User talk:SwitChar
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[edit] Crass
Thanks for the note, someone else has fixed it though... Best to keep an eye on this as all this rubbish happened a couple of years ago, at the time the work of 'Micheal', who now seems to be a reformed character...quercus robur 14:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Skate Punk
Please stop editing the skate punk section. I am a skate punk and I've lived all over the US and in Europe and 99% of all skate punks I have met: hate Tony Hawk and deeply deeply do not admire him,Do not have a very long wallet chain or even a chain,Do not wear baggy pants for it is impossible to skate in them or wear shorts because that hurts when you fall.And every single skate punk that I have met that is not a poser do not wear airwalks or vans. Those are horrible skate shoes and you will never catch any real skate punk wearing a pair.(in certain cases some pairs of vans but never airwalks). And I have met one punk skater with dreadlocks in my life. That is extremely uncommon and so it does not help if you put that in wikipedia. I'd appreciate it if you would leave it how it is now. Thanks =) Day22 23:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Userboxes
Hey, I just wanted you to know that I just reformatted your userboxes since they weren't displaying well. You had three columns, and the screen wasn't wide enough, so a lot of them were half-covered. If you don't like the edit, you can easily revert it. I noticed that a few of my (previously) unique userboxes have found their way onto your page. I'm always flattered to see people with userboxes I created. The Ungovernable Force 04:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] May userbox policy poll
Hi. You're a supporter of userboxes, and there's currently a policy poll going on about userboxes that might solve the speedy deletion issue. I encourage you to vote if you haven't already. Thank you. Dtm142 21:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair-use image removed from your user page
Hello, SwitChar. I've removed Image:Logocrass.gif from your user page, as it is a copyrighted image that is being used under a claim of fair use. Unfortunately, by Wikipedia policies, no fair-use images can be used on user pages; please see Wikipedia:Removal of fair use images. This image has not been deleted from any articles. If you have any questions, please let me know. —Bkell (talk) 08:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki moderators
please note that this indivitual has created a site about him/herself, which is strictly against wikimedia policy, and most probably makes baby jesus cry (AHAHAHAHA! retart baby[personal opinion]) he also seems to like editing pages to what he thinks is suitale, like the skate punk site. I agree; no skate punks wear vans or airwalks; only the people who dont give a shit and will be happy to get a set of skate shoes for $30 (such as myself) can this user recieve a warning?
[edit] How is nu-metal similar to death metal?
You're the third person who's been asked this. --Danteferno 18:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I would also like to know this.--Inhumer 03:07, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's been discussed in the talk archives. -Switch t 04:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
They may have been influenced by DM, but I can't think of one nu metal that sounds similar to DM. --Inhumer 05:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Which is why I had removed it. --Inhumer 05:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I'm sorry!
I am brazilian. Pleased forgive me for the Joker's trivia section.
[edit] howdy
Just wanted to say you've been a good voice of reason on the punk rock discussion page. God knows I rarely am:P, nice work. (Justinboden86 06:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar. I didn't notice it until right now. Let me know if you need help with anything. WesleyDodds 09:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] It's anarchy....
...for sale, anarchy for sale! I love that song too by the way. Have you heard "A Piss in the Ocean" by Conflict? It's good too. Ungovernable ForceGot something to say? 06:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Punk shops! Roll up! Buy rebellion here! Yeah, I love that song. Whole album, in fact, is a classic. I haven't listened to it in ages though, lost my CD a long while ago and haven't found it yet. I had a lot of trouble with the Soundtrack of Wikipedians in fact, because it's kind of hard to gauge whether I like "A Piss in the Ocean" or "Only a Pawn in Their Game" or "Rebel Without A Pause" or "So Much Trouble in the World" the most, because they're all so different. I still need to work on that list a fair bit.
- By the way, the link to the lyrics site you posted, at the bottom of the page there's (for me anyway) an ad for the "United Church of God Australia", a fundamentalist Christian group. Slightly out of their key demographic, you think? -Switch t 10:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'm getting "Tattoo Golf: Aggressive Golf Clothing." Go figure. Ungovernable ForceGot something to say? 00:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hijacking?
Your account made some changes yesterday to the page for Rage Against the Machine, which I just reverted.
...changes which I find quite odd given your userpage.
Might want to check into that.
- Oh wait, it wasn't you. It was an anonymous right after you. Nevermind.
