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Thank You!

		The Featured Sound Main Page Proposal Voter Barnstar
		I was truly humbled by the overwhelming community support for the recent proposal to place featured sounds on the main page. The proposal closed on Tuesday with 57 people in support and only 2 in opposition. It should take a few weeks for everything to get coded and tested, and once that is done the community will be presented with a mock up to assess on aesthetic appeal. Finally, I invite all of you to participate in the featured sounds process itself. Whether you're a performer, an uploader, or just come across a sound file you find top quality, and that meets the featured sound criteria, you can nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Featured sounds is also looking for people to help assess candidates (also at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates.) Thanks again for such a strong showing of support, and I hope to see you at featured sounds in the future. Sven Manguard Wha? Adam Cuerden (talk) (X! · talk)

Getty Villa

I have expanded the lead and added a "Collections" section. User:Racepacket/Getty Please let me know if this is clear to post. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 05:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I have expanded User:Racepacket/WMATA with the first edit being a copy of the current page. Please let me know if this is clear to post. I appreciate your hard work. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

It turns out that the WMATA article links to the wrong Mary Hynes, so I have created User:Racepacket/Hynes. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:19, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Good catch. I did not see that one, and worked from a different source where I deleted "actively" and made some other changes. How about She represents Arlington on the ...."? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 23:24, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/ICC Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 22:59, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Red Line (Washington Metro) needs a sentence to say when construction started. I propose "Construction on the Red Line began with a ground breaking ceremony on December 9, 1969."

I have returned to the Getty Villa copying over today's version and editing it at User:Racepacket/Getty Please let me know if this is clear to post. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 21:50, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Waterways in the United Kingdom

When you have the time, please could you look at WT:UKW#Waterways in the United Kingdom? Thanks. Simply south...... 14:02, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Mary Hynes (politician)

I propose to add: Hynes' family has one car, so she will ride metrorail to all her WMATA meetings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-neighborhoods/2011/01/mary-hynes-she-ll-metro-to-metro-board-meetings-6864.html|title=Mary Hynes will use Metro to get to Metro board meetings|date=January 6, 2011|first=Rebecca A. |last=Cooper |work=NewsChannel 8|publisher= Allbritton Communications Company|accessdate=2011-03-10}}</ref>

Thanks, -- Racepacket (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

After Mary Hynes, please look at: User:Racepacket/Orange Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 00:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/GSC. Many thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:27, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/VBH. I appreciate all that you are doing for me. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:58, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Also, please review User:Racepacket/Discovery. Many thanks, Racepacket (talk) 20:35, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/CNC. I am not very experienced at uploading photos so I experimented with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cayuga_Nature_Cener_Treehouse.jpg which may not have an appropriate license. If the license is improper, please delete the photo page. It is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) which was not on the pulldown menu choices. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:52, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/WMATA which now contains proposed revisions to the history sections of various Washington Metro line histroy sections. Many thanks for all that you are doing on my behalf. Racepacket (talk) 04:53, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I am now convinced that the Cayuga Nature Center picture was a mistake. Can you please delete it? Thank you for all that you do. Racepacket (talk) 01:05, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/WMATA which now contains a route description of the Yellow Line. I would be surprised if it has any copyright problems because I typed a description of a route that I read from a map. Again, many thanks! Racepacket (talk) 03:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Just a gentle reminder about User:Racepacket/WMATA, which is awaiting your clearance. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 06:36, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps I am causing confusion by reusing subpages, but User:Racepacket/WMATA now contains the full text of the Yellow Line article (which is a minor improvement over the version that was emailed to you.) Could you please review it? Many thanks for all that you do. Racepacket (talk) 13:39, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant

Please reconsider your semiprotection. There was plenty good non-autoconfirmed activity, autoconfirmed editors are adding inconsiderate unsourced material and editsemiprotect requests are not being honoured. 220.100.15.15 (talk) 11:57, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Register yourself :) --Chris.urs-o (talk) 12:34, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Irrelevant. An admin should know better. I know how to use an editsemiprotect template, and I'm happy to do it, but millions of others do not. 220.100.15.15 (talk) 13:38, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Look I'm usualy pretty anti semi protection for high profile articles about changing news events but in this case there was not only a high level of vandalism edits but cleanup wasn't as fast as it sometimes is.©Geni 14:00, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Thomas A. Whidden

