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Historiques dans...
le placard
la penderie
la soupente
le grenier
la cave
le débarras
le vide poche
la boite
le carton
box

All pictures uploaded by myself have myself as author, and are gfdl (unless I state otherwise).

Fleur de Torah Torah

WikiCookie

WikiCookie

A WikiCookie for you. Congratulations! - Mark 11:07, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

ahah, he wants me to grow even fatter :-) thanks. Anthere 07:07, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Nostalgia

Done. How are you, anyway? Things going well? Koyaanis Qatsi 06:15, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image:DSCN3387.JPG

File:DSCN3387.JPG

I absolutely love the red cricket image of yours. Did you actually take this image, if so, where did you find this insect? Do you happen to know what species it is? Many thanks! – ClockworkSoul 17:38, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your reply, and for showing me all of your uploaded pictures. every one of them are quite stunning (Amguid crater, wow!).jpg. You and your husband obviously live a very active and interesting life!

I understand your feelings about barnstars in particular, and I agree that i's unfair that many very deserving people never get awarded a barnstar, which is one of the reasons I had for creating the Kindness Campaign. One of the foci we have there is to encourage people to notice when others make a major effort and recognize that effort appropriately, whether it be by a nice note on their talk page, or giving them a barnstar. At the moment, the emphasis is on the latter in the hopes that everybody that deserves one should get one, but it doesn't have to be that way. In the end, all I really want to do is help out morale a bit by making people feel appreciated (in fact, we would love if you dropped by if you had any suggestions we could use).

As for your WikiThanks, I'm not sure how that happened... one person gave me a big one as a big thanks, and other people just sort of picked up on it. As you can see, I've separated them out because they really aren't barnstars, and aren't meant to be. I've even been thinking of removing them from the page anyway because they're not entirely approproiate there, so I have no problem removing them.

Oh, there's one more thing I would to ask you: I've been considering joining the Mediation Committee, and I would like some advice from a veteran. Did you find it rewarding before you joined the board? What percentage of your WikiTime did you find spending on mediation? Many thanks. :)

ClockworkSoul 14:52, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Autofellatio

Hi, could you explain why the use of the word "copyrighted" means so much to you here in the context of autofellatio 2? The Berne convention is clear: all documents are copyrighted. All of the documents and pictures on Wikipedia and Wikimedia and everywhere else is copyrighted. Except those whose authors have been dead for over 100 years or something. So does "copyrighted" mean something more to you than the rights of an originator under the Bere convention? --Tony Sidaway|Talk 00:44, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

By the way, it is funny but I found the insect pictures on this page quite challenging. I suppose I got a taste of how awful it is for some people to see a penis or a vagina. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 00:46, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hello. Thought I would drop you another note to first let you know that User:Sannse is throwing your Wikimedia Board member credential around on my talk page in a way I would find embarrasing if I was you, especially since Sannse is complaining about something you never contacted me about. Second, given Sannse's repeated complaints, I thought I would explain that it is extra important to add an edit summary for controversial changes such as your edit to autofellatio: [1]. Wikipedia:Edit summary: "Even a short summary is better than no summary. Accurate summaries help people decide whether it is worthwhile for them to check a change." Thanks. Hyacinth 21:08, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

CP

I think some people have that usage in English, too, but I discourage it because it seems to imply falsely that other things are not under copyright.

I can see the beauty in your "Grillon1" picture, but it does still give me the heeby jeebies.

Your logos are beautiful. I think I'll use one of them on my user page. --Tony Sidaway|Talk

Five-and-a-half

(Regarding my edit)

LOL I had no idea... the five-and-a-half was completely a joke.

That took a while for me to understand... But no, I hadn't even heard of you before this. Funny how that works though! -Grick 06:36, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, in any case. :) -Grick 06:59, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Image deletion

Nearly nobody seems to like to discuss the current image deletion policy. See my messages here, here, here, here, and here. Only three persons have responded to my messages. What do I do to ensure nobody deletes not-so-bad-quality non-redundant non-copyvio images? -- Paddu 07:23, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hello Anthere. In that same vein, I left a question for you at Wikipedia_talk:Images_and_media_for_deletion/Unverified_orphans#Still_unverified_untaggued_orphans. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 20:44, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Ancient history

[[Talk:Wikipedia:Civility]] - "I spent a lot of time on that page...[and was] stripped entirely of my authorship over it." - I hadnt even looked at the page since I copied it from meta last year. I feel so bad about not even leaving a comment. :( -==SV 04:00, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Mediation committee

Hello, Anthere. I hope everything is well. I just wanted to give you a head-up that I took your advice and requested that I be allowed to join the Mediation Committee. Hopefully, they'll decide that they can use me. Many thanks again for the advice, ClockworkSoul 18:40, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC).

