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	This user is on wikivacation for a bit, while he catches up on his real life, which he has been neglecting for wikipedia. You can email me if you like.

Awards and articles I created.

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I have pressed the "Save page" button, over 45,907 times, making me editor number 320 for number of edits. [1]

I now have 20+ barnstars, but like a good monkey, I had to press the little button 2,869 times before I got my first prize. :(

		The BLP Barnstar
		I hereby award you this shiny barnstar for your efforts to alert Wikiprojects about how to locate BLPs for their projects and invite their participation in the discussion that would affect potentially all projects with a mass deletion (50,000 by most estimates) of "unsourced" BLPs. Your notice was such a good idea and sharing those links will help push some of those most familiar with the topics to help the articles at risk. Keep up the great work! -- Banjeboi 12:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		To the artist formerly known as Ikip, for coming up with Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons/Contest as a productive means to tackling the backlog of unreferenced BLPs. Let's focus our energy and get this puppy off the ground J04n(talk page) 03:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For perpetually defending Wikipedia's intended and most valuable purpose: catalogging human knowledge. I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day! Sincerely, A Nobody^{My talk} 00:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		Defender of the Noble Spirt of Wikipedia
		For your noble and unbreakable spirit of inclusion, mentorship and fraternity towards your fellow editors and the Wikipedian community. --Grancafé (talk) 02:01, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		Barnstar of the Lamp For The Huddled Masses
		For your pure intentioned dedication to speaking for those who do not speak, the wretched refuse of the teeming shores of the internet, providing a lamp of illumination. ----Milowent (talk) 03:20, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For all your work in these difficult days: notifying Wikiprojects, discussing on the RfC's, exposing rogue editors/admins behaviour and also for this exceptional comment, which definitely proves what is the real problem of Wikipedia these days. We need more brilliant editors like you! Cyclopia ^talk 13:08, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Hi Okip, this barnstar is for your tireless efforts in helping, orienting and encouraging newcomers and novice editors, like me. Thanks, --Grancafé (talk) 15:35, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		Grand Coffee Vizir Barnstar
		For your generousous hard work, courage and distinguished dedication to the noble cause of coffee, you are conferred this Grand Coffee Vizir award of high distinction and accomplishment. Congratulations! --Grancafé (talk) 18:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Barnstar of European Merit

I can not thank you enough for the work you put into Albania-Serbia relations, there is no doubt in my mind that you have earned this barnstar. -Marcusmax(speak) 01:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC) _{this WikiAward was given to Ikip by Marcusmax(speak) on 01:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)}[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar may be awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked Even though I almost always seem to disagree with you, I admire all the hard work you put in to whatever controversy seems to be engulfing Wikipedia this week! HJ Mitchell \| fancy a chat? 17:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Awarded 20 January 2007 to Travb for his valiant defense of the Wikipedia mission to produce a neutral encyclopedia. Athaenara

