User talk:Brian0918/Archive 30: Difference between revisions

Hello Brian, and welcome to Wikipedia. Re: the encyc. Frobozzia : more Zork information is a good thing! But it should be in the form of neat, structured encyclopedia articles, not random links to original sources. It will be excellent to have the original in Wikisource, and to have articles about Encyclopedia Frobozzia, the Zork Universe, etc.

That is, if someone searches for "Belwit" or "Belwit Flathead", they would automatically be redirected to the actual entry about Belwit Flathead in the Wikisource EF article

Redirection to original content is not our goal. When someone searches for these terms, they should not find a stub-article, or an original-source article (Wikipedia is not the place for original content), but a contextualized discussion of, say, Belwit Flathead. That would not be in an article devoted solely to B.F., but in a broader article with enough depth to mature into a good read, and with internal links to other Zork and EF content.

Cheers, (and looking forward to a wikisource update) +sj + 20:28, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Your signature

How'd you do that? nedargehtni stercesruodeirubew 16:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks. nedragehtni stercesruodeirubew 17:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gar, how'd you get it not to subst it as you save it? with the z? nedragehtni stercesruodeirubew 17:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No luck... does it work on Firefox? nedragehtni stercesruodeirubew 18:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! The button's there, but it's substed the time ¬¬ nedragehtni stercesruodeirubew 18:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it's gone again. Oh well. nedragehtni stercesruodeirubew 18:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Better Source-discription

Have you for commons:Image:Eichmann trial news story.ogg a more specific source descritption? Then i can choose the right license. I found this video only one time on an obscure pay-website. --Franz (Fg68at) de:Talk 17:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk:Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm

Please take a look at this. Best regards. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 14:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC) Stan[reply]

A couple of misplaced ships from the Big Blow of 1913.

John A. McGean

This wreck is listed as being proximate to Sturgeon Point Light. However, I found this on line, which indicates that it sank near Harbor Beach, Michigan.^[1] 7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)Stan[reply]

I've personally concluded that the McGean went down just east of Harbor Beach, Michigan. See what I wrote at Sturgeon Point Light, which contains references. I respectfully suggest that this be cleaned up in this article.7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Stan[reply]

References

^ Point aux Barques Lighthouse Society on John V. McGean.

Isaac M. Scott

Isaac M. Scott wreck is listed as being proximate to Sturgeon Point Light. However, the location of the wreck as described in the following article seems to contradict that.^[1] It states that mariners made certain assumptions about the likely direction of the vessel, and had wrongly guessed where it went down. It states: "In 1976, the wreck of the Scott was discovered at 175 feet about six to seven miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. The vessel is upside down and half buried in the mud." 7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)Stan[reply]

I've personally concluded that the Scott went down 7 miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. See what I wrote at Sturgeon Point Light, which contains references. I respectfully suggest that this be cleaned up in this article.7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Stan[reply]

References

^ Northeast dive news, Isaac M. Scott.

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Thanks

Thanks for the comment on my talk page - especially coming from someone who has written so many DYK articles! :-) --Grimhelm (talk) 21:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Image:Barnstar-lightbulb3.png

Hi, please see Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Barnstar-lightbulb3.png, as I have proposed a new design. --Kjetil r (talk) 19:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Update is five hours late, if you'd like to post it. Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, done. Thanks anyhow. Gatoclass (talk) 14:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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RfD nomination of Acheri

Merger proposed

I'm proposing a merger on an article you worked on. Since the shelf clouds and roll clouds are subset of the arcus clouds, they should be integrated into the later article. This would make a more complete article instead of splitting the information among three articles. Anwer in Talk:arcus cloud.

Pierre cb (talk) 04:41, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bias in ITN?