Thank you

Thank you for your support on Wikipedia:Mediation Committee. :) – ClockworkSoul 01:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Req. for your work on Sony v Universal

I think Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios could make a great featured article. It doesn't quite meet the requirements yet, but it could with a little work. In light of the debates and cases about digital piracy and the obligations of hardware/software creators, the affirmation/modification/elimination of the Sony precedent is a key issue for the future of information technology.

Since you've worked on the article in the past, feel free to take another look to bring it "up to code" for a nomination. Feco 21:07, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thx

Thank you for your answer. This morning all is running quite well - let's touch wood. --Otets 13:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

AMA Meeting Proposal

Hi! I put together a proposal for another AMA meeting that I'm hopeful you can chime in on. --Wgfinley 19:47, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deadminship

I'm beginning to get disillusioned with certain admins and their behavior toward "trolls." I may consider being renominated at a later date, but that's very unlikely - not until we have a coherent and fast method to remove administrators' sysop powers. Thanks, ugen64 14:34, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It always gets strong opposition, mainly from the sysops themselves. ugen64 19:38, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

100,000

You're welcome, Anthere. I'm not in a position to judge, but I'm quite sure your articles on FR are at least as good as ours on EN, if not better:-) Take care. David Cannon 23:29, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Happy Mother's Day

It is Mother's Day here in the United States, and as a notable mommy on Wikipedia, I just wanted to extend warm wishes toward you. Happy Mother's Day! – ClockworkSoul 14:26, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Mediation: Aesthetic Realism

Hello, Anthere. :) I'm very pleased to be part of the Mediation Committee, and I will lend a hand at Aesthetic Realism. I will have some difficulty over the next few days, though: this is finals week, and I'm scheduled for exams through Wednesday. – ClockworkSoul 05:19, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

If you have time ....CILSS

Because of your interest and knowledge agriculture, I thought you may be interested in expanding the article CILSS that I translated from french Wikipedia. Andries 13:30, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Uwe Kils

hallo Florence - thank you very much and hallo to beautiful France (we are originally from northern Germany) - UK and students 68.46.71.104 21:34, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

hallo Florence - my students exercised as oceanographers, taking code from my space preparing for a German demonstration project on virtual university, the idea of Erik Moeller (user:eloquence) of the Wikiversity for online e-teaching and e-research and I offered my cooperation as teacher and my interactive virtual microscope for a course in Meeresbiologie and Biologie der Antarktis - for that project it is important to have reproducible credentials for the teachers. We also plan to move educational content from expensive university servers to the free project (in Germany we don't even have tuition in the University) - help us - or not - I really don't care if I am sysop or not, I have that all behind me - we try to help the NeXT generation - best greetings - keep up with your fine work Uwe Kils

Insect pictures

Aubépine ou rose?

Votre photos d'insectes sont belles! J'ai ajouté la légende de Image:Hymenoptere2.jpg — je crois que ce n'est pas une aubépine, et "Hymenoptere" est un peu général. Gdr 22:17, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Wikijunior name vote

m:Wikijunior project name Voting will end June 6, 2005 at 11:30 am EST. -- user:Zanimum

Greetings

Hello, desert princess! [2] -- Uncle Ed (talk) 02:45, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

African editors

Please, do tell! I'm fairly active around here, so I'd like to know more... dewet|™ 09:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat as Jeandré; would love to attend, but costs are prohibitive. I'd be willing to help in any other way, though. dewet|™ 17:05, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

From South Africa, can I help with information for your report? — Jeandré, 2005-06-24t20:18z

Re: User talk:Jeandré#Africa report.

I've read about Wikimania, but can't afford to go. I figured I might be able to help with any questions for your paper. I talked to a Wikipedian at a meetup for another subject, but haven't been able to organize any local Wikimedia meets. Re "wikimedia projects visibility in Africa", see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_on_TV_and_radio#2004 (2004-12-11). — Jeandré, 2005-06-26t12:26z

I did see that the cheche photo was of you when I was looking for the version of the page used in the television program writeup, but I'd forgotten about it when I linked to it above.

I'm not sure what you mean in your second paragraph. — Jeandré, 2005-06-26t21:37z

Hi Anthere; I haven't heard anything from you since our last conversation, and I just wanted to check if you've received my email? dewet|™ 07:24, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Request for not using Malayalam Numerals

In Malayalam Wikipedia now we are using Malayalam Numerals. This is make reading harder even for Malayalies living in Kerala.

Malayalam Numerals are now only for academic interest. [Sadly] it is no longer taught even in Malayalam medium schools.

You could verify this by looking Malayam Medium Physics text book (eg Prefaces/Contents pdf). Even Malayalam text book (eg Prefaces/Contents pdf) do not use Malayalam Numerals.

