tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post1575172539858602866..comments2024-01-08T18:04:52.198-08:00Comments on EVK4 SuperBlog: An Offense to the Good Name of SailingEVK4http://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-67431308598976160112007-09-15T11:18:00.000-07:002007-09-15T11:18:00.000-07:00This is war. Some dude at Wikipedantica is questio...This is war. Some dude at Wikipedantica is questioning Edward's authority? How dare they? His is one of the Top Ten Sailing Blogs on the planet. There was some authority somewhere that said so. That's the beauty of truthiness. If you can find it on the Internet it must be true.<BR/><BR/>I call upon all sailing bloggers to follow Litoralis's lead and to go and make subtle but subversive changes to every entry on Wikipedantica that has anything remotely to do with sailing.<BR/><BR/>Actually I kind of like the line in their sailing article about not putting anything in the head that "hasn't been digested at least once".Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-2149887243519229412007-09-13T12:59:00.000-07:002007-09-13T12:59:00.000-07:00Hey...that was my line ("Illustrates the allure of...Hey...that was my line ("Illustrates the allure of the romance of sail"). What I was trying to convey without writing it all out was that people are so attracted by the idea of sailing that they will choose to cruise on a ship that has ridiculous looking masts and sails, just to say that they have done it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-49335539398419778692007-09-13T11:15:00.000-07:002007-09-13T11:15:00.000-07:00"Illustrates the allure of the romance of sail"?Do..."Illustrates the allure of the romance of sail"?<BR/><BR/>Does an even better job of illustrating why major cruise ship companies should stick to illustrating the romance of ocean liners. Of course that...uh...thing is also a great illustration of how unromantic the modern ocean liners are, too. It's like the designers sat down & said "OK, how can we send people to sea without actually scaring them by making them feel like they are actually at sea?"<BR/><BR/>Although I do have to admit it's kinda cool watching the newest ones, with the bow thrusters, leave the cruise ship terminals. Look ma, no tugboats!bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-36811913704222013932007-09-13T10:16:00.000-07:002007-09-13T10:16:00.000-07:00Wait...aren't you a "recognized authority" on what...Wait...aren't you a "recognized authority" on what constitutes a sailing vessel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-23278281465451133842007-09-13T10:01:00.000-07:002007-09-13T10:01:00.000-07:00My deleted comments above should say:Well, this po...My deleted comments above should say:<BR/><BR/>Well, this post and litoralis' brilliance caused one of the moderators to edit the article and remove the picture. Power to the People!EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-55176151140313563022007-09-13T10:00:00.000-07:002007-09-13T10:00:00.000-07:00From Wikipedia Discussion:Okay. Here's the story.....From Wikipedia Discussion:<BR/>Okay. Here's the story... Someone got their panties in a wad and put up a post at blogspot about how the Club Med 2 is an offense to sailing. Someone else took it upon themselves to edit the caption and add a link to the blog post. I removed the picture and the caption thinking that was the easiest thing to do. Not good enough, evidently. The image and link are reposted with slightly different caption. I just removed the link. I think the blog post easily falls under WP:EL's description of "links to be avoided" for a variety of reasons. To cite one in particular: "Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority." -- Ben 14:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-3258997668724832652007-09-13T06:16:00.000-07:002007-09-13T06:16:00.000-07:00Wikipedia entry edited again to take into account ...Wikipedia entry edited again to take into account the comment above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-56035798470795245222007-09-13T05:07:00.000-07:002007-09-13T05:07:00.000-07:00What would I do? I would exhibit the tolerance of...What would I do? I would exhibit the tolerance of all things, no matter how repugnant, that San Francisco is famous for! I would embrace this ship as a fine example of maritime diversity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-45277058401631526732007-09-12T21:47:00.000-07:002007-09-12T21:47:00.000-07:00Too bad that does not work on other things as fast...Too bad that does not work on other things as fast...Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787377470200331937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-34454144522835419522007-09-12T19:06:00.001-07:002007-09-12T19:06:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-39784518419946842812007-09-12T19:06:00.000-07:002007-09-12T19:06:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-68453164679049582002007-09-12T14:23:00.000-07:002007-09-12T14:23:00.000-07:00Well done Litoralis. Wikiality is reality. Truthin...Well done Litoralis. Wikiality is reality. Truthiness rules.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-17947165403826429102007-09-12T14:02:00.000-07:002007-09-12T14:02:00.000-07:00Wait - someone just photo-shopped a series of mast...Wait - someone just photo-shopped a series of masts onto a Carnival Cruise Ship... right?!<BR/><BR/>What a trippy (and I agree, *infuriating!*) photo.<BR/><BR/>~Christy~Christy ~ Central Airhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642569076496175410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-75052196436585423922007-09-12T14:01:00.000-07:002007-09-12T14:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christy ~ Central Airhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642569076496175410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-82556438138968530302007-09-12T13:54:00.000-07:002007-09-12T13:54:00.000-07:00I also added a citation to this post.I also added a citation to this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-2615513688697910592007-09-12T13:52:00.000-07:002007-09-12T13:52:00.000-07:00Now that is Action. "it is not really a sailing v...Now that is Action. "it is not really a sailing vessel, but it does have sails". <BR/><BR/><B>BRILLIANT</B>EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-44231344292169942072007-09-12T13:50:00.000-07:002007-09-12T13:50:00.000-07:00I edited the Wikipedia entry.I edited the Wikipedia entry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-9522639195421494262007-09-12T12:22:00.000-07:002007-09-12T12:22:00.000-07:00What a monster!!What a monster!!Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925184667906937669noreply@blogger.com