 December 2017 (UTC)