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Can you rephrase that in a more encyclopaedic fashion? Guettarda 16:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

My post is more a sidebar to an encyclopedia as an example of IPU usage. The page seems a bit dry. Doesn't the wiki comedy page have examples of comedy? Because the IPU is essentially satire as a teaching tool It seems like an example is needed. As part of the satire to put it directly into the flow one ups the satire but I can see your point it is over the edge as a true encyclopedic piece. I put some comments into IPU talk. MBCF 19:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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m (changed extant link to extant taxon to skip disambiguation page)
Ta very much! Candy 15:37, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Well, I'm simply following this CfD. If the category is created first or not, it doesn't matter in my humble opinion. Anyway, if you want, you can simply go ahead and move the US category to the United States one, along with its talk page ;-) Happy Editing by  Snowolf (talk)CONCOI on  13:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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I spelt purtty gud in eeleemantry skool
Wow, I can't believe that I didn't catch that earlier. Thanks for the correction. Cheers.  young  american (ahoy hoy) 00:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

MBCF/sandbox
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NPOV in MacCentral
IMO, being a part of the MacMinute Forum (and presumably a former MC forum user) gives you just about the same conflict of interest burden in MacCentral is it does me as an employee of the company who bought it and as one of the people who shut down the old forums. I appreciate your attempts to honor NPOV (and hope you appreciate my good-faith attempts as well), but in general I think the article could really use the hand of someone who is neither a Mac Publishing employee or a user of MacCentral or the MC/MM forums. Then again, willing editors can be hard to find. Maybe someone in WikiProject Macintosh? Best, -jason Jsnell (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I would disagree a bit as to who has to tread more lightly in the NPOV schema. We both can edit but the employee necessarily is skating on thinner ice and has to post why they are making changes before they go for wholesale deletion.

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Paul Reubens picture
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 * Sure, go ahead and move the image to wikimedia's free content section. You can pay me back by finding a photo of Jill Wagner for her wiki page. Impossible to find a non copyright pic. Nice job on the Reuben page. MBCF (talk) 12:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * And I shall get you your Wagner image! It might take me some time though, she's not very famous. Thanks again.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 10:38, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

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Looks better but be sure to provide a fair-use rational and provide a more specific source. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 15:28, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

++ I have requested a copyright release letter from the artist and once I send that in I will be able to fix the rest. (I think) thanks,MBCF (talk) 15:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * A Fair-use is sufficient so you shouldn't need a copyright release letter unless you plan on putting the image on other articles. If you decide to go through with it be wary that the OTRS volunteers are very picky about what emails they will pass. For instance: If the copyright holder doesn't explicitly name what license he/she wishes to release it under, it will be rejected. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 16:58, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * thanks for that info. I won't submit it since the logo will only be used on that one article.MBCF (talk) 18:03, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Macminute MacCentral et al
Hey MBCF, it's FourTildes (talk) 21:35, 6 May 2011 (UTC). I have never edited Macminute's article, but as a former fellow forum friend, I do keep it in my watchlist here. I am actually back on the forum in it's MT/AppleCentral reincarnation a little more these days b/c of all the scary news out of Japan, and feeling the need to share my side of things. Noticed your absence and saw some ridiculousities about banning - don't know the details of course, but don't much care. Anyway, your input there is sorely missed by me. Hope all is well, FourTildes (talk) 21:35, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I am better than ever La Nova Mi and can be found in hundreds of places. Google "mbcf" if you really need to find me. In a sort of Mac forum type mode I get my fix at http://maccentralcafe.com/forums/ There you can find out that I have a new nose and a new rubber duck. Also Al the professorial ex-Patriot Cuban and a few other castaways.
 * Yes indeed I was banned. As clear as I can figure out if you say that moving threads or that sub/sub/sub forums is stupid three times you are banned. The moderators cut me some slack and let me do it about 84 times but suddenly one more was enough. Oh, and do not call moderators busy little beavers. Not positive but that might not be considered polite. I was not banned for being a strident yellow dog Democrat atheist. The moderators believe that is to be subhuman but they never let their own personal dictates dictate how they moderate. Never been banned from anything in my life. I try to learn something new every day. I think I learned about four things the day I was drop kicked. (1: avoid stupid. Check.) It's all good.
 * I wrote the MCF and Macminute pages eons ago. You can roll back the history and read my chronicle of MCF forum before MacWorld made me shave it down. They were right it wasn't very encyclopedic to know the exact date when JohninTx died but it's all there underneath.

The new me becomes four tildes. I get it. MBCF (talk) 23:04, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Ha, I pasted in the link to the forum that banned me and not the forum I currently use which is here: http://maccentralcafe.com/forums/ I replaced the mistake with this link to just to keep the contamination level of my user page down. I do not want to have anything to do with them.


 * Hey, just noticed your reply here. Will keep an eye out for you. (:


 * Addendum: MacCentral Cafe Forums slowed down the same way most forums have. There are now about forty of the old time MacCentral members on Google+. You can find me [https://plus.google.com/u/0/107071332326571881653]

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I guess I am not banned from editing.
I was blocked and banned from editing several months ago. Cryptic explanation that my router was doing something evil was not really helpful. I fruitlessly tried to get an answer out of Wikipedia with no response. Now there seems to be no trace of my banishment and no explanation. It said I was to be banned until April of 2024. Wikipedia really has to get their shit together and not do stuff like this. MBCF (talk) 18:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)