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Cool

cya soon!

Case looks to be going pretty well... at least I got one thing ironed out, but we'll see :-) Still needs some more participation from the other parties Xavexgoem (talk) 06:13, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

oh, btw: my day schedule is all night atm, and I think we're both in the U.S., so there might be some communication difficulty via IRC. Dunno when I'll be sleeping at night like the rest of humanity, though. Xavexgoem (talk) 06:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

re:hi

Its not a problem, I haven't been online really either, I have exams tomorrow and the day after and then I have about a week until my next exams and after that week its all over and I get to lounge around at home for a few months.--Kerotan-^{Have a nice day :)} 11:38, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thank You

Thank you for your comments on my RFA. I admit I was a little trigger happy on that RFPP. I will try and do my research from now on. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 21:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: FA

I'll do my best :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 15:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/General poopie

Thanks for your report. In the future, if both accounts have already been blocked, it is not necessary to file a report because it does not matter: anyway they are both blocked. Only file a report if at least one user is not blocked, or if two users have been blocked as sockpuppets but you think they are not sockpuppets. Yechiel (Shalom) 23:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Ultimate

I don't really play, it's on my watch list form an AWB run & I was just tidy in up some bit mainly involved in the Martial Arts Project, & quiet busy with that sorry. --Nate1481(^t/_c) 10:59, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi! Thanks for the barnstar. Well, won't be able to contribute anything to current article Michelangelo, but definitely looking forward to other science-related articles that might be taken up.

Regards.

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Bee

Would you mind rechecking this. D0762 (talk) 11:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

That's quite alright. D0762 (talk) 11:32, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

IRC

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Thanks

Thank you so much for helping me. I've just withdrawn the nomination. Victor Lopes (talk) 15:49, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Wikiquette alert

Hello Mm40.

I apologize if, in anyway, you see my filing against Pmanderson as undermining your position as our mediator regarding the World War II starting date. Due to the consistency and sheer number of attacks, I simply felt that it would be best to start the process against what I would deem inappropriate behaviour as something of a separate matter to discussion pertaining to content. Oberiko (talk) 02:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I regret making your mediation harder; but I do not believe that Oberiko correctly represents his sources, and I know he does not correctly represent my posts. I have attempted to avoid speculating on the reasons for this beyond necessity. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 01:43, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I should add, however, that you have asked extremely useful questions, and I hope you will continue before you go on break. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team Mission 4

Mission 4, a series of articles on the Everglades, could do with help from the FA-Team! Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 13:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

• Yes? Awadewit (talk) 00:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

• Can we pick a time - I'm actually busy ATM. Maybe we could organize a time for all of the FA-Team editors to work on IRC on the article? Awadewit (talk) 00:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help

...on the Everglades article. I'll move a little faster now; let me know if I need to slow down and talk things out better. Hope you're enjoying the FA Team. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 03:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding FA cat

Why are you adding the category Category:Featured Articles to some FAs? This is covered by the {{Featured article}} which includes it if the template is used in the mainspace. Has there been a specific request to include it manually? Thanks and regards. Woody (talk) 12:07, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I forgot!

Hi, it's me, Artichoke-Boy! It turns out that I forgot to take your instruction paper you made at school (the one you were making to tell me about that program on Wikipedia). If you have the time, can you tell me how to get on that program you were talking to me about? I'm still interested in doing things like that. Send me a message on my talk page or email me. Thanks! Artichoke-Boy (talk) 19:45, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for the welcome. --Swusr (talk) 21:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Ares

Believe it or not, not everyone editing anonymously is out there to destroy Wikipedia with every edit.  :) But plenty are, so please stay vigilant, but also exercise caution... 67.162.108.96 (talk) 00:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Apology accepted - no big deal, since you saw what I was trying to do.  :) 67.162.108.96 (talk) 00:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team Mission 4

I think we should probably let Moni3 strike out what she feels has been addressed on her to-do list. Listing what we have done is as far as I am willing to go! Awadewit (talk) 01:23, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

THANX!