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For your tireless effort to save notable articles at AfD. Honestly, your commitment to fighting unnecessary deletions is extraordinary! SMSpivey (talk) 02:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You deserve this Wikidraco scholasticus award for taking on current AfD policy at Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#Deletion_wars:_I_propose_a_novel_solution - and for having the patience to plough through AfD looking for articles worth saving. --Philcha (talk) 13:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Philippine Barnstar
		... for your advice and assistance in the development of a Philippine-related article. -- Sultan-Commander (talk) 10:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your continued and tireless efforts to keep Wikipedia a welcome place for all editors... from your graciousness and guidence to newcomers who might feel "put off" when their own initial efforts end up at AfD... to your efforts to maintain the integrity of the project and its articles. The job is never-ending, and yet you continue... even when your efforts are sometimes considered as overzealous. Keep up the good fight, but with patience... as Don Quixote is not the only one to find honor in tilting at windmills. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		A Lucky Penny
		In the spirit of funding that is sweeping the country this penny is offered to Editor:Ikip for his incredible WikiWorld endeavors:----Buster7 (talk) 23:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For all your hard work keeping an eye on Wikipedia talk:Notability (fiction)#Final adoption as a guideline and following up with the people who have commented there. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 02:17, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		Wikipedia Motivation Award
		have noticed the announcements at several pages and applaud your courtesy in sharing the news that such a discussion is going on, as thousands of affected editors would otherwise have no idea that the fates of so many articles was being determined or where to even look for such a discussion. Well done. I am surprised that others have not themselves been as proactive in seeking a wider consensus for such an important and far-reaching proposal. This thing could impact nearly three quarters of a million articles. Good job!!! Wow. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 18:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles I have created
Using: http://toolserver.org/~sql/created.php Tool. Tool does not count templates. A_New_Life_(The_Outer_Limits) A_Test_of_the_News Template:AbUS --archive box for American terrorism page. Abdellatif_Laabi After_the_Empire:_The_Breakdown_of_the_American_Order American_civil_religion American_Expeditionary_Force_Siberia Army_Foreign_Intelligence_Assistance_Program Association_of_Inclusionist_Wikipedians Axis_of_Evil_(film) Balloon_effect Bell_Trade_Act Benevolent Assimilation Benevolent_Assimilation_(book) The Book of All Flesh as RWV. Calder v. Bull as RWV. Boring law school case. Case-Church_Amendment Charles_Henry_Dietrich CIA_and_Contras_cocaine_trafficking_in_the_US Clark_Amendment Commission_on_Industrial_Relations Commonwealth_v._Pullis Control_(2004_film) Costa_Rican_Civil_War DeLima v. Bidwell Democracy_in_Marxism Domestic_analogy Dreamland_(2007_film) Drew_Griffin CNN reporter Duck_Hook Nixon threat, called for the possibly-nuclear bombing of military and economic targets in and around Hanoi, the mining of Haiphong and other ports Edward_Atkinson Enemy_Nations Estate_of_Rodriquez_v._Drummond_Co. Fablehaven children's books. Firefight_at_Yechon:_Courage_and_Racism_in_the_Korean_War G._Robert_Blakey Green_report Guenter_Lewy Heroism Research Group Hitler's_Willing_Executioners Hughes-Ryan_Act Human_rights_in_Colombia Identical_Strangers...twins were given up by their mentally ill mother and separated as infants...met for the first time in 2004 at the age of 35. Intelligence_Oversight_Act International_Journal_of_Political_Economy, socialist perspective acedemic economic journal. Is the Holocaust Unique? Jacob_H._Smith Joseph_Lafayette_Rawlins Julian_Codman Kerry_Committee_report Kill_the_Messenger Kill_the_Messenger_(film) Klaus_Mehnert La_Violencia Leahy_Law Little_Eichmanns Lodge_Committee Looking_for_Love_(film) a 1964 romantic musical-comedy movie Michel_Garder My_Country,_My_Country Onyx_Project Operation_WASHTUB Operation_Whitecoat PCCC Plan_Cobra Power_Play_(1978_film) Picard v. Barry Pontiac-Buick, Inc. 1995 Rhode Island Supreme Court case often cited in tort law text books to explain the legal concept of battery. Predictions_of_Soviet_collapse Problems_of_Communism_(journal) Psychological_Operations_in_Guerrilla_Warfare San_Francisco_Call Senate_Document Simon_Sisters Sixto_Lopez Talk:American terrorism/Past disagreements Template:AmericanEmpire Template:Colombia conflict Template:Soatitles Template:Stay focused as RWV. This talk page is not a web blog. Template:U.S. Congressional opposition to war The_Saint_Patrick's_Day_Four Sturges_v._Crowninshield as RWV, dealt with the constitutionality of New York creating bankruptcy laws and retroactively applying those laws. Theodore_Schroeder They_Came_Back Thomas_MacDonald_Patterson Thousand_Days_War Timeline_of_labor_issues_and_events Timeline_of_Philippine-American_War Tom_Engelhardt the creator of the Nation Institute's tomdispatch.com, a liberal web blog. Total_Denial a 2006 documentary film about fifteen Burmese villagers going up against oil giants UNOCAL and TOTAL as they build the Yadana Pipeline. Trade_unions_in_the_United_Kingdom TV-6_(Russia) TVS_(Russia) U.S._Army_and_CIA_interrogation_manuals Union of Banana Exporting Countries as RWV. Attempt to create OPEC like cartel for bananas. United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Philippines United_States_v._Stanley the United States Supreme Court found that a serviceman could not file a tort action against the federal government, even though the government secretly administered doses of LSD to the serviceman as part of an experimental program, because his injuries were found by the lower court to be service-related. War_Feels_Like_War War_referendum a type of referendum in which citizens decide whether a nation should go to war. William_Lindsay_Scruggs (1836 - 1912) a scholar of South American foreign policy and U.S. ambassador to Colombia and Venezuela. The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

