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| *[[user:Aleta_Curry|Aleta]] was pleasantly surprised to find she wasn't alone, as eager beavers in other parts of the world [[false start|jump the gun]]. She borrowed a [[trench coat]] from [[user:Denis_Cavanagh|Denis]] to go do the [[weed|weeding]], since the [[Calla Lily|Calla Lillies]] and [[wild rose]]s are getting out of hand. Leaving to have [[breakfast]], but ''I'll be back''--bwah, ha, ha.... [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 16:53, 4 December 2007 (CST) Having too much fun and haven't left yet, maybe I'll only make it to [[morning tea]]. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 17:21, 4 December 2007 (CST) Had to go to town; just got back, reading the questions and p*ing myself laughing! I made [[eggnog]], but since so many of you are still sleeping, I'm drinking it all myself. Seems to be causing [[hallucination]]s; there are [[jackaroo]]s and [[Crested Crane]]s in my garden! Better go lie down--see you all in the morning!
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| *[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] went to the user page of [[User:Supten Sarbadhikari|Supten]] and dragged him in here. Before he could start a new article, he'd rather have some [[breakfast]], albeit it is rather the time to have [[lunch]] at his place! [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry]]'s fourth question in the designated section gave him a cue to create a stub on [[akrasia]] and take leave from the party on the basis of that (akratic to write-a-thon)!
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| *[[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] received a message form Aleta asking him to bring a bottle. He wonders why Aussies never by a round as he swills down a nice shiraz [[wine]]. Added some pictures form his holiday snaps to [[Hong Kong]], edited his current place of abode - [[Anshan]], and then, because the Beatles are in the course book for tomorrows lesson and he has to prep the lesson plan, he corrected a very minor grammar mistake on [[Ringo Starr]]. He then relaxed and watched a US Discovery channel program about the Great Wall of China. This was so inaccurate and missleading that he decided that CZ should do better. Which explains why he wrote [[Hadrian's Wall]] instead. He then remembered that he now lives in China, not the UK, so edited the [[Great Wall of China]] a bit. More to follow on that one. Before heading for bed, he wonders why nobody is dinking the [[wine]].
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| :::'''No one's wining the drink??! Ya don't say!'' [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 13:55, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] thinks that's probably a hint to break out the [[beer]], especially as this month's beverage of choice hasn't been decided yet. Also, she has made a mental note to check this page more often now that she knows how this write-a-thon lark works! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] seems to be asleep and the Australian day has an hour and twenty minutes left, so Louise is breaking out the [[cognac]].--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 05:42, 5 December 2007 (CST) (... but reckons [[wine]] is better. Happy Write-A-Thon all, Wednesday is almost over here!--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 06:43, 5 December 2007 (CST))
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| :::''Pssst! Louise!'' [[user:Nereo Preto|Nereo]], [[user:Derek Harkness|Derek]] and I decided ''ages'' ago that editing would count when it was Wednesday ''anywhere'', otherwise we would always get left out. We seem to have won by default; must've been all the booze. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 13:55, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::::Really? Awesome. I'm back in the party, then! And [[wine]] it is! Cheers--literally. Heh.--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 16:00, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::::Derek know this, however his students don't. They still think it's Thursday morning and demand that he should be teaching class. By the time he gets home form work at five to eight in the evening in China, he realises that there is only 4 minutes left before the end of party time hits the international date line. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 06:01, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[User:Todd Coles|Todd]] emerged from his cave to write a stub about the [[Jamestown Colony]] and a pretty minor edit to [[False start]]. Hope to be back for more later! --[[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] 08:40, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *As [[User: Regina Bouillon|Regina]] was in a dark mood because of the grey German December sky, she wrote down the sad story of [[Catherine Quaque]]. Then she turned to another tragic figure, [[Lord Byron]]. That’s enough sadness today, maybe too much for a party. She promises to be more cheerful next time.
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| To [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta]]: Thanks a lot to the Mistress of Ceremonies for the reminder.
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| :::Any time, mon amie! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 13:55, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[User:Stephan Burn|Stephan]] is new here, and hopes he can do more work on the [[National DNA Database]] this evening.
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| ::Hey, welcome to the party, [[User:Stephan Burn|Stephan]]!--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 20:10, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *Although [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis]] jumped the gun, he added more the [[History of the United States]] article, including a chunk about the Civil Rights Movement. He'll move on to [[Malcolm X]] and the [[Black Power]] movement when he gets a chance. [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 09:39, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| * [[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton]], after his [[wine]], recovered enough to write about the [[Irish Census of 1911]].
