User talk:Markusbradley

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[edit] Forging Signatures

Josh,

Come on, dude... that is dangerously close to unethical. My entry was properly italicized and signed at the bottom. Forgery is the lowest of the low and helps your credibility none. /Blaxthos 00:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Um, if you have a problem with people signing your comments, then don't forget to sign them. -Markusbradley 00:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• do: Notice the signature at the bottom of the reply.
• don't: Overlook an entire post that contains inline distinctions between the original and the reply, and contains a proper signature at the end.

• do: Use proper language (the following unsigned comment was left by user [[USER:foo]]
• don't: Add information to a users post and attempt to make it look like it came from that user, instead of you.

Again, just a credibility issue. How low will you go? /Blaxthos 01:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Uh, you forgot to sign your comment that you left on the same indentation level as three other comments by three other people. So I signed it for you for clarity. I then went back and changed the sign to the official unsigned tag. I'm sorry if you think signing a comment you forgot to sign is "damaging to my credibility" and evidence of "how low I'll go," but you're seriously, seriously just blatantly overreacting at absolutely nothing here. -Markusbradley 01:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• do: Use proper channels to clarify your intent.
• don't: Attempt to remove evidence of your forgery. /Blaxthos 01:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Removing evidence of my "forgery" is re-signing your unsigned comment with the proper unsigned tag? Please see: Dealing with unsigned comments before spouting ridiculous accusations of "forgery." -Markusbradley 01:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Shoulda done that in the first place. Retroactively removing evidence of a wrongdoing after being called out doesn't make it look any less nefarious. /Blaxthos 02:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you absolutely insane or just incomprehensibly petty? I signed your unsigned comment the first time, I signed your unsigned comment the second time. I did no wrongdoing the first time, I just didn't use the official tag. I did no wrongdoing the second time. Consider also that the comment was yours -- I didn't make up a comment and sign it as yours, I just signed your own comment because you failed to do so. Please stop harassing me via talk pages, and learn the definition of 'nefarious.' -Markusbradley 02:29, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: ne·far·i·ous Pronunciation: ni-'fer-E-&s Function: adjective Etymology: Latin nefarius, from nefas crime, from ne- not + fas right, divine law; perhaps akin to Greek themis law. : flagrantly wicked or impious : EVIL

It certainly seems sketchy to duplicate someone's exact idiosyncratic signature (including my leading slash), as if you were attempting to make it appear genuine. Furthermore, as already stated, the signature was at the end of the completed post, not within every section (hence the distinction). I do believe editing in a manner designed to give the appearance of being from a different author, especially his signature, is shunned upon -- i don't know the exact policy, but i'd bet most people would say "tsk tsk." Even more shame for covering it up. That is definitely a credibility issue. /Blaxthos 02:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

You're absolutely right, Blaxthos, I was attempting to incorrectly attribute your own comment (that you said was yours) to you in the most shady way possible, completing this nefarious and unjust and heinous act by going back and being open about converting it to the proper format. It's not like wikipedia has edit histories and policies on unsigned comments, and it's not like attributing an unsigned comment you made to your own person is a trivial act. Nay, these are terrible atrocities worthy of filling up my talk page with ramble after ramble about what a horrible thing I've done: signing your unsigned comment. Thanks for forcing me to find the correct way to sign an unsigned comment, but seriously, you need to move on if this is the best you can do. -Markusbradley 02:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wow. Blaxthos is going NUTS! - JNighthawk 04:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the tip, and thanks to everybody who has had to clear up after me. Okay, and I promise to read the punctiation guide.KTo288 20:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)