...and here's an honorary **enigma rotor** for ferreting out a good solution. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:47, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For keeping both your integrity and a cool head in the most trying of circumstances. Ireneshusband 05:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On 27 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ludlow Amendment, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Ikip, you have helped me in many ways over the past few weeks, thank you once again for your assistance. Marcusmax(speak) 23:00, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Awarded to Ikip for volunteering to cleanse the Augean stables. —S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 21:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		For your elegant and clear solution to some vexing situations I hereby award you this shiny barnstar you can play catch with or trade for superpowers or even put on a display shelf for all to behold and admire. The Article Rescue Squadron is a band of troupers who work in stressful environments to save content worth keeping and your help is very much appreciated. -- Banjeboi 11:52, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		This is an excellent idea for Foreign relations of Argentina by country to deal with the minor bilateral relationships, just 1 suggestion for improvement can we sort by continent/region? LibStar (talk) 09:19, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thank you very much for your successful efforts in strengthening the content and character of Wikipedia. Your work is greatly appreciated. Ecoleetage (talk) 19:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I hearby award this barnstar to Ikip due to his heroic campaigning for the noble cause of including valuable and interesting articles in the peoples encyclopaedia. FeydHuxtable (talk) 16:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thankyou for being so nice to me! Scythre ^Talk _Contribs 15:52, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		I hereby award this Barnstar to Ikip for his excellent idea to reduce conflict by pre-empting potentially heated AfD debates with a suggestion that articles be userfied, so new users can still work to improve their work, while deletionists are happy as problem articles are removed from mainspace. Everyone's a winner! FeydHuxtable (talk) 10:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

andyzweb (talk) haz givn u Cheezburgr! Cheezburgrs promot WikiLovez and hoapfuly thiz one haz made yore day bettr. Spreadd teh WikiLovez by givin sumone else Cheezburgr, whethr it be sumeone youz hav had disagreementz with in teh past or a gud frend. Hapy munchins!

Spredd teh goudnesz of Cheezburgerz to all lolcat buddiez by addin {{subst:Cheezburgr}} to their talk paj with friendly messuj to all.

		The Original Barnstar
		For cutting process, getting crap out of mainspace and helping newbies not to feel bitten all at the same time, a singular achievement. Guy (Help!) 20:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This user played a significant role in helping Eddie Kilroy graduate from incubation.

This user played a significant role in helping Downtown Emergency Service Center graduate from incubation.

"Disagreeable and closed to new ideas - that's the picture that emerges of contributors to...Wikipedia from a survey of their psychological attributes." Aldhous, Peter (January 03, 2009). "Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded". NewScientist. Retrieved 2009-05-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Source: "Personality Characteristics of Wikipedia Members" CyberPsychology & Behavior (DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0225)

This project does not exist to help editors grow a thicker skin. Our mission is to build an encyclopedia, not establish limits for low-level abuse that we think our volunteer editors should be willing to suffer. If we drive away more people than we attract, then it's a genuine loss to the project and we should fix it rather than label those who would prefer to work in a civil environment as "thin skinned." -- User:Cool Hand Luke [2]

The problem is that our enforcement of civility and NPA has historically been quite selective. If you're unpopular or unpowerful and criticizing somebody popular or powerful, you are likely to be blocked. The other way around, not so much. We ought to come up with objective standards and stick to them. -- User:Jehochman [3]

A reliable measure of prejudice is how many mistakes a person gets forgiven. --Durova

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Best welcome template: User:AxG/WikiWelcome1