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| *After taking a catnap to sleep off the [[wine]], and mightly pleased at [[User:Russ McGinn|Russ]]'s excellent contribution to [[Antoni Gaudi]], [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] has added a bit about Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory in [[Developmental psychology]]. That's not going to stop her from asking silly questions, though ... --[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 20:07, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]], with characteristic over-ambition, started a new article on [[Oxidative stress]], hoping to reach a high-school or undergraduate college readership without boring the real experts. A bit of resveratrol-rich red wine helped him relieve some of his own oxidative stress in making the attempt. --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian|(Talk)]] 21:55, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| * [[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] was late to the party but managed to import, linkify, expand, etc., an old Nupedia article: [[Donegal fiddle tradition]], and then moved [[akrasia]] to [[weakness of will]], which he probably exemplified by not going to bed when he knows he should... :-) I'm back by the way!
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| *[[User:Joe Quick|Joe]] read [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta]]'s comment about [[jackaroo]]s and thought she had said "[[jackalope]]," then decided to write a stub about a [[hoax]] (which might not be a hoax) from his own state: the [[Kensington Runestone]]. Then he added a shot of a whole bunch of stones, which Hadrian had made into a [[Hadrian's Wall|wall]] to keep out the Scots, who were ''very'' fond of hoaxes.
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| *[[User:Jochen Wendebaum|Jochen]] played a bit with [[Excavator|his favourite toys]] and lit a [[Advent|candle]] which [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta]] forgot to do. [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=User_talk:Jochen_Wendebaum&diff=0&oldid=100181770 Thanks to her] I write this down here.
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| ==Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun== | | ==Keen-as-mustard and jumped the gun== |
| *[[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis]] decided to give Larry what he wanted, and so created [[Trenchcoat]] (It's only a stub mind) He also later created the section on US Popular culture in the [[Cold War]] article (http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Cold_War#American), though got too lazy to include the [[Civil Rights Movement]] in any serious detail, he does plan to spend some time later working on the [[Sexual Revolution]] (I'm sure it won't take a psychologist to work out what mood I'm in :-O) [[User:Denis Cavanagh|Denis Cavanagh]] 07:36, 3 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[user:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] is reading the above statements and just beginning to realise the fun she missed out on last time by working on the write-a-thon without stopping by this page. She has started an article on the [[Montcada family]] (currently a stub, but she will extend it), intends on working further on [[Albrecht Dürer]], and continuing on the medieval / art area will be working on [[Peter Parler]] and [[Adam Kraft]]. --[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:59, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| : Blending in with the Write-a-thon crowd in a [[trench coat]], Louise is now [[accommodation|getting the idea of this]] (and enjoying it!) and has continued on with her art history theme with [[Dieric Bouts]].--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 00:23, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| : After checking out the [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Core_Articles/Arts Core Articles for the Arts] and still rather much on a [[Catalan]] bent, Louise is going to work on [[Antoni Gaudí]]. Also, there isn't any [[beer]] in the house and Derek is wondering where the drinks are, so is offering [[cognac]] 'cause that's the only thing she has at the moment! --[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 05:49, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| * [[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre-Alain]] was considering the idea of honouring a few medical pioneers when he received an invitation from [[user:Aleta_Curry|Aleta]] for the Write-a-thon. An epic battle against the forces of death and oblivion is about to take place. --[[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre-Alain Gouanvic]] 19:57, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| : "''Catherine Kousmine (September 17, 1904 in Hvalynsky, Russia - August 24, 1992]] in Lutry, Switzerland) was a scientist, physician and thinker who devoted her entire life to understand and treat diseases of civilization...''" as editing advances, she's coming back to life!! --[[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre-Alain Gouanvic]] 20:21, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :: I did not edit another author's article!! OOOps. I'll take care of this ''manu militari''... --[[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre-Alain Gouanvic]] 20:33, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::: Done. Added the French touch to the [[breakfast]] article. --[[User:Pierre-Alain Gouanvic|Pierre-Alain Gouanvic]] 23:28, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[User: Roger Lohmann|Roger]] did his best one-trick write-a-thon pony routine this month, and concentrated exclusively on the development of a major new article on [[Hull House]] which no longer automatically redirects to the still-wonderful article on Ms. [[Jane Addams]].
