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Hi Ral!
On the recent Esperanza MFD (which was deleted successfully, BTW), you !voted delete, with the comment "Admin coaching isn't worth a keep (it's an RFA helper, not an adminship helper)". Admin coaching was one of the few programs which was not deleted.
Because I am an active admin coach, and because I would like to see this program be successful, I'm requesting feedback from you on ways in which Admin Coaching might improve. Your above comment indicates you believe admin coaching doesn't help a candidate learn about adminship (using the buttons, etc), just helps them during RFA.
Could you possibly take a look at some admin coaching sessions and point out potential problems that could be avoided in the future? For example, if there was something you specifically objected to, or something you felt should be added, we could address that, and improve the program. Here are some examples of Admin coaching sessions which I have participated in: My admin coaching page (June '06) Ginkgo100's coaching page (Oct '06), Exir's coaching page (Oct '06), Fabrib's coaching page (current). (Feel free to seek out others yourself; each admin coach has different techniques or ideas, and this may not be a representative sample).
Feel free to leave comments on my talk page or on the Admin coaching talk page. Best wishes and happy editing! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 22:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid that I don't have any more information than you do; all I did was pull the data off C.O.R.E. I'll try getting some more information from someone, but in the meantime, I would suggest contacting Mav, Danny, or the entire Fundraising Committee (fundcom, email list at fundcom-l
at wikimedia.org, I believe) for this. Thanks!
Flcelloguy (
A note?)
03:02, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey! It's been--a year!-- since I talked to you. =) Do you think that the link to Wikipedia:Esperanza on Talk:Esperanza is still necessary? Esperanza is officially inactive.-- Ed ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 03:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I sometimes notice typos and stuff in Signpost stories after publication, and have corrected a few in the past. I recently noticed that it is possible to watch Signpost stories developing if you read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom and follow the links there. I recently followed a link to here (nice pun in the title!) and spotted a missing 'were' here: "Even early in Esperanza's history, there worries about the organization's bureaucracy." I thought about correcting it there and then (always tempting on Wikipedia), but then decided to drop you this note instead. I know there can be a grey area between obvious typos and more subtle changes that you would want people to avoid, so I thought I'd raise the general etiquette question with you as well. Thanks. Carcharoth 13:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Just H 20:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I am Ral315 on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/ral315. Thanks. -- Ral315 ( talk) 06:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Out of interest, do you know of any other cases that have been dismissed for lack of evidence? I don't, but there may have been some before my time. David Mestel( Talk) 09:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Pi * 10 ^ 6 users, nice :) - Ravedave ( Adopt a State) 16:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
There are many unaccurate information in Saudi Arabia's page. Would you be willing to work with me in improving the page and stopping the vandalism? All what I need is an editor who can edit my writing to make sure there are no grammtical or stylistic erros. Arabiainfo 18:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Now I'm going to have to go find and revert all the removing that you've done. If you're going to depopulate the template, discuss it first. - Amarkov blah edits 04:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert. I thought it was odd I could even do that. Plus, I've got a touch of the ole' OCD when it comes to copy...and thumbtacks...it's a long story:). Nina Odell 05:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
The bylines on Signpost are a violation of WP:OWN as they are now without some kind of caveat. However, i'm not sure how to proceed now as I do not want to get into an edit war with you. I'm thinking of an RFC for the project, but i'd like to find some kind of middle ground with you before going that route. Just H 06:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Why would an RFC be a threat? For users, I can understand what you mean, but I do not understand why you would take it personally in terms of the Signpost -- I was under the impression that non-user RFCs were there to gather a broader consensus to make something better.
My apologies for not trying the talk pages first, I'm somewhat jaded with project space talk pages.
However, I can still not understand your logic on how article space is different from project space in terms of "ownership". If you pour a bottle of water into the ocean, how can you tell where the water from the bottle ends and the rest begins?
That's what a wiki is to me, at least from what i've seen at Wikipedia, and it appears that the Signpost is written in a wiki format rather how traditional newspaper articles are written -- it seems like it should be treated as such. Just H 07:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Since you seem like a main contributor to the Wikipedia Signpost, I thought I'd let you know I've left a comment at Talk:Wikipedia Signpost discussing my proposal for a new scheme at the paper.
Hope you like it, and I'd appreciate your input on it.
Cheers and regards,
Anthony
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14:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Don't be a dick.
