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112: 189: 119: 206:"Originally I had been planning to oppose whatever stupid proposal he was making, or support his siteban, or whatever," said Glockenspiel. "You know, on account of the fact that he's repeatedly demonstrated himself to be an arrogant incompetent moron, or an incorrigible POV warrior, or a disingenuous cheat who routinely misrepresents both sources and policy. But then I couldn't remember which of these things he was, or what he had done, or why. You know, now that I think of it, maybe he was one of those damn 139: 272: 99: 129: 37: 149: 109: 181: 159: 79: 152: 122: 342: 234:"I cannot for the life of me remember why I hate this guy," Glockenspiel said. "I can't open a proposal for a siteban, because someone might ask me to give actual evidence, but I'm sure as heck going to support it if someone else does." He added that he had consulted 162: 142: 203:— Lamenting his lack of diligence, longtime Knowledge editor Hubert Glockenspiel, 42, told reporters that halfway through writing a response to a comment, he has completely forgotten why he hated the guy whose signature he recognized. 30:
Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor: "I can't remember whether he is an incompetent moron, or an incorrigible POV warrior, or some other thing, but either way, to hell with
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Do you recognize this behavior? Maybe you haven't thought about it in a long time, until this story jogged your memory and you're still not certain of the details, but the behavior of Glockenspiel does ring a bell.
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Glockenspiel's attempts to jog his memory proved fruitless, as neither the guy's userpage nor the guy's top hundred or so contributions turned up anything obvious. Even external tools were no help; an
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Despite a failure to recall anything about the circumstances that gave rise to his seething disdain, Glockenspiel reiterated a commitment to keep hating.
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It doesn't always work, but I do find that the Editor Interaction Analyzer is a pretty good way for me to remember why I remember you.
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analysis of his deletion votes all depicted a completely normal editor with no visible agenda or obsession.
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At press time, Glockenspiel was trying to find the hard drive with his old IRC logs from during the
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Local man halfway through rude reply no longer able to recall why he hates other editor
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to make sure he hadn't mixed him up with anyone else having a similar name.
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I don't often read the humour section, but this one tickled me.
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list of all the discussion threads he had opened, and an
367:If your comment has not appeared here, you can try 221: 210:. Or worse, one of those damn anti-deletionists." 568: 379:HubertGlockenspiel42, my life-long nemesis. ― 170: 69:File:Signpost column image for dumb reply.png 370: 14: 569: 484:D'oh, I forgot why I hate this story. 195:Well, whatever he did, screw this guy. 55: 29: 426:that other editor makes a good point 577:Knowledge Signpost archives 2024-09 27: 270: 187: 57: 35: 28: 593: 428:—then you're really in a pickle. 352:These comments are automatically 219:list of his most-edited pages, a 179: 157: 147: 137: 127: 117: 107: 97: 502:19:11, 18 September 2024 (UTC) 480:01:44, 12 September 2024 (UTC) 363:add the page to your watchlist 13: 1: 452:01:28, 5 September 2024 (UTC) 438:23:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC) 420:15:56, 4 September 2024 (UTC) 405:14:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC) 392:14:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC) 338: 18:Knowledge:Knowledge Signpost 7: 582:Knowledge Signpost RSS feed 10: 598: 456:Haha this is hilarious -- 360:. To follow comments, 275: 192: 40: 430:~~ AirshipJungleman29 274: 191: 39: 356:from this article's 347:Discuss this story 276: 193: 46:← Back to Contents 41: 371:purging the cache 312:News from the WMF 51:View Latest Issue 589: 561: 498: 492: 487: 476: 470: 462: 401: 390: 374: 372: 366: 345: 294: 286: 284:4 September 2024 279: 262: 230: 224: 218: 183: 175: 161: 160: 151: 150: 141: 140: 131: 130: 121: 120: 111: 110: 101: 100: 63: 61: 59: 58:4 September 2024 597: 596: 592: 591: 590: 588: 587: 586: 567: 566: 565: 564: 563: 562: 557: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 528: 508: 507: 496: 491:Queen of Hearts 490: 485: 474: 468: 460: 399: 380: 376: 368: 361: 350: 349: 343:+ Add a comment 341: 337: 336: 335: 307:Recent research 287: 282: 280: 277: 266: 265: 260: 254: 253: 226: 220: 214: 197: 196: 184: 177: 176: 169: 168: 167: 158: 148: 138: 128: 118: 108: 98: 92: 89: 78: 74: 73: 70: 66: 64: 54: 53: 48: 42: 32: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 595: 585: 584: 579: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 530: 529: 510: 509: 506: 505: 504: 482: 454: 440: 422: 407: 394: 351: 348: 340: 339: 334: 329: 327:Traffic report 324: 319: 314: 309: 304: 299: 297:News and notes 293: 281: 269: 268: 267: 257: 256: 255: 198: 194: 186: 185: 178: 166: 165: 155: 145: 135: 125: 115: 105: 94: 93: 90: 84: 83: 82: 81: 76: 75: 71: 68: 67: 65: 62: 49: 44: 43: 34: 33: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 594: 583: 580: 578: 575: 574: 572: 560: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 526: 522: 518: 514: 511:Keep up with 503: 499: 493: 483: 481: 477: 471: 465: 464: 463: 455: 453: 449: 445: 444:Axem Titanium 441: 439: 435: 431: 427: 423: 421: 417: 413: 408: 406: 403: 402: 395: 393: 389: 385: 384: 378: 377: 373: 364: 359: 355: 344: 333: 330: 328: 325: 323: 320: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 291: 285: 278:In this issue 273: 264: 252: 250: 249:Esperanza MfD 245: 242: 239: 237: 232: 229: 223: 217: 211: 209: 204: 202: 190: 182: 174: 164: 156: 154: 146: 144: 136: 134: 126: 124: 116: 114: 106: 104: 96: 95: 87: 60: 52: 47: 38: 23: 19: 513:The Signpost 512: 458: 457: 400:Lee Vilenski 397: 382: 331: 302:In the media 290:all comments 246: 243: 240: 233: 212: 208:deletionists 205: 201:VILLAGE PUMP 200: 199: 103:PDF download 559:Suggestions 424:God forbid 354:transcluded 322:Serendipity 236:WP:CONFUSED 153:X (Twitter) 571:Categories 461:Cosmic6811 91:Share this 86:Contribute 22:2024-09-04 553:Subscribe 486:Charlotte 358:talk page 317:Wikimania 548:Newsroom 543:Archives 525:Mastodon 521:Facebook 263:"Humour" 261:Previous 228:afdstats 222:Startist 143:Facebook 133:LinkedIn 123:Mastodon 20:‎ | 517:Twitter 412:DMacks 383:Howard 332:Humour 216:Xtools 163:Reddit 113:E-mail 77:Humour 538:About 31:him." 16:< 533:Home 497:talk 466:🍁 ( 448:talk 434:talk 416:talk 173:JPxG 523:or 515:on 171:By 88:— 72:300 573:: 519:, 500:) 494:• 478:) 472:· 450:) 436:) 418:) 388:🌽 386:• 259:← 527:. 488:( 475:C 469:T 446:( 432:( 414:( 375:. 365:. 292:) 288:(

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