Spekkio...

[GreenGannon]

Don't presume to tell me what my philosphy is. I'm sure I know it a helluva lot better than you do. The philosophy surrounding me applies only to message board posts. And if you claim that there isn't a difference between this and a school assignment then you're simply wrong. There is a world of difference.

[Burning Zeppelin]

OK, tell me. Your using a conglomeration of thoughts and putting it off as your own. I'd be using a conglomeration of thoughts, and using it as my own. Theres nothing wrong with using other peoples work. It just needs to be

quoted

so that people can know that YOU didn't say it. But so far, I haven't seen anything on the Wikipedia site that said otherwise...your philosophy still sucks

[GreenGannon]

Quoting from people and things outside of this very board can often get confusing and messy. I've been to plenty of topics that have gone to hell for that very reason. So on principle, I refuse to use the quote function unless I'm quoting a specific person on this specific board. End of story.

[Magus22]

This all started with shikigami and wikipedia. Wow So, about Spekkio . . . ?

Everyone was off to a good start and I was actually learning something. Any more ideas or imputs?

[GrayLensman]

Quoting from people and things outside of this very board can often get confusing and messy. I've been to plenty of topics that have gone to hell for that very reason. So on principle, I refuse to use the quote function unless I'm quoting a specific person on this specific board. End of story.

If you are going to copy text from another source, you should either put it in a quote box or quotation marks, and name the original source.  For example:

Etc. Etc.

Etc. Etc. (www.wikipedia.org)

"Etc. Etc." (www.wikipedia.org)

[Burning Zeppelin]

If you are going to copy text from another source, you should either put it in a quote box or quotation marks, and name the original source.  For example:

Etc. Etc.

Etc. Etc. (www.wikipedia.org)

"Etc. Etc." (www.wikipedia.org)

Bah! Thats what I've been saying! But I guess you ARE GrayLensman

Quoting from people and things outside of this very board can often get confusing and messy. I've been to plenty of topics that have gone to hell for that very reason. So on principle, I refuse to use the quote function unless I'm quoting a specific person on this specific board. End of story.

In the Compendium? Examples?

[GreenGannon]

Not in the Compendium, in other boards. I simply do not wish to repeat incidents here.

I will however, make a slight concession. I will add a link to Wikipedia in parenthesis at the end. Much as I hate to make any concession at all.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Um, you simply do wish or don't?

Eureka! My constant nagging finally made a presence.

For some reason, whenever I think of Spekkio, I get an idea of the Creator in the Discworld novels. As in, s/he was always there, always will be, will never die, and lives in nothingness. Just like Death, though Death can somehow die. For more information, read  the Science of Discworld.
EDIT: S/He also reminds me of the Old High Ones and the Auditors in the same novels. Oh, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_gods#The_Creator
EDIT 2: Sorry, not Science of Discworld (though there is no harm in reading it anyway), its in Faust Eric

[ChronoMagus]

For some reason your second link sends me to Microsoft.com....

[Chrono'99]

It sends me to LeMonde.fr (a French journal) o_o

[CyberSarkany]

Maybe because the link itself is wrong:
http://"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%28novel%29"
and it should be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%28novel%29
Donno why it sends you all somewhere different(maybe some kind of spyware? lol)

[Burning Zeppelin]

Oh right, the Eric one is screwed up. My bad. Though I wonder why it goes to Microsoft...

[AuraTwilight]

Some computers are set to go to Microsoft.com when a page isn't found. I have no idea why it took that one guy to that french journal. >_>; That's a big FTW right there.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Maybe because he lives in France

[GreenGannon]

"http://www.w3.org/" World Wide Web Consortium?