No problem. I'm glad if it was helpful. :) Regarding adopting pages, in the sense that the adoption policy is described, it seems harmless and useful. Nurturing a page, committing to doing research & even watching out for vandalism are good ideas in my opinion as long as users remember that articles can't be owned, as you note, and don't obstruct other editors from contributing. As far as Template:Maintained is concerned, the template has been contested before ( in 2005 and in March of this year), and though it has survived both times it's obviously not universally appreciated. When people have questions about an article, they tend to leave them on the talk page. If you're watching it, you'll see them. :) That said, as long as you follow the guidelines at the template page, you're well within policy. The current wording seems much more clear than some earlier versions. And, as you can see at Category:Maintained articles, there are quite a few articles that do carry the template. -- Moonriddengirl 00:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I've received your note and am checking over the policies. Though an administrator, I have never been personally involved with a sock puppet. :) Let's see if we can puzzle this out together. If not, I'll find someone with more experience in this area to help you out. -- Moonriddengirl 19:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
See [1]. There are appropriate warnings that you can give users (starts at uw-vandalism1, and progresses with each vandalism edit). Once a user vandalizes after receiving a uw-vandalism3 or uw-vandalism 4 warning, you can report the user to AIV. I suggest you check out TWINKLE. It's really useful for vandal-fighters. Hope that helps, Nishkid64 ( talk) 04:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
On the Kalahari Meerkat Project article, what do you mean references are needed on "*here*"? They are in the article in the fomr of links, which is where you are supposed to get them...right? Cruise meerkat 06:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't very familiar with deletions at the time, though I'm still not sure if it qualifies. You may want to ask the person who removed the tag why they did so. It may require an AFD discussion. Richard001 07:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Looking into it. Be right back. :) -- Moonriddengirl 02:38, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
The WP:POKER is discussing what we believe constitutes notability for poker players. We have a proposal on our talk page, if you'd like to chime in, please do so here. Balloonman ( talk) 10:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
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~ Kvng ( talk) 15:53, 14 February 2019 (UTC)No problem. I'm glad if it was helpful. :) Regarding adopting pages, in the sense that the adoption policy is described, it seems harmless and useful. Nurturing a page, committing to doing research & even watching out for vandalism are good ideas in my opinion as long as users remember that articles can't be owned, as you note, and don't obstruct other editors from contributing. As far as Template:Maintained is concerned, the template has been contested before ( in 2005 and in March of this year), and though it has survived both times it's obviously not universally appreciated. When people have questions about an article, they tend to leave them on the talk page. If you're watching it, you'll see them. :) That said, as long as you follow the guidelines at the template page, you're well within policy. The current wording seems much more clear than some earlier versions. And, as you can see at Category:Maintained articles, there are quite a few articles that do carry the template. -- Moonriddengirl 00:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I've received your note and am checking over the policies. Though an administrator, I have never been personally involved with a sock puppet. :) Let's see if we can puzzle this out together. If not, I'll find someone with more experience in this area to help you out. -- Moonriddengirl 19:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
See [1]. There are appropriate warnings that you can give users (starts at uw-vandalism1, and progresses with each vandalism edit). Once a user vandalizes after receiving a uw-vandalism3 or uw-vandalism 4 warning, you can report the user to AIV. I suggest you check out TWINKLE. It's really useful for vandal-fighters. Hope that helps, Nishkid64 ( talk) 04:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
On the Kalahari Meerkat Project article, what do you mean references are needed on "*here*"? They are in the article in the fomr of links, which is where you are supposed to get them...right? Cruise meerkat 06:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't very familiar with deletions at the time, though I'm still not sure if it qualifies. You may want to ask the person who removed the tag why they did so. It may require an AFD discussion. Richard001 07:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Looking into it. Be right back. :) -- Moonriddengirl 02:38, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
The WP:POKER is discussing what we believe constitutes notability for poker players. We have a proposal on our talk page, if you'd like to chime in, please do so here. Balloonman ( talk) 10:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
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