Thank You for you thoughtfulness, it is much appreciated.:~)--AKIRA70 (talk) 23:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Edit Help

Hello Mm! Thanks for the help on the Sit Back Relax article. Unfortunately, the admins didn't like the article, and so it was deleted. I'm wondering what to do next...do you think putting it under the massage chair article would be a good idea, or should I just redesign the current article? Maybe you could help me? This is my first real article, and I do think it could be of interest to the community at large. I am including a copy of the article below (without the headline markup), as well as my e-mail address. I've also signed your guestbook :). Thanks!

Mike MAP91 (talk) 14:54, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Overview Sit Back Relax, LLC, is a company that leases massage chairs to public venues. The company was founded in November of 2004, and they currently operate over 2500 massage chair units in over 350 locations in all fifty states. SBR has it's corporate office in southern New Hampshire, and this office is run by nine full-time employees and over 300 independent contractors. The four pillars of Sit Back Relax's mission are: Service, Industry Knowledge, and Financial Strength. The company is wholly-owned, and they do not franchise their locations. Their main venues continue to be airports, shopping centers, and amusement parks.

References

e-mail: kc2lyq@yahoo.com

FA-Team Mission 4 success!

Draining and development of the Everglades, which in the end we decided not to rename "Complete land rape of South Florida", has achieved FA status! Congratulations and thanks all around! Two down and three to go - head for those copyediting and peer-reviewing parties at Restoration of the Everglades, Geography and ecology of the Everglades and Everglades! Awadewit (talk) 13:53, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

• The Everglades have been saved! Just kidding! Seriously, though, big changes are afoot, as reported by our own Moni3 at Wikinews. These developments have prompted a dramatic increase in traffic to the articles, so let's do Wikipedia proud and spruce them up pronto! Awadewit (talk) 15:39, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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userbox relocation

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Cheers. Drywontonmee (talk) 07:22, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

A Little Invite

I would like to Invite you to talk on my talk page under a new topic of mine titled "Can Wikipedia Change, Should it Change?" Also feel free to invite anyone else you think can contribute to this topic. Go all over Wiki is necessary. I'll try to do the same to. I thank you for reading this even if you don't respond to it. And if you do . . . Yaaaaaaay.:~)-BTJM--AKIRA70 (talk) 08:32, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

New Article

Hi Mm,

Hope you are enjoying your vacation! Just wanted to tell you I started a new article instead of continuing on the Sit Back Relax one. I feel that the new article is something that is needed, and the article is on Xavier Gonzalez, a well-known Spanish American artist. I was very surprised when I found that there was no article yet. He was actually a family friend, and, from what I have learned through my research, a very accomplished artist. I would appreciate any tips on the article, and what I can add. I would really like to get it up to start class soon, and then go from there. Do you know how I can get it on the bot list to be assessed? The instructions are quite cryptic on the help page. I'd also like to put the article into categories, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that. Thanks again for the help!

Mike, enjoying his own summer vacation at his home on Long Island MAP91 (talk) 02:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Copy edits and the backlog

Hi there!

I noticed you were active in the former league of copy-editors. I joined the LOCE something like a few days before it became historical, and have been making a lonely effort to reduce the copy-edit backlog so I've been curious - why did the LOCE close, are there any efforts going on out there to reduce the copy-edit backlog, and do you think there's a point in establishing (and would you join) a wikiproject purely to maintain the category of articles needing copy edits? Thanks ;) -Samuel Tan (talk) 09:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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Third FA for the Everglades project!

Way to go team! Restoration of the Everglades has just become an FA! Three down and two to go! Geography and ecology of the Everglades and Everglades could use your eagle eyes! Awadewit (talk) 16:28, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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Please comment on the current FA-Team proposals. Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 16:48, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team successes!