Or see the popular Malayalam paper at Malayala-Manorama at http://www.pressdisplay.com/

So I request we should switch back to Latin numerals at http://ml.wikipedia.org and http://ml.wiktionary.org/ (may be after an voting process)

Thanks in advance, -Bijee 20:58, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

I have removed the French version of the notice you added, since:

• A sitenotice in French on the English Wikipedia does not make sense.
• Signing a site notice does not make sense.

--cesarb 29 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)

I just noticed you reverted yourself almost at the same time, and your revert went first ☺. --cesarb 29 June 2005 11:55 (UTC)

I immediately reverted what I did. It was a mistake in pasting between windows. Of course it makes no sense. The problem is not all projects have a valid sitenotice right now, it requires to be sysop to edit it and it takes so much time to switch oneself sysop on each project one at a time, that I lazyly pasted the message in village pumps for sysops to change their site notice. I just messed between windows. I hope you will accept my words when I say it was a mistake. Anthere

It's obvious it was a mistake; otherwise, it wouldn't make sense ;-) --cesarb 29 June 2005 12:04 (UTC)

Sami costume image

Do you possibly know where the people in Image:Costumes Saami.jpg, or rather the costumes, come from? From the caps/hats I would guess somewhere in Finland, but that is only a guess. /Habj 29 June 2005 23:41 (UTC)

Thank you! I added some info to the image at Commons. /Habj 1 July 2005 18:19 (UTC)

Good luck, Anthere!

Hi Anthere! Just to let you know that I've just voted - for you - and hope you make it:-) David Cannon 30 June 2005 13:55 (UTC)

Project journalism

Dear Anthere, I just wanted to let you know that some editors, including me, have undertaken a new project, at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Journalism. I know you yourself might not have time or interst in this, but I thought you'd be a good person to let know about it and perhaps you might mention it to others to help bring a more intnertional point of view and some good editorial talent. Hope you're having a good summer. My best, Calicocat 20:04, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Looking forward to another 2 years with you ;-). Seriously, well done, and I hope we can work together productively in the future.--Eloquence* 04:42, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations and best wishes, Anthere -- you've done excellent work since long before I showed up roughly two years ago, and I'm glad to know you'll continue in your role on the Board. Have a pleasant summer, Jwrosenzweig 23:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, Anthere! I'm so glad you've made it for a second term. David Cannon 00:14, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations as well. JuntungWu 15:35, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• By the way I voted via en. I don't have enough edits on the other wikipedias. JuntungWu 03:59, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Congrats! I don't see you around very often, but best wishes. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 22:02, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Je suis désolé qu'il ait été si long. Je suis sans emploi, ainsi j'avais évité Wikipedia -- il tente trop d'éviter de rechercher l'emploi. Je suis heureux que tu fasses toujours ceci. Félicitations! Paix, amour, et lumière, BCorr|Брайен 14:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

I can log in again! Thank you for taking the time to look at it. Cheers, es:Wikitionary:ecelan

Proposed update of MediaWiki:Tagline

A change to the current Wikipedia tagline has been proposed for discussion and adoption at Wikipedia:Proposed update of MediaWiki:Tagline. Interested contributers please visit this page. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT -- Sitearm | Talk 18:46, 2005 August 6 (UTC)

The proposal has been updated:

• Leave current top-left text as is ("From WikiPedia the free encyclopedia.")
• Add new top-right text ("All articles are user-contributed in a collaborative effort.")

Interested contributors please comment here. Thank you for your help! -- Sitearm | Talk 02:12, 2005 August 12 (UTC)

Your Wikimania paper

HI, I sent this as an email message, but it bounced back for some reason, so I'm copying it to your talk page:

I recently came across the abstract of your Wikimania paper on 'How to get Wikimedia into the developing world', and thought I would email you to see if you have a full text version available. I am writing my MA dissertation entitled 'Wikipedia: hypertext, the virtual community and the democratisation of knowledge' and would like to cite you in a section of the paper, as I am writing about how the Wikipedia is a community which constantly discusses itself.

If you're interested, I edit under the username Will Lakeman, and I have a sub-page detailing my research. I decided to make my ideas available for comment for other Wikipedia editors, and hope to makethe dissertation available at some point.

Thanks illWill 20:28, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Saint Anthere

For being a saint.

Hi Anthere:

I'm very sorry to bother you, I know you're very busy; I've been pressured to drop off this note. As background, a while back I wrote a "Church of Wikipedia" parody, and it has apparently caught on with other editors: Wikipedia:Catholic Church of Wikipedia. They declared me the "WikiPope," and as such, I'm obliged come and interrupt your day so you'll know that you've been declared a saint. Also, you are hereby awarded this Saint's Barnstar. Please feel free to join in with the joke if you would like to do so and can find the time.