[edit] Punk Rock
Edit summaries like this are not helpful, especially during a FAR. + Ceoil 23:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] emo comment
"My Chemical Romance, The Used, Thursday, Fall Out Boy, From First to Last, Hawthorne Heights, Funeral for a Friend, Taking Back Sunday, Story of the Year, Thrice, Underoath, et cetera are not emo, but they are trendy, insipid, mindless, shallow, pretentious tripe, and I hate them."
Finally someone who's not a retard!
[edit] indiv anarchism
Look at footnote #7 in the anarcho-capitalism article. Anarcho-capitalists are called individualist anarchists by themselves and others. There are anarcho-capitalists who don't refer to themselves as anarcho-capitalists at all, but simply "individualist anarchists," such as Wendy McElroy. It's true that there are other kinds of individualist anarchists, but anarcho-capitalism is often known simply as "individualist anarchism" and often "free-market anarchism" instead of "anarcho-capitalism."
- Yes, Your honor, that's exactly the point. It is already in the article that some people use individualist anarchism and anarcho-capitalism interchangeably. Mentioning it as a synonym in the first sentence implies that they are one and the same, which is untrue; they are closely related and overlapping but different ideologies. It is also unnecessary to include more than one example of other terms used in the introductory sentence, and using one specific one that is also used to describe a different political philosophy is misleading to the reader. It is already stated in the article, in the appropriate section and with explanation, that individualist anarchism can be used to simply mean anarcho-capitalism; there is no need whatsoever to insert it, without explanation, in the lead, as if the two terms were simple synonyms like anarcho-capitalism and free-market anarchism are.
- "Individualist anarchism" is such a common alternate name for anarcho-capitalism that it should be stated there in the first sentence. It doesn't matter that "individualist anarchism" can also refer to something else.
[edit] Hicks and List of agnostics
Hi Switch. Could you find the reference and a quote substantiating Hicks' agnosticism so he can be added to List of agnostics? Thanks. Nick Graves 16:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Punk rock
Hi Switch, can you take a look at this, and let me know your toughts? I'm open to suggestion on this, but my reasoning is that this format makes it easier to follow, and to add to. Thanks. + Ceoil 21:10, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alternative metal
Why have you done this? Maybe do you hate hip hop? It's a real fact that Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and Slipknot are also rapcore/rap rock/rap metal. --Chargin' Chuck 13:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Anarcho-punk and sXe
Hi, would you mind taking a look at the section titled "Input needed at Anarcho-punk and Straight edge" at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Punk music. Thanks. Ungovernable ForceGot something to say? 02:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Never forget
I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Never forget, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Oo7565 05:03, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Well, someone removed your prod template, and, uh, I have to say I agree with them. If you had any reasonable motivation for adding it, it wasn't clear. Anyway, if it gets genuinely threatened, I'll argue for its inclusion, but this here is a non-issue. ~Switch t 09:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] you are cool guy
wassup man do you like peep;e? I? disagree with you if u think space aliens caused bombs —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dizzy rick (talk • contribs) 03:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] pinochet, gun control, socialism
u have alot of interestin' crap on yer page. I dodn't know the us helped put pinochet into power. and on 9-11, what an irony.
I strongly disagree with you on civilian gun control, we wouldn't need so many cops if people didn't have guns.
about ypur political views... do people still have private property in socialism? i've heard good things about it, but I don't like the idea of collective propery unless it's the means of production.
k thx bye Shroooooooof 16:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Lol, I see you're harrassing all the anarchists, eh? Just kidding. But yeah, the CIA gave funding, training, and logistical support to Pinochet and the other people involved in the coup, in the name of US corporate interests of course. We also rigged the election so Allende wouldn't get elected, but obviously it didn't work very well. Bush had better luck with that one in Florida. More info here. Ungovernable ForceGot something to say? 05:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Switch, I saw your response on his (or her) page. I totally agree with you on property and gun control, at least based on what you said. Anyway, have a good day. Ungovernable ForcePoll: Which religious text should I read? 04:32, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Allende was a Stalinist Communist, not a "socialist". As an anarchist I would hope you don't support Fidel Castro's fiefdom in Cuba, so why would you apparently try to whitewash Allende's totalitarian Marxist-Leninist intentions? More info here: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26000 yes it's a "right-wing" site, read the article anyway. Also, if you're anti-capitalist, why do you read comic books like X-Men and watch Futurama, both of which wouldn't exist without capitalism? Seems rather hypocritical.