Eh? *confused* -- Ed ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 23:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Which one is it? The header says "Next issue (January 8)", but the clock says "The deadline for story completion is Tuesday, 17:00 UTC (holiday schedule)" - Tuesday is January 9. Are we still going to be on "holiday schedule" for another week, or are we going back to the Monday timeframe? By the looks of things, you may have forgotten to update Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Time, but I'm not sure. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 00:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
For all your tireless work on editing the Wikipedia Signpost; for finding the time to write at least half the articles for it as well; for being supremely patient with writers (such as me) who don't meet their deadlines; and for managing, in addition to all this, to help write the encyclopedia. David Mestel( Talk) 22:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC) |
Thought it was time someone recognised you for all your work, and this barnstar seemed somehow appropriate ;) David Mestel( Talk) 22:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
You seem to have neglected to create the AfD page and give it an entry on the daily log. -- Trovatore 00:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes. Do you think I have snowball's chance in hell? David Mestel( Talk) 16:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Paul August ☎ 07:14, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315,
Have drafted the following in attempt to resolve the issues regarding content reuse. - http://www.bitshuffle.org/wikicast/Template:GFDL
I have no objections to GFDL on WikiCast, and as Signpost (text) is wholly GFDL already, it's not that difficult to seperate the relevant script page.
Any progress with Greentryst on planning?
ShakespeareFan00 12:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Kirill Lokshin 05:31, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral—you speedy-deleted this template, and I've just closed a TFD pertaining to it here, assuming that your speedy deletion was the final judgement. Because it has been deleted before, and was apparently recreated, you may want to consider salting it. Cheers, The ikiroid ( talk· desk· Advise me) 04:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Flcelloguy ( A note?) 04:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
1.How do you feel about getting the opportunity to serve on the ArbCom?
I am delighted and honored to have the trust of the community for this important position.
2.What do you think of the election? Do you think they were conducted properly? What could have been improved, in your opinion?
Overall I think the election was well run. I'm a little concerned about the small number of female candidates. I believe that there is one less female on ArbCom now.
3.What would you say to those who supported you? Opposed you?
I ask them to give me positive and negative feedback so I can do this job in a way that reflects the desire of the overall community.
4.What do you think of the other Wikipedians who were appointed along with you?
I'm just getting to know some of them for the first time. Having Wikipedian with a variety of different editing backgrounds and skills sets should serve the community well.
5.After about two weeks on the job, what are your initial thoughts?
The committee is dealing with some tough cases now. Overall I am pleased with the way the old and new members are working together to solve the community's concerns.
6.How active a role do you plan to take on ArbCom workshop pages, and in writing ArbCom decisions, a role that has historically been handled mostly by just a few individuals?
I plan to do my share of writing ArbCom decisions. I was familiar wilth many of the open cases from my work as a clerk, so I started voting on those first that already were written. In the past, I commented on Workshop pages and will continue to do so in the future.
7.What do you think are the strengths of the ArbCom? Weaknesses?
A strength is that the members of the committee all have the community's best interest in mind and take their work seriously. A weakness is that cases are slow to finish sometimes when there is very little left to do on the case.
8.If you could change anything, what would you change? Why?
Nothing so far. The new committee needs time to settle in before we make changes, I think. Having a clerk or ArbCom member keep watch on a case and more aggressively push it towards completion might be helpful.
9.Do you plan on finishing your term? If you had to make a choice right now, when your term expires, would you run for re-election? Why or why not?
Yes, I plan to finish my term. My term is for two years since I replaced Mindspillage making me more likely to run for re-election, I think. Otherwise, nothing has made me more or less likely to run again.
10.If there's one thing you could say to the Wikipedia community, what would you say, and why? Is there anything else you would like to mention?
I would like to reiterate my delight at being chosen by the the community and Jimbo. Also I encourage Wikipedians, especially females, to think ahead to the next ArbCom election. Familiarize yourself with the committee policies and assist with the current cases. Hopefully this will give the community a broad base of quality candidates to choose from next year.