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| Steve is busy behind the scenes getting some fab photos for your new starts! [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 03:05, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| Again, [[User talk:Chris Day|Chris]] has been editing other peoples articles [[Calla Lily]] and [[Ascorbic acid]]. So others know, [[User:Alexander_N._Alexandrov]] is making a start on the latter. He's a new kid on the block, so old hands feel free to help him find his feet. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris Day|(talk)]] 03:06, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| [[User:Russ McGinn|Russ]] finally got to add an image to [[Antoni Gaudi]] and a little note on [[Modernisme]].
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| Bruce just came for the [[wine]], bringing a bunch of Norwegian party-crashers with him. He also seems to be confused about which holiday season it is: Hanukkah (for which the fluid du jour is oil), not Passover! [[User:Bruce M.Tindall|Bruce M.Tindall]] 13:20, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| :''If you notice(d) any, please add them in so they can get credit--and we can invite them to next month's party!
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| *[[user:Michael J. Formica|Michael]] evidently understands Aleta, with articles on lots of problems, including narcis... narsis...[[narcissistic personality disorder|it's all about me, me, ME!]]
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| *[[user:Ro Thorpe|Ro]] made lots of minor edits, and taught us all about T. No, I said '''"[[T]]"''', not [[tea]]!
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| *[[User:Alexander N. Alexandrov|Alexander]] worked away quietly and modestly on improving our health with [[ascorbic acid]].
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| *[[user:Paul Wormer|Paul]] jumped the gun introducing us to [[Amedeo Avogadro|Avogadro]], then continued with all sorts of [[atomic mass constant|numbers]] the rest of us don't get.
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| *[[user:Richard Jensen|Richard]] jumped the gun and gave us a [[U.S. History]] lesson; then he worked away diligently for the duration and said nothing about it.
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| *[[user:Robert Badgett|Robert]] led us in [[exercise]], and taught us about many health issues, including [[sinusitis]] and [[geriatrics]].
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| * [[User:Joris Rombouts|Joris]] was keen; he waited up till midnight to tell us about the [[Cursus honorum]] .
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| * [[User:Giovanni Antonio DiMatteo|Giovanni]] surveyed his [[Dedekind domain|domain]].
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| * [[user:David E. Volk |David]] got a little [[Carboxylic acid|caustic]] .
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| *[[User:Harald Helfgott|Harald]] threw us [[Hyperelliptic curve|a curve]], by being shy, sitting on the porch and jumping the gun.
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| *[[user:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi]] sobered us up with an article about the [[Columbine Massacre]]. Then he donned a [[trench coat]].
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| :''Go ahead, admit it!'' | | :''Go ahead, admit it!'' |
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| *[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] doesn't know how to update the monthly write-a-thon page, but is here and is going to be a party poop until she actually writes something (hopefully, soon). She is, however, contending with an inconvenient illness ([[migraine]] just to start, but it's a bit more than that and may either contribute stubs or wait until later this evening. She is here, though. Also, she wants to put up a great art history photo she took in [[Germany]] about a [[pretzel]] but has no idea if we have an appropriate usage for it :) [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:11, 8 January 2008 (CST) | | *[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise]] doesn't know how to update the monthly write-a-thon page, but is here and is going to be a party poop until she actually writes something (hopefully, soon). She is, however, contending with an inconvenient illness ([[migraine]] just to start, but it's a bit more than that and may either contribute stubs or wait until later this evening. She is here, though. Also, she wants to put up a great art history photo she took in [[Germany]] about a [[pretzel]] but has no idea if we have an appropriate usage for it :) [[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:11, 8 January 2008 (CST) |
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| *I will be a party poop until this evening, because I'm about to leave for [[Graceland]] (no, really!) and then the airport. But [[Elvis Presley]] and I will be with you, drinking wine (or other [[beverage]], in spirit (so to speak). --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 07:45, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *Argh! ergh! dog ate invitation, looking after sick girlfriend, work commitments until early evening.......but then! woohoo [[Mumtaz Mahal]] away.......--[[User:Russ McGinn|Russ McGinn]] 11:01, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :I heartily approve of looking after sick girlfriends. We'll see you when we see you. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 15:47, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[User:Nereo Preto|Nereo]] today was submerged by boureauocracy and the likes. Shees... thanks Aleta for your kind invitation, but today I can't really do it. So sorry! But I am with you all. Please forgive me... --[[User:Nereo Preto|Nereo Preto]] 11:05, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Apology accepted. There's always next month! :) [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 15:47, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *[[user:ZachPruckowski|Zach]] had a major league excuse involving schoolwork, so we'll see him next time.
