User:Scott MacDonald

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Stubs created - still to work on: Cunninghame Graham Memorial

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My essays

• The BLP problem
• When to shoot an admiral
• Wikipedia:Borderline biographies
• Wikipedia:Don't Overlook Legal Threats
• Wikipedia:Otto Middleton (or why newspapers are dubious sources)

My poetry

• Tae a sysop

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  This user is an abusive admin! For the early closing of school AfD debates that would normally lead to long, contentious arguments, doomed to end with no consensus. --GraemeL ^(talk) 18:04, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
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  The 'Molotov Medal'. Hey, hasn't everybody got one of these?
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  Thanks for your contributions to the integrity of China Dpr 00:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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  A picture of a Dick on your talk page A Man In Black 23:26, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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  You are hereby appointed Witch Finder General. Unfortunately, the budget is rather tight and you need to supply your own matches for any burnings. Please read the instruction manual above before proceeding. (gifted by GraemeL)
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  The Surreal BarnstarFor redirecting DRV to User:Tony Sidaway. Avillia ^{(Avillia me!)} 17:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
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  For outstanding common sense and civility. Ben Aveling 21:59, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
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  For stepping up to {{sofixit}} by tracking down sources. Shimeru 04:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
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  User:Doc glasgow a shiny new resilient barnstar for his tireless work on incoming info-en-q messages. - jredmond

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  In light of the above [Barbara Bauer], this would seem most appropriate.>Radiant< 13:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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  for blocking the IP address that was spamming the key! --

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  For always helping users, with great effect. Plus, you haven't had once since May (apparently :P) Rudget. 00:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
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  For helping Giano II and offering the best possible summary of a very dramatic sequence of ArbCom cases [1] Stifle 09:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
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  The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For kindly cleaning up the article

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  The Upholder of the Wiki : I've been waiting since August of '06 to return the favor. I wont provide dif's, I've just watched your comments. Kudos, and hats off. SynergeticMaggot 04:26, 15 March 2008
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  For acting with sanity when others failed to[2].

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  For a really brilliant rejoinder on the mailing list. A true belly laugh. Durova^Charge! 18:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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  Awarded to Doc for his work in removing defamation and questionable BLPs from Wikipedia. Enigma^msg 06:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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  For making necessary Block when others wouldn't Weaponbb7 (talk) 22:01, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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  For being an exemplary administrator, and never losing sight of the big picture.Jayen466 18:00, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
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  WP:OTTO and the hope that improvement will come because of it The Resident Anthropologist

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  I, for one, think you made the right call. It takes some guts to stand up to the disruptive mob and tell them they are wrong.

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Take the test and record your score below.

1. I got 6.--Scott Mac (Doc) 23:29, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
2. 5. --MZMcBride (talk) 23:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
3. 6. And I'll have bad dreams about the Bono version. --Joopercoopers (talk) 00:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
4. 6 ... the Bono question was a sucker one, I think, because everyone (including me) presumably would go that's so bad it has to be Shatner... ++Lar: t/c 00:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
5. I got eight with the volume muted. Nine once you factor in the bonus point for being the creator of
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6. Seven. Misfired on the Blake question. Sceptre ^(talk) 18:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
7. 5. Who is or are Blake? The Leonard Cohen version is most beautiful because of his voice, but I prefer other songs such as Everybody Knows. The most consistently great writer of popular song still living. --TS 22:36, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
   • Giggled a bit the other day when I encountered this song in Watchmen. That is an alarmingly good film. --TS 16:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
   • More giggles: Stay the Hell Away from Halleluhah by the great Mitch Benn. --TS 17:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
8. 6. Missed the boyband question and the spoken word version. Not bad considering I've never heard of this song or any of its myriad recordings before, and was unfamiliar with about a third of the performers listed. Horologium (talk) 03:13, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
9. 5, ho hum.
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10. 6, got the 'by the original artist' wrong and one other I don't care about either... and Willie Nelson should be ashamed of himself.--Alf ^melmac 15:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
11. 7, nice!
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12. 6. Plus an extra point for seeing Cohen sing it in concert the other week. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:19, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

    I'd be more impressed had you seen Buckley sing it.--Scott Mac (Doc) 13:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

13. 5 -Samwisep86 (talk) 07:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
14. 6, but I guessed on a couple and happened to be right. GlassCobra 21:35, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
15. 4! - I'd heard of like 4-5 of those artists before. Luck + easy last helped.Lejman (talk) 09:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
16. 7 - Nice find! Except now I have to listen to I'm Your Fan again ;) ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 17:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
17. 5! But I must admit that one was just pure luck (I can take credit for Cohen, Buckley, Bono and Burke). -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
18. 5, with some luck because there were a number of artists I hadn't heard of. *Dan T.* (talk) 14:37, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
19. 6, and I am still kicking myself for not getting Bono. --Richhoncho (talk) 21:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
20. 1, not saying which one to avoid an inadvertent spoiler for those who stumbled upod the challenge here by chance. In this vein, I cannot count Bono since I glimpsed it here, but I probably wouldn't have recognised him either. Wow, am I bad. And I like the song. 78.34.164.53 (talk) 04:27, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
21. 5 Majorly talk 14:29, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
22. 6 Ok, it is amazing how kd lang and Bonnie Raitt sound the same. Kingturtle (talk) 20:39, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
23. 7 Can't tell "popular" operatic ensembles apart. – The Parting Glass 06:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
24. This user GOT A 2!!!! ResMar 22:44, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
25. 5 - messed up kd/Bonnie, popera, and Bono (I expected better of him).--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:24, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
    1. 5 -- missed the same questions, amusingly enough... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:25, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
26. 2; what a disaster! RebirthThom 22:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
27. 7 I am only familiar with the original Cohen version but got others through voice recognition or logic, and some luck. I discovered Leonard Cohen from "The Future" over end credits of Natural Born Killers and found his other works via Youtube. Thank heavens for YouTube and Wikipedia!
28. 6 -- Missed the "poperatic" and spoken word versions. P.S. Other than Buckley's and Imogen Heap's versions, I think most of the covers have been rather pointless, bringing nothing new to the song. Mike R (talk) 15:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
29. 1... –Juliancolton ^Talk · ^Review 15:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
30. 5 -- JocK (talk) 20:59, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
31. 6 – missing questions 2 famous son and 5 definitive version – I don't want to give the answer away to persons reading this before taking the test. Sswonk (talk) 23:19, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
32. 8--Full disclosure: I guessed correctly six times :) Tiderolls 20:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
33. 6--guess on all of them save the Willie Nelson/Bono one. Yar. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 12:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
34. 7 -- Just like someone before me, I can't tell "popular" operatic ensembles apart. BLAKE?!?!?!?! I was only familiar with the Jeff Buckley version, and they should have had a tie-in to his definitive song - Last Goodbye. Better than Hallelujah. Tim Sailor (talk) 20:59, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
35. 5

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