All done. Take care, FloNight 16:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 23:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for 'correcting' your vote at Ryulong's RfA. I assumed it was a numbering error, but Gracenotes fixed it and Ryulong pointed out that you withdrew the vote. The only reason I can give for thinking that the numbering had been messed up is that the vote hadn't been struck through, which I thought was normal. I should have checked, and will do so next time I think there has been a mistake. In fact, I'll probably contact the !voter in question instead of rushing in to correct. Apologies again. Carcharoth 11:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Noimageforcd.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Alex valavanis 14:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I have listed this image for deletion as there is already a PNG image in use on many thousands of pages, including the album infobox. Thanks for contributing to the project and I hope you understand my decision. Alex valavanis 14:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, i added my user-name for the signpost but i haven't got any yet. Could you please help me for my subscription? Thanx in advance. Best wishes. E104421 10:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, I'm glad you liked the interview questions. Thanks! Flcelloguy ( A note?) 02:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Regarding this edit — why is that link spam? It seems pretty useful to me. Mikker (...) 05:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Ral315. It's sad that you make deletions to things for which you obviously have no knowledge in. I've already conversed with multiple moderators regarding All in the Family entries and you delete them anyways. Sad. Be careful, your edits regress Wikipedia for those topics unclear to you. -- Edlisataylor 04:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd have to dig for the exact context in which he said it, I was basically cribbing from my story of two years ago. If it was in a post to wikien-l, or an edit on Wikipedia, he may well not have specified exactly but still mostly had the English Wikipedia in mind. Supposing that projects are allowed to choose different courses of action on an issue, then Jimmy isn't always in the best position to know what's the best course of action for non-English projects, and it's particularly the English Wikipedia on which he has a special role to influence such things, regardless of office or title. -- Michael Snow 05:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that back in october you changed the attack pages guideline. I opened an RfC regarding the unintended consenquences of that change, and I'm interested in knowing what precident precipitated the change (or why). I hope we can get your input at the RfC I opened. Thanks! / Blaxthos 07:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I just spoke to Trodel about helping him to do ITN. This could help me write the Wikiproject Report. What do you think? -- Punk Boi 8 07:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
You asked for feedback, so here's some. I think having the full text of articles in the digest would encourage me to read more articles, but because emails don't have wikilinks, it discourages me from exploring further into the matter. Goes in one ear, gets a little bit of thought, then gets DELETED! Hmmm. — Jeremy Talk 10:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
You deleted Support Our Families saying it was a recreation of a deleted article. The only thing the same between what you deleted and the deleted article was the title support our families. What brought your attention to it and why did you delete it? Steve.fami.ly 07:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
If you would be willing to restore the listing I would be willing to remove the reference for which you accuse me of being promotional and rewrite the entire article appropriately - also, I wouldn't have a problem with working in a sandbox area on it until it met your standards - I don't know if you have this kind of a feature or not but it seems like it would be useful considering the headache I have had trying to contribute a valid political slogan in the main namespace. Thank you. Steve.fami.ly 17:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I started a new article for support our families and put it in the category political terms instead of political slogans. Could you paste the first paragraph of my last article (including references) to the bottom of this sandbox? I was thinking of using a couple of sentences from it as part of a history section. Thanks Steve.fami.ly 18:43, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
That wasn't the 1st addition of the clown entry, it looks like it was added once before [1] and stayed for *6* days! - Ravedave ( Adopt a State) 16:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of tools for static code analysis. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I don't think 10 minutes discussion was enough to delete the page! Cate | Talk 18:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm going through the images in the english wikinews, deleting all the badly sourced images, duplicates, etc. Is their a reason for this image, or can I change it to the svg version? Bawolff 02:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, Ral315. The problem continues, the last version was not posted to me. Could you please check this again? Thanx. E104421 20:55, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Just so you know, I'm happy to subscribe to your cleanup of the report. David Mestel( Talk) 15:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Just wondering but did you forget to delete the template as per Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#January 21. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism at Wikiality - suggest revert/protect. - JustinWick 04:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd suggest a protect from new user edits for this page too. Cornell Rockey 04:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
You protected a vandalized version. See first section heading. Noclip 04:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I've unprotected your usrpages that were cascading full protection to almost 100 pages, including ones having nothing do to with Colbert. I fully understand the need for emergency protections like this, but by now most of the pages needing protection have had explicit protections placed, and been properly tagged. — xaosflux Talk 06:15, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I thought your reporting on the recent Colbert issue as:
rather misleading. Regardless of the issue of whether or not that show caused an increase in vandalism, it should hardly be left unsaid that the show itself is clearly satirical (and regularly makes suggestions with no intent of people actually following them) — that falls far short of promoting "real vandalism" (I also think the term "real" is a bit of a stretch here). I know cleaning up after the latest brigade of vandals can be annoying, but any media attention also means genuine contributors will be drawn to Wikipedia, and find that it's not as susceptible to vandalism as all that.
RandomP 10:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Just curious; are we really removing subscribers who take a 3+ week break, as I just did? Or did I misinterpret your edit summary, thanks! Glen 11:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Ral!
