User talk:Angela

Welcome to my talk page. Archives can be found here.

Angela, I've read your talk page archives (at least number 24) after reading your analysis of vandalism. It seems to me that your name reflects your personality (that is, you seem an Angel to me). Anyway, this message is just to congratulate you for your work. I think that God should forgive you five years of Purgatory for every year you have spent as editor (I'm just joking). You have remarkable patience. Thanks for everything, specially Wikia. I hope you have a nice day: after reading your talk page, my day seems a better one.--Ciroa (talk) 03:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Angela. 09:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Template:Commonspar listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Commonspar. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Commonspar redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). MGA73 (talk) 20:56, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Ellen Gallagher

Hi Angela, I'm interested in making an article on Ellen Gallagher, similar in content to one for which you were the deleting administrator back in 2006. Is it alright if I make a new one? I'm still new to editing and would like to avoid the pitfalls that befell the old article, so if you happen to recall what led to the other articles deletion (or know where I can go to find out), please let me know. Thanks! --GogoW24 (talk) 16:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

The original article didn't say anything about why this person was notable. The only content was where she lived and attended college. Please look at the notability criteria and be sure this article can meet those. You will certainly need to provide third-party reliable sources. Angela (talk) 02:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks! --GogoW24 (talk) 04:03, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Collaborations redux

Hey Angela, if you're not too busy, can I ask you to recall whether the Collaboration (which became WP:ACID) ever linked directly to the main page? I can't find any. Am also proposing something for the mainpage to see if it brings in new editors. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:11, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

I think it was probably only ever on the Community portal, not the main page. Angela (talk) 02:26, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Angela, (my apologies for the second posting, dealing with some neatness issues)

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 04:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)