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Userpage

Why delete your userpage? What's up? From an email a friend sent me: "I am a Nobody. Nobody is Perfect. Therefore I am Perfect." Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 18:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I hope this has nothing to do with the deletion of some of your pages. Please don't be discouraged by this; your work is still appreciated. :) —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, we appreciate your work. Make sure the Wiki vay-cay isn't too long. SMSpivey (talk) 00:41, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded/fourthed. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And fifthed! :) Pastor Theo (talk) 03:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sixtheded! --Buster7 (talk) 05:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

*blush* Thank you fellow editors for your warm and kind support. I would never had stayed on wikipedia as long as I have without so much wonderful support. The fierce oppostion and piety attacks would have chased me away, as they have chased away so many other fine editors who don't have the support network that I am now so blessed to have.

Adopt and mentor these new editors, e-mail them, step between them and the many bullies on wikipedia, counsel them on and off wikipedia.

I am around. Just not editing. I will be back in a few weeks to two months. Ikip (talk) 12:19, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pastor Theo, you don't have your e-mail activated. Ikip (talk) 12:22, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is life outside of Wikipedia? Enjoy your break. ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I still love your "If you spend to much time on wikipedia, you will go insane, like me." I should have the embroidered and mailed to you. Ikip (talk) 18:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for YouTube cat abuse incident

An editor has asked for a deletion review of YouTube cat abuse incident. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. AfD hero (talk) 04:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have email activated, I was hoping to e-mail you. You are an editor who deperatetly deserves a barnstar AfDhero for your hard work in saving articles. Ikip (talk) 13:05, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really think that would be appropriate. I don't try to "save" articles in the classic sense of improving them (unless it's trivial to find the sources or whatever). I used to do that, but then they would get deleted anyways, so whats the point.

With the new culture of admins being above concensus, I'm thinking about closing this account and just going back to anonymously improving mathematics and hard science articles like I've done since the beginning. Basically give up on the rest of wikipedia until the general beureacratic, deletion heavy mindset changes. These projects are one of the few areas that are effectively untouchable by bureaucrats and policywonks, and the culture of editors there is much nicer. AfD hero (talk) 01:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to hear that, you are not the first editor to say that you are fed up with wikipedia and will probably leave. We need more editors like you. Ikip (talk) 01:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invite to article rescue squadron.--Libertyguy (talk) 16:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

your welcome, thank you for contributing your time and talents to wikipedia. Wikipedia needs more editors like you. I hope you stay. :) Ikip (talk) 18:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Citing IMDb

I'm writing to let you know that I have modified this proposal in hopes of trying to build a consensus in favor of something relating to citing IMDb. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:26, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ARS invite

I've used your version and created Template:Article Rescue Squadron invite so we have an "official" template. If you want to include comments regarding inclusion and per someone's user page perhaps that could be bonus comments instead? -- Banjeboi 16:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job. I had myself booted voluntarily for two weeks, so I can't make any improvements. The inclusion idea in the template was a bad attempt at comprimise.

this is my latest version:

Hello, Article Rescue Squadron. You may be interested in participating in the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue members are focused on rescuing articles in jeopardy of deletion. If this interests you, you may seek more information on the Project Page.
You can join >> here <<. ~~~~

This is yours (thanks for taking the initiative on creating this)

You have been invited to join the Article Rescue Squadron, a collaborative effort to rescue articles from deletion when they can be improved through regular editing. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join and help rescue articles tagged for deletion and rescue. ~~~~

Newer version:

Hello, {{SUBST:BASEPAGENAME}} you have been invited to join the Article Rescue Squadron, where members are focused on rescuing articles in jeopardy of deletion by improving the article. For more information, please visit the project page, where you can join >> here << and help rescue articles tagged for deletion and rescue. ~~~~

What do you think about the last one?

