User talk:WaltCip/Archives/2022/September

Would you mind unhatting over at ITN?

Annoying ip contributor made the weakness of their position clear, and I was able to utilize the disruption to make my own pertinent observation. I'd rather everyone see my comments unless there's some other reason to obscure them. Thanks. BusterD (talk) 10:23, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Hatting actually makes it far more like likely that your observations will get read. A hat is basically a great big signpost saying there may be something interesting or amusing here. Tlhslobus (talk) 16:13, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the laugh, but...

I've thanked you for your edit hatting the troll vote on Gorbachecv's blurb at ITN. However I'm thanking you for drawing the troll to my attention, etc, as I found the whole incident (the troll, the replies, and your hat citing WP:DENY) mildly amusing. However,though a source of mild amusement, at least for me, the hatting seems basically to be feeding the trolls by drawing attention to something that would otherwise be much less likely to be noticed, which seems contrary to the aims of WP:DENY. Of course quite likely you are already aware of this, but I thought I'd point it out, just in case you weren't aware of it. But please don't let that worry you, and thanks again for amusing me. Regards, Tlhslobus (talk) 16:07, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Oh yes, I was damn fully aware that's what I was doing. But the troll already got what they wanted, which was six or seven people responding to them saying "Hey, you are very obviously wrong". Best I could do at that point was to try to make lemonade out of lemons. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 18:27, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	I love your signature, and you know it's good because it's apparently good enough to yoink. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 06:09, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

• Thanks, MJL. I yoinked the design myself from Praxidicae, if I remember correctly, before she changed her signature to be more pickle-oriented. I have to say, I didn't think LaserLegs would ever be banned. If it wasn't for Fram, we'd probably still be dealing with LL's trolling yet.--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:39, 16 September 2022 (UTC)