Dear Geni -

I am trying to add a bio of the Chairman of my company, North Sails. His name is Thomas A. Whidden and I see you deleted it yesterday citing copyright infringement. The PDF file you noted contained the same bio of Tom Whidden that I also wrote. I would also like to add the bios of several other notable people within my company and link them with events like the America's Cup and within categories liked sailing and sailmaking. What's the best way to go about this without my articles being deleted? This is the first time I have used Wikipedia to post articles/information.

Thank you! Veronica Brown — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vbrown2011 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Geni -

There are more notable people within the sailmaking world who should be added to wikipedia and linked to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sailmakers. How do we go about this?

Thank you, Vbrown2011 (talk) 13:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Seagate ST33232A hard disk inner view

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Seagate ST33232A hard disk inner view.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Makeemlighter (talk) 20:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Dulles Airport

I propose to add the following to the text of Silver Line (Washington Metro) and Dulles International Airport (WMATA station):

On April 6, 2011, the WMATA Board voted 9 to 4 to build an underground station 550 feet away from the terminal rather than an above-ground station 1,150 feet away from the terminal at an additional cost of $330 million. Construction of the underground station would extend its expected opening to mid-2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dulles to get underground Metro station|work=Washington Post|date=April 7, 2011|page=B1|first=Kafia|last=Hosh}}</ref>

I propose to add the following to the text of Washington Metro:

In an effort to gain revenues, WMATA has started to allow retail ventures in Metrorail stations. WMATA has authorized DVD-rental vending machines and ticket booths for the Old Town Trolley Tours and is seeking additional retail tenants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4889|title=Metro launches retail at Smithsonian Metrorail station|publisher=WMATA|accessdate=2011-04-07}}</ref>

Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 12:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Any response? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Please review User:Racepacket/Rideshare. Many thanks! Racepacket (talk) 11:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

It was deleted from RideShare Delaware, but I rephrased parts of it. Racepacket (talk) 02:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

I have discovered that the lead was taken from the about page without attribution, and have cut it back. Racepacket (talk) 11:00, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Please give me your candid assessment. Racepacket (talk) 17:37, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

This is very frustrating. One would assume that the real sources would be the ones identified by the editor. I did not check beyond the footnoted sources. I will re-write and resubmit. Sorry to have wasted your time. Racepacket (talk) 18:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

I think this should be sufficiently different. Thanks for catching the problem. Racepacket (talk) 19:06, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Could you please look at User:Racepacket/WMATA? I have made changes requested by the GA reviewer and we are ready to move it into article space. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 08:54, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Racepacket/WMATA now has a revision of the SmarTrip article for your review. Many thanks! Racepacket (talk) 18:50, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

CHI+MED

Thanks for rescuing the text :) It's useful to have the stub to work on JoBrodie (talk) 15:58, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Robert McDonnell - new section

==Reapportionment== McDonnell has played a significant role in the reapportionment conducted in response to the 2010 census. McDonnell appointed his own bipartisan advisory commission on redistricting.<ref name=redist>{{cite news|title=VA. House GOP vents over veto|first-Anita|last=Kumar|date=April 24, 2011|page=C1|work=Washington Post}}</ref> In a special session of the General Assembly, the redistricting of both the House of Delegates and the State Senate were passed in single bill that was approved by the House with a 86 to 8 vote and the Senate with a 22 to 18 vote.<ref name=redist/> The bill was developed without regard to the advisory commission's recommendations.<ref name=redist/> On April 15, 2011, McDonnell vetoed the reapportionment bill on the grounds that "the Senate plan is the kind of political gerrymandering that Virginians have ask that we leave in the past."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governor.virginia.gov/docs/LetterToHODonHB5001.pdf|title=Letter to the House of Delegates on H.R. 5001|publisher=State of Virginia|accessdate=2011-04-24}}</ref> Although McDonnell had the power to amend the bill with his veto, he simply sent it back for the General Assembly to either over-ride the veto or adopt a different bill. Because the Democrats lack the 2/3 majority necessary to over-ride the veto, the State Senate must adopt a new plan. At first, Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw promised to merely readopt the vetoed redistricting map, but has now begun negotiations with the Governor's office regarding a new plan.<ref name=redist/> Republican members of the House and Senate have criticised the Governor for overturning the timetable for approval of new districts prior to the 2011 elections.<ref name=redist/>

