Talk:It - Revision history

ItsWalky at 00:04, 13 April 2021

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	Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	::: This isn't an example of desnarking, it's an example of dumbing down. (Because, apparently, I guess you didn't notice the capital I? Because there's no way, if you actually read the sentence as-written, that it makes the author look dumb.) And it ''certainly'' doesn't interfere with any information on the page! Zero for two, there. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 16:47, 19 September 2010 (EDT)		::: This isn't an example of desnarking, it's an example of dumbing down. (Because, apparently, I guess you didn't notice the capital I? Because there's no way, if you actually read the sentence as-written, that it makes the author look dumb.) And it ''certainly'' doesn't interfere with any information on the page! Zero for two, there. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 16:47, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

			==It==

			I just want to put it on the record that if anybody here coerces an official writer or if they themselves writes an official story where we're given the "real" name of It, I will hunt them down. Do not mess with this glorious article title. There is already so little beauty in this world. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky\|talk]]) 20:04, 12 April 2021 (EDT)

ItsWalky: /* Possessive confusion */

2010-09-19T20:47:40Z

Possessive confusion

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	Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
			::: This isn't an example of desnarking, it's an example of dumbing down. (Because, apparently, I guess you didn't notice the capital I? Because there's no way, if you actually read the sentence as-written, that it makes the author look dumb.) And it ''certainly'' doesn't interfere with any information on the page! Zero for two, there. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 16:47, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

LokitheGrammarNazi: /* Possessive confusion */ To quote the Wiki's policy list...

2010-09-19T20:17:42Z

Possessive confusion: To quote the Wiki's policy list...

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. To quote the wiki itself:
			{{quote\|De-snarking is necessary when excessive humor or sarcasm in an article interferes with the information the article is supposed to be delivering. Examples include:

			Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

LokitheGrammarNazi: /* Possessive confusion */

2010-09-17T23:54:35Z

Possessive confusion

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

LokitheGrammarNazi: /* Possessive confusion */

2010-09-17T23:52:42Z

Possessive confusion

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
			:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

ItsWalky: /* Possessive confusion */

2010-09-17T22:31:08Z

Possessive confusion

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
			: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

LokitheGrammarNazi: /* Possessive confusion */ I forgot to sign.

2010-09-17T20:41:04Z

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	== Possessive confusion ==		== Possessive confusion ==

	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's.		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

LokitheGrammarNazi: /* Possessive confusion */ new section

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	:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	::::::My mistake, then. Nevermind! --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:37, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		::::::My mistake, then. Nevermind! --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:37, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

			== Possessive confusion ==

			There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's.

Thylacine 2000: /* Rename Redux */

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	::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
			::::::My mistake, then. Nevermind! --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:37, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

ItsWalky: /* Rename Redux */

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	:::And even if "Ancient Autobot Leader" shows up somewhere, "It" is clearly the better name for this page. I don't see why we'd move something from "It," which is evocative, to something entirely generic. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 09:56, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::And even if "Ancient Autobot Leader" shows up somewhere, "It" is clearly the better name for this page. I don't see why we'd move something from "It," which is evocative, to something entirely generic. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 09:56, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. To quote the wiki itself:
			{{quote\|De-snarking is necessary when excessive humor or sarcasm in an article interferes with the information the article is supposed to be delivering. Examples include:

			Sarcastic statements (saying the opposite of what they mean) open to being taken literally. [...]\|This wiki tself.}}--[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... Wait, no. That is actually a joke that makes the writer look dumb. --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

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	There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		There used to be a line in the notes section wondering what the possessive form of "it" was that I deleted because of this. The posessive form of "it" is "its" because "it's" is a contraction of "it is." However, since It in this case is a ''proper'' noun, it can be safely spelled It's. -[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 16:41, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
	: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)		: Yes. We know. Thank you. But the notes section doesn't wonder what the possessive form of "it" is. It wonders what the possessive form of "It" is. See, it's a linguistics joke, and one that I'm not going to explain further. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 17 September 2010 (EDT)
			:: Oh, it was a joke. When something is written down, it is harder to get that feeling of nonseriousness out of it. I need a joke guide to this wiki... --[[User:LokitheGrammarNazi\|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 19:52, 17 September 2010 (EDT)

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	::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
			::::::My mistake, then. Nevermind! --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:37, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

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	:::And even if "Ancient Autobot Leader" shows up somewhere, "It" is clearly the better name for this page. I don't see why we'd move something from "It," which is evocative, to something entirely generic. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 09:56, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::And even if "Ancient Autobot Leader" shows up somewhere, "It" is clearly the better name for this page. I don't see why we'd move something from "It," which is evocative, to something entirely generic. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 09:56, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		::::I was working from the file at the Cybertron Chronicle, which I assumed came straight from the scripts. http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/transcripts/the_return_of_optimus_prime_part_2_act_one-script.html Was I wrong? --[[User:Thylacine 2000\|Thylacine 2000]] 10:01, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
	:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)		:::::No, those are transcribed from the episodes themselves. They are not real scripts. (Rikk Bakke is pretty clear on that page that it's merely a transcript, and thus far "dialog only.") --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 12 August 2010 (EDT)