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Ok, so how do I go about this? Since Michael Snow thinks it's a good idea, I figure I'd like to give it a whirl. What I envision is not 'in the news' as much as passing references, like the Izzard saying he uses Wikipedia; the light mentions of Wikipedia that really aren't 'news' per se. Throwaway jokes in monologues, celebrities discussing using it on talk shows, radio hosts saying, 'Let's look that up on wikipedia,' when someone claims a fact (and actively looking it up on the air), syndicated columnists talking about it, etc. I see and hear about 2-3 of these a week, but I think it really needs about 5-6 to be full fledged, and that shouldn't actually be hard to gather.
As such, I'll start watching the tips line, but an announcement that the Signpost will be taking non-news media references would be helpful. If needed I can write it the blurb; I suspect a blurb would me most appropriate in 'News and Notes'? I can then submit the first article for it for the week after.
BTW, I did go to journalism school, and while I've since gone into web development, I have occasionally published news articles in smaller papers; I'm a coherent and clear writer. My editor used to say that I wasn't giving him anything to do, so if you're willing to go forward with this, hopefully it won't really add to your workload! -- Thespian 03:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've deleted various notices from BetacommandBot about fair use rationale. About nine months ago, I resized a number of album covers that were uploaded at extremely high resolution, and as such, have received many notices from this bot. I'm not responsible for any of the rationales on these pages. Any other administrators, feel free to delete them, fix them, whatever. Ral315 � 18:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've finished the Gracenotes' RfA story, and you can view it here. Since this is my first story, I'd like your opinion on how I can improve on it. Thanks! Sr 13 02:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I've got the biographies and Night Gyr covered (mostly done now), but I think I'll need to leave the Runcorn story for you to write. -- Michael Snow 01:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
For taking the time on my RfA, you're one of few who do. Cheers, Dfrg. msc 07:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding your article in the Signpost on admins desysopped for sockpuppeting, I believe that Konstable was desysopped voluntarily, albeit after the RfAr was filed. The current phrasing indicates that it was the ArbCom that voted to desysop him, which is not correct (although they did vote that he can't regain adminship without a new RfA). His activity was nowhere remotely near in the category of Henrygb or Runcorn, and it's not necessarily a foregoing conclusion that he would have been desysopped if he hadn't resigned (compare Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Deltabeignet). Regards, Newyorkbrad 08:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure that in the excellent tradition you have established of full presentation, the next issue will also mention the many issues of whether the removal was out of process, that GFDL did not apply to all the removed material, & other objections raised (I freely admit my own prejudice in all this, in opposition to the removal). Good job on the RfA.; DGG 22:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Just recently, Gracenotes' RfA closed as not succeeding because the bureaucrats didn't (and weren't likely to) reach consensus and Gracenotes himself withdrew. Should I make a follow-up story or update the current story? Sr 13 10:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a short article called 'Wikipedia Whispers' in this satirical British mag (no 1185) re the Giovanni di Stefano article. It is not however on the online version. Their email is strobes@private-eye.co.uk if you are curious. Ben MacDui (Talk) 19:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I read your request at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-04/From the editor. I'm not the greatest editor in the world, but I think I'd be able to help out with the Signpost in the area requested. Just tell me what to do, and I'll get to it if you would like. Thanks. Cool Blue talk to me 00:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I dabble around in writing... I've been working on a totally new article (which is happily sitting in an Open Office document, going absolutely nowhere at the moment) and usually do pretty good on essays and stuff. I really have no idea what I'm supposed to say... or where I'm going with this. Long story short, I can help out.
