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[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] <small>delivered by [[User:MuZebot|MuZebot]]</small> 06:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
[[User talk:MuZemike|MuZemike]] <small>delivered by [[User:MuZebot|MuZebot]]</small> 06:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

== MSU Interview ==

Dear Oscarthecat,

My name is Jonathan Obar [[user:Jaobar]], I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_82#Learn_to_be_a_Wikipedia_Administrator_-_New_class_at_MSU|HERE]], where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


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


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name[[User:Jaobar/Admins_to_Interview_List_1|HERE]] instead.

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

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

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --[[User:Jaobar|Jaobar]] ([[User talk:Jaobar|talk]])

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The discussion regarding the image has now been archived on WT:VG. It's your call regarding page protection and what to do with the file history images. - hahnchen 12:11, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins

I was looking into this. I found a lot of sources about this rapper some including the San Francisco Gate. I did not however see the page. Can you enlighten me why this one was deleted? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 21:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scratch that nevermind. I see. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 21:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

I noticed you tagges Manageable and Unmanageable switches with a merge template. Please indicate where you would like to merge it to using {{Mergeto}} like this {{Mergeto|''TargetName''|date=December 2009}}. Debresser (talk) 22:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Oscarthecat! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 759 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

  1. Peter Hill (journalist) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Karan Brar

Hello. I'm curious why you deleted a redirect from Karan Brar to an article on the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid in which he's listed as a cast member, on the basis of his correctly spelled name being an implausible typo. —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Karan Brar wasn't notable enough to even get a mention on the article, so it doesn't seem very appropriate to me. If you disagree by all means reinstate the redirect. --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 18:49, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 18:03, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Mhiji 22:40, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Lunar jetman 4.gif

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Thanks for uploading File:Lunar jetman 4.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 03:33, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

James Shepherd (cornet player) deletion

Hi 'Oscar', hello from Melbourne Australia. I wish to query you about the deletion of the page on James Shepherd, the principal cornet player with the 'Black Dyke Band' (British brass band) in the 1960s and 70s. The page appears to have been deleted on 23-Apr-2007. Although I'm a software developer in real life, I've had trouble navigating the cluttered and confusing pages of Wikipedia users and deletion logs, but I hope I've arrived at the right place to ask about this. You seem to be the first person in time sequence to have deleted the page on James Shepherd.

The last of the three deletion entries record James Shepherd as a "non-notable individual". I claim this is not true, as he is renowned as one of the top virtuoso cornet players of the 20th century. James is pictured in band uniform, standing alone on the front cover of the famous 1970 album 'High Peak for Brass'.

A dead link to the deleted James Shepherd page remains on the Cornet page. I hope you are able to restore the deleted page.

Cheers, Greg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gfkeogh (talkcontribs) 08:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The deleted page James Shepherd contains nothing regarding the cornet player, instead it's about a high school pupil. Feel free to create a new, relevant article about the cornet player though of course. Sounds like he's a notable individual. --Oscarthecat (talk) 14:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 03:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Timeduty.com - release so I can create a new (hopefully correct one)

Hi, you have earlier (correctly) deleted a page I entered and protected that page. I have now created a new version that I hope meets the rules in my Userspace (User:YallaSvenne/Timeduty. Could you release the old page so I can post the new one? Grateful for the help! YallaSvenne (talk) 11:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I've unprotected the page, let's see what other editors think of the revised approach. --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx! YallaSvenne (talk) 08:00, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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MuZemike 14:25, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nazneen Ghani

It looks to me like Nazneen Ghani is a copy-paste of a deleted version of the page. I noticed in the page log that you were the admin who approved the CSD back then, so I'd like to ask if you'd please verify if there is any new content, or it's just a straight up copy of the old page (and if so, take care of it). Thanks! ∫eb²+1(talk) 14:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 06:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Oscarthecat,

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


So a few things about the interviews:

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


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

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

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

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk)