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82.132.236.209: /* Removing disruptive material */

2026-05-04T13:44:05Z

‎Removing disruptive material

81.179.199.253: /* Removing disruptive material */

2026-05-04T12:19:15Z

‎Removing disruptive material

Eyetorus: /* Removing disruptive material */

2026-05-04T05:57:28Z

‎Removing disruptive material

Eyetorus: /* Removing disruptive material */

2026-05-04T05:52:16Z

‎Removing disruptive material

Eyetorus: /* Removing disruptive material */

2026-05-04T05:51:43Z

‎Removing disruptive material

FaviFake: /* Transcripts */ not an admin request and also i have no idea wht they're reffrring to

2026-02-28T10:35:48Z

‎Transcripts: not an admin request and also i have no idea wht they're reffrring to

82.132.239.103: Undo revision 407325 by 2600:4040:52F7:9A00:BC29:1D5D:221D:933F (talk) Either keep it, or 'fake' the original as should have been.

2026-02-27T13:21:37Z

Undo revision 407325 by 2600:4040:52F7:9A00:BC29:1D5D:221D:933F (talk) Either keep it, or 'fake' the original as should have been.

2600:4040:52F7:9A00:BC29:1D5D:221D:933F: /* Transcripts */

2026-02-27T12:23:34Z

‎Transcripts

42.book.addict: Undo revision 407085 by 2600:4040:52F7:9A00:CDB5:8D4D:4A6C:9917 (talk)

2026-02-24T17:40:39Z

Undo revision 407085 by 2600:4040:52F7:9A00:CDB5:8D4D:4A6C:9917 (talk)

2600:4040:52F7:9A00:CDB5:8D4D:4A6C:9917: /* Transcripts */

2026-02-24T17:31:34Z

‎Transcripts

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	:It's a tricky balance, though. And I'm assuming you're talking of comic Talk contributions (as you just removed an 'argument/counter-argument’ pair from one). The other issue of potential comic Explananation back-and-forths are best dealt with to acknowledge (reasonable) opposing viewpoints, instead of leaving the 'wrong' thing there and following it up with the 'right' counterproposal so that readers learn from the (potentially evolving) dialogue.		:It's a tricky balance, though. And I'm assuming you're talking of comic Talk contributions (as you just removed an 'argument/counter-argument’ pair from one). The other issue of potential comic Explananation back-and-forths are best dealt with to acknowledge (reasonable) opposing viewpoints, instead of leaving the 'wrong' thing there and following it up with the 'right' counterproposal so that readers learn from the (potentially evolving) dialogue.
	:And we can't always agree on "disruptive material", so ''that's'' still a conversation that's ongoing. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 12:19, 4 May 2026 (UTC)		:And we can't always agree on "disruptive material", so ''that's'' still a conversation that's ongoing. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 12:19, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Umm, yeah. Different heights of bar for Talk and within comic explanations themselves.
		+	:Talk is essentially chat, chat is cheap, but also free-speech (within various limits) should apply. And better "jaw jaw" than "war war". Nothing wrong with honest disagreements. Can always shove a complex set of arguments and counter-arguments into a sub-page (or a time-limited set, in the case of the 2016 I'm With Her discussion page). But you don't ''have'' to trawl (or troll!) through the full Talk page for a comic.
		+	:Discussions can be rewritten if you don't like a prior rewrite (too much, not enough, not the right interpretation at all), but someone else can have their own issues with your version. Be embracing of such things. Which can be tricky if your opinion is that what's there is ''too'' embracing of too many alternative interpretations, admittedly. ;) [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.209\|82.132.236.209]] 13:44, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
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	Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive commenting. [[User:Eyetorus\|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus\|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)		Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive commenting. [[User:Eyetorus\|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus\|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Well, I think a reasoned response to an unreasoned (but not clearly written-to-be-wrong) one is better than saying nothing but being censorious.
		+	:If it's a genuine opinion, then there may be discussion and understanding, where "vanishing" it just makes them worse (and likely to arbitrarily remove things ''they'' do not understand/comprehend).
		+	:If it ''was'' a troll, they could just keep reposting, without logical refutations ever appearing next to their contributions, and anyone spotting those might be dragged into the rabbit-hole if there's no "yeahbut" response clearly demolishing the falsehood.
		+	:It's a tricky balance, though. And I'm assuming you're talking of comic Talk contributions (as you just removed an 'argument/counter-argument’ pair from one). The other issue of potential comic Explananation back-and-forths are best dealt with to acknowledge (reasonable) opposing viewpoints, instead of leaving the 'wrong' thing there and following it up with the 'right' counterproposal so that readers learn from the (potentially evolving) dialogue.
		+	:And we can't always agree on "disruptive material", so ''that's'' still a conversation that's ongoing. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 12:19, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

