Childe Roland of Gilead

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the man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed...

48 hour block, immediate unblock, and my apology

I have blocked you for 48 hours for making threats and generally being incivil. Watch your tongue, or the next block will be longer.Nandesuka 12:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I've undone my own action because I didn't read carefully enough. I somehow got things confused and thought that it was you who was threatening to "kick your asses", not the anon. You're unblocked. My apologies. Nandesuka 12:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Douche and Turd

Your recent edit to Douche and Turd (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 10:56, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

• My edit wasn't vandalism. I redirected the phrase "turd sandwich" to the article "shit sandwich" instead of seperate redirects for the unrelated "feces" and "sandwich" articles. The bot is in error. Roland Deschain 11:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Heh, not the first time the bot's screwed up, I don't know if that automatically makes it dumb though :) - thanks for the note -- Tawker 17:04, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Re Saudi Arabia

Hi Roland. I've just replied to your comment there. Szvest → ^{Wiki Me Up ®} 12:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the info. I wasn't trying to cause any offense to our Saudi friends, it's just that I'm interested in the Middle East & Islam, and would like to travel to KSA but I was just a little concerned about safety and my ability to enter due to my religion and American nationality. Thanks again. Roland Deschain 07:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Amputations in KSA

Hi Roland, Sorry I took so long to reply but Internet here in Saudi Arabia is pretty bad. :(

Anyway, on to your question. The amputation is done surgically though I don't know if ansethetics(sp?) are used. I will look into it though.

If you have anymore questions about Saudi Arabia, feel free to ask. :) Burning phoneix 18:18, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Also u might wanna look also at my comment on the matter. Oren neu dag (talk) 00:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Use of the word "magic"

I have responded to your question concerning the use of the word "magic" in LaVeyan Satanism on the discussion page. To sum it up, "Lesser Magic" refers in particular to the use of psychology and social-engineering on others, along with other things though to a far lesser extent. "Greater Magic" refers in particular to psycho-dramatic, theatre-based rituals, which, while set in an "occult" atmosphere, are -not- believed to actually do anything. Their only intention is to invoke emotions, and to place people in a temporary fantasy setting, something Richard Dawkins has spoken of (indirectly) as something that "fills the gap" that Atheism leaves behind. Quite simply, the 'ritual' is borderline roleplay. The use of the word 'magic' can only be assumed to be used in particular to give it a more 'religious' feel, or to appeal to the 60's occultists of the day. If you have any further questions, feel free to direct them to me, if you wish, as the discussion page on that particular article is ran by very "iron-fisted" admins who enforce the Wikipedia notion that a discussion-page is for the article, but not what the article refers to. Darkahn 21:25, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Rename

As requested, I have renamed you. You can now log in with your new username. Warofdreams talk 03:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Your comment on Most Holy Place

I added the following reply which I'm copying here. Best, --Shirahadasha 21:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and must describe the subjects it covers accurately. When describing a religion, it shouldn't ascribe to the religion a claim that members of the religion wouldn't themselves use or agree with. Would you be equally ready to agree with a claim that, for example, the Pope worships the Buddha, on the similar grounds that Wikipedia isn't censored and what Catholics believe simply doesn't matter? The issue isn't whether or not Catholics would consider this sacriligious. The issue is whether the article would be accurate. Same here. --Shirahadasha 21:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Benoit

Yeah, it's going to be crazy once they unlock that page. I been folloing that wiki entry since monday when it happened and it just keeps increasing in size. Once they unlock it, people are going to go crazy. I was once a big Fanboy of Benoit, but after all this, as far as what I can conclude with the info provided to me, I'm very ashamed of Benoit now and upset that this horrible, horrible thing has happened. On a side note, I love your nick name, as I am in the last book of the Dark Tower. I'm getting nervous because Mordred just now met Walter, and I'm wondering how everything is going to play out! I just had to message you once I see your comment on that Benoit page and then noticed your nick. Sweet handle man!The Cleveland Browns are awesome! 15:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for the complement on my name. The last book is controversial among Dark Tower fans. but I, personally, loved it. As for Benoit, the conspiracy theories are just going to get worse now that it turns out someone updated his wife's wiki page with news of her death 14 hour before the bodies were found. As I said, my only real beef with Wikipedia's "anyone can edit" policy is that a large group of editors will spend countless hours working on articles like "9/11" or "South Asian Tsunami" with painstaking detail only to have someone scrawl "MARTIANS AND THE CIA DID IT" all over the page, and we have to add their *interesting* theory into the article due to NPOV.

P.S.- I don't follow wrestling myself, but I've always been fascinated by it. The first time I got a link to Kayfabe, I must have spent three hours reading about wrestling slang in one sitting. Wrestling is great, with the characters, plotlines, feuds, theatrics, etc. It's almost like modern opera for the masses. Childe Roland of Gilead 11:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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When you said: "The admins should be extra-vigilant about keeping the fanboys from adding "alternate theories" to the page because they can't accept that their spandex-clad idol was a juiced-up, homicidal savage".

I think you are being too disrespectful

Regardless of whether or not he committed the crime, where do you get off slandering someone with out any hard-evidence. Every day people have issues that they go through, sometimes they don't make it. How can you call him that: "their spandex-clad idol was a juiced-up, homicidal savage" with no proof. There will be no proof as to whether or not he was abusing steroid for weeks, so don't accusing him of it. As a Wrestling Fan of many, many, years it sickens me to see this sort of thing happen, but to see someone who is obviously upset by this (you), disrespect Benoit just pisses me off.

Now I agree if toxically reports show that he was abusing steroids then yeah, you can call it roid-rage, or whatever. But to call a man a homicidal savage? Isn't that a little harsh?

Mourning the tragedy of what happened, understanding what he was going through. Those are the things that need to be happening, instead of terribly insulting someone. WillB003