- I think it should be obvious everything from that site should be taken with a grain of salt - as for Allende, he wasn't the greatest of posibilities, but he was better than the tyrants in the Soviet Union without a doubt. Much more libertarian and egalitarian. He wasn't like Lenin, who intentionally starved people, or Stalin, who... well, I gues you probably know all about Stalin.
- As for my supposed hipocrisy... no it isn't, not in the slightest. Crass probably wouldn't have been making music without capitalism either, and if they still had I might never have heard of them. You could say that without capitalism, we wouldn't have any of what we now have. It's just damn well impossible to know. But even so, who cares? Should I stop using the internet because it's a capitalist pursuit? Should I not eat food produced for capitalist interests, or read books published by corporations? This is especially absurd when we're talking about the X-Men (who are icons for queer rights) or Futurama (made by democratic socialists, and even makes fun of free-market capitalists). Everything is produced for capitalist interests. That doesn't mean I can't like anything. Heaps of anarchists like Fight Club.
[edit] Thanks...
for the props, and the fine Civil War userbox. i hadn't been reading comics for years, and never read Marvel stuff. but i saw an article on Infoshop.org about the upcoming series where Captain America fights the government, and i had to check it out. as to sharing userboxes, i wish more (male, of course) wikipedians would borrow my Vasectomy box. but that's the misanthropist in me. anyway, if you can, feel free to expand any of those stubby articles i've created, or fix mistakes in the longer ones. cheers! Murderbike 19:45, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
PS, do you know what issues the aforementioned run of Green Arrow was? i'd definitely like to check that out. Murderbike 20:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I stole your thing.
Bwah, I took your intro thing about the "this page may have some controversial" yadda yadda, because it could be used for my page too. Hope you don't mind, and I think you're a pretty cool guy, because your views are very simillar. Buhbye. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xoreox (talk • contribs) 23:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Emo (slang) semiprotection
The article is actually semiprotected. Log out and try to edit it. I added the tag back. Steevven1 (Talk) (Contributions) 18:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This user opposes gun control for civilians but supports gun control for the military and police forces.
And that makes sense, how? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.8.143.167 (talk) 11:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
- Well, I've already answered this one, so I'm lifting the answer from last time I posted it:
- It's actually a tough issue for me; I do agree with gun control, but not when mandated by the state for its own interests, and especially not when its enforcers like cops get to carry assault rifles. I'm mostly just unhappy that most people don't realise that they have to protect themselves from the authorities, not from other people. ~Switch t 02:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Anarcho-capitalist trolling
Hi there! If User:Anarcho-capitalism keeps trolling the articles on anarchism to bias them towards his own ideological POV, do you think a case should be made against him and brought to the attention of administrators? Full Shunyata 05:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] disclaimer
I like it. Ungovernable ForcePoll: Which religious text should I read? 19:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Signature
As I'm sure you've noticed, I've shamelessly copied your signature-mainly because I thought it was so cool-and in anarcho-syndicalist red and black. Hope you don't mind. I will individualise it a bit more, but let me know if it's pissed you off too much, and i'll go back to my old standard sig...FelixFelix talk 10:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks, that's really nice of you..btw really liked the red star .png of yours.FelixFelix talk 22:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Huh!!!!!
You can't be an anarchist and a socialist at the same time. Its impossible. You can't have the controlling government of N. Korea and the chaos thats going on right now in Iraq at the same time. I'm a Libertarian so I agree with less government but socialism too! Aidepolcycne eerf 02:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "unsourced on the emo page"
Umm.. please tell me what scientist is going to write essays on the emo sub-culture? More importantly, please tell me which of them is going to go to shows and note the latest fashion trends to go back into his journal and write about it?
You cannot source contemporary trends, unless I am missing something? Wikipedia is run by users, and I am part of the emo scene. I go to shows and I listen to the music and I know these trends because I see them as do others.
I am inclined to think you are an anti-pop emo-elitist because of your refusal to acknowledge the influence of emo music on more contemporary rock bands currently such as Fallout Boy or My Chemical Romance. Both of them get their styles from the emo music sub-genre and they sound curiously identical to emo music of the past and the present.
Please do not be a vigilante in the emo slang page and allow for change. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Noalia (talk • contribs) 00:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Circle-A/Red Star
Thanks very much, mate-I wasn't hinting, but thanks anyway, I may well use it. I got blocked from the Fascism page following a 3R vio-which is probably a sign that I should stop editing it-I tend to get enraged by that kind of nonsense, and end up wasting too much time on it anyway. The page is a total mess, and seeing visionthing start to mess up totalitarianism as well is exceedingly irritating. Best to take a step back and return at a later date. It's all good experience in direct democracy and practical anarchism, I guess! Stay in touch!FelixFelix talk 09:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar!