Hello. I saw that User:E isn't going to do the features and admins article for the Signpost. I have added a comment on the newsroom with a link to a draft I have created. Is it good enough to be used for this week's issue? Thank you. Yours truly, Eddie 16:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
No one has claimed that the poster from Warner Brothers means anything that isn't directly obvious. It says the rebellion begins, and the comments are related to the characters actions in the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. How did you construe this to be anarchistic? Libertycookies 00:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
I cannot be remotely objective in my editing of Libertycookies, so I need you to go over his most recent edits and ensure that they don't violate Wiki rules. At the very least, they are wandering off topic. He just made this edit to Talk:J. K. Rowling; a selective edit to remove discussion of his edits. I would consider this vandalism. Serendipodous 19:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I threw my back out last wednesday, and have barely been able to check email, let alone do the research to put the column together. I feel like a twit, but will have something for next week; I already know of a couple things that are in the works, though not when they'll be aired yet or I'd go with them. -- Thespian 16:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
How about features on new editors? I'd be happy to go first. Best username yet 10:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
My story's late. :( Hopefully we can put it in next week's issue? Sr 13 10:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I can give a hand with any necessary English <-> French translation. Just give me a shout if needs be. Circeus 20:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm a subscriber to the Signpost, but for some strange reason Ralbot didn't deliver it to me. Am I off the list (I didn't unsubscribe), so I don't know why that happened. Do you know why? Evilclown93 (talk) 23:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I was about to come here with the same question, but I saw that Ralbot didn't actually run this week. Is there some problem? - Amarkov moo! 23:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your editorial note in this week's Signpost: I'm prepared to translate interviews to and from Dutch, from German and from Afrikaans. Let me know if you need the help. Cows fly kites (Aecis) Rule/ Contributions 14:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello - we noticed in Signpost yesterday that you have an upcoming story about the rules and guidelines for the new WMF Board of Trustees election. I'd like to invite you (with the committee's support) to discuss these guidelines with Newyorkbrad, if you need any explanation or quotes from the committee. We appreciate that you're covering the election so well - you're doing a service to the community.
For the election committee, - Philippe | Talk 20:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I dont want the Signpost in my email box as it isnt a good format and I can access it easily from my user page. What I would love is a notification email of the latest Signpost without the content as I could then go to my user page and get it. I would have thought such a notification would be a good idea, SqueakBox 22:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Xpost: Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost#User information needs
re: this delivery
:... that'd be a desirable feature to have along with the fixed small template, as will alert one that the page is new content.
I'd suggest a bit less terseness elaborating user options by adding some prose below this table, but this at least makes plain the either-or option between the spamlist and template deliveries to readers, and also tidies up a page which was all but unreadable! (Someone must have been editing very late one night! The columns were on top of one another making weird sentences, indeed!)
Hi there. Re. the above RfA, is it not a little premature to assume DrKiernan has withdrawn given that, only yesterday, he stated, "Consequently, I would prefer to see this [RfA process] out to the end."? He hasn't officially stated that he has left - Alison ⺠03:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315, Thank you for your supportive comments at my RfA. Let me know if I can help or if I mess up with anything. Cheers. Shyamal 03:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
What would you like your image to be, sir? Thnaks, Meldshal 42 11:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I would be willing to translate all interviews of the candidates to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees into Portuguese. I just don't know where would be the appropriate place to make it available for users who speak Portuguese. I also don't know if I'm able to translate a lot of technical stuff, though I don't know if there is any technical content in the interviews. A.Z. 23:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315, I'm one of the admins over on Wikinews and we periodically run writing contests to encourage new contributors. I'm about to put 100 euro in as a prize for a new contest to start after the elections. Can we get coverage in the Signpost (and perhaps even Wikipedia's sitenotice)? This would be a great way for Wikipedia to drive contributors to a sister site. -- Brianmc 14:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315,
I'm an Australian research student who is writing her thesis about Wikipedia. The thesis is about virtual places and citizenship online, and the creation of communities.
As part of this I am interviewing Wikipedians about their thoughts and experiences while editing and user Wikipedia.
I'd love to interview you for my research, if you are amenable, and talk to you about your expriences on the Wikipedia Signpost. The interview would be conducted via email at your own time convenience.
Obviously, if you are interested using any aspects of the research project (which I've now been doing for 6 months) for the Signpost I'd be happy to help out :-)
If you are willing in being interviewed please say Hi on my talk page or send me an email and I can explain the project and what it involves in more details.