Please clear this as soon as my top priority request. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 01:41, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for clearing Bob McDonnell and SmarTrip: Please consider: ==History== WMATA began selling SmarTrip cards on May 18, 1999,<ref name=railhist>{{cite web| url = http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/history.pdf| title = WMATA History| format = PDF| publisher = WMATA| accessdate = 2011-04-26}}</ref> and by 2004, 650,000 SmarTrip cards were in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartcardalliance.org/newsletter/september_04/feature_0904.html|title=Smart Card Talk|date=September 2004|publisher=Smart Card Alliance|accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref> On November 12, 2002, the first SmarTrip readers were used on Metrobuses.<ref name=railhist/> In May 2004, SmarTrip readers were introduced at parking garage gates.<ref name=railhist/> In February 2011, WMATA replaced the antennas on all Metrorail faregates to improve the speed and range of its the faregates' SmarTrip processing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2011/02/_metro_is_installing_new.html|title=Domes aim to make SmarTrip faster|first=Ann Scott |last=Tyson|date=February 9, 2011|work=Washington Post|accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref>

Also, please clear User:Racepacket/Getty Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 11:17, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

• OTRS #2011042710012784 has now received an email from Rideshare Delaware giving permission under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). In view of that, may I move the User:Racepacket/Rideshare into article space? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 16:19, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for clearing Getty and Rideshare. How above the above quotation on the History of SmarTrip? Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:27, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

On May 1, I rewrote the article about the Getty Trust, so please clear User:Racepacket/Getty. Many thanks! Racepacket (talk) 22:51, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

On May 2, I revised an article about the Getty Conservation Institute, so please clear User:Racepacket/Rideshare. Thanks again! Racepacket (talk) 15:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Please give me permission to add the following sentence to the Bob McDonnell "Reapportionment" section: After lengthy negotiations, on April 28, both houses passed a revised set of district maps and Governor McDonnell announced that he would sign the revised bill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/viewRelease.cfm?id=720|title= Statement of Governor Bob McDonnell on Passage of Redistricting Legislation|publisher=State of Virginia|accessdate=2011-05-03}}</ref>

I know you are busy with the death of OBL. I updated the McDonnell page, but I am waiting word on the above addition to SmarTrip, and the Getty and Rideshare subpages. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 17:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for yesterday's clearances. Here is one more for SmarTrip:

In May 2011, WMATA and the District Department of Transportation started a pilot project to give students in the DC Public Schools "DC One Cards" which are SmarTrip compatible. The new cards serve as both a student identification card and provide reduced Metro fares during student commuting hours. The cards are intended to address youth behavior problems in Metrorail stations.<ref>{{cite news|work=Washington Post|title=D.C. to test new Metro ID cards for students|first=Lori|last=Aratani|date=May 4, 2011|page=B1}}</ref>

Thanks Racepacket (talk) 11:19, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Category:Article Feedback Pilot for Death of Osama bin Laden

Why is the article not within article feedback pilot...the article pertains to handling of the death is relevant public policy...Smallman12q (talk) 22:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

The public relations that follow though are a matter of public policy...no? (Keep thread at my talk page plz)Smallman12q (talk) 22:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:User:Crazymonkey1123/signature

Its is not a template. I am just substituting a userpage (my preferred signature) into my normal signature. Nothing wrong to me. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) ^{T or M}/_{Sign mine} 00:58, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

ITS NOT A TRANSCLUSION IT IS A SUBSTITUTION! Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) ^{T or M}/_{Sign mine} 01:08, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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New edits

On Metrobus:

WMATA is adding a total of 533 hybrid buses to replace its deisel buse fleet. Each new "New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40" bus costs $571,737l and is expected to break down less frequently as well as offer greater fuel economy. With the latest purchase of 152 hybrid buses for $89.3 million from New Flyer of America, WMATA's Metrobus fleet will consist of 600 diesel buses, 553 hybrid buses and 339 natural gas fueled buses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro is putting its mind to saving energy|first=Dana |last=Hedgpeth|work=Washington Post|date=May 11, 2011|page=B1}}</ref>

On Silver Line and WMATA: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is mediating the dispute regarding the increase in the cost of the second phase of the construction of the Silver Line. Governor Bob McDonnell, Rep. Frank Wolfe, and former Congressman Tom Davis all oppose the construction of an underground station at Dulles Airport close to the terminal, which was approved by the MWAA Board. This has prompted them to propose increasing the number of Virginia representatives to the MWAA Board.<ref>{{cite news|title=LaHood offers to mediate Dulles Rail funding fight|first=Leah|last=Fabel|page=5|work=Washington Examiner|date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>

On Maryland Route 200: The tollway has not met initial traffic projections. During its first week of toll-free operations, it drew 30,000 vehicles per day. However, during the first week of May, the tollway drew 11,490 vehicles per day, which is much less than the 21,000 projected. As a result, the state is launching a $1.4 million advertising campaign to promote the new highway.<ref>{{cite news|title=ICC traffic increasing silightly; ad campaign aims to lure more|first=Kytja|last=Weir|work=Washington Examiner|date=May 10, 2011|page=10}}</ref>

Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 16:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Warblington Castle

Hello! Your submission of Article at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

The article is new enough (11 May 2011) and long enought (1678 prose charaters) and reads nicely. However, I would suggest that it mentions the castle's location in the script (Warblington Castle is near Langstone in Hampshire) rather than leave it in the footnotes. Regards, Philipjelley (talk) 22:10, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Warblington Castle

The DYK project (nominate) 08:19, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Arb Questions

Dear Geni: I have left six questions for you at: [1] Thanks Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:35, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Removing postings from one's own user page

From the guideline Wikipedia:User pages:

Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered users, from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of material from a user page is normally taken to mean that the user has read and is aware of its contents. There is no need to keep them on display and usually users should not be forced to do so.

I am going, again, to delete your posting from my user talk page. Should you still think that it is appropriate to reinstate that posting, I would appreciate an explanation as to why the above guideline does not apply. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 14:57, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I see. No idea how that happened, but I've made several mistakes recently, so I guess I'm not that surprised. Apologies for the inconvenience I caused. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:31, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

.ta listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect .ta. Since you had some involvement with the .ta redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Cybercobra (talk) 03:26, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Boyce McDaniel

An earlier version of this article triggered the block as it was too close to the Cornell press release/obit. I have worked with User:Bilby to rephrase the offending materials. He is apparently busy with other things now. Would you have time to clear User:Racepacket/McDaniel so that I can move it into article space? Many thanks, Racepacket (talk) 22:56, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the clearance. The subpage has two edits by User:Bilby. May I cut and paste it into article space, or is a history merge necessary? If it is, could you help me, because I have never tried to do one myself. Again, many thanks for all of your efforts on my behalf. Racepacket (talk) 03:33, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I left a note for Bilby, and got no response, so I guess it is not an issue for him either. I am going ahead with a copy paste move and the edit summary points back to the sandbox. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 14:59, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I have revised the Getty Research Institute article and moved it to User:Racepacket/Getty for your review. If you compare the baseline to the current version, you can see there is very little new prose. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 12:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Just a gentle reminder about User:Racepacket/Getty. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 02:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing the last of the Getty articles. I have now left a biography of Jaime Areizaga-Soto in User:Racepacket/Hynes Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 18:27, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

While I have your attention, would you be so kind as to review User:Racepacket/GSC which now has a version of Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin? You can seee the changes made from the baseline. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:55, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

The following changes to Getty Research Institute have been negotiated with my GA reviewer. If they meet your approval, I will add them to article space. Add a second paragraph to the lead:

With an estimated 1.3 million visitors per year, the trust operates one of the most visited museums in the United States. The trust also provides grants and training to other museums and cultural institutions. The trust has a library, publications program and visiting scholar program. The trust's conservation program is dedicated to advancing conservation practice through the creation and delivery of knowledge. However, since 2008, the trust has scaled back the scope of its activities in response to financial challenges.