Indigenous people of the Everglades region, Draining and development of the Everglades and Restoration of the Everglades have all recently become FAs! King Arthur is now at FAC! Thanks to our hard-working team members! Awadewit (talk) 18:21, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Articles Needing Copy Edit

Hello there!

I have begun a new WikiProject that has a very simple goal, to improve Wikipedia by dealing with the articles tagged for copy edit, and am wondering if you are interested. *smiles* This project is not a clone of the defunct League Of Copy Editors because we will not deal with requests for review (that is currently handled by our good friends over at Peer Review).

I expect that this will be a relaxed, happy and casual WikiProject, because participants will be able to take things at their own pace and use the project page to ask other participants for help. A handful of people have already expressed interest at the proposal page, and if you're interested, feel free to sign up at the project page itself and discuss the project at its talk page.

There are now over 4000 articles needing copy edit, and very, very few people working on them, so any help, however small, is appreciated. I am in the process of getting word out about the project, so I'm pretty sure we will be in good stead to fulfill our goals.

Cheers! -Samuel Tan 03:54, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team Mission 5: Solar solicitude/solidarity

Hi Mm40,

As an FA-Team member, I'm soliciting your assistance with FA-Team Mission 5 on Scattered disc and Solar energy (and possibly others). Your expertise with copyediting and reference finding would be much appreciated. Please sign up on the mission page and watchlist the mission page and articles if you are interested in helping out. Geometry guy 15:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

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Status

I have added status indicators to coordinators on the Wikipedia:Spotlight/Participants page and wondered if you might consider creating a Special:Mypage/Status page and adapting the parser functions on the participant list to suit. Thanks...... Dendodge .. Talk^Contribs 21:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:I'm back

Only a little amount of editing has taken place, I have been supremely busy trying to get a job, and I haven't had much time to edit wikipedia.--Kerotan-^{Have a nice day :)} 12:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Dates

Hey Mm40 - just to let you know I was looking at your edits to Biafra - and you added a comma to the international date format - which is incorrect. In the U.S., the date format (for Wikipedia) is (say): August 15, 2008; the international (British) version, however, is: 15 August 2008. Thanks!--danielfolsom 02:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Status page

I've set up User:Mm40/Status, which you will have to update manually, but I would be willing to help you set up tools. I could also set up a userpage status indicator if you don't know how...... Dendodge .. Talk^Contribs 14:32, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Help With Article

Hello Mm40,

I hope you enjoyed your vacation. I wanted to thank you for helping out with the Xavier Gonzalez article. I would like to get it rated, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that. Also, do you know where I can put a link so that more knowledgeable people can add to the article? Thanks!

Mike MAP91 (talk) 19:32, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Artichoke-Boy

Salutations Mm40! I checked your contribuations page today and saw that you made an edit. I'm glad you're back in Wikipedia! I hope you enjoyed your summer vacation.

I still thank you for introducing me to the Wikipedia Community. I think it's great.

Artichoke-Boy (talk) 20:45, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

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Date formats

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Walter de Coventre dates

If you are going to take it upon yourself to delink an entire article, it would helpful to other editors for you to make sure you do it right or it just creates more work. The article was currently in the U.S. date format of August 28, 2008. The U.S. format always has a comma. When you delinked the dates, all the dates were left without a comma. The other date format that most countries use, 28 August 2008 does not have a comma but the date format you left it in does and it looks really sloppy to leave it without one. You also missed a good amount of the dates, leaving some linked and some not. It would probably be more useful to do one section at a time so that you don't miss so much. My comment was directed at you but I was not really irritated at you, I am more irritated at this new mass removal of linked dates from articles. It doesn't help much in my opinion, especially when users who delink the dates do a sloppy job. But I didn't mean to overreact, I know your intentions were good. LonelyMarble (talk) 01:39, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