More importantly, always know in all sincerity, that we appreciate your efforts greatly. -- Essjay • Talk 07:23, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

goodness !?! ant

Human Rights Servey on Wikipedia (The final post of I_sterbinski)

Dear all,

Wikipedia was recently a subject of intensive research of an huge international human right organization. A team of people from different nationalities and ages were acting on Wikipedia for 20 days, investigating previously noted anomalities of Wikipedia free editing and forming a final report, which (between the others similar reports) will later be a guide to all future moves of the organization concerning Wikipedia. Acting under an account of a real person, their privacy is to be held private. Therefore, very few private information will be revealed.

Also, this is a result of the lack of final possition of the organization concerning Wikipedia and human rights, which was still not formed.

The team's final post on Wikipedia, where they explain their actions can be found on the following addresses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:I_sterbinski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macedonia#Human_Rights_Servey_on_Wikipedia_.28The_final_post_of_I_sterbinski.29

The team would like to thank to all the persons who took part in the correspondence with us.

We also want to appologise for keeping our identity secret for a longer period.

Best regards,

Aleksandar, Biljana, Asparuh, Christos, Valjon, Michael and Ana Luiza

I sterbinski 01:01, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Joyeux Anniversaire!
Angela. 07:05, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks dear, but I will still enjoy my youth for 2 additional days. I do not know where this rumor comes from, but my birthday is on the 10th. Do not remove the cake though, I can eat some for 3 days ;-) Especially if with chocolate.

Anthere 11:04, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

The ballon thing everywhere is neat !

Oh... I just trusted m:Wikipedians by birthday#September was true. I noticed I wasn't the only one. :) Angela. 12:43, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Florence. Party time! Bon anniversaire

Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Anthere
Happy Birthday to you.

Despite the above being copyrighted, have a happy b'day, and pass some cake here too. :) User:Nichalp/sg 09:50, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

User:Jenmoa/birthday --Jen Moakler 04:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Live long and prosper, Anthere. Happy Birthday! Or as we say in Deutschland, "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!"- JustPhil 17:11, 11 September 2005 (UTC) Flag of Germany

thanks :-) Waou, overall, I had more cakes and flowers on wikipedia than in real life :) Anthere

Plus haut

A 2000 mètres, y'a toujours de l'eau, mais c'est pas encore ça. C'est pas mal non plus remarque. Je me demande bien où nous allons comme ça. D.

Bureaucrat rights

Ma cherie Anthere, I have resigned my bureaucrat rights. Please remove them for me. Perhaps next year I might re-apply. Merci beaucoup. Uncle Ed 02:04, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Cross-Wiki personal attacks

User:Ed Poor recommended that I bring a matter of cross-Wiki personal attacks to the attention of a steward, such as yourself. JarlaxleArtemis (talk · contribs) is the subject of an RfArb that appears likely to result in substantial sanctions against him. He has made many personal attacks on an editor, User:Linuxbeak, involved in that RfArb, and has been getting acounts on Wikimedia projects and miscellaneous open wikis in order to spread these attacks. I know this because he boasted of it on the Linuxbeak's talk page.[3] I don't know if there are any good ways of getting this type of cross-Wiki attack cleaned up, but any help you can propose for would be appreciated.

Thanks for your response. I'm afraid that this matter has been difficult for everyone involved. I apologize on behalf of the community for any upset that has been caused to you or others. I'll drop a note of explanation (and warning) on Wikiquote. Enjoy your offline time. Cheers, -Willmcw 03:10, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Message on my talk page

Why'd you leave me that message? I don't even know you. ‡ Jarlaxle 23:13, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I know why. You see, I was pointing out to Linuxbeak that someone else hates him too. I just searched for "Linuxbeak" on Google, I didn't create that stuff. ‡ Jarlaxle 23:22, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Final decision reached

The arbitration committee has reached a final decision in the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/JarlaxleArtemis 2 case. →Raul654 17:20, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Couter Vandalism Unit

I have a vandalism detection bot and I feel it needs some color so I want to create a CVU logo. I am thinking of basing it on File:CTU.jpg and instead of "United States of America" use "Wikipedia Foundation", instead of "Counter Terrosism Unit" use "Counter Vandalism Unit" and instead of the eagle use (which requires board permisson as you likely know). So what do you think? --Cool Cat ^Talk 02:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Ah, this is why you tried irc last night :)

File:CVU2.PNG

Hmmm, an immediate question comes to my mind... where will this bot be active ? Likely on the english wikipedia, or possibly on other wikipedias ? If so, why using the wikimedia foundation logo and not the wikipedia one ? There is no reason to use the foundation logo as the foundation is not involved in this bot activity. I fear it could be perceived wrongly. I myself see no specific problem in having the bot with the wikipedia logo... but since it will appear as a community bot, I think you must get approval from the wikipedia community to use it. The only question left is "where will this bot be active ?" Ant

The bot already serves on irc.freenode.net,

• #en.wikipedia.vandalism
• #de.wikipedia.vandalism
• #fr.wikipedia.vandalism
• #es.wikipedia.vandalism
• #pl.wikipedia.vandalism
• #it.wikipedia.vandalism
• #ja.wikipedia.vandalism
• #bg.wikipedia.vandalism
• #meta.wikimedia.vandalism

It takes me about 1-5 minutes to get the bot to cover any other languages. The bot posts warnings on freenode servers based on activity on wikipedia servers BUT the image will be only used in wikipedia servers.

