User talk:Gobshite

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or ask your question and then place  before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! --Cheers, L  A  X  22:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to  in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being 'minor'. The only thing that's changed is that you will no longer be able to have them marked as minor by default. For more information on what a minor edit is, see WP:MINOR or feel to get in touch.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 21:46, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Gobshite", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is a username that is "likely to offend other contributors [...] by containing profanities". If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. GiantSnowman 08:35, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Not sure where "here" is, the place I'm supposed to explain my user name. Gobshite is Irish slang for a person who talks a lot without saying much of anything useful. It is meant as a tongue-in-cheek reference to a pedantic soul like me who is annoyed with all the English-usage errors online in general and in Wikipedia specifically, and who feels compelled to correct them, which I do. If Wiki users are such fragile, oversensitive souls that they find "gobshite" offensive, I don't know what the world is coming to. I find the extreme overuse of "awesome" offensive, but I doubt it will be banned from Wikipedia use just on my say so. Please let me know if/when you get a complaint from a Wiki user about how seeing the word "gobshite" has caused them grief. If this actually happens, perhaps the poor offended soul should stay off the internet. There are far more offensive things online than an old slang word like this.
 * I'm fully aware of what Gobshite means - personally it doesn;t offend me but as linked anobe it violates username policy. Can you not chose something similar but without the 'shite'? GiantSnowman 08:32, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, GiantSnowman, I do understand the problem with the word "shite", that it's probably not the most desirable word to have floating around this venerable site. And I'm not being facetious. Not only do I have a tawdry user name I am well aware that I don't fully follow the editing rules here with regard to citations and other things one is supposed to do to explain what they edited and why. I'm probably more trouble than I'm worth, I don't know. I wish I had time to take it all more seriously because I am a professional editor and could no doubt be quite useful. I see English usage errors in nearly every page I read here. If I decide to get involved more seriously, i.e., follow the rules, I will change my user name or register with a new one that meets the dignity qualifications of the site. I've been using Gobshite here for years, though, and you're the first one to mention it. Cheers, etc.