User talk:Wasbeer

United States Presidential election 1832

I just wanted to tell you your colors for Wirt and Clay are mixed up they should be flip flopped. 11jskbuilder (talk) 03:19, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello 11jskbuilder!

I fixed a couple of typos on that article, I am not the person who chose the colors. I think you may be right. I will try to find an expert who is willing to take a look. Thanks for letting me know! Wasbeer 17:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Oh btw, I stole your signature, excuse me TBloemink (talk) 11:52, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Ha die hoihoi!

Lekkers! Hoei, ik ga heerlijk smikkelen! Hoe gaat ie ermee? Ik heb mn handtekening natuurlijk ook weer gedieft ergens, weet nieteens meer waar. Groetels, Wasbeer 17:25, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Completely new abortion proposal and mediation

In light of the seemingly endless disputes over their respective titles, a neutral mediator has crafted a proposal to rename the two major abortion articles (pro-life/anti-abortion movement, and pro-choice/abortion rights movement) to completely new names. The idea, which is located here, is currently open for opinions. As you have been a contributor in the past to at least one of the articles, your thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

The hope is that, if a consensus can be reached on the article titles, the energy that has been spent debating the titles of the articles here and here can be better spent giving both articles some much needed improvement to their content. Please take some time to read the proposal and weigh in on the matter. Even if your opinion is simple indifference, that opinion would be valuable to have posted.

To avoid concerns that this notice might violate WP:CANVASS, this posting is being made to every non-anon editor who has edited either page (or either page's respective talk page) since 1 July 2010, irrespective of possible previous participation at the mediation page. HuskyHuskie (talk) 22:20, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi HuskyHuskie! I reverted vandalism on that article. Good luck! Wasbeer 22:38, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Understood. But you're welcome to provide input, if you're so inclined. HuskyHuskie (talk) 01:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I pressed the 'Save page' button, but got into an edit conflict and lost the text I wrote (I was using a terrible browser). At that moment I saw the new messages banner, and opened my talkpage in a new tab window. Are you a mindreader? Wasbeer 01:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, I am. But that's not important now. When you have an edit conflict, do you ever try going back in your browser? I am always able to go back and find what I typed, copy it, and then reopen the page and paste it back in. Thanks for contributing! HuskyHuskie (talk) 02:29, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Normally I would do the same thing, in Firefox 5. But this terrible browser I was using was so terrible it completely forgot the text I wrote so I had to write it again. By now you obviously know I am ashamed to admit I was using a virtual computer with an unpatched version of IE6 to test the fallback content in a webdesign and got distracted by Wikipedia. Wasbeer 02:49, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I've had similar terrible experiences editing on an iPad. I'll never do it again. HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I feel your pain. We should try to forget and move on with our lives, even though the experience of using a terrible browser will probably haunt us forever. Whenever I'll get flashbacks I try to pretend to be in my happy place. Wasbeer 12:42, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: MediaWiki AFT discussion 'cancer' metaphor

Someone mentioned that the AFT is a cancer upon Wikipedia or some such. I think you said you are not from the US, if not I apologize for this misunderstanding. In United Stated English dialect, to call something a cancer is not considered offensive. It is a common metaphor for "something growing out of control". I have yet to meet anyone, affected by cancer or not, who finds that metaphor offensive. Cancer is basically cells growing out of control. I fail to see how in any culture that this metaphor could be seen as offensive. However, if I had to guess, I think your point would be that the metaphor minimizes the deadly and painful nature of cancer on it's human host, and I think we have some common ground if that is the case. Not constructive to water down what cancer really is. --TimL (talk) 07:57, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Your guess is correct. Wasbeer 08:59, 8 July 2011 (UTC)