The fact that it has the capability to attack Israel is the main reason for it being newsworthy. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I'll check for sources and stuff for that, cheers. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 15:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wikt:User:Brian0918/Hotlist

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Sand Martin

Hi, I removed the pic because it got two opposes almost straight off the bat and I didn't think it was worth continuing with it. Do you think I should stick it back on?-- Seahamlass 12:52, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Along the River During the Qingming Festival

I just want to delist the nomination and delete the image and start all over again because everybody that voted did not all vote for the same version which is not fair. Also I do not like how when you look on commons it says there are like 4 different versions of it. I just want there to be one version, the original version, and I want it to be under my name so I get credit for it. Daniel Chiswick (talk) 23:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Qingming

Well can you help me? I really want to see this picture featured but I am screwing this up and I need some help because I have never nominated a picture before. Daniel Chiswick (talk) 14:05, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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ITN, AIG, and POV (TLA hell)

Noting this change, how is Fed "rescues AIG from likely bankruptcy" POV? I based it on the NY Times' description. I don't intend to revert this, I'm just interested in sharpening my understanding of NPOV. Cheers.--chaser - t 19:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Gallery of 1913 Great Lakes storm images

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All faiths united are involved edwardcares83@msn.com

Hi, i am Edward Pavelka;

I was over in Germany and visited most of the concentration camps. The ground i stood on was gravel like material but was bones of the living flesh of the final solution.

I actually cried when i saw the devistation, and the stench was still evident in the air and in the chamber courters.

For all the humans that indured the unthinkable, their souls are more at peace than any of our souls will ever be. When my time comes to pass on, i hope to meet these blessed souls.

edward pavelka United States Marines 87 battallion unit screaming eagles 1985-2005

May God bless the redeemers that helped the living, become free again

God Bless the British,American,Scotish soldiers that recieved many blessings for doing so.

thank you

edwardcares83@msn.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.95.76.22 (talk) 15:51, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

stop deleting important articles!!!!!!!!!! ##%#@@#$@$%$%$#@#$@#$#@ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.172.116.211 (talk) 17:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Obesity

Recent study that addresses your question:

http://www.medicalpost.com/therapeutics/nutrition/article.jsp?content=20080818_121920_25640

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Wyatt Earp#Life after Tombstone

File:Wyattearp1.jpg

Wyatt Earp at about age 39, photo in San Diego about 1887

Please, replace his photograph by the better one http://www.azadventuretours.com/images/wyatt_earp.jpg.

Offered image is the same photo, but larger and has bigger resolution.

Sorry, for disturbing you, but i can not do this myself. Minchenko Michael (talk) 22:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FPC Result Template

Hi Brian,

I see you were instrumental in creating Template:FPCresult.

Just a question you may be able to help with. On the talkpage Template talk:FPCresult it says "The bot will assume that anything without the leading keyword Image: means that the picture was not promoted". I'm not sure what the bot mentioned actually does, or even why the template is necessary, so perhaps you can provide some information.

With the change of pictures to have the lead word File rather than Image, how should they be closed? Will there be any problems with discrepant names being used, or a problem if people close using File rather than Image?

See for example Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.jpg, where File:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.jpg has been closed with {{FPCresult|Promoted|Image:Alstroemeria aurantiaca.JPG}}, or conversely Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Dakota, 1890 where the closer has used the File leader.

Thanks for any input you can give, --jjron (talk) 14:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks anyway. AllyUnion hasn't edited since a single edit in November and before that not since May, so I'd tend to say he's MIA, which is why I thought I'd try you first. May have a bit more of a look into it. --jjron (talk) 11:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I just ran across one of our old haunts and I figured I would drop in and say hello! Cheers! – Clockwork Soul 01:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rand

I just wished to clarify that I wasn't conceding that her position could be justified as plausible, no matter how we interpret it. I'll try harder to refrain from calling her crackers and what not. I can do it. I can stop calling Rand bonkers in the interests of civility. I vow to no longer distract from the discussion by calling her bonkers, crackers, and the like. It's hard, but I realize that it's inappropriate. CABlankenship (talk) 19:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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NAS