I am thinking of creating a template something like "Member of Couter Vandalism Unit" for frequent RC patrollers and use this image there :)

--Cool Cat ^Talk 12:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Anthere: Feel free to drop in #en.wikipedia.vandalism and see the bot in action. It's an excellent tool, especially for those who spend a lot of time in IRC. -- Essjay · Talk 16:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

The finished product (right) I think. Looks nice IMHO. --Cool Cat ^Talk 21:42, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

It does not look nice :-) It looks scary :-) From a purely artistic perspective, the final result looks better with the wikipedia logo as it stays in black, white and grey... Right, what do Angela thinks ? Anthere

Well, the image can be made better if a photoshop freak kinda fixes it to make it look even more professional. But that's an extra. --Cool Cat ^Talk 14:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Western Sahara

Ah I see you have volunteered your services on the talk page of this protected article. I pop my head in to every article on the protected list every couple of days, and it looks like this one is in the beginning stages of some kind of mediation. Bonne chance! --Tony Sidaway^Talk 18:19, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Birthday

I had just sent a digital birthday cake to User:Shreshth91, and then I felt myself hungry and came to see the cake. One of the links there brought me to your page. And, I am saying a big hello and Namaskar to you. And, also birth day greetings for your last birthday, no no, also for your next birthday! --Bhadani 18:14, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

MedCom

Hello, I'm sending this message out to all users listed as inactive at WP:MC. Some of you have been on leave for quite some time, and I'm hoping one or two of you may return to active (every active editor has a case assigned). I know some of you are busy with other wikimedia stuff, like Angela Anthere and Danny, and some of you are busy with academic stuff, like MacGyverMagic and ClockworkSoul. However I still want to leave this message in the hope of perhaps getting some more of you on hand. It's by no means mandatory though, so don't worry. -Acting Chair, Redwolf24 (talk) 01:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Mediation Mailing List...

Hello Improv, Angela, and Anthere. I was just wondering... I haven't gotten a digest for about a week. Would it be alright if I were to become an admin on the mailing list, as I haven't see you three around lately :-/ Comments appreciated. Redwolf24 (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Western Sahara

Hello, Thank you very much for your mediation effort in WS page. After you unprotected the page I continued the discussion with Arre and Koavf. I've posted my last comment in 14 October, I waited 3 days after but there was no response. I restored the "No Flags" version of the Infobox but Koavf continues to revert the infobox [4] and refuses any discussion, and there is still no response to my last post. I don't know if this behavior is in concordance with WP principles. What do you think? Cheers. Daryou 17:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

===>Complete falsehood I've discussed this issue at length on the Talk page for Western Sahara, and even off of Wikipedia. Consensus has been reached regarding this information, and Daryou is simply unhappy with the decision of the majority. Justin (koavf) 16:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit

File:CVU2.PNG

Hi, I know you guys already gave me permission to use the wikimedia and wikipedia logos to be used on the CVU images. Several users appear to have concers if I actualy got the permission or not. It might be best for you to mention that I/We have permission to use the wikipedia/wikimedia logos on wikipedia.

Hope this makes some sense. --Cool Cat ^Talk 19:26, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification - as I've said, my biggest concern is the use of the logos to suggest that the Foundation is endorsing sockpuppet claims and the like. (And both are problematic in that respect, since they prominantly say "Wikimedia Foundation." Snowspinner 07:13, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

link

Volker Grassmuck

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop

You, or any Wikipedia user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 18:31, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Heh

:( Wahhhh!!! Redwolf24 (talk) 08:03, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit summaries

So I've been going through the admin list to see if the inactive list needs updating and I am making comments where edit summary use is particularly low. In your case it's only around 10 or 20% percent. Sorry to be a busybody, just that edit summaries are becoming more of a criterion on RfA and it seems only fair to ask current admins to keep up the habit if we're judging potential admins that way. Cheers, Marskell 13:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Western Sahara Infobox/Vote

As I notied on the talk page, I am a proponent of yet another option: have both SADR/Morocco information in the box, but I don't know infobox design well enough to do one. Can you look into it? --Nlu 16:17, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