On the recent Esperanza MFD (which was deleted successfully, BTW), you !voted delete, with the comment "Admin coaching isn't worth a keep (it's an RFA helper, not an adminship helper)". Admin coaching was one of the few programs which was not deleted.
Because I am an active admin coach, and because I would like to see this program be successful, I'm requesting feedback from you on ways in which Admin Coaching might improve. Your above comment indicates you believe admin coaching doesn't help a candidate learn about adminship (using the buttons, etc), just helps them during RFA.
Could you possibly take a look at some admin coaching sessions and point out potential problems that could be avoided in the future? For example, if there was something you specifically objected to, or something you felt should be added, we could address that, and improve the program. Here are some examples of Admin coaching sessions which I have participated in: My admin coaching page (June '06) Ginkgo100's coaching page (Oct '06), Exir's coaching page (Oct '06), Fabrib's coaching page (current). (Feel free to seek out others yourself; each admin coach has different techniques or ideas, and this may not be a representative sample).
Feel free to leave comments on my talk page or on the Admin coaching talk page. Best wishes and happy editing! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 22:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm afraid that I don't have any more information than you do; all I did was pull the data off C.O.R.E. I'll try getting some more information from someone, but in the meantime, I would suggest contacting Mav, Danny, or the entire Fundraising Committee (fundcom, email list at fundcom-l
at wikimedia.org, I believe) for this. Thanks!
Flcelloguy (
A note?)
03:02, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey! It's been--a year!-- since I talked to you. =) Do you think that the link to Wikipedia:Esperanza on Talk:Esperanza is still necessary? Esperanza is officially inactive.-- Ed ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 03:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I sometimes notice typos and stuff in Signpost stories after publication, and have corrected a few in the past. I recently noticed that it is possible to watch Signpost stories developing if you read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom and follow the links there. I recently followed a link to here (nice pun in the title!) and spotted a missing 'were' here: "Even early in Esperanza's history, there worries about the organization's bureaucracy." I thought about correcting it there and then (always tempting on Wikipedia), but then decided to drop you this note instead. I know there can be a grey area between obvious typos and more subtle changes that you would want people to avoid, so I thought I'd raise the general etiquette question with you as well. Thanks. Carcharoth 13:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. Just H 20:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I am Ral315 on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/ral315. Thanks. -- Ral315 ( talk) 06:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Out of interest, do you know of any other cases that have been dismissed for lack of evidence? I don't, but there may have been some before my time. David Mestel( Talk) 09:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Pi * 10 ^ 6 users, nice :) - Ravedave ( Adopt a State) 16:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
There are many unaccurate information in Saudi Arabia's page. Would you be willing to work with me in improving the page and stopping the vandalism? All what I need is an editor who can edit my writing to make sure there are no grammtical or stylistic erros. Arabiainfo 18:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Now I'm going to have to go find and revert all the removing that you've done. If you're going to depopulate the template, discuss it first. - Amarkov blah edits 04:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert. I thought it was odd I could even do that. Plus, I've got a touch of the ole' OCD when it comes to copy...and thumbtacks...it's a long story:). Nina Odell 05:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
The bylines on Signpost are a violation of WP:OWN as they are now without some kind of caveat. However, i'm not sure how to proceed now as I do not want to get into an edit war with you. I'm thinking of an RFC for the project, but i'd like to find some kind of middle ground with you before going that route. Just H 06:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Why would an RFC be a threat? For users, I can understand what you mean, but I do not understand why you would take it personally in terms of the Signpost -- I was under the impression that non-user RFCs were there to gather a broader consensus to make something better.
My apologies for not trying the talk pages first, I'm somewhat jaded with project space talk pages.
However, I can still not understand your logic on how article space is different from project space in terms of "ownership". If you pour a bottle of water into the ocean, how can you tell where the water from the bottle ends and the rest begins?
That's what a wiki is to me, at least from what i've seen at Wikipedia, and it appears that the Signpost is written in a wiki format rather how traditional newspaper articles are written -- it seems like it should be treated as such. Just H 07:00, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Since you seem like a main contributor to the Wikipedia Signpost, I thought I'd let you know I've left a comment at Talk:Wikipedia Signpost discussing my proposal for a new scheme at the paper.
Hope you like it, and I'd appreciate your input on it.
Cheers and regards,
Anthony
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14:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Don't be a dick.