Long ago you made the first version of the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences, as a table. I now want to do the same for the National Academy of Engineering. Did you prepare it manually or use a template of some sort? I'm prepared to do it by search and replace in an external editor from the sectional lists, but I hope there's an easier way. DGG (talk) 09:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I was wondering, where did you get File:Headbg.jpg? I see you were the initial uploader for that file, could I ask about your source? If you remember that long ago(!) Anxietycello (talk) 03:34, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Alphos

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File source problem with File:Kermit0918.ogg

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Lupin's popups

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Unattributed use of your photo

Hi Brian! Today in a coffee shop in Somerville MA (Bloc 11) I saw some drawings obviously based on your caribou FP for sale without attribution. The artist is Peter Rubijono. I'm not sure if you care or not. I took a digital photo of one of the drawings and could email it to you if you want. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I've marked this page for WP:PROD. It was a redirect to Knight-errant, but the two words are unrelated. SimonTrew (talk) 11:37, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delist nomination

Hi, just to let you know that the an image you previously nominated to Wikipedia Featured Pictures is being nominated for delisting, at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Plunging bronco, Bar Diamond Bar range. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:43, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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AMAZING!!!

Wow. You're a Master Editor?! That must have taken YEARS to accomplish (5, to be precise :) ). I hope I might someday be as accomplished as you! However, all your awards and barnstars all seem to be so serious, so...

		The Oddball Barnstar
		Awarded to you for your many serious accomplishments, and for providing a reason for pursuing the Master Editor Award.

Thanks!--Jakkinx (talk) 00:00, 23 October 2009 (UTC)|}[reply]

Now, I also would like to ask for your help with a little project of mine, called Create Barnstars, basically, it is a page designed for Users to display Barnstars they have made themselves, talk about Barnstars and about making Barnstars, and make special Barnstars that are made just to look cool, fun, awarded personally by the User who made them. You can check out the page if you are interested here. Thanks again!

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Bison skull pile

Hi, apologies for not delivering this notice sooner. You seemed to be nearly inactive. A featured picture you nominated in 2005 has come up for review. You may wish to participate. Durova³⁵⁷ 03:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops!

Feel free to edit out my offer from the Barnstar above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakkinx (talk • contribs) 00:01, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FP delist nom

Just so you know, I have nominated File:Oceans.png for delist. Feel free to leave a comment. upstate NYer 22:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Clancularii

An article you created, Clancularii has been proposed for deletion. ✤ JonHarder ^talk 15:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lock icon.gif

Hi Brian0918. Back in 2005 you uploaded File:Lock icon.gif . It is not clear from its image description page if you are the author of that image, or just uploaded it as a copy since it is the lock icon used by the Wikimedia projects. And in case you didn't make that image, how did you know what license to put on it?

The reason I would like to know is that I am going to copy that image to Commons, so I would like to have the right data on the image description page there. (I use that image in the {{sec link auto}} template. And my templates tend to be copied to many of the other Wikimedia projects, so the image needs to be available on Commons.)

If/when you have answered or simply updated that image page, could you poke me on my talk page?

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Speedy deletion nomination of Robert Aldred

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The Water Cycle Image

Is it possible for me to use this image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrosphere)and adapt it to my language ( Irish Gaelic) for use on the article which I have started to translate on http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidrisf%C3%A9ar Eog1916 (talk) 15:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Robert Aldred

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of fictional future events

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Hello; can I ask you a rename please?

Hello, my name is Andrea and I'm Italian.

Can I ask you a rename of a file?

I posted already the TAG requesting the rename time ago but nothing happened.

