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Courcelles (
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Hello, TommyBoy! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page
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Greetings. I noticed that you are one of the members of WikiProject United States Government that are still active so I wanted to ask you a question. It appears that this project is mostly inactive aside from what the members might be doing independently. I was considering suggesting that this project be pulled in under
WikiProject United States and wanted to solicit comments from some of this projects members before doing so. As with Washington DC and the others the project would for the most part maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects. What do you think about this? --
Kumioko (
talk) 23:54, 24 March 2011 (UTC)reply
Email
Hi,
Can you enable email on your account? I'd like to check something with you on a wiki matter if that's ok. Thanks!
FT2(
Talk |
email) 17:05, 21 May 2011 (UTC)reply
It's under "my preferences" (or at
Special:Preferences) - under "user profile", enter an email address, check the box marked "Enable e-mail from other users" and confirm the email address is valid when you receive the confirmation link from the email handler. Something you posted a while back that I thought I'd ask about. Not specifically edit related. Thanks :)
FT2(
Talk |
email) 15:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC)reply
I was thinking of
this or
this if they're still relevant. If it is, then feel free to drop me an email or note. (Incidentally you'd need to either confirm your email or check the box allowing emails from other users, before it works).
FT2(
Talk |
email) 17:56, 23 May 2011 (UTC)reply
Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject US Presidents
Greetings, It was recently suggested that
WikiProject US Presidents might be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by
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Kumioko (
talk) 02:47, 21 June 2011 (UTC)reply
Autopatrolled
Hi TommyBoy, just wanted to let you know that I have
added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on
new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see
Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing!
ItsZippy(
talk •
contributions) 21:25, 27 May 2012 (UTC)reply
Time for a mop?
Hey TommyBoy, why has no one nominated you for adminship yet?
Kaldari (
talk) 06:37, 26 October 2012 (UTC)reply
Haven't forgotten, just waiting for
the drama to die down a bit.
Kaldari (
talk) 04:00, 30 October 2012 (UTC)reply
The time has come...
Kaldari would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then
contact Kaldari to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TommyBoy. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
Would you mind signing up for the edit stats pages as out lined
here) (ie create the page
User:TommyBoy/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content, it would assist others to evaluate you RfA. You can see mine
here. Thanks
Mtking (edits) 03:05, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Hope the RfA-wringer isn't too stressful yet. It's never a pretty sight in the administrator sausage factory :)
Kaldari (
talk) 06:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Questions
Would you please expand upon your answers? I think it's possible that your answers may be misrepresenting you. The one on consensus in particular. That said, just as the questions are optional, so to is this follow up request to expand and clarify. - jc37 20:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your comment, I am actually working on answering the questions right now. --
TommyBoy (
talk) 20:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Ok, thanks. I look forward to reading your revised/clarified responses. - jc37 00:53, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Actually, I answered your original questions, but if you have any additional questions, please don't hestitate to ask. --
TommyBoy (
talk) 00:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Nod, but what I asked above was whether you would please expand upon your answers. But as I said, this request is optional. - jc37 01:00, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congrats
Your
nomination is at 78% and is likely to pass. Please make sure you use the tools responsibly. –
BuickCenturyDriver 00:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
...or you could launch a reign of terror against all who dared oppose you. But no, probably what the guy said above is a better way to go.
Shawn in Montreal (
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Congratulations
The Tools
I've closed your RfA as succesful. Congratulations, and good luck with your new tools! Maxim(talk) 00:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
In my head (about your RfA%), I was like, please don't go below 75 please don't and hopefully it didn't. Congrats TommyBoy. TheSpecialUserTSU 01:06, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Good going! May wisdom accompany your tool usage.
Binksternet (
talk) 01:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Well done, dude! Thoroughly deserved after waiting such a long time. FishBarking? 02:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
My congrats also on your adminship. May the extra buttons serve you well, and thanks for all you have done for the project to date and in the future!
Jusdafax 02:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congrats! Welcome to the cabal team! We're going to need you to report to
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TP 13:33, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congratulations. Go forth and do good; I'm sure that you will. —
Hex(❝?!❞) 11:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Hi TommyBoy! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the
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talk) 22:53, 22 May 2013 (UTC)reply
Hi TommyBoy! As a
Steward I'm involved in the upcoming
unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see
m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at
your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on
Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to
ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —
DerHexer(Talk) 14:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Extended confirmed protection
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi TommyBoy.
A new user group,
New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at
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If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at
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TommyBoy, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Courts
I see that you have created articles with regard to the US and I was wondering if you could help out Finnish creating the rest of the state courts thanks
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Merchandise giveaway nomination
A token of thanks
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Hello, TommyBoy! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page
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Greetings. I noticed that you are one of the members of WikiProject United States Government that are still active so I wanted to ask you a question. It appears that this project is mostly inactive aside from what the members might be doing independently. I was considering suggesting that this project be pulled in under
WikiProject United States and wanted to solicit comments from some of this projects members before doing so. As with Washington DC and the others the project would for the most part maintain its own independence but I believe this would benefit both projects. What do you think about this? --
Kumioko (
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Email
Hi,
Can you enable email on your account? I'd like to check something with you on a wiki matter if that's ok. Thanks!
