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Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
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#4076: Mar 20th 2011 at 4:41:58 PM

I think I've already explained this, but I believe the DW is more or less unrelated.

I am not aiming for wild theories, solidly unexplainable phenomena and an apparent lack of willingness to rationalise. These are scientists. It is their job to come up with solid theories, research stuff and experiment.

There are real ghosts and then there are Ghost Pokemon. One is not the same as the other, just like how real ghosts are supernatural while Ghost Pokemon are... Pokemon. Easily studied (well, at least compared to real ghosts), with definitive proof of their existence and a similarity to how many other organisms in this world also called Pokemon which scientists have also studied extensively.

In fact, I think the reason why Ghost Pokemon have been named as such is because of their striking similarities to the ideas people have of the supernatural. But they aren't the same. Just like how Fire Pokemon aren't just flames and Water Pokemon aren't just liquids, Ghost Pokemon are not real ghosts.

What I want to try and convey is a struggle for scientists to understand a group of Pokemon that have been misunderstood for ages due to the very lack of rationality. And their progress, however little, of course.

This isn't definitive, of course, but I feel that writing the article in this manner makes it far more useful than outrightly saying Ghost Pokemon are supernatural and that we can't rationalise their existence. Not to mention how... contradictory that would be. I'm not saying that it is bad but there are a lot more complications if I were to go there.

edited 20th Mar '11 5:01:22 PM by Thrombin

TracerBullet Guess Who...? from A Dark and Rainy Alley Since: Jan, 2011
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#4077: Mar 20th 2011 at 5:04:56 PM

For anyone who's interested, we're currently having a lovely discussion on the chatroom.

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Blissey1 insert title here from a random Pokècenter Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
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#4078: Mar 20th 2011 at 5:15:51 PM

ya know, we should probably put the chat room name and everything in the OP.

edited 20th Mar '11 5:15:58 PM by Blissey1

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Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#4079: Mar 20th 2011 at 6:02:55 PM

I did... it's kinda far down, though.

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Assassin Resident Crazy from wait, where am I? Since: Jan, 2001
Resident Crazy
#4080: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:40:33 PM

I forgot about the etiquette of this place and I apologize. But I made several edits in the Porygon, Slowpoke, Abra, Aerodactyl and Snorlax lines, mainly pertaining to pictures (There were more but I deleted them because it came to my attention that they didn't meet criteria.) and added a bit of fluff to the Notable Biology section of the Porygon Line. If no one is ok with those edits, I will take them off and undo the edits.

Other than that I want to make a Bellsprout line entry, so if I'm allowed, I will get on that soon.

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4081: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:42:07 PM

I'm kind of unsure of whether it's okay or not to use official images. Part of me thinks it's fine, but the other part of me thinks it's stealing my job. tongue

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Neo_Crimson Your army sucks. from behind your lines. Since: Jan, 2001
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#4082: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:42:27 PM

Minor stuff is fine, and pictures are appreciated. Though you may want to consult with the original writer of the Porygon article if he's alright with the changes.

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Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#4083: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:46:07 PM

Go ahead and add Bellsprout to Dibs.

@Jane: We found a mention of the project on 420chan. The poster apparently thought the Giratina article was adorable. tongue

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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#4084: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:56:47 PM

[up] Perhaps you should add Dibs to the main page.

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Blissey1 insert title here from a random Pokècenter Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#4086: Mar 20th 2011 at 10:01:16 PM

[up] Indeed it is awesome.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Assassin Resident Crazy from wait, where am I? Since: Jan, 2001
Resident Crazy
#4087: Mar 21st 2011 at 3:26:21 AM

I'll also do Regigigas.

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Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
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#4088: Mar 21st 2011 at 5:30:05 AM

Tangent, how about a link to the dibs page? Preferably at the top of the post.

TracerBullet Guess Who...? from A Dark and Rainy Alley Since: Jan, 2011
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#4089: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:02:55 AM

^x2 IIRC, Neo Crimson had a near-finished article for that one, so you may want to talk with him a bit about doing Regigigas before writing anything. (Plus, he's the guy who did all of the other Regis, so you might want to check the other Regi articles for stylistic trends.)

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4090: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:07:49 AM

@Tangent: I'm tempted for a link to the post that mentioned us just so that I can read the exact words because I like doing that, but I have an aversion to websites named (number)chan.

edited 21st Mar '11 7:08:04 AM by CalamityJane

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TracerBullet Guess Who...? from A Dark and Rainy Alley Since: Jan, 2011
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#4091: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:12:11 AM

^ I put a copy of the posts on 420chan in the chatroom, so they'll be there if you look at the log for 3/21.

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4092: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:15:01 AM

... How do I search for Log 3/21? I don't have the chat log bookmarked.

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TracerBullet Guess Who...? from A Dark and Rainy Alley Since: Jan, 2011
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#4093: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:16:23 AM

http://tropi.us:7000/muc_log/salon.tropi.us/pok%C3%A9dex/110321

It pops up shortly after we start talking about Chars.

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4094: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:19:25 AM

Haha. I am so flattered they actually made special mention of the Giratina Article. I put a whoooooole lotta love into it.

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4095: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:34:08 AM

...

Okay, so after hearing that they liked the Giratina Article, I re-read it just because.

Then I realized Assassing deleted two paragraphs of the article and condensed it into one bloody sentence.

I was very mad.

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#4096: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:50:51 AM

Guidelines and regulations. We need them.

Also I am about ready with the first pass at the SWOT. How do I publish it? Post in the thread? Article? Send copies per IP-over-Pidgeot-carrier with QoS?

edited 21st Mar '11 7:51:19 AM by SilentReverence

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4097: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:52:43 AM

No clue. I'm still really mad that anyone thought that trading two paragraphs for one single sentence was a fair trade off.

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TracerBullet Guess Who...? from A Dark and Rainy Alley Since: Jan, 2011
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#4099: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:55:05 AM

^ Just put up whatever you've got, and put up any revisions that you decide are necessary.

^x2 To be fair, he did apologize a few pages back for tweaking the articles without discussion, and mentioned that there were some articles that he knew he tweaked that he forgot about.

edited 21st Mar '11 7:55:17 AM by TracerBullet

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CalamityJane from None of your business Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Robosexual
#4100: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:56:36 AM

I already put the two paragraphs back. But I'm still at a loss for how two paragraphs = one throwaway sentence. It pretty much took all of the meat out of the two paragraphs and just said "Giratina was grounded once, but now he isn't".

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