The file is:

File:ÇFDFE.jpg

and the motivation is:

It has been suggested that this media object be renamed to "File:Napoli_CastelDellOvo_02.jpg" or another more suitable name for the following reason: the current name is difficult to be indicized, the new name reflects the actual image info to be indicized

Thank you, ciao
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User:202.82.33.202

Hi, Brian. Did you check the history of this IP? The IP is static and belongs to Edward Nilges, who is User:Spinoza1111. I find a block of 31 hours quite ridiculous for someone who continues to evade an indefinite block with the same behavior over and over again, especially after three 6 month blocks.--Atlan (talk) 19:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good one, thanks.--Atlan (talk) 13:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Angelici

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Angelici

Hello! Regardless of the Cyclopedia source, this is extremely dubious information. There were no chivalric orders in the Western sense in Byzantium, and titles such as those supposedly used where never in use in the Byzantine Empire. A 1728 source is also not the most reliable guide on historical issues. As I have written on the talk page, this appears to be this order, which does claim Byzantine heritage but has no recorded history before the 16th century. The article should be redirected & merged with the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, with a proper explanation that its founding myth is exactly that, at the very least. Constantine ✍ 10:23, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Caribou from Wagon Trails.jpg

Hi, the above discussion may be of interest to you. J Milburn (talk) 21:57, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:17, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Lester H. Hunt

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Proposed deletion of Robert Mayhew (philosopher)

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Proposed deletion of Coefficient of haze

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Bowbearer

I moved this article to the correct title. Bearian (talk) 19:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Eric Lloyd for deletion

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Lincoln Memorial section

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File:Table_of_Conics,_Cyclopaedia,_volume_1,_p_304,_1728.jpg

awesome. Decora (talk) 13:35, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Civil War map

Hi, Brian. I noticed that your Civil War battles map (Image:American_Civil_War_Battles_by_Theater,_Year.png) failed to include Franklin County, Vermont, home of the St. Albans Raid in 1864, and also Putnam County, West Virginia, home of the Battle of Hurricane Creek in 1863 (also see Hurricane, West Virginia). Thanks. - Presidentman talk·contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 23:46, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011

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Proposed deletion of Boilerhouse

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Unsourced 3 years; nothing but a dictionary definition; and misleading: appears from a search on the word in WP that most usage is not as defined here but relates to a building housing a boiler. Altogether not an asset to the encyclopedia.

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You are cordially invited to save the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Capitalism Byelf2007 (talk) 14 September 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011

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Some baklava for you!

Muneeb Zeeshan Muneeb Zeeshan (talk) 07:42, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Coagmentation

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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011

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File:Wheat yields in developing countries 1951-2004.png

The caption on a version of this file says baseline is 500 kg, but the chart starts around 750 kg. Can you explain the difference?Phmoreno (talk) 13:27, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Altern base

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This archaic mathematical terminology does not seem to be used in modern mathematics, has no particular historical significance, is not described beyond a dictionary definition, has little scope for expansion, and traces back only to (many published variations of) a single source. Because it is essentially a hapax legomenon, it does not seem possible even to fix the existing problems with the article e.g. to disambiguate "oblique" or to make it less of an orphan.

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The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011

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The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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Removing {{maintained}} from Talk:Edward Dickinson Baker

I'm removing the template as you don't seem to actively editing. Feel free to replace it if I'm wrong. Thanks, Valfontis (talk) 17:28, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Brian01918,

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.

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Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
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Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

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AfD and PROD notifications

Hi Brian0918,

Back in December, you got either an AfD or PROD notification, which was part of the template testing project's experiments. If you could go here and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested (there are links to the templates), that would be very useful. (You can also email me at mpinchukwikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 18:55, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012

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Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books
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Frances Benjamin Johnston Classmates?

Greetings, I saw your note on the Frances Benjamin Johnston talk page. Do you recall if the 1883 Class photo of FBJ was taken at Académie Julian? Rest of question at: Talk:Académie Julian#Students in 1883. Thanks! - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 18:19, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary

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Nomination of List of members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry for deletion

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The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012

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Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks into two recent Milhist books
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Campaignbox Sully's Expedition Against the Sioux in Dakota Territory

Template:Campaignbox Sully's Expedition Against the Sioux in Dakota Territory has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 13:50, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted

I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon. It's 1-3 June and registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, just mention it in the registration form.

