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(well, you did ask nicely.) - David Gerard 19:02, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Finally I get welcomed! Thank you, David! Bishonen | talk 19:17,

14 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcome to Soviet Wikipedia, where here, it edits YOU!!! Ghost Freeman ^{T | E} / _{C | D} 21:19, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You were very helpful last time I was blocked from contributing due to the ongoing AOL IP multiple user problem. Looks like, from Jwrosenzweig's talk page, that this vandal is or may be permanently blocked. During the previous incident (please see my talk page), you and other admins decided that the IP number should not be blocked for any length of time. Could you intervene and see if a permanent solution to this issue could be found? Thanks for you help. WBardwin 07:41, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Notice copied below: Your user name or IP address has been blocked by Jwrosenzweig.

The reason given is this: Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Mickey654". The reason given for Mickey654's block is: "User page vandalism and a personal attack after being warned".

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Your IP address is 207.200.116.202. Please include this address, along with your username, in any queries you make.

I unblocked you, I think. — David Remahl 07:46, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your note -- I appreciate your interest and followup. Hope we can come up with some solution to the ongoing problem. But the vandals are always with us! WBardwin 00:35, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey hey hey! So you are! :-) Bishonen | talk 16:32, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This time it put the bread in its mouth, climbed up a tree onto a really tall branch, and munched it there! What do I win? El_C 23:55, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, cool tidings. And I see he's called Kurre, that's got to mean he's a Swede. You win, hmm... these delicious lemon meringue muffins! Bishonen | talk 00:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How delighful to see you on my page, David! (Doing good deeds as usual, yet!) Bishonen | talk 16:35, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delightful to be here, indeed! Glad to see that you're still working hard on the literature topics. I just stopped by to read an article and decided to make a few innocent edits. Suddenly I feel a strong force pulling me towards the Village Pump. :-). No, I think I'll keep it casual this time. But it's nice to see that everything has remained as I left it (give or take 125 000 articles). GNAA on VfD again, CSD still being voted on, no consensus on what type of images to use where :).

I'm actually living in california right now, doing a software engineering internship at Apple. Love it here...Wouldn't come back in the autumn if I had the option (i.e. a permanent visa). I dislike a whole lot about the U.S., and fancy most things about Sweden, but there is just something about this company :). — David Remahl 00:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Per your request, I've created an article on George Powell. I hope you like it. Unfocused 04:58, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Love it! Bishonen | talk 08:51, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! On a related note, how about putting your other classic-era English theatre articles out in Wikispace? I referenced one of your user subpages for the George Powell article since it had related information in it, but didn't really feel comfortable doing so. The two I've seen look really good so far. Unfocused 20:16, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Magisterial, eh? I love any opportunity for channeling my inner gasbag. I can't contribute much more than a "what they said", though. JRM · Talk 11:35, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here are notes on this detail:

• Detail information, from Shesgreen, Sean. Engravings by Hogarth: 101 Prints. New York: Dover Publications, 1975. Page/plate 27.

"In 'Southwark Fair' Hogarth plays on the incongruities between the high and low, the sublime and the ridiculous that appear in the scene. Exalted forms of art and entertainment (or what pass for these), many of them employng mythic subject matter, are being performed literally above the heads of the crowd. On the ground scenes from common life take place along with entertainments of a criminal or firvolous nature. At several pooints the high and the low mingle in a chaotic human circus.

"At the extreme left the stage collapses (in a pun on the play, The Fall of Bajazet), heaving earthward, with complete loss of dignity, a company of regally costumed players who include the famous Cibber and Bullock. They fall into a china shop and onto a dice player and a gambler who are too engaged in a dispute to hear the warning of the latter's child.

"The showcloth below the terrified monkey, 'The Stage Mutiny,' is a copy of a print by John Laguerre. It portrays a rift in the Drury Lane theatre that occurred after it was taken over by John Highmore, a gentleman turned amateur actor and director. Under the banner 'We'l Starve em out,' Highmore, who had bought control of the theater, points to a scroll reading 'it Cost L6000.' On his side are the company's scene painer, part-owner Mrs. Wilks (in mourning) and her daughter. Between the opposing factions hangs a monkey, Highmore's surrogate, protesting, 'I am a Genleman.' Under the banners 'Liberty & property' and 'We eat,' Theophilus Cibber ('Pistol's alive') and the bulk of the actors advance on the owners. Colly Cibber, who has sold his shares to Highmore, sits apart from the fray, 'Quiet and Snug,' with a money bag on his lap. The showcloth for a freak show below this one advertises the presence of a giant."

Geogre 19:22, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Full illustration at Image:Hogarth-Southwark-Fair-1734.png. Geogre 19:39, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OH NOES!!! I SO WORIED I GONNAN STOP NOW>!1

OH NOES!!! DYNAMIC IP'S! THAT'S GOTTA BE UNIQUE! WIKIPEDIA SHAKIN'! Bishonen | talk 19:53, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Message below pasted from discreet placement on User:Bishonen/Welcomes to where it belongs, i. e. this page.

Hey, Bishonen, there's this site called Wikipedia. I'm on it, like, all the time. You should check it out. It's kind of addictive, though, so don't edit articles, or you'll get hooked. It has this amazing ability to seem perfectible, even though it isn't, so you get suckered into continually thinking that you can make a difference, get rid of the bad, and supply the good. When you find out that the bad is like an ocean tide and that the good is like a towel under the door, you'll probably storm off. However, you end up coming back, thinking that you'll "just" do this or that, and that it'll be ok. Pretty soon, you find yourself trying to swap towels and run the drier. It's this cycle, until you realize that it's not perfectible, and you decide to just try to keep the old set of family photos dry or try to throw a life preserver to people you see out there who don't have boats. Anyway, so that's my welcome. Geogre 12:47, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, babe. keep in mind that the person posting the copyrighted stuff, is probably someone in advertisement or marketing, which means they are impervious to instructions such as "how to submit an article" or "please do not submit copyrighted material". That kind of people do not bother to check wikipedia more than once a day, maybe every two or four days. So, blocking them for an hour won't do much good, but thanks, anyway :) Project2501a 20:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to comment on the talk page of the article, but it didn't work. Hideous ideology? Charles Killigrew? I thought it was Thomas, but I don't know. Geogre 17:46, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It was Thomas. How do you mean it didn't work? It worked fine on my screen. Bishonen | talk 17:58, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]