I hope to hear from you! Best, tamsin 02:16, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that you've done some major revisions to my stories. I know that my writing is mediocre at best (likely because a) writing isn't my best specialty and b) I'm not in high school yet); your cleanup make the stories much more clear and concise. Sr 13 08:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I saw your " From the editor" section on this week's issue of the Signpost. As a Puerto Rican, I am a native speaker of the Spanish language and would be honored to translate the interviews with the candidates for the Board of Trustees to said language. However, I will be on vacation until next Monday, so If you need the translations by that time, I probably won't be able to translate the interviews by next week's issue. I'm pretty good at the Spanish language, so I don't think it'll take me much time to make the translations (it's up to you). I saw the election page at meta (in Spanish), and I think I can do a better translation than the person(s) who wrote that one, as I found many mistakes. Please e-mail me or leave me a message on my talk page if you would like me to translate the interviews into Spanish. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, Eddie 17:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
P.S. If I can't do it, I can probably get another Puerto Rican user to do it.
Would you mind if I copied your questions to m:Board_elections/2007/Candidates/Jouster/questions? Or would you rather have a "scoop", insofar as it's practical in a Wiki medium? My preference would be to copy your questions and to answer them on the Meta page, so more eyes fall on them, but I'll abide by your wishes.
Thanks! Jouster ( whisper) 12:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Eddie contacted me and asked if I could do some translation work for the Signpost (English-Portuguese). I said yes, so just tell me what needs to be translated. Best regards, Hús ö nd 19:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was not sure of where I was supposed to put the template, so I created it at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/fr. Cheers! -- lucasbfr talk 21:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I see that you have just created Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2007-06/nl. Just to get things straight: you want me to translate everything that's already on there in Dutch? The section from "This week, the Signpost interviews ..." to "...Russian, Spanish, and Swedish", as well as the candidate profiles at Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Special/2007-06? Similar to what has already been done at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2007-06/fr? A ecis Brievenbus 22:46, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
When I tried to translate Ausir's candidate profile, I saw that it lead to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007, which has been translated to French at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/fr. Do you want me to translate it to Dutch at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/nl? A ecis Brievenbus 23:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I want to use your bot for an urgent sending of a Call 2 members request to people at Wikipedia:WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!, I am currently looking for a revival there, hope you help this thanks -- Andersmusician $ 00:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)-- Andersmusician $ 17:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
I made this yesterday – what do you think? :) + spebi ~ 04:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Re [1]. My first 3 questions were specific to the topic of foundation economics, and my intention was to write a draft article for WP:SIGN that was subject specific. If you're not including questions about ads, branding, and the business developer, can I continue to collect answers by making it clear that my questions aren't part of your SIGN candidate interviews? If so, there may be objections to my questions similar to that against the ideological user boxes, so I also plan to ask for comments on foundation-l before submitting the draft article to SIGN (and, if accepted, as a link from wikizine).
I'd also like to help create subject specific summaries based on your other interview answers for SIGN. -- Jeandr�, 2007-06-12 t19:12z
Here are my answers to your interview questions:
Regards, ^ demon [omg plz] 05:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thank you for doing the signpost. It's a great read and does a lot to lend cohesiveness to the community. Anchoress 17:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
i have edited my signpost's election candidate's profile, by fixing some links and typos as well as taking out a non-existing "position". the latter may have arisen as a misunderstanding due to my mentioning founding a commission: it is no official position however, nor has there ever been a chair for it in fact. thanks for your help and work on this! greetz, oscar 10:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral, What's the deadline for submitting my answers? --
kingboyk
10:59, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
1. Do you have any other usernames or pseudonyms?
2. What current or former user rights or positions do you have, and on which projects? (i.e. administrator, bureaucrat, arbitrator, developer, steward, board member, etc.)
3. Outside of Wikipedia, what do you do for a living?
4. What languages do you speak?
5. Why do you want to join the Board? What qualities do you feel you can bring to the Board?
6. About how much time do you think you'll put into the role?
7. Ideally, where do you see the Wikimedia Foundation in 5 years?
8. As a board member, how will you ensure a balance between openness and necessary privacy in board matters?
9. Recent discussion has centered around the Wikipedia and Wikimedia brands. How do you feel the Wikimedia brands should be used, or changed?
10. Wikimedia projects in developing nations are growing in popularity, but still lag far behind the more popular projects. What steps would you suggest to improve the quality, readership, and number of editors on smaller wikis?