This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets (extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.

Our goals for the event are to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!

I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.

Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.

Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 14:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012

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Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Bomzibar on Subhas Chandra Bose; Hawkeye on corps commanders; Nick-D on American special forces
Op-ed: The Land on commemorating World War I

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File:Arrested Development - Star Wars Kid.jpg listed for deletion

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File:Arrested Development - Tobias as Mrs Featherbottom.jpg listed for deletion

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Non-free rationale for File:Zork Nemesis game box cover.jpg

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012

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Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Bomzibar on Chiang Kai-shek; Nick-D on the Falklands War
Interview: Article writers discuss biographies
Op-ed: Nick-D examines using news articles as sources

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Proposed deletion of Bice

The article Bice has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Pure dictionary definition, an entry exists at Wiktionary

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GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

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Project news: From the editors; award recipients; contest results
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D on the Chaco War and the Bougainville Campaign
Op-ed: Remembering conflict

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Non-free rationale for File:Wizard trembyle.gif

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012

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Project news: From the editors: Wikimania 2012; special projects note
Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D on the Australian 25th Battalion
Interview: Article writers discuss buildings and fortifications
Op-ed: Hawkeye7 reports on a weekend workshop

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File source problem with File:SRTMapproximate40mresolutionpseudocolor.jpg

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012

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Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Nick-D on the legacy of World War II
Op-ed: Bomzibar on German military history

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Military history coordinator election

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012

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Articles: The month's Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: AustralianRupert on artillery in South Australia, and Nick-D on Venice's empire
Op-ed: Nick-D on the "Kokoda: Beyond the Legend" conference

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Arrested Development FAC

Hi, Brian. I have just re-nominated Arrested Development for FA status, and I noticed that you were the initial nominator almost 7 years ago (!!!). If you're willing, I invite you to please take a look at the article and leave any comments here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arrested Development (TV series)/archive1. Thanks. -- Wikipedical (talk) 03:37, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Macgyver.jpg)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012

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Project news: From the editors; milestone for the Fortifications task force; contest results
Articles: The month's new Featured and A-class content
Book reviews: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2012/Hawkeye7 on mission command
Op-ed: The ed17 on how The Bugle could be improved

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The Bugle: Issue LXXX, November 2012

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Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Sturmvogel_66, AustralianRupert, and Nick-D look at ships, soldiers, and railways
Op-ed: Nick-D on navigating the FA and A-Class review processes

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012

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Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Simon Harley on British battleships and Nick-D on the French Resistance
Interview: Five editors discuss some less-represented areas of military history
Op-ed: Ian Rose looks back on 2012

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"Conservator of the Peace"

Please see the discussion on the talk page. Although obviously contributed in good faith, I feel that there is a copyright and license issue with the use of the Matthew LeFande article. Too much is used to constitute fair use, and the article contains a copyright notice and says that permission is granted only for non-commercial use, which makes it incompatible with the Wikipedia free licenses which allow commercial use. Please discuss on the talk page.Dpbsmith (talk) 00:03, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: The month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks at Mongol naval power
Op-ed: Crisco 1492 on war films

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On 31 Jan 2013, beginning at 7:30am EST, I will use this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vortex-street-animation.gif on my blog, Outside My Window, at this post: http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2013/01/31/walking-down-vortex-street/ The image indicates I must notify you via email but I cannot figure out your email address so I am posting here. Apologies if this UserTalk method is annoying. Feel free to delete this entry if you wish. You can contact me by posting a comment on my blog here: http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/about/ Thank you for the image. Kate St. John (user KPeregrine) KPeregrine (talk) 11:36, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

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Book reviews: Nick-D looks at US Army leadership since World War II

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Featured Picture Candidate

I've re-submitted an image of Percival Lowell for FPC. Please show your support or otherwise. Thank you. Kind regards, nagualdesign (talk) 23:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Nick-D looks at refugees during the Battle of France
Interview: Editors discuss writing articles about the former Yugoslavia
Op-ed: Prioryman on German V-weapon sites and the historian's responsibility

