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As to the issue itself, the reason I petitioned SOTO instead of you is that I believed you were simply offline at the moment (hence not having rectified the situation yet) and that T:SPOIL issues must be taken care of with all possible haste. In any case, I would urge you to post a reply saying you ''have'' performed the edit, if a similar situation presents itself some other time. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:56, July 28, 2020 (UTC) | As to the issue itself, the reason I petitioned SOTO instead of you is that I believed you were simply offline at the moment (hence not having rectified the situation yet) and that T:SPOIL issues must be taken care of with all possible haste. In any case, I would urge you to post a reply saying you ''have'' performed the edit, if a similar situation presents itself some other time. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:56, July 28, 2020 (UTC) | ||
: The dictionary comment was avowed hyperbole, and I believe you understood it as such. "Cute", on the other hand — what — can you imagine a politician taken to task about whether a particular, notoriously useless policy decision by a predecessor was a good idea, trying to argue that it was well-intentioned (albeit useless) by calling it "cute", with a straight face? Seriously? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:04, July 28, 2020 (UTC) | : The dictionary comment was avowed hyperbole, and I believe you understood it as such. "Cute", on the other hand — what — can you imagine a politician taken to task about whether a particular, notoriously useless policy decision by a predecessor was a good idea, trying to argue that it was well-intentioned (albeit useless) by calling it "cute", with a straight face? Seriously? --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:04, July 28, 2020 (UTC) | ||
::Without getting dragged back into the rest of it, "what in the name of sanity" is not questioning someone's sanity. It's similar to "what in heaven's name" or "what on earth". It's also used in [[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]. Consider it a topical bit of stylistic flair. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:06, July 28, 2020 (UTC) | |||