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| *[[user:Hendra I. Nurdin|Hendra]] also sends apologies.
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| *[[user:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] returned from two weeks away from his desk to discover that his @#$%^&* motherboard had died during his absence (from lack of its daily ration of [[Navy Grog]] most likely) and it was only within the last half hour that he has been able to get back online after an absence of one entire week. Believe me, being without an Internet-connected computer for a week is like having your right arm cut off....[[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 16:25, 9 December 2007 (CST)
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| ''You ask--we answer. Ask anything. Keep it clean, now.'' | | ''You ask--we answer. Ask anything. Keep it clean, now.'' |
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| Why is the South's food so good? Is it mainly the spices, or is it the fat? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 19:32, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Both. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:08, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| If you could tell a rich old guy the best way to spend his millions to improve [[U.S. public school system|American public education]], what would you tell him? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 19:32, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Stop granting tenure to bad teachers and fire the ones that can't perform and teach acceptance of differences, not hate. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:08, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::Bring back [[uniform]]s and learning by rote. Also, the millionaire can't do it without societal changes: put the teaching of ethics back in the home, not the school, and stop expecting teachers to be baby-sitters and social workers with all the responsibility and no authority. Overhaul the welfare system. Stop graduating illiterate people. And parent's first question in response to "teacher did such and such to me" should be "what did you do to upset teacher?" not "how *dare* s/he?!"
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| [[Progress]] isn't really inevitable, is it? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 19:32, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Impoverished nations might argue otherwise. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:08, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| Is [[weakness of will]], or what the ancient Greeks (and pretentious contemporary philosophers) call(ed) ''[[akrasia]],'' really possible? Is it possible to do the wrong thing knowingly, or is every wrong act explainable in part in terms of a failure to understand what is right (as Socrates seems to have thought)? In short, is knowledge virtue, and is vice always an indicator of some special kind of ignorance? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 20:01, 4 December 2007 (CST) [P.S. maybe you should move me to the party poops right now just for asking that question. :-) :-) ]
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| :You can do the wrong thing on purpose for some certain means; you can also do the wrong thing because you don't know the difference between right and wrong (it was never ingrained in you as a child). --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:08, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| What is it with the Write-a-Thon and Australian women? Ah, well, it's because they get to go first (it's Wednesday there before anywhere else!). --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 20:05, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Loaded question. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 21:08, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :: I think 'getting to go first' might have been a loaded answer! --[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 22:57, 4 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::[snorting I'm laughing so hard] I would say something, but dashed if I can think of a good comeback! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 01:30, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *Where is everyone? Isn't it Wednesday in the U.S. ''yet??!!'' Oh, yes, all gone sleepy sleepy and I'll have to wait till you wakey wakey. Better go send out some more invitations, just in case....[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 01:30, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *What's the official alcohol this time round?? [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 01:30, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :We've done [[beer]], and I think [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek]] has got the right idea with starting his writing day with [[wine]] ... mmm, shiraz.--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 06:26, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| How much wood ''could'' a woodchop chop if a woodchop could chop wood? I theorise that it relies on several factors: among these, bulk and strength of the woodchop, sharpness of the blade, the grain of the wood, and [[precipitation]] levels in the air (does [[humidity]] affect the ease of woodcutting?)--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 06:31, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :Methinks Louise has already started hitting the wine. That's [[woodchuck]], right? Size of the axe, too. Couldn't be a very big axe, or else it would have to be a very big woodchuck. We clearly need to have reference articles on these important topics --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 07:42, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::Excellent point, Larry. Slept on it for a bit and realised that we also need to factor in the material of the axe--[[steel]]? [[iron]]? Some kind of [[alloy]]? And, experimentally, one would also need to give a time duration in which to determine how much would a woodchuck could chop. Otherwise, lifespan notwithstanding, this amount could actually be infinite. And are we looking at one individual woodchuck, or could one effect [[experimental control]] and work from [[statistics]] of a population of woodchucks? Also, is the [[pun]] actually 'how much wood could a woodchuck chuck?' because if he's chucking, that's a completely different story.--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:58, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::Louise swears to drunk she's not God. I learned it as ''how many chucks'', in school and at home, but if you think I'm writing an article on [[vomiting|chucking]]...! