User talk:Salome

Grandfather

Will someone hurry up and grandfather me already? -- Salome 23:53, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

What?--Unendingfear 00:14, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Grandfathered sysop status. -- Salome 00:29, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Only your kids can get you a grandfather status. -- Konig Des Todes 13:02, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

*Yoink!*

Greetings, Salome! I stole your user page again, and credited you and Pling...g. Hope you don't mind. --Threid 02:28, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey hey, you are more than welcome matey and welcome to the GW2W. :) -- Salome 03:55, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Going to steal that as well. I like that layout, until I get something more permanent. -- Konig/talk 05:17, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations Salome, You have now made me vunerable for TRIPLE Detention, Break, Lunch and After-School Detention, and I might aswell be perma IP Banned!(But not just yet...) >:(|Killer demon 22:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Which I didn't get.|Killer demon 16:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Signature Image

Well, now I'm surprised with you. Redirect this baby, please.

Cheers! A F K When Needed 13:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry my bad and thanks ballistic. -- Salome 14:14, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

You're very bad. :P

Balistic did that last year. I linked to an old signature image you used to use but never redirected. A F K When Needed 19:32, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Ahoy

Good to see you around and about. Lemme know if you want an invite to the wiki guild. - Tanetris 20:31, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Tane. Yeh I would love an invite to the wiki guild. What server you guys all on? I can't remember my user name on GW2 at the mo, so will need to get that so you can invite me. At work at the mo, so will get that tonight, when I get home. -- Salome 16:22, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Mostly Yak's Bend in NA, though we've also got a contingent on Desolation in EU and some others spread around various other NA and EU servers. - Tanetris 21:15, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Finally remembered my password. GO ME! I'm on Anvil Rock US (despite being an EU peep), if you could throw me an invite that would be great and i'll guest over to Yak's Bend. Look forward to seeing you guys online. :) -- Salome 12:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Would love to if I knew your IGN. ;) - Tanetris 18:20, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Still holding out for an IGN (unless you're already in the guild and I've just forgotten which person is you). - Tanetris (talk) 21:57, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Did I never give you my ign? I suck so so much! Salome.5329 Thats me. :) - -- Salome 23:42, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Return

Hello everyone. Just a wee message to say thats me back AGAIN. Life has been hectic since GW1 and I've finally got some free time, so thought I would give GW2 a chance and see if I can recapture my love of the series. Hope to see you all about soon and hope to be able to start contributing again in a substantive manner. - -- Salome 00:08, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Well now isn't that a sight for sore eyes. Welcome back! G R E E N E R 03:55, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

hey Greener, long time no see. Hopefully Ill see you about alot soon. :) - -- Salome 00:12, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

"I personally am open to us gorwing"

You have 63 edits total on this wiki, over the last 12 years. It's completely disingenuous for you to act like you have a finger on the pulse of the community. horrible | contribs 03:04, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Wtf horrible. There is no minimum number of contributions required to voice an opinion on the state of the wiki or community. We encourage participation from everyone, new and old editors alike. --BuffsEverywhere (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Isn't this the exact stance you don't want to see on the wiki, Horrible? —Kvothe (talk) 08:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Going by your logic, you're one to talk, Horrible. 3k edits in the span of roughly eleven years? That's more edits than some of our current admins have, but still not really impressive and doesn't exactly make you the heart of the community either.

But I digress. Sorry for hijacking your page, Salome. I found your replies on the community portal to be very sensible and I thank you for participating in this delicate matter. talk 09:12, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you everybody.

In response to you Horrible; You had issue's with my inactivity so I have become more active, you now seem to have issues with my activity, because I fail to reach a threshold that you personally deem allows me an oppinion. I disagree with this stance, as wiki's encourage contribution from all, irrespective of past posting habits; however lets talk about assumptions and how you judging someone's right to contribute on a surface metric of edits, is a "bad take". Ex-human-rights lawyer here, my specialism and final thesis was on "Racism within the law, a comparitive study of reactionary terrorism legislation and it's disproportionate impact upon those from minority racial groups.", since then I have worked tirelessly in fields of equality and even with my change over to medicine, I'm currently working on a study looking into racial inequalities of health outcomes and what can be done to minimise these. I have devoted my life to the pursuit of equality for others (as I'm sure many other user's and contributors of the wiki have done also). Now I don't think any of this background grants me more inisght or more say on the matters were discussing, but for you to continually assume that due to lack of recent edits, I would be unable to understand that a community can always grow and be more embracing and reflective of people from diverse backgrounds; verges on the offensive. Maybe you need to reaccess those assumptions?

Frankly Horrible your grandstanding is becoming tiring, its also becoming less about BLM and much more about you personally. Which is really not the point of the BLM movement. You need to tone down your ego and engage with the converstion and the ideas being presented by other users and stop throwing your toys out of the pram, everytime someone disagrees with you.

You're not the only one who cares about racial equality and the BLM movement, not by a long shot - you are however the only person I've seen who is trying to focus his activism on a niche wiki and have since then been baselessly self-righteous, because you couldn't get it to jump immediately on the PR bus of spouting empty slogans, for free inclusivity points.