Eh? *confused* -- Ed ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 23:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Which one is it? The header says "Next issue (January 8)", but the clock says "The deadline for story completion is Tuesday, 17:00 UTC (holiday schedule)" - Tuesday is January 9. Are we still going to be on "holiday schedule" for another week, or are we going back to the Monday timeframe? By the looks of things, you may have forgotten to update Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Time, but I'm not sure. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 00:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
For all your tireless work on editing the Wikipedia Signpost; for finding the time to write at least half the articles for it as well; for being supremely patient with writers (such as me) who don't meet their deadlines; and for managing, in addition to all this, to help write the encyclopedia. David Mestel( Talk) 22:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC) |
Thought it was time someone recognised you for all your work, and this barnstar seemed somehow appropriate ;) David Mestel( Talk) 22:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
You seem to have neglected to create the AfD page and give it an entry on the daily log. -- Trovatore 00:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes. Do you think I have snowball's chance in hell? David Mestel( Talk) 16:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 20:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Paul August ☎ 07:14, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315,
Have drafted the following in attempt to resolve the issues regarding content reuse. - http://www.bitshuffle.org/wikicast/Template:GFDL
I have no objections to GFDL on WikiCast, and as Signpost (text) is wholly GFDL already, it's not that difficult to seperate the relevant script page.
Any progress with Greentryst on planning?
ShakespeareFan00 12:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Kirill Lokshin 05:31, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral—you speedy-deleted this template, and I've just closed a TFD pertaining to it here, assuming that your speedy deletion was the final judgement. Because it has been deleted before, and was apparently recreated, you may want to consider salting it. Cheers, The ikiroid ( talk· desk· Advise me) 04:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Flcelloguy ( A note?) 04:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
1.How do you feel about getting the opportunity to serve on the ArbCom?
I am delighted and honored to have the trust of the community for this important position.
2.What do you think of the election? Do you think they were conducted properly? What could have been improved, in your opinion?
Overall I think the election was well run. I'm a little concerned about the small number of female candidates. I believe that there is one less female on ArbCom now.
3.What would you say to those who supported you? Opposed you?
I ask them to give me positive and negative feedback so I can do this job in a way that reflects the desire of the overall community.
4.What do you think of the other Wikipedians who were appointed along with you?
I'm just getting to know some of them for the first time. Having Wikipedian with a variety of different editing backgrounds and skills sets should serve the community well.
5.After about two weeks on the job, what are your initial thoughts?
The committee is dealing with some tough cases now. Overall I am pleased with the way the old and new members are working together to solve the community's concerns.
6.How active a role do you plan to take on ArbCom workshop pages, and in writing ArbCom decisions, a role that has historically been handled mostly by just a few individuals?
I plan to do my share of writing ArbCom decisions. I was familiar wilth many of the open cases from my work as a clerk, so I started voting on those first that already were written. In the past, I commented on Workshop pages and will continue to do so in the future.
7.What do you think are the strengths of the ArbCom? Weaknesses?
A strength is that the members of the committee all have the community's best interest in mind and take their work seriously. A weakness is that cases are slow to finish sometimes when there is very little left to do on the case.
8.If you could change anything, what would you change? Why?
Nothing so far. The new committee needs time to settle in before we make changes, I think. Having a clerk or ArbCom member keep watch on a case and more aggressively push it towards completion might be helpful.
9.Do you plan on finishing your term? If you had to make a choice right now, when your term expires, would you run for re-election? Why or why not?
Yes, I plan to finish my term. My term is for two years since I replaced Mindspillage making me more likely to run for re-election, I think. Otherwise, nothing has made me more or less likely to run again.
10.If there's one thing you could say to the Wikipedia community, what would you say, and why? Is there anything else you would like to mention?
I would like to reiterate my delight at being chosen by the the community and Jimbo. Also I encourage Wikipedians, especially females, to think ahead to the next ArbCom election. Familiarize yourself with the committee policies and assist with the current cases. Hopefully this will give the community a broad base of quality candidates to choose from next year.