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 16:06, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::::Haha! Probably! So if it's a [[woodchuck]] chucking wood that would make it a whole different experiment to a woodchop chopping wood, wouldn't it? That's a whole other bag of chips ... wood chips at that ...--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 20:20, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::Ouch! You know what's really cool about [[woodchop]]? It's a sport that one can enjoy right away, you don't have to know a whole bunch of mad rules to get it! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 20:52, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *Which is correct: "Is either of your parents studying Chinese?" or "Are either of your parents studying Chinese?" or both or neither. Also why? After that, tell me to you say either and neither or either and neither. (the first sounding like 'eye there' the second sounding like 'Eee there') or do you mix and match as the mood takes you. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 08:09, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| **I say "are either." And I switch back and forth on the pronunciation of either/neither. I use whichever sounds better, which is usually determined by the first syllable of the next word, though I'd have to think about it to figure out which pronunciation goes with which syllables. --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 13:12, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::I would ''say'' "are either", too. But I think that would be incorrect. So on a test, I would ''write'' "is either". Where are the grammarians? Need to know the answer to this one! I usually rhyme to 'eye-thur', but I do switch. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 14:38, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::I would say "are either", because it ''sounds'' right, parents being plural, but if we're selecting from one or the other I've a feeling it would "is either" because we're focusing on one. (I'm not a grammarian, I'm just particular). AlsoI say 'eye-thur' ... ingrained habit, I can't think of a time when I've switched.--[[User:Louise Valmoria|Louise Valmoria]] 15:58, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::::Do either of your parents study Chinese? No, neither does. Yes, both do. Yes, one does. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 21:59, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::::Answer, both are wrong. While it is normal for English speakers to use 'Are' here because 'your' and 'parents' are or may be plural, The error is actually in the use of 'either'. The word either requires the choice between two separate answers. This one or that one or neither. Both is not acceptable with 'either'. Since one possible answer is 'Yes, both...' the word 'either' shouldn't really be used. A different word such as 'Are any of...' or 'Is one or more of...' should have been used. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 06:10, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::::Eliminate forms of the verb 'to be'. "Do your parents, or does one of them, study Chinese?" --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian|(Talk)]] 16:30, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| ::::::Changing the verb 'to be' into the verb 'to do' doesn't solve the problem or subject verb agreement. You are still left with the question of 'Do' or 'Does' instead of 'Are' or 'Is'. [[User:Derek Harkness|Derek Harkness]] 19:30, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| :::::::Are any of your parents fluent in the Chinese language? Are any of your parents studying chinese? Yes, one of them is. No, none of them are. Neither of them are studying chinese. Do both of your parents study Chinese? Does one of your parents speak chinese? Yes, One does. Yes, they both do. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 22:34, 6 December 2007 (CST)
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| *What would Rousseau think about Citizendium's take on the wiki model? I thought at first that he would be slightly disapproving (préférences and all that - the sort of stuff that Wikipedians tend to dislike about how we organize the community) but now I'm not so sure because I think he would quite like the real names policy... Can you tell I'm knee deep in finals papers? --[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 13:12, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| ** Been a long time since I read Rousseau so I can't really tell you there, Joe. :-) He was a crazy, vain, radical egalitarian. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 21:59, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| *Is [[user:Hayford Peirce|Hayford]] ''ill??'' Where is he? And where's [[user:D. Matt Innis|that Matt]]?? [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 15:50, 5 December 2007 (CST)
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| I call upon the Editor-in-chief to declare the December write-a-thon a success. And the official drink was, without a doubt, [[wine]]! [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:14, 7 December 2007 (CST)
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| == Previous shindigs == | | == Previous shindigs == |
| | * [[/December 5, 2007|December 5, 2007]] |
| * [[/November 7, 2007|November 7, 2007]] | | * [[/November 7, 2007|November 7, 2007]] |
| * [[/October 3, 2007|October 3, 2007]] | | * [[/October 3, 2007|October 3, 2007]] |
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| * October - we were refurbishing the [[bar]] and only had [[coffee]]! | | * October - we were refurbishing the [[bar]] and only had [[coffee]]! |
| * November - made up for last month with more [[vodka]] than was good for us and plenty of [[rum]]. | | * November - made up for last month with more [[vodka]] than was good for us and plenty of [[rum]]. |
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * Larry Sanger, [http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/08/09/why-the-write-a-thon-worked/ Why the Write-a-Thon worked], Citizendium Blog, August 9, 2007 | | * Larry Sanger, [http://blog.citizendium.org/2007/08/09/why-the-write-a-thon-worked/ Why the Write-a-Thon worked], Citizendium Blog, August 9, 2007 |
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| * [[CZ:New Article of the Week|New Article of the Week]] | | * [[CZ:New Article of the Week|New Article of the Week]] |
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