FT2(
Talk |
email) 17:05, 21 May 2011 (UTC)reply
It's under "my preferences" (or at
Special:Preferences) - under "user profile", enter an email address, check the box marked "Enable e-mail from other users" and confirm the email address is valid when you receive the confirmation link from the email handler. Something you posted a while back that I thought I'd ask about. Not specifically edit related. Thanks :)
FT2(
Talk |
email) 15:59, 22 May 2011 (UTC)reply
I was thinking of
this or
this if they're still relevant. If it is, then feel free to drop me an email or note. (Incidentally you'd need to either confirm your email or check the box allowing emails from other users, before it works).
FT2(
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email) 17:56, 23 May 2011 (UTC)reply
Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject US Presidents
Greetings, It was recently suggested that
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Autopatrolled
Hi TommyBoy, just wanted to let you know that I have
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new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see
Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing!
ItsZippy(
talk •
contributions) 21:25, 27 May 2012 (UTC)reply
Time for a mop?
Hey TommyBoy, why has no one nominated you for adminship yet?
Kaldari (
talk) 06:37, 26 October 2012 (UTC)reply
Haven't forgotten, just waiting for
the drama to die down a bit.
Kaldari (
talk) 04:00, 30 October 2012 (UTC)reply
The time has come...
Kaldari would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then
contact Kaldari to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TommyBoy. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
Would you mind signing up for the edit stats pages as out lined
here) (ie create the page
User:TommyBoy/EditCounterOptIn.js with any content, it would assist others to evaluate you RfA. You can see mine
here. Thanks
Mtking (edits) 03:05, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Hope the RfA-wringer isn't too stressful yet. It's never a pretty sight in the administrator sausage factory :)
Kaldari (
talk) 06:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Questions
Would you please expand upon your answers? I think it's possible that your answers may be misrepresenting you. The one on consensus in particular. That said, just as the questions are optional, so to is this follow up request to expand and clarify. - jc37 20:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your comment, I am actually working on answering the questions right now. --
TommyBoy (
talk) 20:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Ok, thanks. I look forward to reading your revised/clarified responses. - jc37 00:53, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Actually, I answered your original questions, but if you have any additional questions, please don't hestitate to ask. --
TommyBoy (
talk) 00:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Nod, but what I asked above was whether you would please expand upon your answers. But as I said, this request is optional. - jc37 01:00, 13 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congrats
Your
nomination is at 78% and is likely to pass. Please make sure you use the tools responsibly. –
BuickCenturyDriver 00:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
...or you could launch a reign of terror against all who dared oppose you. But no, probably what the guy said above is a better way to go.
Shawn in Montreal (
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Congratulations
The Tools
I've closed your RfA as succesful. Congratulations, and good luck with your new tools! Maxim(talk) 00:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
In my head (about your RfA%), I was like, please don't go below 75 please don't and hopefully it didn't. Congrats TommyBoy. TheSpecialUserTSU 01:06, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Good going! May wisdom accompany your tool usage.
Binksternet (
talk) 01:36, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Well done, dude! Thoroughly deserved after waiting such a long time. FishBarking? 02:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
My congrats also on your adminship. May the extra buttons serve you well, and thanks for all you have done for the project to date and in the future!
Jusdafax 02:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congrats! Welcome to the cabal team! We're going to need you to report to
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TP 13:33, 19 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Congratulations. Go forth and do good; I'm sure that you will. —
Hex(❝?!❞) 11:54, 20 November 2012 (UTC)reply
Hi TommyBoy! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the
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talk) 22:53, 22 May 2013 (UTC)reply
Hi TommyBoy! As a
Steward I'm involved in the upcoming
unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see
m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at
your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on
Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to
ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —
DerHexer(Talk) 14:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)reply
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi TommyBoy.
A new user group,
New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at
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It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available
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If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at
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TommyBoy, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Mojo Hand(
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Courts
I see that you have created articles with regard to the US and I was wondering if you could help out Finnish creating the rest of the state courts thanks
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This is a friendly notice about a proposal to have yearly based WikiProjects. You can find the proposal
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A
recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove
Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with
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Merchandise giveaway nomination
A token of thanks
Hi TommyBoy! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}}talk ~~~~~
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Hi there! I have been working on bringing articles on women astronauts up to featured status. My nomination of
Sally Ride is nearing closure at FAC, and the next cab off the rank is
Kathryn D. Sullivan. Since you are the next major contributor to the article still active, I was wondering if you would be interested in co-nominating it with me? I'm an experienced nominator, and will do all the work.
Hawkeye7(discuss) 20:19, 7 August 2022 (UTC)reply
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TommyBoy, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
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—Moops⋠
T⋡ 04:39, 2 January 2023 (UTC)reply
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The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Following
an RfC,
TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
A discussion at
WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for
dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.
The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in
XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of
XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.
Miscellaneous
Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of
Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available
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Following
a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
Following
several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
Following
a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
Following
a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.
Miscellaneous
The
Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in
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Following a
talk page discussion, the
Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have
notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
Arbitration
Following
a motion, the
Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
The Arbitration Committee has
announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023! The the top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki . Cast your votes
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Following a
motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were
enacted in June 2009.
An
RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
Technical news
Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (
T326065)
Arbitration
Following a
motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
Community feedback is
requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at
WP:AE.
A vote to ratify the charter for the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via
Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found
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Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the
Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes.
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The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (
T313405)
Arbitration
An
arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
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vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
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