User talk:Parrot of Doom/Archives/2016/February

John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
Hello, Parrot of Doom -- Although I was delighted to see that you removed the comma from after "In 1963", I am puzzled by another one of your edits to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan. In  edit you reverted Rothorpe's edit changing "for" to "at" and my edit changing "borrowed" to "had borrowed".

1) Regarding the first of these, what does "He drove Hicks-Beach home for about 8:00 pm" even mean? For an 8:00 p.m. rendezvous, perhaps, but "for about 8:00pm"? What does that mean? This is a timeline of Bingham's actions, and this is one small event in a string of events. To me, "at 8:00pm" makes much more sense.


 * It means the arrival time was around 8pm. This is perfectly acceptable English.

2) Regarding the second of these, the past perfect tense, "had borrowed", is correct here. It is used for an action that precedes another action in the past or a specific point in time in the past. In this case, he borrowed the car several weeks before he drove the car home – two related events in the past. I think it's sloppy writing to use past tense for both verbs, especially since one was several weeks before the other and both clauses are about the car.


 * Fair point, you're correct there.

I don't know if you have seen the comment I left at User talk:Firebrace. You already addressed the first item. What do you think about the second? Also, I wanted to ask you whether you thought it was necessary to add "he" after "then" (see Firebrace's edit summary). Since "then" is an adverb and not a conjunction, I see no need to add "he", regardless of whether there is a comma before "then" or not. What do you think? Corinne (talk) 02:15, 6 February 2016 (UTC) P.S. I already changed it; I removed the "he" and added "and". Corinne (talk) 04:27, 6 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen the comment. Parrot of Doom 09:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

hmmmm ... bit of a nut because we didn't get our way?
How gauche. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.67.2.131 (talk) 00:13, 6 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Fuck off User:Saheehinfo. Parrot of Doom 09:15, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, there's that awesome wit at work! And you accused someone else of being me ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.8.173 (talk) 16:35, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Fuck off yourself you cunt. Saheeh Info 19:21, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
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 * Go fuck yourself. Parrot of Doom 18:33, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Here we go again ... perhaps a much longer block is needed to get this guy to follow the guidelines and to play nice with others? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.8.173 (talk) 18:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't post on my talk page again User:Saheehinfo. Parrot of Doom 19:09, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Hahahahaha. I didn't even post here in the first place. Why don't you do one of those checkuser things if you are so convinced I am the same as the IP address? I dare you. Saheeh Info 19:18, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Are you blind as well as stupid? I told you not to post here.  FUCK OFF. Parrot of Doom 19:21, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Hey retard - if you tell me to fuck off then guess what... I'll tell you to fuck off. So fuck off. Saheeh Info 19:22, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

No personal attacks
Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. IronGargoyle (talk) 19:28, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Telling someone to leave my talk page is not a personal attack. Now you can fuck off too, ok?  Parrot of Doom 19:33, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh look, who thinks it's OK to template the regulars.   Cassianto Talk   19:36, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * "Are you blind as well as stupid?" is indeed a personal attack. IronGargoyle (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ...and which are you if you think that's a personal attack?  Cassianto Talk   19:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll offer you the same warning then Cassianto. IronGargoyle (talk) 19:42, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * And I'll treat it with the same contempt that it's receiving here, IronGargoyle.  Cassianto Talk   19:47, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester
I am afraid I don't see eye-to-eye with you over your peremptory removal of material from Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester. I see you seem to enjoy swearing at people. But I would be grateful if on this occasion you would be kind enough to contribute constructive ideas to Talk:Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester.Leutha (talk) 21:51, 10 February 2016 (UTC)