[WikiEN-l] Am I wasting my time?

Mon Jan 6 20:10:54 UTC 2003

Despite my reputation as a crabby old grouch (and me still in my 20s ... 
), I do try and be nice to new users.
But with Fwappler I've got to that hair-tearing point.
Take a look at these pages:

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3APluralis_Majestatis
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk%3AFwappler

This person seems to completely misunderstand ANY attempt an explaining. 
Axel has already picked out two of their contributions as possibly 
crank-science.
Am I wasting my time?

I mean, what ON EARTH do they mean by this exchange:

Me:
 > I removed "[[Phil Hartman|Bill McNeal]]" because it was a hidden link 
I dind't understand. The reader sees one name but is taken to another.

Fwappler:

    I understand now that if the reader "looks up" one name but is taken
    to another, then the distinction for instance between "[[Phil
    Hartman:acting as|Bill McNeal]]" and "[[time:portrayed
    by|duration]]" appears almost irretrievably concealed. Surely We
    wouldn't want /that/ -- thanks for the lesson.

gah???