I decided to tackle it myself. Please see what you think. --Nlu 08:21, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Samira Bellil

Salut Florence. Can you have a look at the article and especially the talk page to understand what's really going on there (where one wikipedian are trying to push his way against the will of 4 established one). I made a reference to Laurent Mucchielli, the CNRS expert in the field and also to his book from Le Monde Diplomatique. Cheers -- Svest 23:16, 5 November 2005 (UTC)  ^{Wiki me up™}

Historically Black College and University recruitment

I'm not sure if we have encountered each other before but I would like to request your opinion. Jmabel and myself have been discussing the merits of actively recruiting students and faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We have identified Wiley College as an ideal candidate for several reasons: they are the oldest HBCU west of the Mississippi, they have been a pioneer in the usage of computer technology in college education in Texas, and their location allows the outreach to send a representative in person, me. However, I have been putting it off because I realized that it would be odd to walk into Wiley to recruit on behalf of Wikipedia just because Joe and I think its a good idea. I thought it would be best if I consulted Angela, Jimbo and you and see what ya'll think before running off and making an appointment to discuss an outreach. Please respond as soon as you can. Thanks. -JCarriker 08:42, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

The idea is to recruit faculty and students from Wiley as regular conributors in an attempt to diversify the community and soften our systemic bias. Please see:Wikipedia:Historically Black College and University recruitment I'd write more but I have a class in six hours and no sleep yet. -JCarriker 09:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks for you patience. What we would hope to achieve with a meeting is to see if Wiley is interested in encouraging its faculty and students to become regular contributors. Specifics really can't be known until a meeting takes place, e.g. if Wiley would want to do something formal or informal, or even if they are interested at all. My primary reason for requesting your opinion is to see if the outreach might have your support. Without the support of Jimbo, Angela, and yourself I really don’t feel qualified or comfortable meeting with Wiley to ask them to help us recruit new wikipedians from their ranks, as that creates an environment in which I could easily be mistakenly identified as an official representative of Wikipedia. Basically all that I need to know right now is that if I meet with Wiley, may I enjoy your support in that effort and that you will be interested in what Wiley had to say. If you would like more details about the outreach, please read Wikipedia:Historically Black College and University recruitment or contact Jmabel, this is really his idea, I’m only helping. Thanks. -JCarriker 08:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Image:Molsoncentre.jpg

Re: Image:Molsoncentre.jpg. This image was available for free download from the official webpage of the Molson Centre. As the centre has subsequently been renamed the Bell Centre, the original webpage no longer exists. I cannot comment on who the copyright holder is as I have no way of determining. I would suggest that the image be deleted if someone is claiming it as their own, as the original site cannot be obtained to check the status of the image. Jcmurphy 03:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Christmas Pudding Recipe

Ann's Christmas pudding, made on 6 December, 2005, and decorated with skimmia from her back garden.

Hello, Anthere. You don't know me, but I have just seen a message that you wrote to the Christmas Pudding talk page in February of last year, saying that you would love to have a recipe. I just wanted to let you know that I made my puddings today, and took a photo to upload to Wikipedia for the Christmas pudding article, which had some photos that were tagged as having doubtful copyright status.

I don't know if you have found a recipe that you were happy with, but I'm writing to offer you mine. I'm extremely fortunate in having it. An old woman, now dead, who used to teach piano at the school where my father was director, used to make us a delicious pudding every year, and, at my father's request, parted with the recipe. It was far better than the one my mother used to make; it was far better than various puddings I tried from books by famous writers such as Delia Smith. I began to sell them for charities, and people would sometimes phone me and order more, saying that they were the best Christmas puddings that they had ever tasted. A lot of Christmas puddings are too dark, and are a bit heavy. Mine is light and moist and fruity.

Let me know if you'd like me to e-mail you the recipe, using the link at the left of your user page. I realize, reading this, that it looks a bit like spam, but I assure you, you won't find this message on any other talk pages. I just wrote to you because I saw your message on the Christmas pudding talk page. Also, in the true Wikipedia spirit, I'm not trying to sell the recipe!

By the way, I'm not a professional cook, but it's a hobby that I love. I spent August at the Cordon Bleu School in Paris last year; it was a fantastic experience.

AnnH ^(talk) 00:10, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit

Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit/Watched I am considering putting this template on articles suffering from heavy vandalism in an effort to adverise that there are people dedicated to fight vandalism. Given the latest CNN interview I think it is necesary to advertise bodies that are deidicated in combating vandalism. I also hope this will discourage vandalism as people will know we are watching.