All done. Take care, FloNight 16:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 23:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for 'correcting' your vote at Ryulong's RfA. I assumed it was a numbering error, but Gracenotes fixed it and Ryulong pointed out that you withdrew the vote. The only reason I can give for thinking that the numbering had been messed up is that the vote hadn't been struck through, which I thought was normal. I should have checked, and will do so next time I think there has been a mistake. In fact, I'll probably contact the !voter in question instead of rushing in to correct. Apologies again. Carcharoth 11:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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I have listed this image for deletion as there is already a PNG image in use on many thousands of pages, including the album infobox. Thanks for contributing to the project and I hope you understand my decision. Alex valavanis 14:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, i added my user-name for the signpost but i haven't got any yet. Could you please help me for my subscription? Thanx in advance. Best wishes. E104421 10:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, I'm glad you liked the interview questions. Thanks! Flcelloguy ( A note?) 02:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Regarding this edit — why is that link spam? It seems pretty useful to me. Mikker (...) 05:22, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Ral315. It's sad that you make deletions to things for which you obviously have no knowledge in. I've already conversed with multiple moderators regarding All in the Family entries and you delete them anyways. Sad. Be careful, your edits regress Wikipedia for those topics unclear to you. -- Edlisataylor 04:47, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd have to dig for the exact context in which he said it, I was basically cribbing from my story of two years ago. If it was in a post to wikien-l, or an edit on Wikipedia, he may well not have specified exactly but still mostly had the English Wikipedia in mind. Supposing that projects are allowed to choose different courses of action on an issue, then Jimmy isn't always in the best position to know what's the best course of action for non-English projects, and it's particularly the English Wikipedia on which he has a special role to influence such things, regardless of office or title. -- Michael Snow 05:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that back in october you changed the attack pages guideline. I opened an RfC regarding the unintended consenquences of that change, and I'm interested in knowing what precident precipitated the change (or why). I hope we can get your input at the RfC I opened. Thanks! / Blaxthos 07:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I just spoke to Trodel about helping him to do ITN. This could help me write the Wikiproject Report. What do you think? -- Punk Boi 8 07:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
You asked for feedback, so here's some. I think having the full text of articles in the digest would encourage me to read more articles, but because emails don't have wikilinks, it discourages me from exploring further into the matter. Goes in one ear, gets a little bit of thought, then gets DELETED! Hmmm. — Jeremy Talk 10:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
You deleted Support Our Families saying it was a recreation of a deleted article. The only thing the same between what you deleted and the deleted article was the title support our families. What brought your attention to it and why did you delete it? Steve.fami.ly 07:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
If you would be willing to restore the listing I would be willing to remove the reference for which you accuse me of being promotional and rewrite the entire article appropriately - also, I wouldn't have a problem with working in a sandbox area on it until it met your standards - I don't know if you have this kind of a feature or not but it seems like it would be useful considering the headache I have had trying to contribute a valid political slogan in the main namespace. Thank you. Steve.fami.ly 17:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I started a new article for support our families and put it in the category political terms instead of political slogans. Could you paste the first paragraph of my last article (including references) to the bottom of this sandbox? I was thinking of using a couple of sentences from it as part of a history section. Thanks Steve.fami.ly 18:43, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
That wasn't the 1st addition of the clown entry, it looks like it was added once before [1] and stayed for *6* days! - Ravedave ( Adopt a State) 16:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of tools for static code analysis. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I don't think 10 minutes discussion was enough to delete the page! Cate | Talk 18:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm going through the images in the english wikinews, deleting all the badly sourced images, duplicates, etc. Is their a reason for this image, or can I change it to the svg version? Bawolff 02:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, Ral315. The problem continues, the last version was not posted to me. Could you please check this again? Thanx. E104421 20:55, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Just so you know, I'm happy to subscribe to your cleanup of the report. David Mestel( Talk) 15:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Just wondering but did you forget to delete the template as per Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#January 21. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism at Wikiality - suggest revert/protect. - JustinWick 04:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd suggest a protect from new user edits for this page too. Cornell Rockey 04:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
You protected a vandalized version. See first section heading. Noclip 04:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I've unprotected your usrpages that were cascading full protection to almost 100 pages, including ones having nothing do to with Colbert. I fully understand the need for emergency protections like this, but by now most of the pages needing protection have had explicit protections placed, and been properly tagged. — xaosflux Talk 06:15, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I thought your reporting on the recent Colbert issue as:
rather misleading. Regardless of the issue of whether or not that show caused an increase in vandalism, it should hardly be left unsaid that the show itself is clearly satirical (and regularly makes suggestions with no intent of people actually following them) — that falls far short of promoting "real vandalism" (I also think the term "real" is a bit of a stretch here). I know cleaning up after the latest brigade of vandals can be annoying, but any media attention also means genuine contributors will be drawn to Wikipedia, and find that it's not as susceptible to vandalism as all that.
RandomP 10:29, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Just curious; are we really removing subscribers who take a 3+ week break, as I just did? Or did I misinterpret your edit summary, thanks! Glen 11:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)