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Nomination of Cyphonism for deletion

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

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Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content
Book reviews: Sturmvogel 66 and Hawkeye7 look at aspects of the Pacific War
Op-ed: ErrantX considers the rabbit hole of research

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Your article submission Arnswalde

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Possibly unfree File:Collared-lizard.jpg

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Million Award

		The Million Award
		For your contributions to bring Atheism (estimated annual readership: 1,978,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:47, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Million Award is a new initiative to recognize the editors of Wikipedia's most-read content; you can read more about the award and its possible tiers (Quarter Million Award, Half Million Award, and Million Award) at Wikipedia:Million Award. You're also welcome to display this userbox:

This editor won the Million Award for bringing Atheism to Featured Article status.

If I've made any error in this listing, please don't hesitate to correct it; if for any reason you don't feel you deserve it, please don't hesitate to remove it; if you know of any other editor who merits one of these awards, please don't hesitate to give it; if you yourself deserve another award from any of the three tiers, please don't hesitate to take it! Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:47, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Speedy deletion nomination of National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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File:American Civil War Battles by Theater, Year, no legend.png listed for deletion

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Nomination of Aqua omnium florum for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Curule chair, sella curulis, Museo Borbonico, vol. vi. tav. 28.gif

A tag has been placed on File:Curule chair, sella curulis, Museo Borbonico, vol. vi. tav. 28.gif requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

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Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Notification of imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election, which will determine our coordinators for the next twelve months. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:15, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting and more!

Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce the upcoming Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Orphaned non-free image File:CompleteFlyingCircusDVD.jpg

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End-of-the-year meetups

Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Nomination of Adequately wet for deletion

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Museum hacks and museum edits

Hello there!

Upcoming events:

February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.harewikimediadc.org.

See you there! – James Hare

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Wikimedia DC celebrates Black History Month, and more!

Hello again!

Not even a week ago I sent out a message talking about upcoming events in DC. Guess what? There are more events coming up in February.

First, as a reminder, there is a WikiSalon on February 11 (RSVP here or just show up) and Wiki Loves Small Museums at the Small Museum Association Conference on February 15 (more information here).

Now, I am very pleased to announce:

Tuesday, February 17 from 10 AM to 3 PM there will be #WikiTurgy at the University of Maryland. Join fellow theatre enthusiasts for a “mass act of public dramaturgy!”
Thursday, February 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM we are hosting the Howard University Black History Edit-a-Thon. We are working in partnership with the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of African-American and African diasporic history.
Tuesday, February 24 from 6 PM to 8 PM we have the Black History Month “First Edit” at NPR. Help improve Wikipedia and help others make their first edit to Wikipedia!
Finally, our monthly dinner meetup is on Saturday, February 28.

There is going to be a lot going on, and I hope you can come to some of the events!

If you have any questions or need any special accommodations, please let me know.

Regards,

James Hare

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Editing for Women's History in March

Hello,

I am very excited to announce this month’s events, focused on Women’s History Month:

Sunday, March 8: Women in the Arts 2015 Edit-a-thon – 10 AM to 4 PM
Women in the Arts and ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Wednesday, March 11: March WikiSalon – 7 PM to 9 PM
An evening gathering with free-flowing conversation and free pizza.

More information • RSVP on Meetup (or just show up!)
Friday, March 13: NIH Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon – 9 AM to 4 PM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is organizing and hosting an edit-a-thon to improve coverage of women in science in Wikipedia. Free coffee and lunch served!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 21: Women in STEM Edit-a-Thon at DCPL – 12 PM
Celebrate Women's History Month by building, editing, and expanding articles about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields during DC Public Library's first full-day edit-a-thon.

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Friday, March 27: She Blinded Me with Science, Part III – 10 AM to 4 PM
Smithsonian Institution Archives Groundbreaking Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Free lunch courtesy of Wikimedia DC!