I think the people I've seen contribute to the debate thus far have really valid points... they have argued in favour of actual reassesment of ourselves and growth of the wiki atmosphere. That's exactly what it should be about; growth, listening, self-reflection, inclusion and evolution, to ensure that we're the most welcoming and fair place we could be, as frankly we should have been that anyway. So anyway we wish to develop that, if their are issues, is something I will get behind.

So maybe instead of trying to monitor who gets to have an oppinion Horrible, you could engage with the debate and discuss with your fellow contributors? As since the creation of the debate, you've not really been present in the discourse. You made one statement, then said something unfounded with no explanation to back it up and since than have somewhat absented yourself. Which all seems odd when you were so adamanant you wanted the debate to be had in the first place. So maybe refocus your attention back to that page and the actual discourse taking place there?

In closing, I dont mind you commenting the way you did to me, I've been around long enough that it doesn't phase me. However if I see similar posts from you on any new peoples talk pages, who happen to have an oppinion; where you attempt to discourage debate from them or contribution from them based on edit numbers... then their will be an issue. As it runs opposite to the very foundation of the wiki itself, a free place for people to contribute and engage, in good faith.

Anyway take care everyone and stay safe. -- Salome 11:14, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Honestly Salome, I'm not going to read that. If you want people to read what you say, I suggest you get a spell checker, and don't write giant walls of text. horrible | contribs 11:32, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Well I'm Dyslexic, so my apologies. It seems equality only matters to you, when it suits. As for your unwillingness to engage with what I said... well that's frankly no surprise. -- Salome 11:41, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

That's a bullshit personal attack just to call me ableist and you know it. Being dyslexic does not prevent you from using a spellchecker. horrible | contribs 11:48, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

You're making assumptions on people you dont know, and then attacking them for it. I've had to deal with dyslexia my whole life, its a part of who i am and my lived experience and frankly their are times when I just can't be bothered going through all the words again to make sure they're okay.... but sure if you feel it's up to you to tell me what I should be doing, to make my disability more managable for you;. sure rock on. That doesnt sound abelist at all. Anyway, we're done here. I'm not really up for a nifty chat about how you think I should manage my dyslexia. -- Salome 11:54, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

It wasn't an attack. Giant walls of text are hard enough to read in the best circumstances, and spelling errors only make them harder. My browser has a built in spell-check which highlights misspelled words; I make liberal use of it. I would suggest you look into swapping to one that also has one. Oh, and also - "You're making assumptions on people you dont know" - check the mirror. horrible | contribs 12:12, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

With all due respect... how I choose to engage with my disability, is frankly my own concern. I haven't asked for your input on it. The first comment from you, may have just been you not knowing. Since then however, you have been informed I'm dyslexic and that I dont want advice on how you think I should manage it, to better suit your reading. Yet you have persisted; you are well within the realms of abelism now. Also the minor typos that exist within my text above, don't prevent reading or comprehension in the main. If you have an issue with that, thats for you to solve... but feel free to stop telling other's how they should adapt and correct their disability, for your convenience. As I said before, we're done here. If I want advice on coping and adaptive mechanisms for my Dyslexia, I'll ask. -- Salome 12:23, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

In Salome's defense here, I did just read the wall of text and I have an information processing disorder that often prevents me from comprehensively reading a piece of text... but not this time. I did not notice the spelling errors (which is something I do normally fall on hard), and I think Salome's points clearly show he is knowledgeable about the subject, and also intelligent and respectful in the conversation. The personal attacks are incredibly unfair here. ~ Sanna 12:30, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Just a friendly reminder that straying off-topic and finding fault with minor things and/or criticising an individual for something they have no control over is not how proper discussions work. Focus on the topic, or don't engage in a discussion. So let's please take a couple of steps back here. Also, be warned that if this further escalates, I'll have no other choice but to act by giving out time-outs. This is directed at you, Horrible. talk 12:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Your ability to comprehend something has no bearing on my ability to comprehend something. That said, if you actually feel any of my comments here count as personal attacks, I suggest you put something on the Guild_Wars_2_Wiki:Admin_noticeboard. horrible | contribs 12:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

apology

I am [edit: sorry] for being ableist during our last encounter. My intentions aside, I see how my remarks came across as crass and inconsiderate at best, and bigotted and insulting when viewed in a less generous light. I do not wish you any ill will regarding your disability, and likely would not have connected the two if you hadn't said something. Naturally I would have preferred to apologize a week ago, but I was unfortunately unable to complete this message at that time. horrible | contribs 17:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Horrible, its fine and I'm happy to move on from it. The internet is an odd place and we all make inherent assumptions about people in th heat of the moment. It's honestly fine. I will say you seem to have accidentally missed the word "sorry" in your message but I miss out words accidentally all the time, so I understand and don't worry about it. I got what you meant. Have a nice day horrible and thanks for the apology. That takes alot to do and it is appreciated and respected. -- Salome 20:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

holy cow that's embarrassing. horrible | contribs 20:37, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

no worries, Honestly I do it all the time. :) -- Salome 20:41, 20 June 2020 (UTC)