Add to the start of the last paragraph:

The trust was hurt by the economic downturn following 2007 and has reduced its annual budget by 14%.

I would also add "down from $349 million in 2008." at the end of the last sentence.

I would add at the end of the budget cutting paragraph, "For example, GRI co-produced the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals with the [[Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library]], but transferred that activity to [[Columbia University]] on July 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2009/20090701_averyindex.html|title=Avery Index Returns to Columbia University|publisher=Columbia University|date=July 1, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2011}}</ref>" Racepacket (talk) 08:56, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

PNS Mehran

NW (Talk) 05:11, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Attribution for Picture

Hello!

I would like to include your picture of a rotary evaporator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rotavapor.jpg) in my poster for a science fair, and am unsure how to attribute it to you. Should I just say "Genji, wikipedia.org" as the attribution? Or would you prefer something else?

Thank you,
James — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesfav7 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Re your edit : Southsea Castle & Edward VI

Hi, are you sure this rates a mention on its own ? I feel that to be relevant to the article it needs to state why the King was there. As such it tells the reader nothing regards, Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 07:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Cleaning out the closets

I am trying to wrap up the Getty and Washington Metro projects. You have already cleared all of the Getty articles, but have three small changes above that came from the Getty Trust GA review. The GA reviewer has cleared the three small changes.

The last two Metro articles are in User:Racepacket/WMATA - Blue Line and User:Racepacket/Green - Green Line. I would appreciate clearance to move both into article space.

There are the other two articles I listed in the section above that are also awaiting clearance: User:Racepacket/GSC (Phillips v Wisconsin) and User:Racepacket/Hynes (Jaime Ariel Areizaga-Soto). I know this has been an imposition on you, and I deeply appreciate your help. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 23:59, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for the Phillips v. Wisconsin clearance. Please don't forget that the GA reviewer and I are awaiting your verdict on the set of three changes set out in User_talk:Geni#Boyce_McDaniel above for the Getty Trust article. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 17:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

This is the last one that I was working on: User:Racepacket/USOC. Many thanks for all of your help. Racepacket (talk) 02:04, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I would very much appreciate whatever you can do to help me get these four article into article space. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Again many thanks for giving me the benefit of your time. Racepacket (talk) 19:23, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Remaining:

• User:Racepacket/WMATA
• User:Racepacket/Green
• User:Racepacket/Hynes

Sorry to overload the system or any confusion. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 10:35, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Does this edit provide sufficient distance? None of the other sentences in the paragraph are identical. Thank you for all that you do. Racepacket (talk) 16:31, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Just a reminder that I submitted a suggested fix as indicated above. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 04:13, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to press you for an answer, but I need your consent. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 07:53, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Image Deletion

A deletion discussion has just been created at Category talk:Unclassified Chemical Structures, which may involve one or more orphaned chemical structures, that has you user name in the upload history. Please feel free to add your comments.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:53, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Sun and Planet gear

Hey dude! You deleted my picture! WTF!!!!

(Good call, the new one is much clearer. Thanks) Andy Dingley (talk) 09:11, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Spirops Page

Hey man, i just saw that you deleted My Company page (SpirOps) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SpirOps. You're right it wasn't update it since ever and the content wasn't up to wikipedia standards. I'm currently working on our pages on wikipedia (French and english). Feel free to make any changes if you want, just bare with me for couple of days as I'm updating it.
Thanx Ahmad_84 (talk)

Small world

That name and canal picture seems familiar from JREF! Nick Cooper (talk) 08:38, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For the huricane link on IRC!