11. What do you feel should be done to increase participation on non-Wikipedia projects?
12. As a board member, what strategies would you consider to raise money for the Foundation?
13. What else do you want to say to voters? (This is a good place to answer a question specific to your candidacy that you think should be answered)
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Ok, so how do I go about this? Since Michael Snow thinks it's a good idea, I figure I'd like to give it a whirl. What I envision is not 'in the news' as much as passing references, like the Izzard saying he uses Wikipedia; the light mentions of Wikipedia that really aren't 'news' per se. Throwaway jokes in monologues, celebrities discussing using it on talk shows, radio hosts saying, 'Let's look that up on wikipedia,' when someone claims a fact (and actively looking it up on the air), syndicated columnists talking about it, etc. I see and hear about 2-3 of these a week, but I think it really needs about 5-6 to be full fledged, and that shouldn't actually be hard to gather.
As such, I'll start watching the tips line, but an announcement that the Signpost will be taking non-news media references would be helpful. If needed I can write it the blurb; I suspect a blurb would me most appropriate in 'News and Notes'? I can then submit the first article for it for the week after.
BTW, I did go to journalism school, and while I've since gone into web development, I have occasionally published news articles in smaller papers; I'm a coherent and clear writer. My editor used to say that I wasn't giving him anything to do, so if you're willing to go forward with this, hopefully it won't really add to your workload! -- Thespian 03:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've deleted various notices from BetacommandBot about fair use rationale. About nine months ago, I resized a number of album covers that were uploaded at extremely high resolution, and as such, have received many notices from this bot. I'm not responsible for any of the rationales on these pages. Any other administrators, feel free to delete them, fix them, whatever. Ral315 � 18:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I've finished the Gracenotes' RfA story, and you can view it here. Since this is my first story, I'd like your opinion on how I can improve on it. Thanks! Sr 13 02:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I've got the biographies and Night Gyr covered (mostly done now), but I think I'll need to leave the Runcorn story for you to write. -- Michael Snow 01:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
For taking the time on my RfA, you're one of few who do. Cheers, Dfrg. msc 07:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding your article in the Signpost on admins desysopped for sockpuppeting, I believe that Konstable was desysopped voluntarily, albeit after the RfAr was filed. The current phrasing indicates that it was the ArbCom that voted to desysop him, which is not correct (although they did vote that he can't regain adminship without a new RfA). His activity was nowhere remotely near in the category of Henrygb or Runcorn, and it's not necessarily a foregoing conclusion that he would have been desysopped if he hadn't resigned (compare Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Deltabeignet). Regards, Newyorkbrad 08:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure that in the excellent tradition you have established of full presentation, the next issue will also mention the many issues of whether the removal was out of process, that GFDL did not apply to all the removed material, & other objections raised (I freely admit my own prejudice in all this, in opposition to the removal). Good job on the RfA.; DGG 22:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Just recently, Gracenotes' RfA closed as not succeeding because the bureaucrats didn't (and weren't likely to) reach consensus and Gracenotes himself withdrew. Should I make a follow-up story or update the current story? Sr 13 10:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a short article called 'Wikipedia Whispers' in this satirical British mag (no 1185) re the Giovanni di Stefano article. It is not however on the online version. Their email is strobes@private-eye.co.uk if you are curious. Ben MacDui (Talk) 19:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I read your request at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-04/From the editor. I'm not the greatest editor in the world, but I think I'd be able to help out with the Signpost in the area requested. Just tell me what to do, and I'll get to it if you would like. Thanks. Cool Blue talk to me 00:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I dabble around in writing... I've been working on a totally new article (which is happily sitting in an Open Office document, going absolutely nowhere at the moment) and usually do pretty good on essays and stuff. I really have no idea what I'm supposed to say... or where I'm going with this. Long story short, I can help out.