You are right, it should be in the international format of Day-Month-Year, since that is the format Scotland uses. Note on your edit here though, [1], take the first change for example: you delinked June 18 and August 23, 1361 to June 18 and August 23 1361. International format, or the date format used in most countries other than the United States would be 18 June and 23 August 1361. They list the day then the month then the year without any commas. You delinked the dates but you left the date format in the US style of month-day-year, and if you leave it in that style then you need the comma after the day. So when you delinked the dates you should have switched the day to before the month, that was the only thing you did wrong. Pretty much if the article is United States centered then the date would be August 28, 2008. If the date is any other country it should probably be 28 August 2008. The only thing you did wrong was you left the date at August 28 2008. It's not a big deal, pretty nitpicky. LonelyMarble (talk) 01:58, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

No big deal, I didn't mean to come off as cranky towards you. It's just that it will take forever to delink all dates in Wikipedia articles and there are many users that don't see why it should even be done. If it's really agreed upon to delink all the dates someone should make a bot to do it, that would remove all human error from the problem and save a lot of people time. Anyway, I looked at your userpage and see you like to be a Wikignome, which I do too, so at least you'll make sure you get your date formatting right in the future. If you have any questions about formatting or something like that feel free to ask me anytime, I've worried myself with stupid stuff like this before too and I think I know my way around pretty good by now. LonelyMarble (talk)

Thanks for the revert

Thanks for the revert on the Food science article. I really appreciate it. Chris (talk) 14:09, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Artichoke-Boy's First Article

Hi Mm40! I took your advice about creating a Wikipedia Page, and finally did it! Here's the link to it if you have time to check it out.

Feel free to tell me if I did anything wrong or if I should've did something else to it.

Artichoke-Boy (talk) 20:16, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit request

Hi, I found you listed at WikiProject Featured Articles under available copyeditors. Tony suggested at the FAC for Disintegration that I find someone not familiar with the prose to copyedit it. Would you be willing to help out? WesleyDodds (talk) 08:23, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Quick Question

Hi Mm40! Thank you so much for all the help on my first article. I really appreciate it! Here's to show my thanks:

Artichoke-Boy (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Also, I have a quick question for you. Do you need to contact someone or make a proposal in order to create a new article on Wikipedia, or can you just go right ahead and make it? If the page is part of a Wikiproject, is it manditory to tell other members you're making it before you do so? Please respond ASAP.

I'm asking you this because I want to create another page as a part of Wikiproject Wimpy Kid, which I joined.

Artichoke-Boy (talk) 19:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Too Late

...too late, I already made it. Here's the link to it if you want to check it out.

Artichoke-Boy (talk) 20:29, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

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Literature in the Hoysala Empire

Thanks for the support.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 02:07, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I did it

Hi Mm40! Yeah, I was the one who deleted the section. You said I forgot to log in? I wasn't aware of that! Oh well...

I havn't been all that wikipedia-active lately, but I should be getting busier soon.

Oh, I have one quick question. Is it possible to delete your membership to a Wikiproject? Can you do that?

Artichoke-Boy (talk) 13:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

Sorry to see you're retiring, and I hope you decide to come back in due time. Cheers mate, –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 20:57, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (September 2008)

The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume 1 - Issue 2 26 September 2008
Project News	Article Alerts
The Maryland WikiProject has put together a great chart comparing the growth of several state WikiProjects, including WPNJ. Take a look at the chart to see how the growth of WPNJ compares to some of our peer projects. Please remember to place the {{WikiProject New Jersey}} tag on the talk pages of any New Jersey related articles you create or come across. You can also add the new articles page to your watchlist. Some updates have been made to the NJ Portal, but much more needs to be done. If a few volunteers can put together Featured Article summmaries, we can automate rotating the portal content. The same can be done for DYK items. Please take a look and see if you can assist.	The following articles may be in need of attention: Featured Article candidates: None at this time Good Article nominees: None at this time
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Article News	Help Wanted
Both Jon Corzine and The Sopranos were promoted to Good Article status in the past month. No WikiProject New Jersey articles were promoted to Featured article status. Battle of Trenton was not listed as a Featured Article, and may need more editors to complete the remaining work to be promoted. Also, in an item that was missed last month, Thomas Edison was delisted as a Good Article in July. The WPNJ Assessment Drive is ongoing. Please help assess all of the articles about places in New Jersey. There are currently 93 articles that have not been assessed.	Portal Crew Collaboration project Photographers in NYC Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Fall has arrived, and with it will come a rush of new Wikipedians. Inviting new editors to join WPNJ is easy to do, and can help us improve our New Jersey articles. Keep an eye out for editors who work on NJ articles who can help the project. The Wikipedia Release version project is in its final stages for the next version. Take a look at the article lists, cleanup where you can, and nominate articles that should be included on the DVD version of WP. Lets make sure that those who end up with a downloaded copy of WP get solid articles about New Jersey. - Jim Miller
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Pokemon unmerge proposal

