User talk:Bielle/Archives/2014/January

I edited your statement on the ArbCom case request page
I noticed that in your statement in the "Dan Murphy" case, you mentioned the full name of the person in question. Others have been avoiding and/or redacting that information, and it seems kind of pointless for everybody to be discussing whether something is "outing" or not, and leave the name sitting there. So I removed it. This is probably the first time in my Wikipedia career that I am invoking "Ignore All Rules"; I am not an Arb Clerk, nor an administrator, and I edited a statement made by another editor (that would be you.) However, it seemed to me that this was an edit that needed to be made quickly and there was no time for a lot of discussion. I hope you don't have a problem with my removal of the information. Neutron (talk) 23:53, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, Neutron, I do have a problem. The very point of my posting is that 28bytes himself linked his user name to his real name on Wikipedia, something he freely admits, so why is there this fake fuss? It coy and maidenly, a covering of the piano legs, so to speak, to pretend we don't all know the name and who revealed it.


 * What you are doing in deleting the name is taking a position that I am wrong and doing so in a secretive manner without even signing your change. That part is egregious. (You get the smallest credit for advising me and none whatsoever for not noting the change where you made it.) On ArbCom case pages, others are not even permitted to comment in someone else's space. To change someone else's comment, without notice or visible indication that you have done so (the edit summary doesn't count here as no one reading the page can tell what has happened) is beyond the pale. You need to re-think this immediately.
 * How do you suggest I should have "signed" my edit? By putting my user-name in your section?  Wouldn't that have been worse?  And besides, the edit summary is a signature, especially when combined with my notice on your talk page.  What I did was not "secretive" at all.  But if you want to put it back and nobody else objects to it, I won't involve myself with it further.  Actually, I won't involve myself with it, or with you, even if someone does object to it.  Neutron (talk) 02:01, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Corn harvest in late December
Thanks for the note! Here in Ohio, I can't ever remember seeing corn left standing so late any other time, and the same is true of feed corn fields I've seen in western Pennsylvania. Perhaps the varieties around you are more December-friendly than around me? Nyttend (talk) 02:24, 1 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Nyttend, I am not sure that the answer is varietal so much as it is the dryness of the winter weather. The longer the corn is in the wind (and neither rained nor snowed upon) the drier it is and the less susceptible to mold when it does go in storage. I will ask some of the local farmers and get back to you. (I know it is OR, but this is not for an article and I have run out of what I know about corn.) Bielle (talk) 03:50, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, there you go. Late fall is often still somewhat above freezing here, and just-above-freezing-rain is common, as well as sleet/snow when it's colder.  My first guess is that you'd get less wetness from snow than from rain; wouldn't it soak in more with light rain, while snow would be more likely to blow away?  There's really not much chance for the corn to dry out around here.  Nyttend (talk) 04:04, 1 January 2014 (UTC)