Hello. I saw that User:E isn't going to do the features and admins article for the Signpost. I have added a comment on the newsroom with a link to a draft I have created. Is it good enough to be used for this week's issue? Thank you. Yours truly, Eddie 16:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
No one has claimed that the poster from Warner Brothers means anything that isn't directly obvious. It says the rebellion begins, and the comments are related to the characters actions in the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. How did you construe this to be anarchistic? Libertycookies 00:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
I cannot be remotely objective in my editing of Libertycookies, so I need you to go over his most recent edits and ensure that they don't violate Wiki rules. At the very least, they are wandering off topic. He just made this edit to Talk:J. K. Rowling; a selective edit to remove discussion of his edits. I would consider this vandalism. Serendipodous 19:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I threw my back out last wednesday, and have barely been able to check email, let alone do the research to put the column together. I feel like a twit, but will have something for next week; I already know of a couple things that are in the works, though not when they'll be aired yet or I'd go with them. -- Thespian 16:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
How about features on new editors? I'd be happy to go first. Best username yet 10:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
My story's late. :( Hopefully we can put it in next week's issue? Sr 13 10:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I can give a hand with any necessary English <-> French translation. Just give me a shout if needs be. Circeus 20:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm a subscriber to the Signpost, but for some strange reason Ralbot didn't deliver it to me. Am I off the list (I didn't unsubscribe), so I don't know why that happened. Do you know why? Evilclown93 (talk) 23:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
I was about to come here with the same question, but I saw that Ralbot didn't actually run this week. Is there some problem? - Amarkov moo! 23:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your editorial note in this week's Signpost: I'm prepared to translate interviews to and from Dutch, from German and from Afrikaans. Let me know if you need the help. Cows fly kites (Aecis) Rule/ Contributions 14:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello - we noticed in Signpost yesterday that you have an upcoming story about the rules and guidelines for the new WMF Board of Trustees election. I'd like to invite you (with the committee's support) to discuss these guidelines with Newyorkbrad, if you need any explanation or quotes from the committee. We appreciate that you're covering the election so well - you're doing a service to the community.
For the election committee, - Philippe | Talk 20:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I dont want the Signpost in my email box as it isnt a good format and I can access it easily from my user page. What I would love is a notification email of the latest Signpost without the content as I could then go to my user page and get it. I would have thought such a notification would be a good idea, SqueakBox 22:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Xpost: Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost#User information needs
re: this delivery
:... that'd be a desirable feature to have along with the fixed small template, as will alert one that the page is new content.
I'd suggest a bit less terseness elaborating user options by adding some prose below this table, but this at least makes plain the either-or option between the spamlist and template deliveries to readers, and also tidies up a page which was all but unreadable! (Someone must have been editing very late one night! The columns were on top of one another making weird sentences, indeed!)
Hi there. Re. the above RfA, is it not a little premature to assume DrKiernan has withdrawn given that, only yesterday, he stated, "Consequently, I would prefer to see this [RfA process] out to the end."? He hasn't officially stated that he has left - Alison ⺠03:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315, Thank you for your supportive comments at my RfA. Let me know if I can help or if I mess up with anything. Cheers. Shyamal 03:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
What would you like your image to be, sir? Thnaks, Meldshal 42 11:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I would be willing to translate all interviews of the candidates to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees into Portuguese. I just don't know where would be the appropriate place to make it available for users who speak Portuguese. I also don't know if I'm able to translate a lot of technical stuff, though I don't know if there is any technical content in the interviews. A.Z. 23:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315, I'm one of the admins over on Wikinews and we periodically run writing contests to encourage new contributors. I'm about to put 100 euro in as a prize for a new contest to start after the elections. Can we get coverage in the Signpost (and perhaps even Wikipedia's sitenotice)? This would be a great way for Wikipedia to drive contributors to a sister site. -- Brianmc 14:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral315,
I'm an Australian research student who is writing her thesis about Wikipedia. The thesis is about virtual places and citizenship online, and the creation of communities.
As part of this I am interviewing Wikipedians about their thoughts and experiences while editing and user Wikipedia.
I'd love to interview you for my research, if you are amenable, and talk to you about your expriences on the Wikipedia Signpost. The interview would be conducted via email at your own time convenience.
Obviously, if you are interested using any aspects of the research project (which I've now been doing for 6 months) for the Signpost I'd be happy to help out :-)
If you are willing in being interviewed please say Hi on my talk page or send me an email and I can explain the project and what it involves in more details.