More information • RSVP on Meetup
Saturday, March 28: March Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!

More information • RSVP on Meetup

Hope you can make it to an event! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Thanks,

James Hare

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Maintained

Template:Maintained has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. EoRdE6^{(Come Talk to Me!)} 14:38, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Brian,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:PIA02863 - Jupiter surface motion animation.gif is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 21, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-04-21. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:58, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Brian,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Soybean cyst nematode and egg SEM.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 2, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-05-02. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:06, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming attractions in DC

Hello!

Here are some upcoming DC meetups in April and May:

Tuesday, April 14: National Archives Hackathon on Wikipedia Space with American University – 2:30-5pm
See the latest work on the Wikipedia Space exhibit in the new NARA Innovation Hub and brainstorm on new ideas for a public exhibit about Wikipedia
Friday, April 17: Women in Tech Edit-a-thon with Tech LadyMafia – 5-9pm
Team up with Tech LadyMafia to improve Wikipedia content on women in the history of technology.
Saturday, April 25: April Dinner Meetup – 6 PM
Dinner and drinks with your fellow Wikipedians!
Friday, May 1: International Labour Day Edit-a-Thon – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
An edit-a-thon at the University of Maryland

Hope to see you at these events! If you have any questions or require any special accommodations, please let me know.

Cheers,

James Hare

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Proposed deletion of Anthony Acland (Jesuit)

The article Anthony Acland (Jesuit) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

no claim to notability

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Zyxst listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Zyxst. Since you had some involvement with the Zyxst redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -- Tavix ^(talk) 19:46, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Dark chamber

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Dark chamber, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:03, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Permissions for Vortex Shedding Animation

I would like to use your animation here [1] in a youtube video on Helmholtz resonance. Are you willing to grant permissions for use? Thanks Jacksonveigel (talk) 18:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vortex street animation

Hello Brian, I've read that it is possible to use the Vortex street animation asking the permission for free use. I would like to use this gif in the presentation of my master thesis, I hope it could be possible. Thank you CarlisleFlanagan (talk) 20:45, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:49, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Alvus for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alvus is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alvus until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Tom (LT) (talk) 00:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

February events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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March events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

Looking for something to do in DC in March? We have a series of great events planned for the month:

On Wednesday, March 9, we'll host our first March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle.
On Friday, March 11, the National Archives will host the Women in the Civil War Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, March 19, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host the Color History with the Smithsonian! event, and we'll hold our second Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
On Sunday, March 20, the American Chemical Society will host the Computers in Chemistry Edit-a-Thon.
On Saturday, March 26, we'll host our second March WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

Can't make it to an event? Most of our edit-a-thons allow virtual participation; see the guide for more details.

Do you have an idea for a future event? Please write to us at info@wikimediadc.org!

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Protection of files you uploaded

Greetings. I've seen you've uploaded a few local files File:Button align left.png, File:Button code.png, File:Button definition list.png, File:Button sub link.png and File:Button shifting.png and edit protected them. Generally though, upload and edit protection is all that is needed for such local high risk safety files, seeing as actually editing the filepage text has no effect on the images. The full protection is further making maintenance of filepage information harder.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:32, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Sanilac Petroglyphs

Hello Brian0918,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Sanilac Petroglyphs for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, [[{{{article}}}]].