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The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue III – October 2008

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving a baby's life... she'll save the baby without even considering how many men are on base!" — Stephen King (The Dark Tower) News and announcements The Baseball Project promoted 13 lists to Featured status in August and 8 more in September. Amazing job! A combined eleven articles were promoted to Good Article status in August and September. Featured content In September, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to: Featured Article status: Nashville Sounds Featured List status: List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons Good Articles of August and September: All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Blackngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond The 2008 opening round playoff matchups with be: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Help to keep the articles of the postseason updated From the Editors We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue. The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages!

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Featured List contest

Hey Mm40, this is IMatthew (talk · contribs), co-coordinator of the WikiCup; just informing you of the Featured List contest, starting this coming Friday. You may want to check it out; it will keep you busy for the time being before the WikiCup starts around January. Thanks for listening! iMatthew (talk) 22:01, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

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The WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter
Volume I - Issue 3 29 October 2008
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A new bot is patrolling Wikipedia workflows to let WPNJ members know when any of our articles may be in need of attention. Any article tagged with the WPNJ banner that has been added to one of the major workflows (AfD, FAC, GAN, etc.) will be added to a new project page. The bot runs daily, so add the new Article Alerts page to your watchlist, or just check the main project page to see the updates. See the Article Alerts project page for details on how the bot works and which processes it covers.	The following articles may be in need of attention: Featured Article/List candidates: List of Nobel Laureates affiliated with Princeton University Good Article nominees: none at this time
Cross-Project Collaboration Request	New WPNJ members
WPNJ received the following request for assistance with New Jersey Devils articles: "The WikiProject Ice Hockey is currently looking for editors to help update team articles about the 2008-09 NHL season. If you are interested in the NHL, please consider helping us keep these article current. To sign up, go to this page and add your name beside the team or teams you wish to particpate in." See the WPNJ talk page for more information.	Please welcome the following new members to WikiProject New Jersey: Rhvanwinkle (talk) 9 October 2008
New Jersey on the Main Page	Help Wanted
No, not the state - the battleship! On October 15, USS New Jersey (BB-62) was the Featured Article on the Wikipedia main page. Featured articles receive heavier traffic when they are on the main page. Improving WPNJ articles to featured status can help drive more editors to our project.	Recruit new members Article Assessments Ask a question, make an offer
Editor's Notes
Seems like a pretty light month in terms of activity at WPNJ. Personally, your editor was doing a lot of travelling and went on a wiki-free vacation for nine days. Time to dive back in and create some new NJ articles. - Jim Miller See me | Touch me
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Polish culture during World War II

In the past you've copyedited this article once. It has however failed the recent FAC nomination due to objections that this article has not been sufficiently copyedited before and that there are some "prose issues". I'd like to ask you to consider copyediting it again (I am not an native speaker of English so I cannot spot those "prose issues" myself). Thank you, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:30, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

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We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 08:32, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

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Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 22:07, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I finished it

You may or may not care, but I finished creating that page I was working on, and I think I did a fairly good job on it. Click here if you want to take a look at it. Artichoke-Boy (talk) 23:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)