I hope to hear from you! Best, tamsin 02:16, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that you've done some major revisions to my stories. I know that my writing is mediocre at best (likely because a) writing isn't my best specialty and b) I'm not in high school yet); your cleanup make the stories much more clear and concise. Sr 13 08:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I saw your " From the editor" section on this week's issue of the Signpost. As a Puerto Rican, I am a native speaker of the Spanish language and would be honored to translate the interviews with the candidates for the Board of Trustees to said language. However, I will be on vacation until next Monday, so If you need the translations by that time, I probably won't be able to translate the interviews by next week's issue. I'm pretty good at the Spanish language, so I don't think it'll take me much time to make the translations (it's up to you). I saw the election page at meta (in Spanish), and I think I can do a better translation than the person(s) who wrote that one, as I found many mistakes. Please e-mail me or leave me a message on my talk page if you would like me to translate the interviews into Spanish. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, Eddie 17:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
P.S. If I can't do it, I can probably get another Puerto Rican user to do it.
Would you mind if I copied your questions to m:Board_elections/2007/Candidates/Jouster/questions? Or would you rather have a "scoop", insofar as it's practical in a Wiki medium? My preference would be to copy your questions and to answer them on the Meta page, so more eyes fall on them, but I'll abide by your wishes.
Thanks! Jouster ( whisper) 12:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Eddie contacted me and asked if I could do some translation work for the Signpost (English-Portuguese). I said yes, so just tell me what needs to be translated. Best regards, Hús ö nd 19:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was not sure of where I was supposed to put the template, so I created it at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/fr. Cheers! -- lucasbfr talk 21:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I see that you have just created Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2007-06/nl. Just to get things straight: you want me to translate everything that's already on there in Dutch? The section from "This week, the Signpost interviews ..." to "...Russian, Spanish, and Swedish", as well as the candidate profiles at Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Special/2007-06? Similar to what has already been done at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2007-06/fr? A ecis Brievenbus 22:46, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
When I tried to translate Ausir's candidate profile, I saw that it lead to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007, which has been translated to French at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/fr. Do you want me to translate it to Dutch at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Board 2007/nl? A ecis Brievenbus 23:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:46, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I want to use your bot for an urgent sending of a Call 2 members request to people at Wikipedia:WikiProject Yu-Gi-Oh!, I am currently looking for a revival there, hope you help this thanks -- Andersmusician $ 00:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)-- Andersmusician $ 17:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
I made this yesterday – what do you think? :) + spebi ~ 04:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Re [1]. My first 3 questions were specific to the topic of foundation economics, and my intention was to write a draft article for WP:SIGN that was subject specific. If you're not including questions about ads, branding, and the business developer, can I continue to collect answers by making it clear that my questions aren't part of your SIGN candidate interviews? If so, there may be objections to my questions similar to that against the ideological user boxes, so I also plan to ask for comments on foundation-l before submitting the draft article to SIGN (and, if accepted, as a link from wikizine).
I'd also like to help create subject specific summaries based on your other interview answers for SIGN. -- Jeandr�, 2007-06-12 t19:12z
Here are my answers to your interview questions:
Regards, ^ demon [omg plz] 05:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thank you for doing the signpost. It's a great read and does a lot to lend cohesiveness to the community. Anchoress 17:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
i have edited my signpost's election candidate's profile, by fixing some links and typos as well as taking out a non-existing "position". the latter may have arisen as a misunderstanding due to my mentioning founding a commission: it is no official position however, nor has there ever been a chair for it in fact. thanks for your help and work on this! greetz, oscar 10:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ral, What's the deadline for submitting my answers? --
kingboyk
10:59, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
1. Do you have any other usernames or pseudonyms?
2. What current or former user rights or positions do you have, and on which projects? (i.e. administrator, bureaucrat, arbitrator, developer, steward, board member, etc.)
3. Outside of Wikipedia, what do you do for a living?
4. What languages do you speak?
5. Why do you want to join the Board? What qualities do you feel you can bring to the Board?
6. About how much time do you think you'll put into the role?
7. Ideally, where do you see the Wikimedia Foundation in 5 years?
8. As a board member, how will you ensure a balance between openness and necessary privacy in board matters?
9. Recent discussion has centered around the Wikipedia and Wikimedia brands. How do you feel the Wikimedia brands should be used, or changed?
10. Wikimedia projects in developing nations are growing in popularity, but still lag far behind the more popular projects. What steps would you suggest to improve the quality, readership, and number of editors on smaller wikis?
11. What do you feel should be done to increase participation on non-Wikipedia projects?
12. As a board member, what strategies would you consider to raise money for the Foundation?
13. What else do you want to say to voters? (This is a good place to answer a question specific to your candidacy that you think should be answered)