Here's a well-deserved barnstar for you to put on your user page or usertalk page wherever you want. Thanks so much for helping me out with the cite tag. Best. --Ubiq 03:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
| I award you, Switch, a barnstar for being a valuable, productive, and helpful contributor to wikipedia. --Ubiq 03:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] Another thanks
For lack of anything better to say, Thank you for the barnstar. Chickenmonkey 10:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Something completly off-topic...
I have by chance taken a look over your User Page, and I have to say that yours is probably the best I have seen - you a very bold in your statements (fortunately I agree with practically everything said) and just reading them made me smile - keep up the Liberalism! ≈ The Haunted Angel //The Forest Whispers My Name// 00:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. I really like your user page and your ideals. I'm new to wikipedia, and I've yet to actually edit anything yet. But I really respect your discussion debating and I hope to someday develop something to the level of your reputation. GDR of the Moon 01:17, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] On Joseph Campbell
Hello SwitChar.
Tojagi 05:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of Anarchists
Greetings, SwitChar. As of a few minutes ago I only just learned of the proposition, debate, subsequent deletion of the Anarchists list, and thought to commend your arguments in its favor, and your creation of a sandbox version. In my opinion, your version is superior in various ways, not the least of which being by far more coherent and organized, and hope that you will eventually be able to use it to recreate the list.
I would also like to add a few to this to help you, but being your project, I hesitate to do so without your permission. I shall simply explain my additions and allow you to consider them. Note that all of them have self identified as anarchists to the best of my knowledge, as I would not wish to repeat the same mistakes which killed the previous list. The first would be John Cage, an avant guard composer (I sadly cannot recall my source, and so I would not add him immediately, but he is known to have written a book comprised of poety inspired by Anarchism, as well as to have composed music intended to be "non-heriarchial" in the sense that there were no dominent instruments/performers;) Grant Morrison, an author who wrote The Invisibles which explored anarchist themes and featured multiple anarchist characters; and Bob Black, an author and lawyer, (I noticed that your list lacked anyone in the "politics and law" section, and while he might be best placed in the authors section, I thought to suggest him. He is also a highly controversial figure, but I do not doubt he is a self-identified anarchist;) and lastly, Shusui Kotoku, Sakae Osugi, and Noe Ito, all three important japanese authors and publishers.
I hope your project continues steadily, that these additions will help along this long process, and that you will eventually be able to restore this list. Until then, you have my thanks for your efforts. --Cast 07:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I am also of the mind that a recreated list, should it be a large improvement over a deleted original, should be preserved. I feel that your list qualifies for this in several respects. Once this project has neared completion, I suggest contacting other editors who would be interested in preserving it and asking them to argue in its favor should problems arise.
- I am also glad that you are not possessive of the article, but I would still defer to your opinion, as you clearly have an idea of what direction you wish to take the process in, and I respect that. I will however continue to make sourced suggestions in the future and hope it will prove fruitful. Unfortunately, I cannot help you with your first request, as I am utterly unfamiliar with most film makers, but should I hear of one which matches your description, I'll alert you immediately. I'll also take note of your recovered list and make use of it in my future suggestions. For ease of use, I would advise striking out any from that list once they have been sourced and added to the sandboxed version. This will become increasingly important as the project progresses.
- I can see your point regarding musicians, and would suggest a compromise: the include a subsection listed as Musicians, which would provide a link redirecting the reader to the main article, the list of anarchist musicians. This will make searching for such people more user friendly. I would also suggest the inclusion of a Military subsection, for anarchists who are well known for their work during militant anarchist uprisings, such as Nestor Makhno, Buenaventura Durruti, Francisco Sabaté Llopart, and Kim Jwa-jin
- At any rate, I'll make an effort to aid you in the future as best I can, though this cannot be my top priority (I am currently making an effort to improve Osugi's article,) and will certainly encourage the preservation of this list once it is properly uploaded.
- And finally, thank you for noting my efforts on the Anarky article. What can I say? Anything for a
fictionalcomrade! --Cast 18:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC) - (PS - I only just noticed that your list does include a link to the list of anarchist musicians, and so I retract my suggestion that it be included. --Cast 18:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Atheism
I added a very important clarification to my argument on the Talk:Atheism page, and I am interested in your response with respect to it. --24.57.157.81 01:55, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