Ikip (talk) 19:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes to adding the name parameter, I wasn't able to get it to work. Yes to the >>join here<< function. I'd rather keep the rest very neutral as this project has a history of being accused of inclusionism which we should work to avoid. Part of that is all our project templates and content need to avoid emotional appeals and remain as neutral as possible. I'm using the new welcome template which I'll post below. Sorry I didn't see this discussion sooner. -- Banjeboi 17:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I got blocked voluntarily because so many editors were worried about me. So no problem about not seeing this earlier. Here is a newer version:

Hello, {{SUBST:BASEPAGENAME}} you have been invited to join the Article Rescue Squadron, where members rescue articles from deletion by improving the article. For more information, please visit the project page, where you can join >> here << and help rescue articles tagged for deletion and rescue. ~~~~

The sentence a collaborative effort to rescue articles from deletion when they can be improved through regular editing. needed a slight rewrite.

I want to use an approved template, so that accuations of canvassing by editors who delete are nulfied even further. Ikip (talk) 20:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not bothered by the allegation if the wording is still neutral. "rescue articles from deletion when they can be improved through regular editing" is the key phrase as it is AfD policy whereas "rescue articles from deletion by improving the article" implies that all tagged ones are rescuable and the only way we rescue is by improving them. Neither of those is true, often we rescue articles simply by pointing to notability and sourcing on the AfD. -- Banjeboi 21:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"rescue articles from deletion when they can be improved through regular editing" needs to be written clearer. I am not sure how at this point. Maybe:

"rescue articles from deletion if they could have been improved through regular editing"

Ikip (talk) 01:08, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The wording though conveys an "out" for all involved, we rescue articles when they can be improved through regular editing because we are referring to those articles in process not that someone should have improved them before AfD. -- Banjeboi 13:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted to GA

In case you were thinking of making that into a list, I just got Dragon kill points (A famously deleted article) up to GA after recreating it last month. Protonk (talk) 18:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

THAT is awesome! i will put you in the ars hall of fame when I get unblocked from my voluntary block. Congrats Protonk. I would mention it here too: Wikipedia_talk:Article_Rescue_Squadron#Fifth_formerly_deleted_article_recreated_and_advanced_to_GA-Class Ikip (talk) 21:59, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to ARS!

Welcome
Hi, Ikip, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron WikiProject! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying and rescuing articles and content that have been nominated for deletion. Every day hundreds of articles are deleted, many rightfully so. But many concern notable subjects and are poorly written, ergo fixable, and should not be deleted. We try to help these articles and content to quickly improve and address the concerns of why they are proposed for deletion. This covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated! Some points that may be helpful: WikiProject Article rescue squadron's (ARS) main aim is to help improve Wikipedia articles and content. If someone seeks help, please try to assist if you are able. Likewise feel free to ask for help, advice and clarification. Sometimes we are asked to help rescue articles by people new to our notability and sourcing policies. If the article is not fixable we can help explain why and offer alternatives. Sometimes editors who are new to Wikipedia may perceive the deletion of "their" article as discouraging. Encourage civility and maybe even {{welcome}} them if they have only been templated with deletion messages. The Articles for deletion (AfD) discussion is where the concerns regarding each article are brought up and addressed. To be an effective member of the project you need to know how AfD works as well as how to improve articles. Introduction to deletion process gives a good overview and some good advice for newcomers to deletion. Our primary work is improving Wikipedia articles and content. A more dynamic list with article links and descriptions are located at our rescue list. If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to the list of translators available. Articles and sources that use non-English languages often need translation for those of us who cannot translate for ourselves. Many important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is recommended that you watchlist it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. And once again — Welcome! ~~~~

It's meant to cover a lot of ground for users who read nothing else. -- Banjeboi 20:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good points, I will make suggestions later. Thanks for visiting my page! Ikip (talk) 20:12, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ikip, welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron!

We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to rescuing articles that have been tagged for deletion. Many articles are deleted which are notable subjects but are poorly written, which can be fixable and should not be deleted.

Many times we are asked to help rescue articles by people new to wikipedia. If the article is not fixable we can help explain why and offer alternatives. Encourage civility and maybe even {{welcome}} them if they have only been templated with deletion messages.

The Articles for deletion (AfD) discussion is where the concerns regarding each article are brought up and addressed. To be an effective member of the project you need to know how AfD works as well as how to improve articles. Introduction to deletion process gives a good overview and some good advice for newcomers to deletion.