I want to have the Boards ok for using the wikipedia and wikimedia logo like this (the CVU images as the apear above), primarily as a precation for incidents regarding copyrights of the Wikipedia/Wikimedia logos. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 18:48, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

hi. I will wait a bit to see the community's opinion on this first. It seems to be the first logical step and I do not want to influence it :-) Anthere

Semi-protection

I've left this message on your Meta page as well, but I wanted to make sure you got this. At Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy, a couple users and myself are attempting to gather consensus about a possible change in editing. So as not to keep the community out of the loop, we've been posting to user talk pages, which seems to have worked. If you can add your thoughts to the talk page, it would be greatly appreciated. We've gone over a few issues, ranging from perception of anti-wiki to time limits, and recycling pagemove code, so you might want to check out #Rehashing to get up to speed. Thanks in advance, Mysekurity^{(have you seen this?)} 21:25, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Requests

I can vouch for Linuxbeak, Brian0918, and Spangineer as trustworthy en users. Raul654 23:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Greetings, and requests regarding ArbCom elections!

Greetings! I hope you're well. As you may be aware, significant discussions are underway (including prior polls) regarding the upcoming Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) elections. As a result of the recent poll, Jimbo has indicated that we should proceed with a hybrid voting/nomination process that garnered a plurality of support in the poll.

As a political animal and committed Wikipedian, I have taken an active interest in this issue and in ensuring an effective process this year. To that end, a number of Wikipedians have had additional discussions and developed a provisional ruleset to give form and detail to this year's process (we've also designed a provisional vote page template). While Wikipedia is neither a democracy nor bureaucracy, the ruleset is designed to give the electoral process legitimacy and with the hope of obviating potential challenges and additional instruction creep (as some would say of last year's election). For instance, a prominent characteristic with political elections is the presence of a neutral, ad hoc body/administrator to ensure elections are conducted properly and fairly.

During our discussions, your name was suggested as an ideal Wikipedian to function as an electoral officer for this process, whom we've entitled the Wikipedia Electoral Officer (WEO). Interested volunteers upon the WEO's approval – e.g., me! – can act to help administrate the WEO's mandate and the many ArbCom candidate pages as Wikipedia Electoral Monitors (WEMs).

Would you be willing and able to function as the WEO and to 'sanction' the rules/process we've developed for the ArbCom election? In any event, would you be able to peruse the ruleset and suggest any process improvements? All of these are works in process (as is Wikipedia), but everything should be fixed prior to the election and once there's agreement and consensus.

Please let me or us know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you so much for your consideration and co-operation, and I hope to work with you in the time ahead! E Pluribus Anthony 11:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello again! I hope you're well. Recently, Kelly Martin (a current ArbCom member who is running for re-election, as you likely know) commented on the proposed ruleset above and indicated that she felt it constituted 'instruction creep' (harking of the comments of one other user) and wasn't derived through consensus. I responded. I'll gladly grant that everything is a work in progress and encourage any and more input from Wikipedians, not less.

Numerous Wikipedians have commented on the talk page and where the rules are being drafted. KM was not among them. Though she participated in prior discussions, it is odd that KM would evince consensus (or perceived lack thereof) at this late juncture when she has not participated at all in current discussions regarding Jimbo's hybrid option (i.e., since Jimbo selected it), nor when developing the ruleset presented (except her only note, prompting this one to you).

I believe this may be a belated attempt by KM to derail this well-intentioned effort to organise and codify some sort of system (particularly given the pitfalls of last year's process, which I was not involved in). I also believe her recommendations and her contacting you to discuss another approach/advocate – no matter how good-intentioned (and as much as I or others may support User:Mark_Ryan) – constitutes a conflict of interest regarding the ArbCom election process. In the very least, she is acting/recommending without any mandate or consensus regarding the proposed process, not me or my fellow Wikipedians.

I will cease and desist completely if you indicate that I should, but again I believe this effort can serve as the basis for a salient and effective improvement for the election process. I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks again for your consideration. E Pluribus Anthony 23:38, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[5] - David Gerard 17:32, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

DG – yes: how relevant is this? It was an abortive attempt that I still support, but accepted the decisions of the ArbCom without dispute. Herein: I and others are merely trying to develop a ruleset for an effective process – whatever that is – KM initiated contact with me recently and expressed solitary dissent. Fine, but DG's recollection of this is analogous to other users (for example) dredging up another current Arbitrator's disbarment in public life (and I won't name names), so I believe this is an attempt to obfuscate one prior issue with the current one: to sully the process and to sling mud. Lastly, I'm not running for the ArbCom, so this is unjustified and KM's actions still (IMHO) constitute a conflict of interest. Anthere: please respond when able. Thanks. E Pluribus Anthony 17:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Anthere, further enlightening diffs: [6] [7] EPA honestly seems to mistakenly believe that (1) arbitrators are not to express any opinion outside their duties as arbitrators (2) "consensus" is achieved when one person writes something and four people comment. His objection here to Kelly's words is that, as one of four said commenters, she disagreed and said so - David Gerard 18:37, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm willing to acknowledge possible error (and have done so previously) and do not desmirch anyone from commenting on matters outside their duties. But this isn't it: is it not odd that an Arbitrator – whomever that may be – is weighing in on the ArbCom process that will select them? And not on the necessary talk pages? IMHO, that's improper and a conflict of interest ... and I think it's wholly appropriate to have stated that.