−	Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive ~~comments~~. [[User:Eyetorus\|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus\|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)	+	Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive commenting. [[User:Eyetorus\|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus\|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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 :::::The spam and vandalism that we get seems to be almost entirely from non-automated interference, for which there is never an easy blanket protection, and yet is often quickly dealt with either by the regular visitors' manual reversion or various automated addons of our own.
 :::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
 Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive comments. [[User:Eyetorus|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:::::The spam and vandalism that we get seems to be almost entirely from non-automated interference, for which there is never an easy blanket protection, and yet is often quickly dealt with either by the regular visitors' manual reversion or various automated addons of our own.		:::::The spam and vandalism that we get seems to be almost entirely from non-automated interference, for which there is never an easy blanket protection, and yet is often quickly dealt with either by the regular visitors' manual reversion or various automated addons of our own.
	:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Hey so did we reach a consensus on if blatantly disruptive comments and/or trollposts should be removed lol? I can't really tell because the discussion here kinda devolved into blatantly disruptive comments. [[User:Eyetorus\|Eyetorus]] ([[User talk:Eyetorus\|talk]]) 05:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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	:::::The spam and vandalism that we get seems to be almost entirely from non-automated interference, for which there is never an easy blanket protection, and yet is often quickly dealt with either by the regular visitors' manual reversion or various automated addons of our own.		:::::The spam and vandalism that we get seems to be almost entirely from non-automated interference, for which there is never an easy blanket protection, and yet is often quickly dealt with either by the regular visitors' manual reversion or various automated addons of our own.
	:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)		:::::So please take your sarcasm somewhere else. You are welcome to be here, but your tilting against windmills (without even a single Sancho Panza to humour you) can get repetitive. I speak only for myself (and 'however many weeks' this particular IP might have been around), but I feel comfortable that the ''only'' generally arguable matter is whether I (or anyone else?) should have been trying to humour you in the first place. [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 14:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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−	~~== Transcripts ==~~
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−	~~ATTENTION!~~
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−	~~THIS:~~
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−	~~Blah blah '''BLAH'''~~
−	~~''BLAH blah blah''~~
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−	~~(Fill in blahs with your own words! Choose your own adventure fun!)~~
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−	~~Is not a transcript!~~
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−	I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].
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−	~~Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me. {{unsigned ip\|2600:4040:52f7:9a00:cdb5:8d4d:4a6c:9917\|16:58, 24 February 2026 (UTC)}}~~

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	I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].		I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].

−	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me.	+	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me. {{unsigned ip\|2600:4040:52f7:9a00:cdb5:8d4d:4a6c:9917\|16:58, 24 February 2026 (UTC)}}

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	I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].		I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].

−	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me. ~~{{unsigned ip\|2600:4040:52f7:9a00:cdb5:8d4d:4a6c:9917\|16:58, 24 February 2026 (UTC)}}~~	+	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me.

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	I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].		I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].

−	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me.	+	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me. {{unsigned ip\|2600:4040:52f7:9a00:cdb5:8d4d:4a6c:9917\|16:58, 24 February 2026 (UTC)}}

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	I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].		I’ve had the impression that transcripts were for blind people (well, not ''just'' blind people) and making transcripts like the one above is only making things harder for people who may read aloud for blind people. Use things like [bold text] or [italics] or [comic in red text].

−	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me. ~~{{unsigned ip\|2600:4040:52f7:9a00:cdb5:8d4d:4a6c:9917\|16:58, 24 February 2026 (UTC)}}~~	+	Idk wh6 I wrote this it just been bothering me.