とある白い猫 ^chi? 01:28, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Copyrightontalkpage

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AfD

Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Armoured busKitfoxxe (talk) 05:49, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kaarebluitgenmohammedbookcov.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Kaarebluitgenmohammedbookcov.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 20:48, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

The problem is that the image is being used only as window dressing, there is no critical commentary specific to the book itself... non-free image policy says that it's got to have some link to the article, which simply isn't present. I've removed it again - please do not restore it unless it is in policy WP:Non-free content/WP:NFC#UUI (#6 & 9) policy. Skier Dude (talk) 21:01, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I've re-ordered the article to make it clear that the image is linked to the text (thus clearly in line with NFC#6). I think that the Fair Use rationale might need to be updated to make this clear as well. Skier Dude (talk) 21:12, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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Quick video help for WMUK

Somebody suggested you might be able to help with this for the CC application submission, or maybe suggest someone else who can. We would like to use a couple of clips from the Jimmy Wales Bristol speech in January in our next submission to the CC, but that the whole thing is a) too long at 1hr 20 mins& b) talks about some things we don't want to go into. There is a 6 min version, on Commons I think, but this doesn't have some of what we want.

Is there anyone able to extract short clips from this. From 1.01.10 to the next question, then from 1.09.15 until the next one. Just 2-3 mins each. Then get them up on probably You Tube, so I can link to them in the letter? I don't know the copyright status, so I think Commons is out.

This is needed by Sunday. Please contact me if you can help, Thanks, Johnbod (talk) 01:48, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment Im new and just trying to write the beginning of a paper for my psychology class Dazie71 (talk) 20:10, 2 October 2011 (UTC) I kinda thought that too but I found this subject under the requested pages section. Also this is only 2 sentences into my paper and the direction I was going into was not stictly the Hierarchy of Needs but the characteristics of self actualized people. All that was due was a first few sentences of my paper on a subject I MIGHT be choosing so please try to cut me some slackDazie71 (talk) 21:13, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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Stevengraph...

Good to see you the other day at the museum. Quick question if I may... when we were looking at the Stevengraphs (the woven silk bookmarks), did you happen to get any photos of them? I was going to write up a quick article on them, but can't remember who photo'd them... Cheers! Hchc2009 (talk) 05:56, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

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File:Andy Council M-Shed Bristol.jpg

Thanks for your message re above file. Do you mean it's a derivative of the mural in the photo? Or a derivative of the photo by Steve Lacey? This is news to me, the picture doesn't have a 'No Derivatives' CC license. By all means leave an explanation on my Talk page if you don't want yours clogging up :) Sionk (talk) 02:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom election 2011

Thank you for nominating yourself and for setting up most of your candidate-related pages already. Can you please do me a favor and check the information for the "Geni" row on the table at the Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2011/Candidates/Guide page? I don't have all the answers, so it would be helpful if you could fill in the blanks. Good luck. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 20:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. Regarding the alts, the goal is transparency. How many of these accounts are there? Ideally, I would like to list them all, but if there are more than 15, then I'll ask the other election coordinators at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011/Coordination about whether listing them all is necessary. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 21:39, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

[2], [3] – Can you please provide a list of accounts that have made revisions? Sorry for the trouble. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 13:55, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Addendum: [4] – Don't worry about the word limit in your statement. Can you please add all the accounts that have made edits to that statement. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 16:30, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Pursuant to the eligibility criteria for all nominations, in the section outlining what statements must include, section iv:
(iv) include a disclosure of all prior and alternate accounts or confirmation that all such accounts have been declared to the Arbitration Committee;
You need to list your accounts to stand as a candidate, although I do understand that this could be a very exhaustive list that would not fit in 400 words. Maybe a link to a page like mine would be more appropriate? For the Arbitration Committee Elections 2011 Coordinators, -- DQ (t) (e) 18:50, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Can you please do one more thing? You need to state on your statement your intentions to identify yourself with the WMF per wmf:Access_to_nonpublic_data_policy if elected. If you've already identified yourself to them, then you need to provide a link / diff that verify that. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 12:58, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry. My mistake. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 13:21, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dear Geni, thank you for nominating yourself as a candidate in the 2011 Arbitration Committee elections. On behalf of the coordinators, allow me to welcome you to the elections and make a few suggestions to help you get set up. By now, you ought to have written your nomination statement, which should be no more than 400 words. Although there are no fixed guidelines for how to write a statement, note that many candidates treat this as an opportunity, in their own way, to put a cogent case as to why editors should vote for them—highlighting the strengths they would bring to the job, and convincing the community they would cope with the workload and responsibilities of being an arbitrator.

