User talk:Parrot of Doom/Archives/2012/January

Thanks
Thanks for your offer of help, I do appreciate it. I'm a relatively new poster so I still got a lot to learn. I will call on you if I ever do not some help. Again, thanks a lot. Bastian (talk) 00:31, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Anytime Sebastian. Parrot of Doom 01:31, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Past or present tense?
Hello Parrot, Just a quick word about this edit of yours, which reverted a couple of tense changes made in this edit of mine (encouraged/requested > encourages/requests). I am still not quite sure who was/is correct; at first I thought that I was, then I thought you were, but now I am back to thinking that I was. While I concede that the book obviously still exists, surely the working-class people/landowners who were the object of Buxton's encouragement no longer exist in the form he intended? It's a nice distinction, but perhaps one worth making? I am open to being persuaded otherwise. Thanks, Ericoides (talk) 11:38, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I view the unchanging contents of any book as occurring in the present tense. In this case, the book will still say that you can find a particular plant in a particular place - the prose doesn't change with time.  The author's actions, however, are in the past tense. Parrot of Doom 12:49, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Your wit
It is very seldom that I laugh out loud. So seldom, that I thought I would steel your link. Giacomo Returned 18:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Classic Family Guy is the best :) Such a shame it's gone downhill of late.  The same thing happened with The Simpsons :( Parrot of Doom 18:46, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Advice
I am mulling over writing an article about the Jo hn Childs/Henry MacKenney case, a miscarriage of justice that saw two men jailed for 23 years for multiple murder on the Queen's evidence of the real murderer. However, I am unsure what the correct title of this potential article would be. Do you have any suggestions? Sorry to bother you with this. Keristrasza (talk) 10:57, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * For now I'd probably go with Terry Pinfold and Henry MacKenney and redirect the individual names to that article, but if another name develops, there's always the option to move the article there. The 2003 court case name might also be an option, but that tends to preclude the subsequent appeal. Parrot of Doom 11:02, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the input; I'll go with your first suggestion. Keristrasza (talk) 11:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Apologies & Thank You
I left my Wikipedia account logged in at a local library and have no idea when or if it'll log out...Hopefully, it will when they turn the computers off for the night. (can't get back down there until Thursday). Thanks for alerting me to that though, I've changed my password in case it was something more malicious. (Dtp882 (talk) 01:14, 9 January 2012 (UTC))
 * No problem. Parrot of Doom 11:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Taking your name in vain...
Just so you're aware, I've quoted you in a conversation with PBS at Talk:Kenilworth_Castle. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Good luck, because the guy is an idiot. Parrot of Doom 08:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)