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Wüst

Always good to have you aboard, Sluzzelin when I'm grappling with these texts in German. Especially as you saw fit to cite one Wüst as "quashing the White Rose" and another who "denounced...colleagues to the Gestapo" – the understanding that you reveal is uncommon, and greatly valued in a field that tends to attract the wrong kind of attention while being shunned by even generally sympathetic people. Thank you for what and how you contribute; it does matter. -- Deborahjay (talk) 20:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I can only repeat: Keep up the good fight. ---Sluzzelin talk 09:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Toys

Thanks! --Dweller (talk) 12:41, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Not just me

Thanks for the perfect illustration[1]. Didn't realise there was a queue! : ) Julia Rossi (talk) 10:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Reference Desk

The purpose of the reference desk is to educate users by answering questions with sensible answers that help the questioner. Deliberately misunderstanding the question and posting nonsense can be considered vandalism. I am certain that most questioners would not appreciate it if their questions were treated flippantly and responses consisted of nonsensical answers deliberately designed to confuse. Such responses do not encourage new questioners to use the service and indeed can have the effect of encouraging malicious users into also responding to genuine questions with false responses designed to deliberately confuse the questioner. This defeats the purpose of the reference desk. The contribution I removed does not help answer the question and only served to discourage anyone answering the question with a serious answer. As I am the person who asked the question I think I am in a reasonably good position in which to judge whether the response was helpful. I would appreciate it if you did not restore the comment again. If you want to be helpful research the answer to the question. If you don't want to be helpful please don't disrupt the page. Thank you. Jooler (talk) 14:40, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining your rationale. I commented at the reference desk talk page, but Zain said it better here than I could have. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)