In order for your candidacy to be valid, your nomination statement must also include a declaration of any alternate or former user accounts you have contributed under (or, in the case of privacy concerns, a declaration that you have disclosed them to the Arbitration Committee), and must express your willingness and ability to meet the Wikimedia Foundation's access to nonpublic data policy.

You should at this point have your own questions subpage; feel free to begin answering the questions as you please. Together, the nomination statement and questions subpage should be transcluded to your candidate profile, whose talkpage will serve as the central location for discussion of your candidacy. If you experience any difficulty setting up these pages, please follow the links in the footer below. If you need assistance, on this or any other matter (including objectionable questions or commentary by others on your candidate pages), please notify the coordinators at their talkpage. If you have followed these instructions correctly, congratulations, you are now officially a candidate for the Arbitration Committee. Good luck! -- DQ (t) (e) 06:03, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Please excuse some of the stuff above you have already done, this is just the welcome template. -- DQ (t) (e) 06:03, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Community discussion

Hullo Geni, sorry about this bureaucracy, but your (perfectly understandable) hazy memory of alternate account usage in times gone by has put us in a bit of a bind vis a vis the rules for candidates. I've opened up a discussion here to get the community's read on it; you may wish to keep an eye on it/comment. Regards, Skomorokh 12:24, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

So after a week without anyone calling for your head, it looks like you're in the clear, candidacy-wise. Best of luck, Skomorokh 12:28, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Siege of Portsmouth

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 08:03, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Geni. You have new messages at Train2104's talk page.
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Ballyneety, County Limerick

Is it possible to restore this article? It's deletion was raised here. I can be fairly sure that if restored it will be scrutinised and re-edited to conform with best practice. Regards. RashersTierney (talk) 19:04, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Support that. It is most unusual to delete an article about a human habitation because you suspect some of the content. Applying that standard, I could delete half the articles on Wikipedia! Sarah777 (talk) 19:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

I also support the restoration of the article. It is a legitimate place with an entry in the official Irish government website, the Placenames Database of Ireland, and it also appears in Google Maps. A few people are discussing recreating the article and it would save a lot of unnecessary work if the original could be restored so it can be cleaned up. Thank you. — O'Dea (talk) 15:38, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

It would save no work at all since the whole thing would have to be fact checked word by word.©Geni 23:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Concerning the Arbitration Committee Elections

Geni,

As a candidate for the Arbitration Committee elections, please be aware that your name has been entered into the SecurePoll ballot and can no longer be removed barring the most dire of emergencies and direct manipulation of the database. While you may still withdraw from the election, your name will not be removed from the ballot, but only struck through. If you have any further questions on the process, feel free to contact myself, the other election administrators, or the election coordinators. --Tznkai (talk), 2011 Arbitration Committee Election Administrator. 21:18, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Your revert of my edit

Hi Geni. I assume your revert of my edit here was inadvertant? Notice that I restored most) of the IPs edits, which seemed ok to me, sans the BC -> BCE date era change. Paul August ☎ 22:54, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Portchester Castle

I just wanted to say thanks for adding your photo of the keep to the article, the old one didn't look quite right and yours is far superior. Nev1 (talk) 20:20, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Request for evidence at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence

As you blocked Malleus in 2011, would you please respond to Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence#Requests for further evidence - Collaborative evidence collectionrcement/Evidence. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 09:06, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence/Blocks

In the course of an ongoing case, the Arbitration Committee has decided to collect all relevant information regarding Malleus Fatuorum's block log and, as such, has created a table of all blocks, which can be found here. Since you either blocked or unblocked Malleus Fatuorum, you are welcome to comment, if you wish. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 13:56, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thx

Is the table fact on the Kymin article as well? Victuallers (talk) 11:14, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Fæ

A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:Fæ. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2012 (UTC)