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ascánder (talk) 08:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Clipboard.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Clipboard.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 13:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of DAKOTA

The article DAKOTA has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable software product.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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File:Whitehouse tour icon.gif listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Whitehouse tour icon.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 22:04, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Button shifting.png listed for discussion

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File:Button definition list.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Button definition list.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:37, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Button code.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Button code.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:40, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Rowlett's Station

It looks like many years ago you created Template:Campaignbox Operations in Eastern Kentucky, including Battle of Rowlett's Station. Do you know why you would have included this battle on this infobox? Rowlett and Munfordville are definitely not in Eastern Kentucky, and this battle doesn't seem to be connected to the rest of the Eastern Kentucky battles listed. I've started a discussion at Talk:Battle of Rowlett's Station#"Operations in Eastern Kentucky", and any comments you can contribute there would be appreciated. Thanks! cmadler (talk) 01:36, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Contests

User:Dr. Blofeld has created Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:13, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Button headline2.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Button headline2.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:49, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Brian0918. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Brian0918.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Brian0918. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Nomination of Alquifou for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Alquifou is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alquifou until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Ajpolino (talk) 04:39, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

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Guideline and policy news

A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Wikipedia:FARC/Christmas listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:FARC/Christmas. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:FARC/Christmas redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 14:14, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Islands of Lake Chad

Hi. I see you've created a few articles around Lake Chad. Would you be interested in creating Islands of Lake Chad please? Hard to find the info actually.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:46, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

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Orphaned non-free image File:AnotherMontyPythonRecordCDCover.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:CompleteWorksShakespeareMontyPython.jpg

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Reactivation of WikiProject Objectivism

Hi Brian0918,

I am reactivating WikiProject Objectivism. You are currently listed as a participant of the project. I am going to purge the list. If you would still like to be on the list, please comment below on whether or not you would like to be on the list. I will wait two weeks and update the list on August 22nd.

Thanks,

Michipedian (talk) 20:34, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Because I have not heard anything from you, I will remove you from the list. Feel free to add yourself again if you would like to rejoin the project. Michipedian (talk) 05:06, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:GRA

Template:GRA has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 06:00, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:British Museum Great Court roof-2.jpg

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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User group for Military Historians

Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Main Page discussion footer

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13 years of adminship

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April 2018 Milhist Backlog Drive

G'day all, please be advised that throughout April 2018 the Military history Wikiproject is running its annual backlog elimination drive. This will focus on several key areas:

tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
adding or improving listed resources on Milhist's task force pages
updating the open tasks template on Milhist's task force pages
creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the scope of military history will be considered eligible. This year, the Military history project would like to extend a specific welcome to members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and we would like to encourage all participants to consider working on helping to improve our coverage of women in the military. This is not the sole focus of the edit-a-thon, though, and there are aspects that hopefully will appeal to pretty much everyone.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 April and runs until 23:59 UTC on 30 April 2018. Those interested in participating can sign up here.

For the Milhist co-ordinators, AustralianRupert and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Coeliac passion

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Proposed deletion of Corporification

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Ammunition bread listed at Redirects for discussion

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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Proposed deletion of Storm-scale

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Have your say!

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ArbCom 2018 election voter message

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Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards

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Proposed deletion of Chainlink

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Backlog Banzai

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you for your good work! GODSNTDEAD (talk) 20:30, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Invite to Join WikiProject for Spoken Wikipedia

Hi Brian0918! I am Galendalia (talk · contribs) and I am reviving the WikiProject for Spoken Wikipedia. I noticed that you signed up at some point to be a participant and as I am reviving this project, one of my tasks is to get the participant list in order. Would you please go to the Participants List and add your name and language(s) you speak? If you are already there and do not want to be, please remove yourself. If you want to remain, please put remain next to your name. If I do not see anything, I will move you to the inactive participant list. I am putting a timeline of 7 days on this action to help keep things moving along. It would also be great if you would be willing to join the task force for Pronunciation that would be awesome, as there are troublesome words we run into.

Thank you for considering joining us. If you decide to leave, I will be sad to see you leave as so many people have done a great job on the recordings and any work you have done makes a significant difference.

Galendalia _{CVU Member} \ ^{Chat Me Up} 05:07, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Thomas Acton

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hotlist of Art & Architecture/M2

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Bestia (family) for deletion

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Delete page "Bahishti"

Sir page "Bahishti" is totally on wrong facts. Kindly delete this page. Bahishti are not Sheikh Abbasi Page Representative (talk) 18:58, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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