Whether DGs recent diffs are enlightening or merely producing a shadow is an entirely other matter: DG's initial note of my prior unsuccessful ArbCom case is wholly unjustified. I'm just a regular Wikipedian who initiated a case erroneously (and with all the feedback garnered) and has put it behind me. I and others have been long discussing and are attempting to formulate rules and achieve or ID consensus to ensure an effective process (i.e., perhaps not there yet). KM did not comment previously, so I question her approach but not some of her suggestions. Moreover, I believe DG (as an Arbitrator "Away") has entered the field and dealt with this (through his "one explanation") in a dispirited and distasteful manner – a "poison pill."

Anthere, I'm sorry to clutter your page with text and I will withdraw from this if necessary. However, I feel justified in bringing all of this to your attention and prevail upon you for some guidance regarding this. Thank you again for your consideration. E Pluribus Anthony 19:21, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

No problem. I have read most discussion pages yesterday (quite a few :-)) and talked to karynn and a couple others. I had little time today to answer, but received private emails on the issue, so I wish to let more opinion on the matter flow in before giving you mine :) Tomorrow likely :-) Anthere 00:30, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for your time and consideration of these two separate issues (methinks) – ArbCom rules and the "poison pill." I really appreciate it. :) E Pluribus Anthony 00:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, FYI: I just received this note from a complete stranger (and feedback regarding editing, which I completely grant!) So, I hope it's all for not what. :) Anyhow, thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony 00:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello again! Have you been able to assimilate or arrive at any decisions regarding the requests above? The natives are getting restless, so to speak: given the timing of the election, I believe this requires your neutral (or similar) leadership. As well, IMHO, the discussion has taken a life of its own and is getting rather circular: too many ArbComm candidates are now commenting when they perhaps shouldn't be and I do not feel I should comment on that much more. And, separately, I'd like for you to weigh in regarding the "poison pill" cited above.

I realise you must be crazy-busy, but your prompt feedback and guidance would be appreciated. Thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony 16:20, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi there. I completely understand: absolutely no problem! There have been some interesting developments (with some rumblings about timing), but there's still no clear plan of attack nor neutral party to lead and move things forward effectively. I'm sure we all look forward to you weighing in and hopefully participating somehow. Thanks again for your attention and consideration ... and happy holidays! :) E Pluribus Anthony 17:11, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 16:41, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Same here. Have a Merry Christmas and happy 2006!- JustPhil 01:06, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

This is VERY NICE to read this :-) Thanks a lot ! I appreciate. Anthere

Dealing With Information That Presents A Security Risk

I feel this template below is an important and integral part of the development of Wikipedia. As an important part of WP, would you please comment on the matter? The ongoing addition of information that may cause serious security risks to the safety of not only Wikipedians, but citizens of the non-digital world as well is in need of addressing. PeterZed 22:52, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Sympathy re: image deletion

I just heard about the troubles you had with regards to deletion of images you put up in good faith. As someone working on the project to clear out the {{no source}} category, I just wanted to express my sympathy for the mistakes that were made in the case of your images. AFAIK, I did not delete any of them, but I will see if I can figure out which ones they were, and see if I can find them on the mirrors, if they have not already been found. Again, sorry. JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I got a list of the images that were deleted (by bugging someone with toolserver access), and after searching on answers.com and/or google I was able to find copies of the following ones:

• image:Coleo1(s).jpg
• image:Dessication.JPG
• image:Dune.JPG
• image:Dune1.JPG
• image:Dune3.JPG
• image:Dune4.JPG
• image:Hymenoptere2(s).JPG
• image:SablePlante.JPG
• image:SandwichDanny.jpg

If you want, you can just state they are your images, and I'd be happy to upload them, tag them, and just add a link to each page refering to your statement. Let me know. JesseW, the juggling janitor 11:09, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

RFC in re Raul654

Please see Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Raul654 // NetEsq 00:19, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Consulting

Hi, the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines have contacted me looking for someone to consult short-term on Wikis. I'm not sure I'd be exactly what they were looking for and Angela thought you might be interested- if you are could you email me and I will foward on the details.--nixie 15:48, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

My user box

Hi, I made my userbox like 30 minutes ago and it got deleted with the apparent grounds of me being the only 'contributor'? Considering it's a template I wouldn't expect it to be contributed to very often, if at all. Could you please recreate my userbox?

Thanks. Kevin 23:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)