Template:ARS/Tagged

Our primary work is improving articles tagged for rescue. On this template you can see a drop-down list of current articles tagged. You can install it on your own page by copying and pasting {{ARS/Tagged}}. A more dynamic list with article links and description is on our current articles page. It is highly recommended you add it to your watchlist.

Many important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is recommended that you add it to your watchlist.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

And once again - Welcome! ~~~~

Need a new perspective

Please review actions of Admin User:Avi on Carlos Latuff, Talk:Carlos Latuff, antisemitism, and User_talk:65.246.126.130#March_2009 and render an opinion. -74.162.148.196 (talk) 20:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had myself blocked, so I can't intercede. Ikip (talk) 20:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Email me the issues with your real account, keeping in mind that I have no idea what the issue is. It is hard for me to understand everything from what little you said. Ikip (talk) 22:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above is one of the IP socks of User:Mbhiii, who has been edit warring on various articles for a long time now. -- Avi (talk) 23:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information Avraham. I wonder why he comes to me for help? Maybe he sees that I help new editors sometimes? He obviously is someone who is desperate, and who doesn't have many friends here. I would be willing to hear what is going on. Ikip (talk) 23:27, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. On the other hand, the edits that get near universally reverted due to their obvious improper POV and deliberate ignoring of consensus, coupled with spamming various editors talk pages may have something to do with the dearth of people who are willing to help him. /sigh Wikipedia:The Truth is a many-splendored thing, and those in possession of it wish to spread it, but that is not the purpose of wikipedia; as unfortunate as that may be. -- Avi (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, thank you for taking the time to explain the situation. I am honored that you feel my opinion is important enough to explain everything. I will have to take your word for everything you say. The anon probably will not respond anyway, and I am really not interested in the subject of antisemitism. Best wishes and happy editing. Ikip (talk) 00:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merging Lodge Committee and U.S. Senate Committee on the Philippines

You appear to be a main editor at Lodge Committee, so I wanted to let you know I'm performing a merge of that article into United States Senate Committee on the Philippines. The Lodge Committee is how people referenced the Philippines Committee when Henry Cabot Lodge was chairman. I'm working on standardizing and cleaning up defunct committee articles. Since there was no separate committee overseeing the war crimes investigation, and all hearings were conducted by the Philippines committee, it's more appropriate to discuss the war crimes hearings in the main committee article.

Please review the discussion at here and here. I'm leaving Lodge Committee up for now instead of redirecting it, because there's a lot of good information there. However, it is currently a chronological transcript of the hearing and its witnesses, and the narrative is not up to Wikipedia's standards. I've condensed and rewritten several sections, and copied others as is. Please take a look at the new version at Committee on the Philippines and make any edits you see fit.DCmacnut <> 21:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

cool, as you wish, thanks for consulting me. I trust my hours and hours of work is in good hands. God bless. Ikip (talk) 22:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RFC for User:Collect

Hello, see my response here: User_talk:Mattnad#RfC.3F Phoenix of9 (talk) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 Please review the discussion at [[Talk:Lodge_Committee#Merge_proposal|here]] and [[Talk:United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Philippines#Merge_Lodge_Committee_into_this_article|here]]. I'm leaving Lodge Committee up for now instead of redirecting it, because there's a lot of good information there. However, it is currently a chronological transcript of the hearing and its witnesses, and the narrative is not up to Wikipedia's standards. I've condensed and rewritten several sections, and copied others as is. Please take a look at the new version at [[United States Senate Committee on the Philippines|Committee on the Philippines]] and make any edits you see fit.[[User:Dcmacnut|DCmacnut]][[User talk:Dcmacnut|<font color="blue">&lt;</font><font color="red">&gt;</font>]] 21:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 :cool, as you wish, thanks for consulting me. I trust my hours and hours of work is in good hands. God bless. [[User:Ikip|Ikip]] ([[User talk:Ikip|talk]]) 22:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
+==RFC for [[User:Collect]]==
+Hello, see my response here: [[User_talk:Mattnad#RfC.3F]] [[User:Phoenix of9|Phoenix of9]] ([[User talk:Phoenix of9|talk]]) 02:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)